Nauru vs South Africa statistics compared

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 195th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Nauru and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Nauru and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Nauru

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Nauru	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	$17,570,366	$21,218,391,513
1971	$19,009,433	$23,411,076,638
1972	$21,734,269	$24,515,919,217
1973	$26,529,817	$33,262,772,008
1974	$35,994,511	$41,389,186,095
1975	$40,106,776	$42,906,905,672
1976	$40,287,427	$41,150,460,288
1977	$40,444,702	$45,328,411,332
1978	$41,754,147	$51,607,412,902
1979	$44,431,330	$63,038,658,089
1980	$46,947,124	$89,411,864,402
1981	$51,689,637	$93,141,472,164
1982	$52,877,742	$85,904,057,409
1983	$48,439,093	$96,204,110,942
1984	$47,363,231	$84,870,163,366
1985	$41,548,741	$64,459,376,087
1986	$39,939,391	$73,354,771,399
1987	$40,118,410	$96,535,763,418
1988	$45,931,134	$103,976,831,871
1989	$53,736,786	$108,055,624,082
1990	$55,572,376	$126,048,140,142
1991	$52,533,789	$135,203,698,238
1992	$51,133,123	$146,956,150,987
1993	$43,542,088	$147,194,747,566
1994	$39,742,511	$153,512,712,382
1995	$39,969,706	$171,735,933,897
1996	$37,458,801	$163,234,925,381
1997	$37,331,507	$168,978,057,328
1998	$29,664,451	$152,982,984,557
1999	$27,328,613	$151,516,957,079
2000	$26,930,980	$151,752,757,215
2001	$22,613,288	$135,429,905,923
2002	$21,017,424	$129,087,556,612
2003	$24,778,160	$197,018,965,309
2004	$30,587,566	$255,806,908,595
2005	$30,282,840	$288,867,217,197
2006	$29,183,627	$303,858,675,364
2007	$23,068,623	$333,077,117,254
2008	$37,184,925	$316,131,258,616
2009	$44,024,970	$329,754,060,647
2010	$47,442,299	$417,363,822,802
2011	$65,444,174	$458,199,494,831
2012	$100,794,925	$434,400,545,086
2013	$94,385,015	$400,886,013,596
2014	$98,752,257	$381,198,869,776
2015	$84,383,389	$346,709,790,459
2016	$97,276,023	$323,585,509,674
2017	$108,862,279	$381,448,814,653
2018	$130,937,590	$405,260,723,893
2019	$124,871,111	$389,330,032,224
2020	$124,530,027	$337,974,655,408
2021	$175,513,985	$420,886,877,629
2022	$152,190,819	$406,920,004,594
2023	$151,455,968	$380,699,271,816
2024	$160,350,640	$400,260,724,226

Nauru and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Nauru

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nauru	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$2,619	$952
1971	$2,811	$1,020
1972	$3,191	$1,038
1973	$3,864	$1,369
1974	$5,199	$1,656
1975	$5,740	$1,670
1976	$5,703	$1,559
1977	$5,646	$1,671
1978	$5,721	$1,852
1979	$5,950	$2,202
1980	$6,138	$3,029
1981	$6,594	$3,050
1982	$6,577	$2,717
1983	$5,896	$2,938
1984	$5,654	$2,504
1985	$4,859	$1,839
1986	$4,569	$2,027
1987	$4,485	$2,586
1988	$5,012	$2,702
1989	$5,723	$2,727
1990	$5,776	$3,093
1991	$5,333	$3,243
1992	$5,103	$3,462
1993	$4,310	$3,400
1994	$3,921	$3,489
1995	$3,932	$3,856
1996	$3,679	$3,618
1997	$3,661	$3,700
1998	$2,909	$3,310
1999	$2,683	$3,242
2000	$2,649	$3,218
2001	$2,232	$2,847
2002	$2,085	$2,688
2003	$2,463	$4,062
2004	$3,041	$5,221
2005	$3,014	$5,837
2006	$2,908	$6,077
2007	$2,302	$6,592
2008	$3,715	$6,185
2009	$4,395	$6,375
2010	$4,724	$7,973
2011	$6,481	$8,646
2012	$9,817	$8,077
2013	$8,975	$7,332
2014	$9,193	$6,857
2015	$7,703	$6,112
2016	$8,724	$5,651
2017	$9,613	$6,618
2018	$11,409	$6,914
2019	$10,777	$6,534
2020	$10,696	$5,581
2021	$14,990	$6,843
2022	$12,896	$6,523
2023	$12,754	$6,023
2024	$13,422	$6,253

