Nicaragua vs South Africa statistics compared

Nicaragua has a population of 6.92M (ranked 108/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Nicaragua's land area is 46,464 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 98th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Nicaragua and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Nicaragua and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Nicaragua

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Nicaragua	South Africa
1960	$227,223,322	$8,748,596,501
1961	$244,144,237	$9,225,996,310
1962	$269,283,804	$9,813,996,074
1963	$297,324,163	$10,854,195,658
1964	$347,119,918	$11,955,995,218
1965	$564,290,020	$13,068,994,772
1966	$607,140,010	$14,211,394,315
1967	$657,140,011	$15,821,393,671
1968	$692,859,985	$17,124,793,150
1969	$750,000,003	$19,256,992,297
1970	$778,569,939	$21,218,391,513
1971	$828,569,953	$23,411,076,638
1972	$878,570,045	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,092,900,015	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,521,400,012	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,581,599,959	$42,906,905,672
1976	$1,836,899,999	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,226,999,874	$45,328,411,332
1978	$2,127,699,979	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,567,599,982	$63,038,658,089
1980	$2,144,300,006	$89,411,864,402
1981	$2,474,700,227	$93,141,472,164
1982	$2,454,499,872	$85,904,057,409
1983	$2,753,100,058	$96,204,110,942
1984	$3,117,599,872	$84,870,163,366
1985	$2,683,699,935	$64,459,376,087
1986	$2,885,799,994	$73,354,771,399
1987	$3,851,200,118	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,630,900,096	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,013,184,756	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,009,455,484	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,488,804,124	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,792,800,000	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,756,454,248	$147,194,747,566
1994	$3,863,185,119	$153,512,712,382
1995	$4,140,470,000	$171,735,933,897
1996	$4,308,351,903	$163,234,925,381
1997	$4,389,973,490	$168,978,057,328
1998	$4,635,347,386	$152,982,984,557
1999	$4,856,026,259	$151,516,957,079
2000	$5,109,587,050	$151,752,757,215
2001	$5,351,752,034	$135,429,905,923
2002	$5,223,727,303	$129,087,556,612
2003	$5,322,228,351	$197,018,965,309
2004	$5,792,932,838	$255,806,908,595
2005	$6,321,324,279	$288,867,217,197
2006	$6,763,672,381	$303,858,675,364
2007	$7,423,375,015	$333,077,117,254
2008	$8,496,967,597	$316,131,258,616
2009	$8,298,702,489	$329,754,060,647
2010	$8,758,602,233	$417,363,822,802
2011	$9,774,329,333	$458,199,494,831
2012	$10,532,017,232	$434,400,545,086
2013	$10,982,988,249	$400,886,013,596
2014	$11,880,438,824	$381,198,869,776
2015	$12,756,696,261	$346,709,790,459
2016	$13,286,093,388	$323,585,509,674
2017	$13,785,893,007	$381,448,814,653
2018	$13,025,221,974	$405,260,723,893
2019	$12,699,023,614	$389,330,032,224
2020	$12,726,422,432	$337,974,655,408
2021	$14,209,020,362	$420,886,877,629
2022	$15,634,572,502	$406,920,004,594
2023	$17,805,842,284	$380,699,271,816
2024	$19,693,982,968	$400,260,724,226

Nicaragua and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Nicaragua

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nicaragua	South Africa
1960	$127.5	$532
1961	$132.9	$546
1962	$142.3	$563
1963	$152.5	$605
1964	$172.7	$646
1965	$272.3	$685
1966	$284	$722
1967	$297.9	$779
1968	$304	$817
1969	$319	$891
1970	$321	$952
1971	$331	$1,020
1972	$341	$1,038
1973	$413	$1,369
1974	$557	$1,656
1975	$561	$1,670
1976	$633	$1,559
1977	$744	$1,671
1978	$691	$1,852
1979	$495	$2,202
1980	$659	$3,029
1981	$740	$3,050
1982	$714	$2,717
1983	$780	$2,938
1984	$861	$2,504
1985	$724	$1,839
1986	$761	$2,027
1987	$992	$2,586
1988	$662	$2,702
1989	$249.2	$2,727
1990	$242.5	$3,093
1991	$350	$3,243
1992	$411	$3,462
1993	$394	$3,400
1994	$849	$3,489
1995	$892	$3,856
1996	$911	$3,618
1997	$913	$3,700
1998	$949	$3,310
1999	$980	$3,242
2000	$1,017	$3,218
2001	$1,052	$2,847
2002	$1,014	$2,688
2003	$1,021	$4,062
2004	$1,099	$5,221
2005	$1,183	$5,837
2006	$1,248	$6,077
2007	$1,350	$6,592
2008	$1,524	$6,185
2009	$1,467	$6,375
2010	$1,527	$7,973
2011	$1,680	$8,646
2012	$1,785	$8,077
2013	$1,835	$7,332
2014	$1,958	$6,857
2015	$2,074	$6,112
2016	$2,132	$5,651
2017	$2,183	$6,618
2018	$2,035	$6,914
2019	$1,959	$6,534
2020	$1,938	$5,581
2021	$2,138	$6,843
2022	$2,323	$6,523
2023	$2,609	$6,023
2024	$2,848	$6,253

