North Macedonia vs South Africa statistics compared

North Macedonia has a population of 1.79M (ranked 150/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 145th vs. 24th).

By GDP, North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

North Macedonia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

North Macedonia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

North Macedonia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	North Macedonia	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	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	-	$23,411,076,638
1972	-	$24,515,919,217
1973	-	$33,262,772,008
1974	-	$41,389,186,095
1975	-	$42,906,905,672
1976	-	$41,150,460,288
1977	-	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	-	$89,411,864,402
1981	-	$93,141,472,164
1982	-	$85,904,057,409
1983	-	$96,204,110,942
1984	-	$84,870,163,366
1985	-	$64,459,376,087
1986	-	$73,354,771,399
1987	-	$96,535,763,418
1988	-	$103,976,831,871
1989	-	$108,055,624,082
1990	$4,699,646,643	$126,048,140,142
1991	$4,938,775,510	$135,203,698,238
1992	$2,436,849,342	$146,956,150,987
1993	$2,682,456,897	$147,194,747,566
1994	$3,559,608,640	$153,512,712,382
1995	$4,707,041,315	$171,735,933,897
1996	$4,642,021,256	$163,234,925,381
1997	$3,912,986,091	$168,978,057,328
1998	$3,765,745,023	$152,982,984,557
1999	$3,863,619,285	$151,516,957,079
2000	$3,772,859,034	$151,752,757,215
2001	$3,709,636,031	$135,429,905,923
2002	$4,018,365,747	$129,087,556,612
2003	$4,946,296,599	$197,018,965,309
2004	$5,682,784,472	$255,806,908,595
2005	$6,258,602,873	$288,867,217,197
2006	$6,861,226,972	$303,858,675,364
2007	$8,336,474,974	$333,077,117,254
2008	$9,909,552,435	$316,131,258,616
2009	$9,401,736,825	$329,754,060,647
2010	$9,407,170,321	$417,363,822,802
2011	$10,494,626,768	$458,199,494,831
2012	$9,745,261,301	$434,400,545,086
2013	$10,817,702,346	$400,886,013,596
2014	$11,362,265,253	$381,198,869,776
2015	$10,064,519,963	$346,709,790,459
2016	$10,672,467,073	$323,585,509,674
2017	$11,307,067,070	$381,448,814,653
2018	$12,683,068,114	$405,260,723,893
2019	$12,606,338,449	$389,330,032,224
2020	$12,361,036,914	$337,974,655,408
2021	$14,000,283,827	$420,886,877,629
2022	$13,932,436,550	$406,920,004,594
2023	$15,763,604,288	$380,699,271,816
2024	$16,685,236,492	$400,260,724,226

North Macedonia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

North Macedonia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	North Macedonia	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	-	$952
1971	-	$1,020
1972	-	$1,038
1973	-	$1,369
1974	-	$1,656
1975	-	$1,670
1976	-	$1,559
1977	-	$1,671
1978	-	$1,852
1979	-	$2,202
1980	-	$3,029
1981	-	$3,050
1982	-	$2,717
1983	-	$2,938
1984	-	$2,504
1985	-	$1,839
1986	-	$2,027
1987	-	$2,586
1988	-	$2,702
1989	-	$2,727
1990	$2,277	$3,093
1991	$2,402	$3,243
1992	$1,199	$3,462
1993	$1,337	$3,400
1994	$1,786	$3,489
1995	$2,355	$3,856
1996	$2,307	$3,618
1997	$1,960	$3,700
1998	$1,876	$3,310
1999	$1,915	$3,242
2000	$1,862	$3,218
2001	$1,823	$2,847
2002	$1,989	$2,688
2003	$2,445	$4,062
2004	$2,819	$5,221
2005	$3,121	$5,837
2006	$3,440	$6,077
2007	$4,204	$6,592
2008	$5,026	$6,185
2009	$4,800	$6,375
2010	$4,833	$7,973
2011	$5,417	$8,646
2012	$5,050	$8,077
2013	$5,626	$7,332
2014	$5,925	$6,857
2015	$5,263	$6,112
2016	$5,598	$5,651
2017	$5,955	$6,618
2018	$6,714	$6,914
2019	$6,719	$6,534
2020	$6,660	$5,581
2021	$7,621	$6,843
2022	$7,606	$6,523
2023	$8,624	$6,023
2024	$9,310	$6,253