Nauru vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nauru

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nauru	South Africa
1950	56.6	43.1
1951	56.8	44.1
1952	57	45
1953	57.2	46.1
1954	57.4	47.1
1955	57.5	48.2
1956	57.6	49.2
1957	57.7	50.2
1958	57.8	51.1
1959	57.9	51.9
1960	57.9	52.6
1961	58	53.1
1962	58	53.6
1963	58.1	53.9
1964	58.2	54.2
1965	58.3	54.4
1966	58.4	54.7
1967	58.6	55
1968	58.6	55.2
1969	58.4	55.4
1970	58.4	55.7
1971	58.4	56
1972	58.4	56.4
1973	58.4	56.7
1974	58.3	57.1
1975	58.3	57.6
1976	58.2	58
1977	58.1	58.5
1978	58.3	59
1979	58.4	59.5
1980	58.5	60
1981	58.6	60.4
1982	58.6	60.9
1983	58.7	61.4
1984	58.7	61.8
1985	58.6	62.2
1986	58.6	62.4
1987	58.6	62.7
1988	58.7	62.9
1989	58.9	63
1990	59.1	62.9
1991	59.3	63
1992	59.5	62.8
1993	59.8	62.6
1994	60	62.1
1995	60.1	61.6
1996	60.1	61.1
1997	60	60.5
1998	59.9	59.9
1999	59.7	59.2
2000	59.6	58.4
2001	59.5	57.2
2002	59.4	55.6
2003	59.4	54.2
2004	59.3	54
2005	59.4	53.9
2006	59.4	54.2
2007	59.5	54.9
2008	59.7	56
2009	59.9	57.4
2010	60.1	58.9
2011	60.3	60.6
2012	60.5	61.7
2013	60.7	62.4
2014	60.8	63.2
2015	60.9	64.1
2016	61	64.7
2017	61.1	65.4
2018	61.2	65.7
2019	61.4	66.1
2020	61.5	65.2
2021	61.3	62
2022	61.9	65.5
2023	62.1	66.1
2024	62.3	66.3
2025	62.4	66.5

Nauru and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Nauru

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Nauru	South Africa
1960	4,607	16,440,172
1961	4,774	16,908,035
1962	4,979	17,418,522
1963	5,226	17,954,564
1964	5,515	18,511,361
1965	5,832	19,089,380
1966	6,043	19,690,087
1967	6,135	20,314,066
1968	6,328	20,957,287
1969	6,581	21,614,676
1970	6,710	22,279,984
1971	6,762	22,942,143
1972	6,812	23,609,456
1973	6,866	24,294,263
1974	6,923	24,989,108
1975	6,987	25,690,940
1976	7,064	26,395,450
1977	7,163	27,118,952
1978	7,298	27,869,507
1979	7,468	28,634,162
1980	7,649	29,518,857
1981	7,839	30,541,044
1982	8,040	31,615,339
1983	8,216	32,739,304
1984	8,377	33,892,788
1985	8,551	35,042,093
1986	8,742	36,180,515
1987	8,946	37,326,190
1988	9,165	38,480,649
1989	9,390	39,628,575
1990	9,622	40,746,268
1991	9,850	41,687,898
1992	10,021	42,443,509
1993	10,102	43,297,156
1994	10,137	44,004,139
1995	10,165	44,541,554
1996	10,183	45,123,018
1997	10,197	45,666,838
1998	10,198	46,223,880
1999	10,187	46,730,335
2000	10,168	47,159,719
2001	10,130	47,566,800
2002	10,082	48,019,415
2003	10,059	48,500,348
2004	10,060	48,991,421
2005	10,049	49,490,033
2006	10,034	49,998,277
2007	10,020	50,528,584
2008	10,009	51,114,599
2009	10,016	51,728,516
2010	10,043	52,344,051
2011	10,098	52,995,205
2012	10,267	53,782,567
2013	10,517	54,678,791
2014	10,742	55,594,838
2015	10,954	56,723,537
2016	11,150	57,259,551
2017	11,324	57,635,162
2018	11,477	58,613,001
2019	11,587	59,587,885
2020	11,643	60,562,381
2021	11,709	61,502,603
2022	11,801	62,378,410
2023	11,875	63,212,384
2024	11,947	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Nauru and South Africa

