Oman vs South Africa statistics compared

Oman has a population of 5.28M (ranked 124/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Oman's land area is 119,499 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 68th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Oman ranks 70/197 ($107B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Oman ranks 57/197 ($20,248), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Oman and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Oman and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Oman

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Oman	South Africa
1960	$44,234,656	$8,748,596,501
1961	$45,634,487	$9,225,996,310
1962	$56,273,202	$9,813,996,074
1963	$59,912,763	$10,854,195,658
1964	$61,872,526	$11,955,995,218
1965	$63,279,975	$13,068,994,772
1966	$67,759,973	$14,211,394,315
1967	$107,151,832	$15,821,393,671
1968	$188,879,849	$17,124,793,150
1969	$239,999,808	$19,256,992,297
1970	$256,319,795	$21,218,391,513
1971	$301,010,587	$23,411,076,638
1972	$366,883,548	$24,515,919,217
1973	$483,066,991	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,645,917,776	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,096,699,189	$42,906,905,672
1976	$2,560,220,035	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,741,169,948	$45,328,411,332
1978	$2,740,301,390	$51,607,412,902
1979	$3,733,352,635	$63,038,658,089
1980	$5,981,760,278	$89,411,864,402
1981	$7,259,120,151	$93,141,472,164
1982	$7,554,719,456	$85,904,057,409
1983	$7,932,541,691	$96,204,110,942
1984	$8,821,443,151	$84,870,163,366
1985	$10,005,645,420	$64,459,376,087
1986	$7,324,167,369	$73,354,771,399
1987	$7,811,183,095	$96,535,763,418
1988	$8,386,215,865	$103,976,831,871
1989	$9,372,171,651	$108,055,624,082
1990	$13,310,273,082	$126,048,140,142
1991	$12,918,335,501	$135,203,698,238
1992	$14,183,615,085	$146,956,150,987
1993	$14,230,429,129	$147,194,747,566
1994	$14,715,214,564	$153,512,712,382
1995	$15,722,236,671	$171,735,933,897
1996	$17,402,080,624	$163,234,925,381
1997	$18,039,791,938	$168,978,057,328
1998	$16,044,213,264	$152,982,984,557
1999	$17,832,769,831	$151,516,957,079
2000	$22,259,557,867	$151,752,757,215
2001	$22,205,721,717	$135,429,905,923
2002	$23,065,539,662	$129,087,556,612
2003	$24,733,680,104	$197,018,965,309
2004	$28,378,933,680	$255,806,908,595
2005	$35,506,892,068	$288,867,217,197
2006	$42,577,633,290	$303,858,675,364
2007	$48,300,390,117	$333,077,117,254
2008	$69,804,681,404	$316,131,258,616
2009	$55,454,096,229	$329,754,060,647
2010	$64,993,498,049	$417,363,822,802
2011	$77,497,529,259	$458,199,494,831
2012	$87,408,842,653	$434,400,545,086
2013	$89,936,020,806	$400,886,013,596
2014	$92,699,089,727	$381,198,869,776
2015	$78,710,793,238	$346,709,790,459
2016	$75,128,738,622	$323,585,509,674
2017	$80,856,697,009	$381,448,814,653
2018	$91,505,851,756	$405,260,723,893
2019	$88,060,858,257	$389,330,032,224
2020	$75,909,492,848	$337,974,655,408
2021	$87,323,797,139	$420,886,877,629
2022	$109,852,795,839	$406,920,004,594
2023	$105,895,708,713	$380,699,271,816
2024	$106,942,782,835	$400,260,724,226

