Netherlands vs South Africa statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 134th vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Netherlands and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	South Africa
1960	$13,282,979,015	$8,748,596,501
1961	$14,599,836,396	$9,225,996,310
1962	$15,847,582,341	$9,813,996,074
1963	$17,193,744,109	$10,854,195,658
1964	$20,232,048,553	$11,955,995,218
1965	$22,721,869,808	$13,068,994,772
1966	$24,741,480,717	$14,211,394,315
1967	$27,143,828,099	$15,821,393,671
1968	$30,097,635,751	$17,124,793,150
1969	$34,086,038,090	$19,256,992,297
1970	$38,220,884,519	$21,218,391,513
1971	$44,644,730,576	$23,411,076,638
1972	$54,787,070,173	$24,515,919,217
1973	$71,946,639,603	$33,262,772,008
1974	$87,371,810,804	$41,389,186,095
1975	$100,397,061,694	$42,906,905,672
1976	$109,329,386,564	$41,150,460,288
1977	$127,203,923,857	$45,328,411,332
1978	$156,089,077,205	$51,607,412,902
1979	$179,933,827,310	$63,038,658,089
1980	$195,439,301,707	$89,411,864,402
1981	$164,375,775,854	$93,141,472,164
1982	$158,712,765,536	$85,904,057,409
1983	$153,671,294,109	$96,204,110,942
1984	$144,124,462,912	$84,870,163,366
1985	$144,057,523,222	$64,459,376,087
1986	$201,157,708,221	$73,354,771,399
1987	$245,406,949,521	$96,535,763,418
1988	$262,295,966,105	$103,976,831,871
1989	$258,716,904,292	$108,055,624,082
1990	$318,799,003,994	$126,048,140,142
1991	$327,982,316,124	$135,203,698,238
1992	$363,497,050,125	$146,956,150,987
1993	$354,070,495,966	$147,194,747,566
1994	$379,688,232,232	$153,512,712,382
1995	$452,967,334,614	$171,735,933,897
1996	$451,372,549,020	$163,234,925,381
1997	$417,506,211,882	$168,978,057,328
1998	$438,612,530,549	$152,982,984,557
1999	$447,778,514,140	$151,516,957,079
2000	$417,649,282,154	$151,752,757,215
2001	$432,536,219,669	$135,429,905,923
2002	$475,529,972,123	$129,087,556,612
2003	$582,435,617,082	$197,018,965,309
2004	$661,224,886,143	$255,806,908,595
2005	$688,133,699,636	$288,867,217,197
2006	$737,593,995,289	$303,858,675,364
2007	$853,499,460,873	$333,077,117,254
2008	$957,901,566,041	$316,131,258,616
2009	$878,954,223,140	$329,754,060,647
2010	$852,464,982,433	$417,363,822,802
2011	$913,140,741,333	$458,199,494,831
2012	$845,689,017,066	$434,400,545,086
2013	$883,951,539,007	$400,886,013,596
2014	$901,556,501,756	$381,198,869,776
2015	$775,743,675,303	$346,709,790,459
2016	$797,163,949,290	$323,585,509,674
2017	$848,233,537,846	$381,448,814,653
2018	$929,733,599,797	$405,260,723,893
2019	$928,903,005,576	$389,330,032,224
2020	$932,560,861,701	$337,974,655,408
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$420,886,877,629
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$406,920,004,594
2023	$1,154,361,305,398	$380,699,271,816
2024	$1,227,543,925,316	$400,260,724,226

Netherlands and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	South Africa
1960	$1,156	$532
1961	$1,254	$546
1962	$1,342	$563
1963	$1,437	$605
1964	$1,668	$646
1965	$1,848	$685
1966	$1,986	$722
1967	$2,155	$779
1968	$2,364	$817
1969	$2,647	$891
1970	$2,931	$952
1971	$3,384	$1,020
1972	$4,110	$1,038
1973	$5,353	$1,369
1974	$6,450	$1,656
1975	$7,346	$1,670
1976	$7,937	$1,559
1977	$9,180	$1,671
1978	$11,196	$1,852
1979	$12,817	$2,202
1980	$13,812	$3,029
1981	$11,537	$3,050
1982	$11,089	$2,717
1983	$10,696	$2,938
1984	$9,992	$2,504
1985	$9,941	$1,839
1986	$13,804	$2,027
1987	$16,734	$2,586
1988	$17,771	$2,702
1989	$17,423	$2,727
1990	$21,322	$3,093
1991	$21,764	$3,243
1992	$23,939	$3,462
1993	$23,156	$3,400
1994	$24,683	$3,489
1995	$29,301	$3,856
1996	$29,064	$3,618
1997	$26,745	$3,700
1998	$27,924	$3,310
1999	$28,319	$3,242
2000	$26,225	$3,218
2001	$26,956	$2,847
2002	$29,447	$2,688
2003	$35,897	$4,062
2004	$40,611	$5,221
2005	$42,165	$5,837
2006	$45,124	$6,077
2007	$52,101	$6,592
2008	$58,247	$6,185
2009	$53,172	$6,375
2010	$51,306	$7,973
2011	$54,702	$8,646
2012	$50,474	$8,077
2013	$52,602	$7,332
2014	$53,457	$6,857
2015	$45,794	$6,112
2016	$46,809	$5,651
2017	$49,514	$6,618
2018	$53,955	$6,914
2019	$53,555	$6,534
2020	$53,468	$5,581
2021	$60,142	$6,843
2022	$59,123	$6,523
2023	$64,572	$6,023
2024	$68,219	$6,253