North Macedonia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

North Macedonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	North Macedonia	South Africa
1950	50.6	43.1
1951	48.5	44.1
1952	52.5	45
1953	53.2	46.1
1954	55.7	47.1
1955	55.4	48.2
1956	58.5	49.2
1957	55.7	50.2
1958	60.3	51.1
1959	59.5	51.9
1960	60.5	52.6
1961	61.8	53.1
1962	59.3	53.6
1963	61.4	53.9
1964	61.5	54.2
1965	62.6	54.4
1966	63.5	54.7
1967	63.8	55
1968	64.6	55.2
1969	64	55.4
1970	65	55.7
1971	65.2	56
1972	65.6	56.4
1973	67.1	56.7
1974	67.1	57.1
1975	67.3	57.6
1976	67.9	58
1977	68.2	58.5
1978	69.1	59
1979	69.2	59.5
1980	69.1	60
1981	69.4	60.4
1982	69.8	60.9
1983	69.7	61.4
1984	70.2	61.8
1985	70.2	62.2
1986	70.3	62.4
1987	70.4	62.7
1988	70.5	62.9
1989	71.1	63
1990	71.3	62.9
1991	71.8	63
1992	71.3	62.8
1993	71.7	62.6
1994	71.5	62.1
1995	72	61.6
1996	71.9	61.1
1997	71.9	60.5
1998	71.8	59.9
1999	72.3	59.2
2000	72.6	58.4
2001	73	57.2
2002	72.7	55.6
2003	73	54.2
2004	73.4	54
2005	73.6	53.9
2006	73.8	54.2
2007	73.7	54.9
2008	74.4	56
2009	74.5	57.4
2010	75	58.9
2011	75.1	60.6
2012	75	61.7
2013	75.6	62.4
2014	75.6	63.2
2015	75.6	64.1
2016	75.6	64.7
2017	76.2	65.4
2018	76.9	65.7
2019	76.8	66.1
2020	74.5	65.2
2021	73.3	62
2022	76.6	65.5
2023	77.4	66.1
2024	77.5	66.3
2025	77.7	66.5

North Macedonia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

North Macedonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	North Macedonia	South Africa
1960	1,435,059	16,440,172
1961	1,455,171	16,908,035
1962	1,471,745	17,418,522
1963	1,488,737	17,954,564
1964	1,510,900	18,511,361
1965	1,533,466	19,089,380
1966	1,557,349	19,690,087
1967	1,582,492	20,314,066
1968	1,608,930	20,957,287
1969	1,636,345	21,614,676
1970	1,664,208	22,279,984
1971	1,691,216	22,942,143
1972	1,717,395	23,609,456
1973	1,743,816	24,294,263
1974	1,770,545	24,989,108
1975	1,797,972	25,690,940
1976	1,825,830	26,395,450
1977	1,853,138	27,118,952
1978	1,879,847	27,869,507
1979	1,906,523	28,634,162
1980	1,933,038	29,518,857
1981	1,959,065	30,541,044
1982	1,978,956	31,615,339
1983	1,991,901	32,739,304
1984	2,003,399	33,892,788
1985	2,014,331	35,042,093
1986	2,024,732	36,180,515
1987	2,035,157	37,326,190
1988	2,045,737	38,480,649
1989	2,055,649	39,628,575
1990	2,063,689	40,746,268
1991	2,055,994	41,687,898
1992	2,032,523	42,443,509
1993	2,006,854	43,297,156
1994	1,992,666	44,004,139
1995	1,998,534	44,541,554
1996	2,012,553	45,123,018
1997	1,996,869	45,666,838
1998	2,007,523	46,223,880
1999	2,017,142	46,730,335
2000	2,026,350	47,159,719
2001	2,034,882	47,566,800
2002	2,020,157	48,019,415
2003	2,022,725	48,500,348
2004	2,016,186	48,991,421
2005	2,005,330	49,490,033
2006	1,994,287	49,998,277
2007	1,982,933	50,528,584
2008	1,971,493	51,114,599
2009	1,958,782	51,728,516
2010	1,946,298	52,344,051
2011	1,937,398	52,995,205
2012	1,929,821	53,782,567
2013	1,922,716	54,678,791
2014	1,917,557	55,594,838
2015	1,912,430	56,723,537
2016	1,906,313	57,259,551
2017	1,898,657	57,635,162
2018	1,889,051	58,613,001
2019	1,876,262	59,587,885
2020	1,856,124	60,562,381
2021	1,837,114	61,502,603
2022	1,831,712	62,378,410
2023	1,827,816	63,212,384
2024	1,792,179	64,007,187