Oman and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Oman

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Oman	South Africa
1960	$83.4	$532
1961	$84.5	$546
1962	$102.3	$563
1963	$106.8	$605
1964	$108.1	$646
1965	$108.1	$685
1966	$113.2	$722
1967	$174.7	$779
1968	$300	$817
1969	$372	$891
1970	$387	$952
1971	$442	$1,020
1972	$524	$1,038
1973	$670	$1,369
1974	$2,203	$1,656
1975	$2,692	$1,670
1976	$3,143	$1,559
1977	$3,205	$1,671
1978	$3,044	$1,852
1979	$3,934	$2,202
1980	$5,974	$3,029
1981	$6,866	$3,050
1982	$6,759	$2,717
1983	$6,714	$2,938
1984	$7,070	$2,504
1985	$7,549	$1,839
1986	$5,182	$2,027
1987	$5,204	$2,586
1988	$5,279	$2,702
1989	$5,591	$2,727
1990	$7,546	$3,093
1991	$6,977	$3,243
1992	$7,318	$3,462
1993	$7,039	$3,400
1994	$7,068	$3,489
1995	$7,414	$3,856
1996	$8,068	$3,618
1997	$8,235	$3,700
1998	$7,219	$3,310
1999	$7,915	$3,242
2000	$9,754	$3,218
2001	$9,612	$2,847
2002	$9,869	$2,688
2003	$10,464	$4,062
2004	$11,801	$5,221
2005	$14,435	$5,837
2006	$16,931	$6,077
2007	$18,793	$6,592
2008	$26,577	$6,185
2009	$20,656	$6,375
2010	$23,570	$7,973
2011	$25,188	$8,646
2012	$24,642	$8,077
2013	$23,458	$7,332
2014	$23,161	$6,857
2015	$18,808	$6,112
2016	$17,110	$5,651
2017	$17,820	$6,618
2018	$19,902	$6,914
2019	$19,180	$6,534
2020	$16,785	$5,581
2021	$19,403	$6,843
2022	$23,224	$6,523
2023	$20,972	$6,023
2024	$20,248	$6,253

Oman vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Oman

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Oman	South Africa
1950	29.3	43.1
1951	29.8	44.1
1952	30.2	45
1953	30.7	46.1
1954	31.2	47.1
1955	31.8	48.2
1956	32.4	49.2
1957	33	50.2
1958	33.8	51.1
1959	34.6	51.9
1960	35.4	52.6
1961	36.4	53.1
1962	37.4	53.6
1963	38.5	53.9
1964	39.6	54.2
1965	40.8	54.4
1966	42	54.7
1967	43.2	55
1968	44.4	55.2
1969	45.6	55.4
1970	46.6	55.7
1971	47.9	56
1972	48.7	56.4
1973	50	56.7
1974	51.2	57.1
1975	52.5	57.6
1976	54.4	58
1977	55.5	58.5
1978	57	59
1979	58.3	59.5
1980	59.6	60
1981	60.8	60.4
1982	62	60.9
1983	63.2	61.4
1984	64.3	61.8
1985	65.3	62.2
1986	66.2	62.4
1987	67	62.7
1988	67.7	62.9
1989	68.4	63
1990	69	62.9
1991	69.6	63
1992	70.1	62.8
1993	70.6	62.6
1994	71.1	62.1
1995	71.6	61.6
1996	72	61.1
1997	72.5	60.5
1998	72.9	59.9
1999	73.3	59.2
2000	73.6	58.4
2001	74	57.2
2002	74.3	55.6
2003	74.5	54.2
2004	74.8	54
2005	75.1	53.9
2006	75.4	54.2
2007	75.6	54.9
2008	76.1	56
2009	76.6	57.4
2010	77.2	58.9
2011	77.7	60.6
2012	78.2	61.7
2013	78.6	62.4
2014	79	63.2
2015	79.3	64.1
2016	79.6	64.7
2017	79.7	65.4
2018	79.9	65.7
2019	79.9	66.1
2020	77.8	65.2
2021	76	62
2022	77.9	65.5
2023	80	66.1
2024	80.2	66.3
2025	80.5	66.5

Oman and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Oman

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Oman	South Africa
1960	530,485	16,440,172
1961	539,854	16,908,035
1962	549,941	17,418,522
1963	560,827	17,954,564
1964	572,577	18,511,361
1965	585,236	19,089,380
1966	598,804	19,690,087
1967	613,318	20,314,066
1968	628,798	20,957,287
1969	645,255	21,614,676
1970	662,680	22,279,984
1971	681,119	22,942,143
1972	700,593	23,609,456
1973	721,179	24,294,263
1974	746,988	24,989,108
1975	778,864	25,690,940
1976	814,701	26,395,450
1977	855,314	27,118,952
1978	900,304	27,869,507
1979	949,116	28,634,162
1980	1,001,248	29,518,857
1981	1,057,320	30,541,044
1982	1,117,678	31,615,339
1983	1,181,459	32,739,304
1984	1,247,716	33,892,788
1985	1,325,480	35,042,093
1986	1,413,419	36,180,515
1987	1,500,996	37,326,190
1988	1,588,568	38,480,649
1989	1,676,228	39,628,575
1990	1,763,954	40,746,268
1991	1,851,473	41,687,898
1992	1,938,238	42,443,509
1993	2,021,675	43,297,156
1994	2,081,834	44,004,139
1995	2,120,528	44,541,554
1996	2,156,926	45,123,018
1997	2,190,720	45,666,838
1998	2,222,489	46,223,880
1999	2,252,909	46,730,335
2000	2,282,131	47,159,719
2001	2,310,217	47,566,800
2002	2,337,140	48,019,415
2003	2,363,796	48,500,348
2004	2,404,821	48,991,421
2005	2,459,802	49,490,033
2006	2,514,795	49,998,277
2007	2,570,174	50,528,584
2008	2,626,529	51,114,599
2009	2,684,659	51,728,516
2010	2,757,446	52,344,051
2011	3,076,763	52,995,205
2012	3,547,106	53,782,567
2013	3,833,913	54,678,791
2014	4,002,439	55,594,838
2015	4,184,895	56,723,537
2016	4,390,877	57,259,551
2017	4,537,396	57,635,162
2018	4,597,877	58,613,001
2019	4,591,241	59,587,885
2020	4,522,497	60,562,381
2021	4,500,424	61,502,603
2022	4,730,226	62,378,410
2023	5,049,269	63,212,384
2024	5,281,538	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Oman and South Africa

