Norway vs South Africa statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 62nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Norway and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Norway and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Norway

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	South Africa
1960	$5,197,398,721	$8,748,596,501
1961	$5,669,689,210	$9,225,996,310
1962	$6,107,076,929	$9,813,996,074
1963	$6,553,269,536	$10,854,195,658
1964	$7,206,522,122	$11,955,995,218
1965	$8,111,945,661	$13,068,994,772
1966	$8,753,940,267	$14,211,394,315
1967	$9,577,383,653	$15,821,393,671
1968	$10,227,087,165	$17,124,793,150
1969	$11,136,187,440	$19,256,992,297
1970	$12,814,123,115	$21,218,391,513
1971	$14,583,114,840	$23,411,076,638
1972	$17,358,610,850	$24,515,919,217
1973	$22,534,253,703	$33,262,772,008
1974	$27,145,693,810	$41,389,186,095
1975	$32,877,805,200	$42,906,905,672
1976	$35,942,270,686	$41,150,460,288
1977	$41,508,030,431	$45,328,411,332
1978	$46,522,900,254	$51,607,412,902
1979	$53,132,244,624	$63,038,658,089
1980	$64,439,382,896	$89,411,864,402
1981	$63,596,654,761	$93,141,472,164
1982	$62,647,195,538	$85,904,057,409
1983	$61,627,240,831	$96,204,110,942
1984	$62,057,955,033	$84,870,163,366
1985	$65,416,879,914	$64,459,376,087
1986	$78,693,118,044	$73,354,771,399
1987	$94,229,907,236	$96,535,763,418
1988	$101,900,260,856	$103,976,831,871
1989	$102,633,934,391	$108,055,624,082
1990	$119,791,843,060	$126,048,140,142
1991	$121,872,464,483	$135,203,698,238
1992	$130,838,040,068	$146,956,150,987
1993	$120,579,213,713	$147,194,747,566
1994	$127,131,319,429	$153,512,712,382
1995	$152,029,612,325	$171,735,933,897
1996	$163,520,109,151	$163,234,925,381
1997	$161,356,631,888	$168,978,057,328
1998	$154,230,295,158	$152,982,984,557
1999	$162,383,706,021	$151,516,957,079
2000	$171,457,201,936	$151,752,757,215
2001	$174,239,354,071	$135,429,905,923
2002	$195,914,852,576	$129,087,556,612
2003	$229,385,469,337	$197,018,965,309
2004	$265,268,662,473	$255,806,908,595
2005	$309,978,579,744	$288,867,217,197
2006	$346,915,160,682	$303,858,675,364
2007	$402,643,260,488	$333,077,117,254
2008	$464,917,553,191	$316,131,258,616
2009	$387,976,400,617	$329,754,060,647
2010	$431,052,143,940	$417,363,822,802
2011	$501,360,549,669	$458,199,494,831
2012	$512,777,309,841	$434,400,545,086
2013	$526,014,468,085	$400,886,013,596
2014	$501,736,471,833	$381,198,869,776
2015	$388,159,512,246	$346,709,790,459
2016	$370,956,547,619	$323,585,509,674
2017	$401,745,275,035	$381,448,814,653
2018	$439,788,625,884	$405,260,723,893
2019	$408,742,840,909	$389,330,032,224
2020	$367,633,418,887	$337,974,655,408
2021	$503,367,986,030	$420,886,877,629
2022	$596,297,651,036	$406,920,004,594
2023	$482,949,731,777	$380,699,271,816
2024	$483,727,398,216	$400,260,724,226

Norway and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	South Africa
1960	$1,451	$532
1961	$1,571	$546
1962	$1,678	$563
1963	$1,787	$605
1964	$1,951	$646
1965	$2,179	$685
1966	$2,333	$722
1967	$2,531	$779
1968	$2,680	$817
1969	$2,894	$891
1970	$3,306	$952
1971	$3,736	$1,020
1972	$4,414	$1,038
1973	$5,690	$1,369
1974	$6,812	$1,656
1975	$8,204	$1,670
1976	$8,927	$1,559
1977	$10,266	$1,671
1978	$11,463	$1,852
1979	$13,047	$2,202
1980	$15,772	$3,029
1981	$15,513	$3,050
1982	$15,225	$2,717
1983	$14,928	$2,938
1984	$14,989	$2,504
1985	$15,754	$1,839
1986	$18,883	$2,027
1987	$22,506	$2,586
1988	$24,207	$2,702
1989	$24,281	$2,727
1990	$28,243	$3,093
1991	$28,597	$3,243
1992	$30,524	$3,462
1993	$27,964	$3,400
1994	$29,316	$3,489
1995	$34,876	$3,856
1996	$37,322	$3,618
1997	$36,629	$3,700
1998	$34,803	$3,310
1999	$36,393	$3,242
2000	$38,178	$3,218
2001	$38,602	$2,847
2002	$43,171	$2,688
2003	$50,250	$4,062
2004	$57,769	$5,221
2005	$67,047	$5,837
2006	$74,434	$6,077
2007	$85,502	$6,592
2008	$97,504	$6,185
2009	$80,348	$6,375
2010	$88,163	$7,973
2011	$101,222	$8,646
2012	$102,176	$8,077
2013	$103,554	$7,332
2014	$97,667	$6,857
2015	$74,810	$6,112
2016	$70,867	$5,651
2017	$76,132	$6,618
2018	$82,793	$6,914
2019	$76,431	$6,534
2020	$68,340	$5,581
2021	$93,073	$6,843
2022	$109,270	$6,523
2023	$87,497	$6,023
2024	$86,810	$6,253

