Niger vs South Africa statistics compared

Niger has a population of 27M (ranked 55/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Niger's land area is 489,076 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 20th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Niger ranks 187/197 ($723), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Niger and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Niger and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Niger

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Niger	South Africa
1960	$449,526,873	$8,748,596,501
1961	$485,785,231	$9,225,996,310
1962	$531,736,599	$9,813,996,074
1963	$586,294,879	$10,854,195,658
1964	$582,816,396	$11,955,995,218
1965	$673,383,511	$13,068,994,772
1966	$702,296,079	$14,211,394,315
1967	$665,586,872	$15,821,393,671
1968	$641,214,226	$17,124,793,150
1969	$625,867,985	$19,256,992,297
1970	$649,916,621	$21,218,391,513
1971	$693,573,704	$23,411,076,638
1972	$742,779,661	$24,515,919,217
1973	$946,385,105	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,026,137,111	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,048,690,933	$42,906,905,672
1976	$1,064,517,601	$41,150,460,288
1977	$1,291,458,041	$45,328,411,332
1978	$1,774,365,590	$51,607,412,902
1979	$2,109,277,666	$63,038,658,089
1980	$2,508,524,721	$89,411,864,402
1981	$2,170,893,414	$93,141,472,164
1982	$2,017,612,216	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,803,099,561	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,461,243,326	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,440,581,652	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,904,096,998	$73,354,771,399
1987	$2,233,006,105	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,280,356,193	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,179,567,114	$108,055,624,082
1990	$3,512,356,508	$126,048,140,142
1991	$3,285,796,875	$135,203,698,238
1992	$3,386,232,579	$146,956,150,987
1993	$3,052,673,849	$147,194,747,566
1994	$1,938,058,175	$153,512,712,382
1995	$2,302,537,562	$171,735,933,897
1996	$2,405,686,940	$163,234,925,381
1997	$2,290,318,910	$168,978,057,328
1998	$2,643,363,519	$152,982,984,557
1999	$2,537,789,821	$151,516,957,079
2000	$2,241,753,193	$151,752,757,215
2001	$2,448,714,704	$135,429,905,923
2002	$2,782,192,879	$129,087,556,612
2003	$3,394,084,732	$197,018,965,309
2004	$3,760,443,738	$255,806,908,595
2005	$4,383,315,965	$288,867,217,197
2006	$4,756,361,252	$303,858,675,364
2007	$5,731,485,052	$333,077,117,254
2008	$7,297,600,226	$316,131,258,616
2009	$7,352,131,310	$329,754,060,647
2010	$7,851,192,502	$417,363,822,802
2011	$8,772,950,778	$458,199,494,831
2012	$9,426,912,648	$434,400,545,086
2013	$10,224,897,438	$400,886,013,596
2014	$10,862,943,544	$381,198,869,776
2015	$9,683,867,926	$346,709,790,459
2016	$10,398,861,982	$323,585,509,674
2017	$11,185,104,252	$381,448,814,653
2018	$12,837,307,497	$405,260,723,893
2019	$12,889,555,561	$389,330,032,224
2020	$13,744,653,103	$337,974,655,408
2021	$14,915,002,436	$420,886,877,629
2022	$15,433,852,714	$406,920,004,594
2023	$16,698,786,973	$380,699,271,816
2024	$19,537,639,288	$400,260,724,226

Niger and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Niger

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Niger	South Africa
1960	$128.3	$532
1961	$134.6	$546
1962	$143.2	$563
1963	$153.3	$605
1964	$148.1	$646
1965	$166.3	$685
1966	$168.6	$722
1967	$155.4	$779
1968	$145.6	$817
1969	$138.3	$891
1970	$139.8	$952
1971	$145.2	$1,020
1972	$151.4	$1,038
1973	$187.9	$1,369
1974	$198.3	$1,656
1975	$197.2	$1,670
1976	$194.8	$1,559
1977	$229.8	$1,671
1978	$307	$1,852
1979	$354	$2,202
1980	$409	$3,029
1981	$343	$3,050
1982	$310	$2,717
1983	$268.8	$2,938
1984	$211.5	$2,504
1985	$202.4	$1,839
1986	$259.6	$2,027
1987	$295.3	$2,586
1988	$292.6	$2,702
1989	$271.3	$2,727
1990	$424	$3,093
1991	$384	$3,243
1992	$384	$3,462
1993	$335	$3,400
1994	$206.2	$3,489
1995	$237	$3,856
1996	$239.5	$3,618
1997	$220.6	$3,700
1998	$246.1	$3,310
1999	$228.3	$3,242
2000	$194.8	$3,218
2001	$205.4	$2,847
2002	$225.3	$2,688
2003	$265.2	$4,062
2004	$283.5	$5,221
2005	$319	$5,837
2006	$333	$6,077
2007	$387	$6,592
2008	$475	$6,185
2009	$461	$6,375
2010	$474	$7,973
2011	$511	$8,646
2012	$529	$8,077
2013	$552	$7,332
2014	$565	$6,857
2015	$486	$6,112
2016	$503	$5,651
2017	$522	$6,618
2018	$579	$6,914
2019	$562	$6,534
2020	$580	$5,581
2021	$609	$6,843
2022	$610	$6,523
2023	$638	$6,023
2024	$723	$6,253