Fertility rate

Nauru

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nauru	South Africa
1960	5.34	6.11
1961	5.38	6.08
1962	5.42	6.05
1963	5.44	6.01
1964	5.47	5.96
1965	5.48	5.89
1966	5.41	5.91
1967	5.29	5.85
1968	5.14	5.78
1969	4.94	5.72
1970	4.74	5.63
1971	4.54	5.57
1972	4.36	5.49
1973	4.19	5.41
1974	4.07	5.3
1975	3.97	5.19
1976	3.9	5.07
1977	3.86	4.94
1978	3.84	4.85
1979	3.85	4.82
1980	3.88	4.78
1981	3.94	4.71
1982	3.99	4.7
1983	4.06	4.63
1984	4.11	4.57
1985	4.14	4.5
1986	4.15	4.41
1987	4.14	4.35
1988	4.11	4.18
1989	4.07	3.98
1990	4.02	3.72
1991	3.99	3.62
1992	3.95	3.48
1993	3.89	3.37
1994	3.84	3.26
1995	3.81	3.17
1996	3.78	2.99
1997	3.74	2.73
1998	3.68	2.63
1999	3.64	2.56
2000	3.54	2.41
2001	3.46	2.37
2002	3.4	2.32
2003	3.39	2.36
2004	3.38	2.44
2005	3.38	2.51
2006	3.4	2.55
2007	3.5	2.55
2008	3.67	2.68
2009	3.85	2.5
2010	4.02	2.44
2011	4.12	2.44
2012	4.12	2.45
2013	4.1	2.43
2014	4.09	2.42
2015	4.08	2.36
2016	4.03	2.26
2017	3.88	2.28
2018	3.68	2.27
2019	3.53	2.26
2020	3.47	2.26
2021	3.43	2.25
2022	3.38	2.23
2023	3.33	2.22

Nauru and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Nauru

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nauru	South Africa
1960	23.8	19
1961	24	19
1962	23.9	18.9
1963	23.7	18.9
1964	23.4	18.9
1965	23.1	18.8
1966	22.9	18.8
1967	22.9	18.8
1968	21.2	18.8
1969	18.9	18.8
1970	18.7	18.8
1971	19.1	18.8
1972	19.4	18.8
1973	19.8	18.8
1974	20.4	18.9
1975	21	18.9
1976	21.5	19
1977	22.1	19.1
1978	22.9	19.2
1979	23.6	19.3
1980	24.2	19.4
1981	24.7	19.6
1982	25.1	19.8
1983	25.2	20
1984	24.5	20.2
1985	23.7	20.4
1986	22.8	20.5
1987	22.1	20.7
1988	21.4	20.9
1989	20.8	21.1
1990	20.2	21.3
1991	19.7	21.5
1992	19.4	21.5
1993	19.3	21.9
1994	19.3	22
1995	19.3	21.5
1996	19.4	21.2
1997	19.5	21.2
1998	19.6	21.4
1999	19.8	21.6
2000	20.1	21.9
2001	20.4	22.2
2002	20.6	22.4
2003	20.8	22.8
2004	21	23.1
2005	21.2	23.3
2006	21.3	23.5
2007	21.5	23.8
2008	21.7	24
2009	21.8	24.3
2010	21.8	24.6
2011	21.8	25
2012	21.7	25.3
2013	21.6	25.7
2014	21.5	26
2015	21.4	26.4
2016	21.5	26.7
2017	21.6	27
2018	21.8	27.5
2019	21.9	27.9
2020	21.8	28.3
2021	21.7	28.6
2022	21.6	28.9
2023	21.5	29.2
2024	21.4	29.5

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