Pakistan vs South Africa statistics compared

Pakistan has a population of 251M (ranked 5/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Pakistan's land area is 297,638 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 35th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Pakistan ranks 44/197 ($373B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Pakistan ranks 163/197 ($1,485), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Pakistan and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Pakistan and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Pakistan

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Pakistan	South Africa
1960	$3,749,265,015	$8,748,596,501
1961	$4,118,647,627	$9,225,996,310
1962	$4,310,163,797	$9,813,996,074
1963	$4,630,827,383	$10,854,195,658
1964	$5,204,955,901	$11,955,995,218
1965	$5,929,231,415	$13,068,994,772
1966	$6,561,108,778	$14,211,394,315
1967	$7,464,510,710	$15,821,393,671
1968	$8,041,999,160	$17,124,793,150
1969	$8,683,116,338	$19,256,992,297
1970	$10,027,509,450	$21,218,391,513
1971	$10,665,896,682	$23,411,076,638
1972	$9,415,016,360	$24,515,919,217
1973	$6,383,429,490	$33,262,772,008
1974	$8,899,191,919	$41,389,186,095
1975	$11,230,606,061	$42,906,905,672
1976	$13,168,080,808	$41,150,460,288
1977	$15,126,060,606	$45,328,411,332
1978	$17,811,515,152	$51,607,412,902
1979	$19,688,383,838	$63,038,658,089
1980	$23,654,444,444	$89,411,864,402
1981	$28,100,606,061	$93,141,472,164
1982	$30,725,971,564	$85,904,057,409
1983	$28,691,889,764	$96,204,110,942
1984	$31,151,825,467	$84,870,163,366
1985	$31,144,920,844	$64,459,376,087
1986	$31,899,070,056	$73,354,771,399
1987	$33,351,529,275	$96,535,763,418
1988	$38,472,742,808	$103,976,831,871
1989	$40,171,106,279	$108,055,624,082
1990	$40,010,423,970	$126,048,140,142
1991	$45,625,336,680	$135,203,698,238
1992	$48,884,671,947	$146,956,150,987
1993	$51,809,999,353	$147,194,747,566
1994	$52,293,470,813	$153,512,712,382
1995	$60,636,071,684	$171,735,933,897
1996	$63,320,170,084	$163,234,925,381
1997	$62,433,340,468	$168,978,057,328
1998	$62,191,955,814	$152,982,984,557
1999	$62,973,857,069	$151,516,957,079
2000	$99,484,802,345	$151,752,757,215
2001	$97,145,618,480	$135,429,905,923
2002	$97,923,302,809	$129,087,556,612
2003	$112,371,913,741	$197,018,965,309
2004	$132,216,048,339	$255,806,908,595
2005	$145,208,562,961	$288,867,217,197
2006	$161,871,385,506	$303,858,675,364
2007	$184,140,869,997	$333,077,117,254
2008	$202,203,748,584	$316,131,258,616
2009	$187,337,783,856	$329,754,060,647
2010	$196,709,621,850	$417,363,822,802
2011	$230,586,581,060	$458,199,494,831
2012	$250,106,966,105	$434,400,545,086
2013	$258,657,231,672	$400,886,013,596
2014	$271,390,474,858	$381,198,869,776
2015	$299,963,590,535	$346,709,790,459
2016	$313,630,000,130	$323,585,509,674
2017	$339,205,534,861	$381,448,814,653
2018	$356,128,166,705	$405,260,723,893
2019	$320,909,472,771	$389,330,032,224
2020	$300,425,609,818	$337,974,655,408
2021	$348,516,647,445	$420,886,877,629
2022	$374,890,295,667	$406,920,004,594
2023	$337,885,531,778	$380,699,271,816
2024	$373,071,855,732	$400,260,724,226