Norway vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	South Africa
1950	71.6	43.1
1951	72.5	44.1
1952	72.7	45
1953	73.1	46.1
1954	73.2	47.1
1955	73.4	48.2
1956	73.5	49.2
1957	73.4	50.2
1958	73.4	51.1
1959	73.6	51.9
1960	73.6	52.6
1961	73.6	53.1
1962	73.5	53.6
1963	73.1	53.9
1964	73.6	54.2
1965	73.7	54.4
1966	74	54.7
1967	74.1	55
1968	73.9	55.2
1969	73.7	55.4
1970	74.1	55.7
1971	74.2	56
1972	74.3	56.4
1973	74.4	56.7
1974	74.8	57.1
1975	74.8	57.6
1976	75	58
1977	75.4	58.5
1978	75.4	59
1979	75.4	59.5
1980	75.7	60
1981	75.9	60.4
1982	76	60.9
1983	76.1	61.4
1984	76.2	61.8
1985	75.9	62.2
1986	76.3	62.4
1987	76.1	62.7
1988	76.3	62.9
1989	76.5	63
1990	76.6	62.9
1991	77	63
1992	77.2	62.8
1993	77.2	62.6
1994	77.8	62.1
1995	77.8	61.6
1996	78.2	61.1
1997	78.2	60.5
1998	78.4	59.9
1999	78.4	59.2
2000	78.7	58.4
2001	78.9	57.2
2002	79	55.6
2003	79.5	54.2
2004	80	54
2005	80.2	53.9
2006	80.4	54.2
2007	80.5	54.9
2008	80.7	56
2009	80.9	57.4
2010	81	58.9
2011	81.2	60.6
2012	81.4	61.7
2013	81.7	62.4
2014	82.1	63.2
2015	82.3	64.1
2016	82.4	64.7
2017	82.6	65.4
2018	82.8	65.7
2019	83	66.1
2020	83.2	65.2
2021	83.2	62
2022	82.6	65.5
2023	83.3	66.1
2024	83.5	66.3
2025	83.6	66.5

Norway and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	South Africa
1960	3,581,239	16,440,172
1961	3,609,800	16,908,035
1962	3,638,918	17,418,522
1963	3,666,537	17,954,564
1964	3,694,339	18,511,361
1965	3,723,168	19,089,380
1966	3,753,012	19,690,087
1967	3,784,539	20,314,066
1968	3,816,486	20,957,287
1969	3,847,707	21,614,676
1970	3,875,763	22,279,984
1971	3,903,039	22,942,143
1972	3,933,004	23,609,456
1973	3,960,612	24,294,263
1974	3,985,258	24,989,108
1975	4,007,313	25,690,940
1976	4,026,152	26,395,450
1977	4,043,205	27,118,952
1978	4,058,671	27,869,507
1979	4,072,517	28,634,162
1980	4,085,620	29,518,857
1981	4,099,702	30,541,044
1982	4,114,787	31,615,339
1983	4,128,432	32,739,304
1984	4,140,099	33,892,788
1985	4,152,516	35,042,093
1986	4,167,354	36,180,515
1987	4,186,905	37,326,190
1988	4,209,488	38,480,649
1989	4,226,901	39,628,575
1990	4,241,473	40,746,268
1991	4,261,732	41,687,898
1992	4,286,401	42,443,509
1993	4,311,991	43,297,156
1994	4,336,613	44,004,139
1995	4,359,184	44,541,554
1996	4,381,336	45,123,018
1997	4,405,157	45,666,838
1998	4,431,464	46,223,880
1999	4,461,913	46,730,335
2000	4,490,967	47,159,719
2001	4,513,751	47,566,800
2002	4,538,159	48,019,415
2003	4,564,855	48,500,348
2004	4,591,910	48,991,421
2005	4,623,291	49,490,033
2006	4,660,677	49,998,277
2007	4,709,153	50,528,584
2008	4,768,212	51,114,599
2009	4,828,726	51,728,516
2010	4,889,252	52,344,051
2011	4,953,088	52,995,205
2012	5,018,573	53,782,567
2013	5,079,623	54,678,791
2014	5,137,232	55,594,838
2015	5,188,607	56,723,537
2016	5,234,519	57,259,551
2017	5,276,968	57,635,162
2018	5,311,916	58,613,001
2019	5,347,896	59,587,885
2020	5,379,475	60,562,381
2021	5,408,320	61,502,603
2022	5,457,127	62,378,410
2023	5,519,594	63,212,384
2024	5,572,272	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Norway and South Africa