Niger vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Niger

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Niger	South Africa
1950	35.9	43.1
1951	35.9	44.1
1952	35.9	45
1953	35.9	46.1
1954	36	47.1
1955	36	48.2
1956	36	49.2
1957	36.1	50.2
1958	36.1	51.1
1959	36.1	51.9
1960	36.2	52.6
1961	36.3	53.1
1962	36.3	53.6
1963	36.4	53.9
1964	36.5	54.2
1965	36.4	54.4
1966	36.3	54.7
1967	36.2	55
1968	36.1	55.2
1969	36	55.4
1970	35.9	55.7
1971	35.3	56
1972	35.8	56.4
1973	35.9	56.7
1974	36.2	57.1
1975	36.6	57.6
1976	37.1	58
1977	37.7	58.5
1978	38.3	59
1979	38.9	59.5
1980	39.3	60
1981	39.6	60.4
1982	39.8	60.9
1983	40	61.4
1984	40	61.8
1985	40.1	62.2
1986	40.3	62.4
1987	40.5	62.7
1988	40.8	62.9
1989	41.2	63
1990	41.7	62.9
1991	42.3	63
1992	43.1	62.8
1993	43.8	62.6
1994	44.6	62.1
1995	45.5	61.6
1996	46.3	61.1
1997	47.1	60.5
1998	47.8	59.9
1999	48.5	59.2
2000	49.2	58.4
2001	49.9	57.2
2002	50.6	55.6
2003	51.5	54.2
2004	52.4	54
2005	53.3	53.9
2006	54.2	54.2
2007	55.1	54.9
2008	55.9	56
2009	56.5	57.4
2010	57.1	58.9
2011	57.6	60.6
2012	58	61.7
2013	58.4	62.4
2014	58.7	63.2
2015	58.8	64.1
2016	59.2	64.7
2017	59.5	65.4
2018	59.8	65.7
2019	60	66.1
2020	59.9	65.2
2021	59.5	62
2022	60.4	65.5
2023	61.2	66.1
2024	61.4	66.3
2025	61.7	66.5

Niger and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Niger

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Niger	South Africa
1960	3,505,050	16,440,172
1961	3,608,162	16,908,035
1962	3,714,520	17,418,522
1963	3,823,873	17,954,564
1964	3,935,814	18,511,361
1965	4,049,695	19,089,380
1966	4,165,544	19,690,087
1967	4,283,590	20,314,066
1968	4,403,637	20,957,287
1969	4,525,725	21,614,676
1970	4,650,275	22,279,984
1971	4,776,225	22,942,143
1972	4,904,845	23,609,456
1973	5,037,865	24,294,263
1974	5,174,953	24,989,108
1975	5,317,019	25,690,940
1976	5,464,962	26,395,450
1977	5,619,716	27,118,952
1978	5,782,932	27,869,507
1979	5,955,556	28,634,162
1980	6,135,971	29,518,857
1981	6,322,006	30,541,044
1982	6,512,732	31,615,339
1983	6,708,644	32,739,304
1984	6,909,971	33,892,788
1985	7,118,457	35,042,093
1986	7,335,811	36,180,515
1987	7,561,150	37,326,190
1988	7,793,748	38,480,649
1989	8,034,780	39,628,575
1990	8,286,059	40,746,268
1991	8,546,900	41,687,898
1992	8,817,633	42,443,509
1993	9,100,789	43,297,156
1994	9,398,258	44,004,139
1995	9,714,529	44,541,554
1996	10,044,852	45,123,018
1997	10,383,969	45,666,838
1998	10,741,413	46,223,880
1999	11,117,411	46,730,335
2000	11,509,630	47,159,719
2001	11,920,647	47,566,800
2002	12,349,144	48,019,415
2003	12,796,984	48,500,348
2004	13,265,836	48,991,421
2005	13,756,192	49,490,033
2006	14,268,581	49,998,277
2007	14,803,610	50,528,584
2008	15,361,915	51,114,599
2009	15,943,675	51,728,516
2010	16,548,835	52,344,051
2011	17,176,283	52,995,205
2012	17,836,769	53,782,567
2013	18,519,898	54,678,791
2014	19,215,909	55,594,838
2015	19,939,498	56,723,537
2016	20,685,753	57,259,551
2017	21,435,446	57,635,162
2018	22,188,069	58,613,001
2019	22,947,757	59,587,885
2020	23,717,613	60,562,381
2021	24,502,140	61,502,603
2022	25,311,973	62,378,410
2023	26,159,867	63,212,384
2024	27,032,412	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Niger and South Africa