Nicaragua vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nicaragua

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nicaragua	South Africa
1950	40.6	43.1
1951	40.8	44.1
1952	41.9	45
1953	42.4	46.1
1954	43.1	47.1
1955	43.7	48.2
1956	44.3	49.2
1957	44.9	50.2
1958	45.5	51.1
1959	46.1	51.9
1960	46.4	52.6
1961	47.3	53.1
1962	48	53.6
1963	48.8	53.9
1964	49.6	54.2
1965	50.6	54.4
1966	51.6	54.7
1967	52.3	55
1968	52.9	55.2
1969	53.4	55.4
1970	53.8	55.7
1971	54.2	56
1972	48	56.4
1973	55	56.7
1974	55.4	57.1
1975	55.8	57.6
1976	56.1	58
1977	56.1	58.5
1978	53.5	59
1979	50.8	59.5
1980	58	60
1981	58.3	60.4
1982	58.7	60.9
1983	56.9	61.4
1984	56.1	61.8
1985	56.4	62.2
1986	57.6	62.4
1987	57.3	62.7
1988	59.8	62.9
1989	61.9	63
1990	62.5	62.9
1991	63.3	63
1992	63.7	62.8
1993	64.1	62.6
1994	64.5	62.1
1995	64.9	61.6
1996	65.2	61.1
1997	65.5	60.5
1998	64.1	59.9
1999	65.9	59.2
2000	66.4	58.4
2001	67	57.2
2002	68	55.6
2003	68.7	54.2
2004	69.5	54
2005	70.4	53.9
2006	71	54.2
2007	71.2	54.9
2008	71.4	56
2009	71.5	57.4
2010	71.8	58.9
2011	72	60.6
2012	72.4	61.7
2013	72.6	62.4
2014	72.8	63.2
2015	72.9	64.1
2016	73.2	64.7
2017	73.4	65.4
2018	73.9	65.7
2019	73.8	66.1
2020	70.8	65.2
2021	70.5	62
2022	74.5	65.5
2023	74.9	66.1
2024	75.1	66.3
2025	75.3	66.5

Nicaragua and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Nicaragua

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Nicaragua	South Africa
1960	1,782,370	16,440,172
1961	1,836,451	16,908,035
1962	1,892,320	17,418,522
1963	1,950,159	17,954,564
1964	2,010,176	18,511,361
1965	2,072,681	19,089,380
1966	2,137,820	19,690,087
1967	2,205,567	20,314,066
1968	2,275,836	20,957,287
1969	2,348,398	21,614,676
1970	2,423,065	22,279,984
1971	2,499,825	22,942,143
1972	2,573,578	23,609,456
1973	2,649,278	24,294,263
1974	2,732,075	24,989,108
1975	2,816,943	25,690,940
1976	2,903,851	26,395,450
1977	2,992,534	27,118,952
1978	3,080,314	27,869,507
1979	3,164,525	28,634,162
1980	3,252,403	29,518,857
1981	3,345,674	30,541,044
1982	3,438,745	31,615,339
1983	3,530,282	32,739,304
1984	3,619,104	33,892,788
1985	3,706,479	35,042,093
1986	3,794,157	36,180,515
1987	3,882,164	37,326,190
1988	3,972,320	38,480,649
1989	4,066,476	39,628,575
1990	4,162,559	40,746,268
1991	4,259,637	41,687,898
1992	4,357,026	42,443,509
1993	4,453,732	43,297,156
1994	4,549,316	44,004,139
1995	4,642,931	44,541,554
1996	4,729,974	45,123,018
1997	4,809,573	45,666,838
1998	4,883,655	46,223,880
1999	4,954,018	46,730,335
2000	5,022,633	47,159,719
2001	5,087,825	47,566,800
2002	5,149,909	48,019,415
2003	5,210,963	48,500,348
2004	5,272,912	48,991,421
2005	5,342,105	49,490,033
2006	5,418,855	49,998,277
2007	5,497,243	50,528,584
2008	5,576,593	51,114,599
2009	5,656,601	51,728,516
2010	5,737,450	52,344,051
2011	5,819,051	52,995,205
2012	5,901,287	53,782,567
2013	5,983,845	54,678,791
2014	6,066,492	55,594,838
2015	6,149,417	56,723,537
2016	6,232,666	57,259,551
2017	6,316,231	57,635,162
2018	6,400,080	58,613,001
2019	6,483,657	59,587,885
2020	6,565,267	60,562,381
2021	6,644,741	61,502,603
2022	6,730,654	62,378,410
2023	6,823,613	63,212,384
2024	6,916,140	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Nicaragua and South Africa