Fertility rate

Oman

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Oman	South Africa
1960	7.28	6.11
1961	7.29	6.08
1962	7.32	6.05
1963	7.33	6.01
1964	7.37	5.96
1965	7.39	5.89
1966	7.41	5.91
1967	7.44	5.85
1968	7.46	5.78
1969	7.49	5.72
1970	7.52	5.63
1971	7.56	5.57
1972	7.59	5.49
1973	7.63	5.41
1974	7.67	5.3
1975	7.71	5.19
1976	7.74	5.07
1977	7.78	4.94
1978	7.82	4.85
1979	7.85	4.82
1980	7.89	4.78
1981	7.9	4.71
1982	7.84	4.7
1983	7.75	4.63
1984	7.64	4.57
1985	7.51	4.5
1986	7.35	4.41
1987	7.18	4.35
1988	6.95	4.18
1989	6.72	3.98
1990	6.46	3.72
1991	6.2	3.62
1992	5.92	3.48
1993	5.64	3.37
1994	5.36	3.26
1995	5.07	3.17
1996	4.79	2.99
1997	4.52	2.73
1998	4.27	2.63
1999	4.06	2.56
2000	3.85	2.41
2001	3.66	2.37
2002	3.51	2.32
2003	3.37	2.36
2004	3.2	2.44
2005	3.03	2.51
2006	2.88	2.55
2007	2.76	2.55
2008	2.76	2.68
2009	2.83	2.5
2010	2.97	2.44
2011	2.96	2.44
2012	2.93	2.45
2013	2.95	2.43
2014	2.97	2.42
2015	2.97	2.36
2016	2.95	2.26
2017	2.92	2.28
2018	2.81	2.27
2019	2.7	2.26
2020	2.64	2.26
2021	2.59	2.25
2022	2.45	2.23
2023	2.53	2.22

Oman and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Oman

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Oman	South Africa
1960	18.9	19
1961	18.8	19
1962	18.7	18.9
1963	18.6	18.9
1964	18.5	18.9
1965	18.4	18.8
1966	18.2	18.8
1967	18	18.8
1968	17.8	18.8
1969	17.5	18.8
1970	17.2	18.8
1971	16.9	18.8
1972	16.7	18.8
1973	16.4	18.8
1974	16.3	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	16.5	19.6
1982	16.5	19.8
1983	16.5	20
1984	16.5	20.2
1985	16.6	20.4
1986	16.8	20.5
1987	17.1	20.7
1988	17.5	20.9
1989	17.9	21.1
1990	18.4	21.3
1991	18.8	21.5
1992	19.4	21.5
1993	19.9	21.9
1994	20.1	22
1995	20.1	21.5
1996	20.1	21.2
1997	20.2	21.2
1998	20.4	21.4
1999	20.6	21.6
2000	20.9	21.9
2001	21.3	22.2
2002	21.6	22.4
2003	22	22.8
2004	22.3	23.1
2005	22.7	23.3
2006	23.1	23.5
2007	23.5	23.8
2008	24	24
2009	24.6	24.3
2010	25.2	24.6
2011	26.5	25
2012	27.7	25.3
2013	28.2	25.7
2014	28.5	26
2015	28.8	26.4
2016	29.1	26.7
2017	29.4	27
2018	29.7	27.5
2019	29.9	27.9
2020	29.7	28.3
2021	29.7	28.6
2022	30	28.9
2023	30.3	29.2
2024	30.5	29.5

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