Netherlands vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	South Africa
1950	71.4	43.1
1951	71.5	44.1
1952	72.1	45
1953	71.7	46.1
1954	72.4	47.1
1955	72.5	48.2
1956	72.5	49.2
1957	73	50.2
1958	73.1	51.1
1959	73.2	51.9
1960	73.4	52.6
1961	73.6	53.1
1962	73.2	53.6
1963	73.4	53.9
1964	73.7	54.2
1965	73.6	54.4
1966	73.6	54.7
1967	73.8	55
1968	73.6	55.2
1969	73.6	55.4
1970	73.6	55.7
1971	73.9	56
1972	73.8	56.4
1973	74.2	56.7
1974	74.6	57.1
1975	74.6	57.6
1976	74.7	58
1977	75.3	58.5
1978	75.2	59
1979	75.6	59.5
1980	75.8	60
1981	76	60.4
1982	76.1	60.9
1983	76.3	61.4
1984	76.3	61.8
1985	76.4	62.2
1986	76.4	62.4
1987	76.8	62.7
1988	77	62.9
1989	76.8	63
1990	77	62.9
1991	77.2	63
1992	77.4	62.8
1993	77	62.6
1994	77.5	62.1
1995	77.6	61.6
1996	77.6	61.1
1997	77.9	60.5
1998	78	59.9
1999	78	59.2
2000	78.1	58.4
2001	78.3	57.2
2002	78.4	55.6
2003	78.7	54.2
2004	79.2	54
2005	79.5	53.9
2006	79.8	54.2
2007	80.3	54.9
2008	80.4	56
2009	80.7	57.4
2010	80.8	58.9
2011	81.1	60.6
2012	81.1	61.7
2013	81.3	62.4
2014	81.7	63.2
2015	81.5	64.1
2016	81.6	64.7
2017	81.7	65.4
2018	81.8	65.7
2019	82.1	66.1
2020	81.4	65.2
2021	81.4	62
2022	81.9	65.5
2023	82.2	66.1
2024	82.3	66.3
2025	82.4	66.5

Netherlands and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	South Africa
1960	11,486,631	16,440,172
1961	11,638,712	16,908,035
1962	11,805,689	17,418,522
1963	11,965,966	17,954,564
1964	12,127,120	18,511,361
1965	12,294,732	19,089,380
1966	12,456,251	19,690,087
1967	12,598,201	20,314,066
1968	12,729,721	20,957,287
1969	12,877,984	21,614,676
1970	13,038,526	22,279,984
1971	13,194,497	22,942,143
1972	13,328,593	23,609,456
1973	13,439,322	24,294,263
1974	13,545,056	24,989,108
1975	13,666,335	25,690,940
1976	13,774,037	26,395,450
1977	13,856,185	27,118,952
1978	13,941,700	27,869,507
1979	14,038,270	28,634,162
1980	14,149,800	29,518,857
1981	14,247,208	30,541,044
1982	14,312,690	31,615,339
1983	14,367,070	32,739,304
1984	14,424,211	33,892,788
1985	14,491,632	35,042,093
1986	14,572,278	36,180,515
1987	14,665,037	37,326,190
1988	14,760,094	38,480,649
1989	14,848,907	39,628,575
1990	14,951,510	40,746,268
1991	15,069,798	41,687,898
1992	15,184,166	42,443,509
1993	15,290,368	43,297,156
1994	15,382,838	44,004,139
1995	15,459,006	44,541,554
1996	15,530,498	45,123,018
1997	15,610,650	45,666,838
1998	15,707,209	46,223,880
1999	15,812,088	46,730,335
2000	15,925,513	47,159,719
2001	16,046,180	47,566,800
2002	16,148,929	48,019,415
2003	16,225,302	48,500,348
2004	16,281,779	48,991,421
2005	16,319,868	49,490,033
2006	16,346,101	49,998,277
2007	16,381,696	50,528,584
2008	16,445,593	51,114,599
2009	16,530,388	51,728,516
2010	16,615,394	52,344,051
2011	16,693,074	52,995,205
2012	16,754,962	53,782,567
2013	16,804,432	54,678,791
2014	16,865,008	55,594,838
2015	16,939,923	56,723,537
2016	17,030,314	57,259,551
2017	17,131,296	57,635,162
2018	17,231,624	58,613,001
2019	17,344,874	59,587,885
2020	17,441,500	60,562,381
2021	17,533,044	61,502,603
2022	17,700,982	62,378,410
2023	17,877,117	63,212,384
2024	17,994,237	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Netherlands and South Africa