Fertility rates in North Macedonia and South Africa

Fertility rate

North Macedonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Macedonia	South Africa
1960	3.83	6.11
1961	3.62	6.08
1962	3.5	6.05
1963	3.62	6.01
1964	3.56	5.96
1965	3.52	5.89
1966	3.43	5.91
1967	3.33	5.85
1968	3.22	5.78
1969	3.1	5.72
1970	3.01	5.63
1971	2.93	5.57
1972	2.87	5.49
1973	2.72	5.41
1974	2.7	5.3
1975	2.69	5.19
1976	2.62	5.07
1977	2.49	4.94
1978	2.42	4.85
1979	2.4	4.82
1980	2.36	4.78
1981	2.29	4.71
1982	2.29	4.7
1983	2.25	4.63
1984	2.24	4.57
1985	2.25	4.5
1986	2.25	4.41
1987	2.32	4.35
1988	2.32	4.18
1989	2.25	3.98
1990	2.27	3.72
1991	2.31	3.62
1992	2.28	3.48
1993	2.26	3.37
1994	2.23	3.26
1995	2.13	3.17
1996	2.06	2.99
1997	1.92	2.73
1998	1.89	2.63
1999	1.77	2.56
2000	1.86	2.41
2001	1.73	2.37
2002	1.79	2.32
2003	1.75	2.36
2004	1.52	2.44
2005	1.5	2.51
2006	1.46	2.55
2007	1.46	2.55
2008	1.47	2.68
2009	1.5	2.5
2010	1.6	2.44
2011	1.46	2.44
2012	1.5	2.45
2013	1.5	2.43
2014	1.5	2.42
2015	1.49	2.36
2016	1.5	2.26
2017	1.43	2.28
2018	1.42	2.27
2019	1.34	2.26
2020	1.31	2.26
2021	1.6	2.25
2022	1.6	2.23
2023	1.5	2.22

North Macedonia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

North Macedonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	North Macedonia	South Africa
1960	21.8	19
1961	21.8	19
1962	21.9	18.9
1963	21.9	18.9
1964	21.9	18.9
1965	21.9	18.8
1966	22	18.8
1967	22.2	18.8
1968	22.4	18.8
1969	22.6	18.8
1970	22.8	18.8
1971	23.1	18.8
1972	23.3	18.8
1973	23.6	18.8
1974	23.9	18.9
1975	24.2	18.9
1976	24.5	19
1977	24.8	19.1
1978	25.2	19.2
1979	25.5	19.3
1980	25.9	19.4
1981	26.2	19.6
1982	26.5	19.8
1983	26.8	20
1984	27.2	20.2
1985	27.5	20.4
1986	27.8	20.5
1987	28	20.7
1988	28.3	20.9
1989	28.6	21.1
1990	28.9	21.3
1991	29.2	21.5
1992	29.6	21.5
1993	29.9	21.9
1994	30.3	22
1995	30.5	21.5
1996	30.8	21.2
1997	31	21.2
1998	31.2	21.4
1999	31.5	21.6
2000	31.9	21.9
2001	32.2	22.2
2002	32.6	22.4
2003	32.8	22.8
2004	33.2	23.1
2005	33.5	23.3
2006	33.9	23.5
2007	34.3	23.8
2008	34.7	24
2009	35.1	24.3
2010	35.5	24.6
2011	36	25
2012	36.4	25.3
2013	36.9	25.7
2014	37.3	26
2015	37.8	26.4
2016	38.3	26.7
2017	38.8	27
2018	39.4	27.5
2019	39.9	27.9
2020	40.3	28.3
2021	40.7	28.6
2022	40.9	28.9
2023	41.3	29.2
2024	41.6	29.5

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