New Zealand vs South Africa statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 74th vs. 24th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

New Zealand and South Africa: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and South Africa economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	South Africa
1960	$5,536,098,360	$8,748,596,501
1961	$5,721,994,864	$9,225,996,310
1962	$6,133,158,532	$9,813,996,074
1963	$6,699,741,645	$10,854,195,658
1964	$7,340,766,415	$11,955,995,218
1965	$5,706,251,400	$13,068,994,772
1966	$5,917,437,693	$14,211,394,315
1967	$6,016,017,227	$15,821,393,671
1968	$5,228,045,415	$17,124,793,150
1969	$5,814,357,709	$19,256,992,297
1970	$6,495,605,331	$21,218,391,513
1971	$7,911,136,757	$23,411,076,638
1972	$9,567,331,065	$24,515,919,217
1973	$12,802,281,898	$33,262,772,008
1974	$13,940,981,798	$41,389,186,095
1975	$12,861,983,284	$42,906,905,672
1976	$13,604,832,424	$41,150,460,288
1977	$15,446,825,318	$45,328,411,332
1978	$18,530,518,395	$51,607,412,902
1979	$20,731,243,113	$63,038,658,089
1980	$23,244,547,385	$89,411,864,402
1981	$24,417,617,184	$93,141,472,164
1982	$24,164,603,059	$85,904,057,409
1983	$24,309,279,706	$96,204,110,942
1984	$21,665,975,319	$84,870,163,366
1985	$24,679,795,396	$64,459,376,087
1986	$30,604,668,357	$73,354,771,399
1987	$40,376,354,070	$96,535,763,418
1988	$45,176,811,594	$103,976,831,871
1989	$43,920,222,525	$108,055,624,082
1990	$45,495,129,385	$126,048,140,142
1991	$42,745,329,732	$135,203,698,238
1992	$41,649,829,860	$146,956,150,987
1993	$46,775,620,817	$147,194,747,566
1994	$55,314,732,279	$153,512,712,382
1995	$63,918,703,507	$171,735,933,897
1996	$70,140,835,299	$163,234,925,381
1997	$66,075,143,415	$168,978,057,328
1998	$56,227,169,851	$152,982,984,557
1999	$58,762,260,626	$151,516,957,079
2000	$52,623,281,957	$151,752,757,215
2001	$53,872,425,917	$135,429,905,923
2002	$66,627,729,311	$129,087,556,612
2003	$88,250,885,550	$197,018,965,309
2004	$103,905,210,084	$255,806,908,595
2005	$114,720,129,550	$288,867,217,197
2006	$111,538,810,713	$303,858,675,364
2007	$137,188,946,866	$333,077,117,254
2008	$133,437,126,590	$316,131,258,616
2009	$121,663,439,315	$329,754,060,647
2010	$146,887,902,524	$417,363,822,802
2011	$168,484,908,960	$458,199,494,831
2012	$176,560,711,239	$434,400,545,086
2013	$191,012,364,177	$400,886,013,596
2014	$201,518,402,787	$381,198,869,776
2015	$178,224,167,088	$346,709,790,459
2016	$189,100,085,275	$323,585,509,674
2017	$206,745,969,246	$381,448,814,653
2018	$211,985,631,173	$405,260,723,893
2019	$213,006,341,102	$389,330,032,224
2020	$213,029,554,654	$337,974,655,408
2021	$253,977,931,815	$420,886,877,629
2022	$249,509,991,440	$406,920,004,594
2023	$255,194,972,673	$380,699,271,816
2024	$260,235,932,559	$400,260,724,226