Fertility rate

Norway

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	South Africa
1960	2.85	6.11
1961	2.94	6.08
1962	2.91	6.05
1963	2.93	6.01
1964	2.98	5.96
1965	2.94	5.89
1966	2.9	5.91
1967	2.81	5.85
1968	2.75	5.78
1969	2.7	5.72
1970	2.5	5.63
1971	2.49	5.57
1972	2.38	5.49
1973	2.23	5.41
1974	2.13	5.3
1975	1.98	5.19
1976	1.86	5.07
1977	1.75	4.94
1978	1.77	4.85
1979	1.75	4.82
1980	1.72	4.78
1981	1.7	4.71
1982	1.71	4.7
1983	1.66	4.63
1984	1.66	4.57
1985	1.68	4.5
1986	1.71	4.41
1987	1.74	4.35
1988	1.84	4.18
1989	1.89	3.98
1990	1.93	3.72
1991	1.92	3.62
1992	1.88	3.48
1993	1.86	3.37
1994	1.87	3.26
1995	1.87	3.17
1996	1.89	2.99
1997	1.86	2.73
1998	1.81	2.63
1999	1.85	2.56
2000	1.85	2.41
2001	1.78	2.37
2002	1.75	2.32
2003	1.8	2.36
2004	1.83	2.44
2005	1.84	2.51
2006	1.9	2.55
2007	1.9	2.55
2008	1.96	2.68
2009	1.98	2.5
2010	1.95	2.44
2011	1.88	2.44
2012	1.85	2.45
2013	1.78	2.43
2014	1.75	2.42
2015	1.72	2.36
2016	1.71	2.26
2017	1.62	2.28
2018	1.56	2.27
2019	1.53	2.26
2020	1.48	2.26
2021	1.55	2.25
2022	1.41	2.23
2023	1.4	2.22

Norway and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Norway

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	South Africa
1960	34.3	19
1961	34.4	19
1962	34.4	18.9
1963	34.3	18.9
1964	34.2	18.9
1965	34.1	18.8
1966	33.9	18.8
1967	33.7	18.8
1968	33.5	18.8
1969	33.2	18.8
1970	32.9	18.8
1971	32.7	18.8
1972	32.5	18.8
1973	32.4	18.8
1974	32.4	18.9
1975	32.5	18.9
1976	32.6	19
1977	32.7	19.1
1978	32.9	19.2
1979	33.1	19.3
1980	33.3	19.4
1981	33.6	19.6
1982	33.9	19.8
1983	34.1	20
1984	34.4	20.2
1985	34.6	20.4
1986	34.8	20.5
1987	34.9	20.7
1988	35.1	20.9
1989	35.2	21.1
1990	35.4	21.3
1991	35.5	21.5
1992	35.7	21.5
1993	35.8	21.9
1994	35.9	22
1995	36.1	21.5
1996	36.2	21.2
1997	36.4	21.2
1998	36.5	21.4
1999	36.7	21.6
2000	36.9	21.9
2001	37.1	22.2
2002	37.3	22.4
2003	37.5	22.8
2004	37.7	23.1
2005	37.9	23.3
2006	38.1	23.5
2007	38.3	23.8
2008	38.4	24
2009	38.5	24.3
2010	38.6	24.6
2011	38.7	25
2012	38.8	25.3
2013	38.9	25.7
2014	39	26
2015	39.2	26.4
2016	39.3	26.7
2017	39.4	27
2018	39.6	27.5
2019	39.8	27.9
2020	40	28.3
2021	40.3	28.6
2022	40.4	28.9
2023	40.5	29.2
2024	40.7	29.5

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