Pakistan and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Pakistan

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Pakistan	South Africa
1960	$82	$532
1961	$87.8	$546
1962	$89.5	$563
1963	$93.7	$605
1964	$102.5	$646
1965	$113.6	$685
1966	$122.2	$722
1967	$135.2	$779
1968	$141.6	$817
1969	$148.5	$891
1970	$166.7	$952
1971	$172.5	$1,020
1972	$148.1	$1,038
1973	$97.5	$1,369
1974	$132	$1,656
1975	$161.7	$1,670
1976	$183.9	$1,559
1977	$204.7	$1,671
1978	$233.4	$1,852
1979	$249.2	$2,202
1980	$287.4	$3,029
1981	$328	$3,050
1982	$345	$2,717
1983	$311	$2,938
1984	$327	$2,504
1985	$317	$1,839
1986	$314	$2,027
1987	$317	$2,586
1988	$354	$2,702
1989	$358	$2,727
1990	$344	$3,093
1991	$380	$3,243
1992	$396	$3,462
1993	$408	$3,400
1994	$400	$3,489
1995	$451	$3,856
1996	$457	$3,618
1997	$438	$3,700
1998	$424	$3,310
1999	$418	$3,242
2000	$642	$3,218
2001	$610	$2,847
2002	$600	$2,688
2003	$672	$4,062
2004	$772	$5,221
2005	$828	$5,837
2006	$901	$6,077
2007	$998	$6,592
2008	$1,067	$6,185
2009	$964	$6,375
2010	$987	$7,973
2011	$1,132	$8,646
2012	$1,204	$8,077
2013	$1,225	$7,332
2014	$1,267	$6,857
2015	$1,380	$6,112
2016	$1,425	$5,651
2017	$1,519	$6,618
2018	$1,569	$6,914
2019	$1,390	$6,534
2020	$1,278	$5,581
2021	$1,455	$6,843
2022	$1,538	$6,523
2023	$1,365	$6,023
2024	$1,485	$6,253

Pakistan vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Pakistan

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Pakistan	South Africa
1950	34.2	43.1
1951	35.4	44.1
1952	36.5	45
1953	37.6	46.1
1954	38.6	47.1
1955	39.6	48.2
1956	40.6	49.2
1957	41.6	50.2
1958	42.5	51.1
1959	43.3	51.9
1960	44.1	52.6
1961	45	53.1
1962	45.9	53.6
1963	46.8	53.9
1964	47.8	54.2
1965	48.5	54.4
1966	49.8	54.7
1967	50.8	55
1968	51.6	55.2
1969	52.3	55.4
1970	52.9	55.7
1971	49	56
1972	53.8	56.4
1973	54.1	56.7
1974	54.3	57.1
1975	54.7	57.6
1976	55.1	58
1977	55.5	58.5
1978	56.1	59
1979	56.6	59.5
1980	57.2	60
1981	57.8	60.4
1982	58.3	60.9
1983	58.7	61.4
1984	58.9	61.8
1985	59.1	62.2
1986	59.2	62.4
1987	59.2	62.7
1988	59.4	62.9
1989	59.5	63
1990	59.7	62.9
1991	59.9	63
1992	60	62.8
1993	60.1	62.6
1994	60.2	62.1
1995	60.3	61.6
1996	60.5	61.1
1997	60.6	60.5
1998	61.1	59.9
1999	61.5	59.2
2000	61.9	58.4
2001	62.2	57.2
2002	62.6	55.6
2003	62.8	54.2
2004	63.1	54
2005	62.4	53.9
2006	63.6	54.2
2007	63.8	54.9
2008	64	56
2009	64.2	57.4
2010	64.4	58.9
2011	64.7	60.6
2012	64.9	61.7
2013	65.1	62.4
2014	65.4	63.2
2015	65.6	64.1
2016	65.9	64.7
2017	66.2	65.4
2018	66.5	65.7
2019	66.7	66.1
2020	65.7	65.2
2021	65.8	62
2022	67.4	65.5
2023	67.6	66.1
2024	67.8	66.3
2025	67.9	66.5

Pakistan and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Pakistan

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Pakistan	South Africa
1960	45,709,310	16,440,172
1961	46,921,277	16,908,035
1962	48,156,128	17,418,522
1963	49,447,776	17,954,564
1964	50,799,999	18,511,361
1965	52,209,010	19,089,380
1966	53,678,667	19,690,087
1967	55,214,768	20,314,066
1968	56,810,507	20,957,287
1969	58,460,939	21,614,676
1970	60,166,719	22,279,984
1971	61,847,899	22,942,143
1972	63,583,194	23,609,456
1973	65,461,912	24,294,263
1974	67,415,487	24,989,108
1975	69,461,175	25,690,940
1976	71,620,254	26,395,450
1977	73,901,827	27,118,952
1978	76,307,379	27,869,507
1979	78,997,039	28,634,162
1980	82,291,010	29,518,857
1981	85,802,049	30,541,044
1982	89,089,246	31,615,339
1983	92,227,711	32,739,304
1984	95,164,936	33,892,788
1985	98,229,285	35,042,093
1986	101,606,764	36,180,515
1987	105,130,717	37,326,190
1988	108,724,739	38,480,649
1989	112,336,629	39,628,575
1990	116,155,576	40,746,268
1991	120,060,406	41,687,898
1992	123,546,848	42,443,509
1993	127,020,117	43,297,156
1994	130,748,083	44,004,139
1995	134,582,253	44,541,554
1996	138,557,092	45,123,018
1997	142,531,804	45,666,838
1998	146,522,356	46,223,880
1999	150,565,377	46,730,335
2000	154,879,127	47,159,719
2001	159,270,907	47,566,800
2002	163,222,549	48,019,415
2003	167,110,248	48,500,348
2004	171,286,000	48,991,421
2005	175,453,212	49,490,033
2006	179,682,690	49,998,277
2007	184,493,231	50,528,584
2008	189,499,113	51,114,599
2009	194,376,534	51,728,516
2010	199,239,047	52,344,051
2011	203,746,065	52,995,205
2012	207,667,125	53,782,567
2013	211,073,978	54,678,791
2014	214,264,647	55,594,838
2015	217,290,883	56,723,537
2016	220,138,869	57,259,551
2017	223,273,967	57,635,162
2018	226,928,892	58,613,001
2019	230,800,899	59,587,885
2020	235,001,746	60,562,381
2021	239,477,801	61,502,603
2022	243,700,667	62,378,410
2023	247,504,495	63,212,384
2024	251,269,164	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Pakistan and South Africa