New Zealand and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	South Africa
1960	$2,334	$532
1961	$2,365	$546
1962	$2,471	$563
1963	$2,646	$605
1964	$2,839	$646
1965	$2,171	$685
1966	$2,211	$722
1967	$2,208	$779
1968	$1,902	$817
1969	$2,097	$891
1970	$2,311	$952
1971	$2,773	$1,020
1972	$3,295	$1,038
1973	$4,323	$1,369
1974	$4,611	$1,656
1975	$4,172	$1,670
1976	$4,374	$1,559
1977	$4,951	$1,671
1978	$5,937	$1,852
1979	$6,668	$2,202
1980	$7,467	$3,029
1981	$7,814	$3,050
1982	$7,656	$2,717
1983	$7,598	$2,938
1984	$6,714	$2,504
1985	$7,601	$1,839
1986	$9,428	$2,027
1987	$12,331	$2,586
1988	$13,759	$2,702
1989	$13,312	$2,727
1990	$13,663	$3,093
1991	$12,230	$3,243
1992	$11,793	$3,462
1993	$13,094	$3,400
1994	$15,280	$3,489
1995	$17,400	$3,856
1996	$18,794	$3,618
1997	$17,474	$3,700
1998	$14,738	$3,310
1999	$15,322	$3,242
2000	$13,641	$3,218
2001	$13,883	$2,847
2002	$16,874	$2,688
2003	$21,914	$4,062
2004	$25,420	$5,221
2005	$27,751	$5,837
2006	$26,655	$6,077
2007	$32,480	$6,592
2008	$31,325	$6,185
2009	$28,277	$6,375
2010	$33,762	$7,973
2011	$38,432	$8,646
2012	$40,054	$8,077
2013	$43,000	$7,332
2014	$44,618	$6,857
2015	$38,665	$6,112
2016	$40,114	$5,651
2017	$42,950	$6,618
2018	$43,257	$6,914
2019	$42,779	$6,534
2020	$41,851	$5,581
2021	$49,689	$6,843
2022	$48,760	$6,523
2023	$48,655	$6,023
2024	$48,747	$6,253

New Zealand vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	South Africa
1950	69.3	43.1
1951	69.1	44.1
1952	69.4	45
1953	70.2	46.1
1954	70.3	47.1
1955	70.5	48.2
1956	70.7	49.2
1957	70.3	50.2
1958	70.9	51.1
1959	70.8	51.9
1960	71.2	52.6
1961	70.9	53.1
1962	71.2	53.6
1963	71.3	53.9
1964	71.3	54.2
1965	71.2	54.4
1966	71.1	54.7
1967	71.4	55
1968	71.1	55.2
1969	71.5	55.4
1970	71.2	55.7
1971	71.7	56
1972	71.8	56.4
1973	71.7	56.7
1974	71.9	57.1
1975	72.2	57.6
1976	72.4	58
1977	72.1	58.5
1978	73	59
1979	73.1	59.5
1980	72.9	60
1981	73.6	60.4
1982	73.7	60.9
1983	73.8	61.4
1984	74.4	61.8
1985	73.9	62.2
1986	74.1	62.4
1987	74.2	62.7
1988	74.5	62.9
1989	74.9	63
1990	75.4	62.9
1991	76.1	63
1992	76.2	62.8
1993	76.5	62.6
1994	76.9	62.1
1995	76.8	61.6
1996	76.8	61.1
1997	77.3	60.5
1998	78.2	59.9
1999	77.9	59.2
2000	78.7	58.4
2001	78.7	57.2
2002	78.9	55.6
2003	79.1	54.2
2004	79.4	54
2005	80	53.9
2006	80	54.2
2007	80.1	54.9
2008	80.2	56
2009	80.5	57.4
2010	81.1	58.9
2011	80.8	60.6
2012	81.2	61.7
2013	81.6	62.4
2014	81.4	63.2
2015	81.6	64.1
2016	82	64.7
2017	81.6	65.4
2018	81.9	65.7
2019	81.8	66.1
2020	82.7	65.2
2021	82.3	62
2022	81	65.5
2023	82.1	66.1
2024	82.2	66.3
2025	82.4	66.5

New Zealand and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	South Africa
1960	2,371,800	16,440,172
1961	2,419,700	16,908,035
1962	2,482,000	17,418,522
1963	2,531,800	17,954,564
1964	2,585,400	18,511,361
1965	2,628,400	19,089,380
1966	2,675,900	19,690,087
1967	2,724,100	20,314,066
1968	2,748,100	20,957,287
1969	2,772,800	21,614,676
1970	2,810,700	22,279,984
1971	2,853,000	22,942,143
1972	2,903,900	23,609,456
1973	2,961,300	24,294,263
1974	3,023,700	24,989,108
1975	3,083,100	25,690,940
1976	3,110,500	26,395,450
1977	3,120,200	27,118,952
1978	3,121,200	27,869,507
1979	3,109,000	28,634,162
1980	3,112,900	29,518,857
1981	3,124,900	30,541,044
1982	3,156,100	31,615,339
1983	3,199,300	32,739,304
1984	3,227,100	33,892,788
1985	3,247,100	35,042,093
1986	3,246,300	36,180,515
1987	3,274,400	37,326,190
1988	3,283,400	38,480,649
1989	3,299,200	39,628,575
1990	3,329,800	40,746,268
1991	3,495,100	41,687,898
1992	3,531,700	42,443,509
1993	3,572,200	43,297,156
1994	3,620,000	44,004,139
1995	3,673,400	44,541,554
1996	3,732,000	45,123,018
1997	3,781,300	45,666,838
1998	3,815,000	46,223,880
1999	3,835,100	46,730,335
2000	3,857,700	47,159,719
2001	3,880,500	47,566,800
2002	3,948,500	48,019,415
2003	4,027,200	48,500,348
2004	4,087,500	48,991,421
2005	4,133,900	49,490,033
2006	4,184,600	49,998,277
2007	4,223,800	50,528,584
2008	4,259,800	51,114,599
2009	4,302,600	51,728,516
2010	4,350,700	52,344,051
2011	4,384,000	52,995,205
2012	4,408,100	53,782,567
2013	4,442,100	54,678,791
2014	4,516,500	55,594,838
2015	4,609,400	56,723,537
2016	4,714,100	57,259,551
2017	4,813,600	57,635,162
2018	4,900,600	58,613,001
2019	4,979,200	59,587,885
2020	5,090,200	60,562,381
2021	5,111,300	61,502,603
2022	5,117,100	62,378,410
2023	5,245,000	63,212,384
2024	5,338,500	64,007,187