Fertility rate

Nicaragua

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	South Africa
1960	7.16	6.11
1961	7.11	6.08
1962	7.1	6.05
1963	7.08	6.01
1964	7.06	5.96
1965	7.03	5.89
1966	6.99	5.91
1967	6.94	5.85
1968	6.89	5.78
1969	6.83	5.72
1970	6.77	5.63
1971	6.71	5.57
1972	6.65	5.49
1973	6.59	5.41
1974	6.52	5.3
1975	6.45	5.19
1976	6.37	5.07
1977	6.28	4.94
1978	6.16	4.85
1979	6.07	4.82
1980	5.96	4.78
1981	5.84	4.71
1982	5.74	4.7
1983	5.61	4.63
1984	5.49	4.57
1985	5.36	4.5
1986	5.22	4.41
1987	5.07	4.35
1988	4.93	4.18
1989	4.76	3.98
1990	4.6	3.72
1991	4.43	3.62
1992	4.27	3.48
1993	4.1	3.37
1994	3.94	3.26
1995	3.78	3.17
1996	3.62	2.99
1997	3.47	2.73
1998	3.34	2.63
1999	3.22	2.56
2000	3.12	2.41
2001	3	2.37
2002	2.89	2.32
2003	2.83	2.36
2004	2.78	2.44
2005	2.77	2.51
2006	2.73	2.55
2007	2.7	2.55
2008	2.66	2.68
2009	2.63	2.5
2010	2.6	2.44
2011	2.56	2.44
2012	2.53	2.45
2013	2.49	2.43
2014	2.46	2.42
2015	2.43	2.36
2016	2.41	2.26
2017	2.38	2.28
2018	2.35	2.27
2019	2.32	2.26
2020	2.3	2.26
2021	2.27	2.25
2022	2.24	2.23
2023	2.22	2.22

Nicaragua and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Nicaragua

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nicaragua	South Africa
1960	16.2	19
1961	16.1	19
1962	16	18.9
1963	15.9	18.9
1964	15.9	18.9
1965	15.9	18.8
1966	16	18.8
1967	16	18.8
1968	16	18.8
1969	16.1	18.8
1970	16.1	18.8
1971	16.1	18.8
1972	16.2	18.8
1973	16.2	18.8
1974	16.2	18.9
1975	16.2	18.9
1976	16.2	19
1977	16.2	19.1
1978	16.2	19.2
1979	16.2	19.3
1980	16.2	19.4
1981	16.2	19.6
1982	16.2	19.8
1983	16.3	20
1984	16.3	20.2
1985	16.3	20.4
1986	16.3	20.5
1987	16.4	20.7
1988	16.4	20.9
1989	16.5	21.1
1990	16.7	21.3
1991	16.8	21.5
1992	17	21.5
1993	17.2	21.9
1994	17.4	22
1995	17.6	21.5
1996	17.9	21.2
1997	18.1	21.2
1998	18.4	21.4
1999	18.8	21.6
2000	19.1	21.9
2001	19.4	22.2
2002	19.7	22.4
2003	20.1	22.8
2004	20.4	23.1
2005	20.8	23.3
2006	21.1	23.5
2007	21.4	23.8
2008	21.7	24
2009	22	24.3
2010	22.2	24.6
2011	22.5	25
2012	22.8	25.3
2013	23.1	25.7
2014	23.4	26
2015	23.7	26.4
2016	24	26.7
2017	24.3	27
2018	24.7	27.5
2019	25	27.9
2020	25.3	28.3
2021	25.6	28.6
2022	25.9	28.9
2023	26.3	29.2
2024	26.6	29.5

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