Fertility rate

Pakistan

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Pakistan	South Africa
1960	6.8	6.11
1961	6.8	6.08
1962	6.8	6.05
1963	6.8	6.01
1964	6.8	5.96
1965	6.8	5.89
1966	6.8	5.91
1967	6.8	5.85
1968	6.8	5.78
1969	6.8	5.72
1970	6.8	5.63
1971	6.8	5.57
1972	6.81	5.49
1973	6.81	5.41
1974	6.81	5.3
1975	6.81	5.19
1976	6.81	5.07
1977	6.8	4.94
1978	6.78	4.85
1979	6.76	4.82
1980	6.73	4.78
1981	6.7	4.71
1982	6.67	4.7
1983	6.64	4.63
1984	6.62	4.57
1985	6.59	4.5
1986	6.55	4.41
1987	6.52	4.35
1988	6.48	4.18
1989	6.43	3.98
1990	6.36	3.72
1991	6.29	3.62
1992	6.21	3.48
1993	6.11	3.37
1994	6.01	3.26
1995	5.89	3.17
1996	5.77	2.99
1997	5.64	2.73
1998	5.51	2.63
1999	5.46	2.56
2000	5.35	2.41
2001	5.18	2.37
2002	5.01	2.32
2003	4.89	2.36
2004	4.68	2.44
2005	4.6	2.51
2006	4.59	2.55
2007	4.55	2.55
2008	4.51	2.68
2009	4.47	2.5
2010	4.4	2.44
2011	4.31	2.44
2012	4.2	2.45
2013	4.13	2.43
2014	4.06	2.42
2015	3.99	2.36
2016	3.9	2.26
2017	3.9	2.28
2018	3.86	2.27
2019	3.81	2.26
2020	3.77	2.26
2021	3.72	2.25
2022	3.66	2.23
2023	3.61	2.22

Pakistan and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Pakistan

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Pakistan	South Africa
1960	19.1	19
1961	19.1	19
1962	19	18.9
1963	19	18.9
1964	18.9	18.9
1965	18.8	18.8
1966	18.7	18.8
1967	18.6	18.8
1968	18.5	18.8
1969	18.4	18.8
1970	18.2	18.8
1971	18.1	18.8
1972	18	18.8
1973	18	18.8
1974	17.9	18.9
1975	17.9	18.9
1976	17.9	19
1977	17.9	19.1
1978	18	19.2
1979	18	19.3
1980	18.2	19.4
1981	18.3	19.6
1982	18.4	19.8
1983	18.4	20
1984	18.3	20.2
1985	18.2	20.4
1986	18.2	20.5
1987	18.1	20.7
1988	18.1	20.9
1989	18	21.1
1990	18	21.3
1991	18	21.5
1992	17.9	21.5
1993	17.8	21.9
1994	17.8	22
1995	17.8	21.5
1996	17.8	21.2
1997	17.8	21.2
1998	17.9	21.4
1999	18	21.6
2000	18.1	21.9
2001	18.3	22.2
2002	18.4	22.4
2003	18.5	22.8
2004	18.7	23.1
2005	18.9	23.3
2006	19	23.5
2007	19.2	23.8
2008	19.4	24
2009	19.6	24.3
2010	19.8	24.6
2011	19.9	25
2012	20	25.3
2013	20.1	25.7
2014	20.2	26
2015	20.3	26.4
2016	20.3	26.7
2017	20.4	27
2018	20.5	27.5
2019	20.7	27.9
2020	20.9	28.3
2021	21	28.6
2022	21.2	28.9
2023	21.3	29.2
2024	21.5	29.5

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