Fertility rate

Netherlands

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	South Africa
1960	3.12	6.11
1961	3.22	6.08
1962	3.18	6.05
1963	3.19	6.01
1964	3.17	5.96
1965	3.04	5.89
1966	2.9	5.91
1967	2.81	5.85
1968	2.72	5.78
1969	2.75	5.72
1970	2.57	5.63
1971	2.36	5.57
1972	2.15	5.49
1973	1.9	5.41
1974	1.77	5.3
1975	1.66	5.19
1976	1.63	5.07
1977	1.58	4.94
1978	1.58	4.85
1979	1.56	4.82
1980	1.6	4.78
1981	1.56	4.71
1982	1.5	4.7
1983	1.47	4.63
1984	1.49	4.57
1985	1.51	4.5
1986	1.55	4.41
1987	1.56	4.35
1988	1.55	4.18
1989	1.55	3.98
1990	1.62	3.72
1991	1.61	3.62
1992	1.59	3.48
1993	1.57	3.37
1994	1.57	3.26
1995	1.53	3.17
1996	1.53	2.99
1997	1.56	2.73
1998	1.63	2.63
1999	1.65	2.56
2000	1.72	2.41
2001	1.71	2.37
2002	1.73	2.32
2003	1.75	2.36
2004	1.72	2.44
2005	1.71	2.51
2006	1.72	2.55
2007	1.72	2.55
2008	1.77	2.68
2009	1.79	2.5
2010	1.79	2.44
2011	1.76	2.44
2012	1.72	2.45
2013	1.68	2.43
2014	1.71	2.42
2015	1.66	2.36
2016	1.66	2.26
2017	1.62	2.28
2018	1.59	2.27
2019	1.57	2.26
2020	1.54	2.26
2021	1.62	2.25
2022	1.49	2.23
2023	1.43	2.22

Netherlands and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	South Africa
1960	28.8	19
1961	28.8	19
1962	28.7	18.9
1963	28.7	18.9
1964	28.6	18.9
1965	28.6	18.8
1966	28.6	18.8
1967	28.5	18.8
1968	28.6	18.8
1969	28.6	18.8
1970	28.6	18.8
1971	28.7	18.8
1972	28.9	18.8
1973	29	18.8
1974	29.3	18.9
1975	29.4	18.9
1976	29.8	19
1977	30.3	19.1
1978	30.7	19.2
1979	31	19.3
1980	31.3	19.4
1981	31.6	19.6
1982	31.9	19.8
1983	32.3	20
1984	32.6	20.2
1985	32.9	20.4
1986	33.2	20.5
1987	33.5	20.7
1988	33.8	20.9
1989	34.1	21.1
1990	34.3	21.3
1991	34.6	21.5
1992	34.8	21.5
1993	35.1	21.9
1994	35.4	22
1995	35.7	21.5
1996	36.1	21.2
1997	36.4	21.2
1998	36.7	21.4
1999	37	21.6
2000	37.3	21.9
2001	37.5	22.2
2002	37.8	22.4
2003	38.1	22.8
2004	38.5	23.1
2005	38.9	23.3
2006	39.3	23.5
2007	39.7	23.8
2008	40	24
2009	40.3	24.3
2010	40.7	24.6
2011	41	25
2012	41.3	25.3
2013	41.6	25.7
2014	41.8	26
2015	42	26.4
2016	42.2	26.7
2017	42.3	27
2018	42.4	27.5
2019	42.5	27.9
2020	42.5	28.3
2021	42.6	28.6
2022	42.5	28.9
2023	42.4	29.2
2024	42.4	29.5

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