Fertility rate

Niger

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Niger	South Africa
1960	7.53	6.11
1961	7.51	6.08
1962	7.5	6.05
1963	7.49	6.01
1964	7.48	5.96
1965	7.47	5.89
1966	7.48	5.91
1967	7.49	5.85
1968	7.5	5.78
1969	7.51	5.72
1970	7.51	5.63
1971	7.52	5.57
1972	7.52	5.49
1973	7.53	5.41
1974	7.54	5.3
1975	7.54	5.19
1976	7.56	5.07
1977	7.6	4.94
1978	7.66	4.85
1979	7.72	4.82
1980	7.78	4.78
1981	7.82	4.71
1982	7.86	4.7
1983	7.9	4.63
1984	7.92	4.57
1985	7.93	4.5
1986	7.9	4.41
1987	7.87	4.35
1988	7.84	4.18
1989	7.82	3.98
1990	7.81	3.72
1991	7.8	3.62
1992	7.8	3.48
1993	7.79	3.37
1994	7.79	3.26
1995	7.78	3.17
1996	7.78	2.99
1997	7.8	2.73
1998	7.84	2.63
1999	7.84	2.56
2000	7.83	2.41
2001	7.81	2.37
2002	7.8	2.32
2003	7.79	2.36
2004	7.78	2.44
2005	7.77	2.51
2006	7.74	2.55
2007	7.73	2.55
2008	7.7	2.68
2009	7.68	2.5
2010	7.64	2.44
2011	7.59	2.44
2012	7.53	2.45
2013	7.45	2.43
2014	7.34	2.42
2015	7.22	2.36
2016	7.04	2.26
2017	6.87	2.28
2018	6.71	2.27
2019	6.54	2.26
2020	6.37	2.26
2021	6.2	2.25
2022	6.14	2.23
2023	6.06	2.22

Niger and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Niger

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Niger	South Africa
1960	15.5	19
1961	15.5	19
1962	15.5	18.9
1963	15.5	18.9
1964	15.6	18.9
1965	15.6	18.8
1966	15.6	18.8
1967	15.7	18.8
1968	15.7	18.8
1969	15.8	18.8
1970	15.9	18.8
1971	15.9	18.8
1972	16	18.8
1973	16.1	18.8
1974	16.1	18.9
1975	16.2	18.9
1976	16.3	19
1977	16.3	19.1
1978	16.4	19.2
1979	16.4	19.3
1980	16.4	19.4
1981	16.4	19.6
1982	16.4	19.8
1983	16.4	20
1984	16.4	20.2
1985	16.4	20.4
1986	16.4	20.5
1987	16.4	20.7
1988	16.5	20.9
1989	16.5	21.1
1990	16.5	21.3
1991	16.6	21.5
1992	16.6	21.5
1993	16.6	21.9
1994	16.6	22
1995	16.6	21.5
1996	16.6	21.2
1997	16.5	21.2
1998	16.5	21.4
1999	16.4	21.6
2000	16.3	21.9
2001	16.2	22.2
2002	16.1	22.4
2003	16	22.8
2004	15.9	23.1
2005	15.8	23.3
2006	15.7	23.5
2007	15.5	23.8
2008	15.5	24
2009	15.4	24.3
2010	15.3	24.6
2011	15.3	25
2012	15.3	25.3
2013	15.3	25.7
2014	15.3	26
2015	15.4	26.4
2016	15.5	26.7
2017	15.6	27
2018	15.7	27.5
2019	15.8	27.9
2020	15.9	28.3
2021	16	28.6
2022	16.2	28.9
2023	16.3	29.2
2024	16.5	29.5

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