Fertility rates in New Zealand and South Africa

Fertility rate

New Zealand

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	South Africa
1960	4.24	6.11
1961	4.31	6.08
1962	4.19	6.05
1963	4.05	6.01
1964	3.8	5.96
1965	3.54	5.89
1966	3.41	5.91
1967	3.35	5.85
1968	3.34	5.78
1969	3.28	5.72
1970	3.17	5.63
1971	3.18	5.57
1972	3	5.49
1973	2.76	5.41
1974	2.58	5.3
1975	2.37	5.19
1976	2.27	5.07
1977	2.21	4.94
1978	2.07	4.85
1979	2.12	4.82
1980	2.03	4.78
1981	2.01	4.71
1982	1.95	4.7
1983	1.92	4.63
1984	1.93	4.57
1985	1.93	4.5
1986	1.96	4.41
1987	2.03	4.35
1988	2.1	4.18
1989	2.12	3.98
1990	2.18	3.72
1991	2.09	3.62
1992	2.06	3.48
1993	2.04	3.37
1994	1.98	3.26
1995	1.98	3.17
1996	1.96	2.99
1997	1.96	2.73
1998	1.89	2.63
1999	1.97	2.56
2000	1.98	2.41
2001	1.97	2.37
2002	1.89	2.32
2003	1.93	2.36
2004	1.98	2.44
2005	1.97	2.51
2006	2.01	2.55
2007	2.18	2.55
2008	2.19	2.68
2009	2.13	2.5
2010	2.17	2.44
2011	2.09	2.44
2012	2.1	2.45
2013	2.01	2.43
2014	1.92	2.42
2015	1.99	2.36
2016	1.87	2.26
2017	1.81	2.28
2018	1.71	2.27
2019	1.72	2.26
2020	1.61	2.26
2021	1.64	2.25
2022	1.66	2.23
2023	1.56	2.22

New Zealand and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	South Africa
1960	27.5	19
1961	27.1	19
1962	26.8	18.9
1963	26.4	18.9
1964	26.2	18.9
1965	26	18.8
1966	25.9	18.8
1967	25.8	18.8
1968	25.7	18.8
1969	25.7	18.8
1970	25.6	18.8
1971	25.7	18.8
1972	25.9	18.8
1973	26	18.8
1974	26.2	18.9
1975	26.3	18.9
1976	26.5	19
1977	26.8	19.1
1978	27.1	19.2
1979	27.5	19.3
1980	27.9	19.4
1981	28.2	19.6
1982	28.5	19.8
1983	28.8	20
1984	29.1	20.2
1985	29.4	20.4
1986	29.8	20.5
1987	30.1	20.7
1988	30.4	20.9
1989	30.8	21.1
1990	31.1	21.3
1991	31.4	21.5
1992	31.7	21.5
1993	32	21.9
1994	32.3	22
1995	32.6	21.5
1996	32.8	21.2
1997	33.2	21.2
1998	33.6	21.4
1999	34	21.6
2000	34.3	21.9
2001	34.6	22.2
2002	34.8	22.4
2003	35	22.8
2004	35.2	23.1
2005	35.5	23.3
2006	35.8	23.5
2007	36.1	23.8
2008	36.4	24
2009	36.6	24.3
2010	36.8	24.6
2011	37	25
2012	37.2	25.3
2013	37.4	25.7
2014	37.5	26
2015	37.4	26.4
2016	37.3	26.7
2017	37.2	27
2018	37.3	27.5
2019	37.3	27.9
2020	37.5	28.3
2021	37.8	28.6
2022	38.1	28.9
2023	38.3	29.2
2024	38.6	29.5

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