Palau vs South Africa statistics compared

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 180th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Palau and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Palau and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Palau

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Palau	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	$11,563,041	$21,218,391,513
1971	$12,706,874	$23,411,076,638
1972	$13,956,474	$24,515,919,217
1973	$15,331,889	$33,262,772,008
1974	$16,848,759	$41,389,186,095
1975	$18,521,112	$42,906,905,672
1976	$20,364,420	$41,150,460,288
1977	$22,308,104	$45,328,411,332
1978	$24,530,015	$51,607,412,902
1979	$27,004,251	$63,038,658,089
1980	$29,728,054	$89,411,864,402
1981	$32,726,594	$93,141,472,164
1982	$36,027,583	$85,904,057,409
1983	$39,661,530	$96,204,110,942
1984	$44,814,259	$84,870,163,366
1985	$51,030,637	$64,459,376,087
1986	$58,109,314	$73,354,771,399
1987	$66,169,905	$96,535,763,418
1988	$75,348,615	$103,976,831,871
1989	$85,800,543	$108,055,624,082
1990	$97,702,303	$126,048,140,142
1991	$106,555,300	$135,203,698,238
1992	$104,771,300	$146,956,150,987
1993	$96,455,700	$147,194,747,566
1994	$106,138,500	$153,512,712,382
1995	$121,018,500	$171,735,933,897
1996	$137,494,600	$163,234,925,381
1997	$143,860,800	$168,978,057,328
1998	$149,079,600	$152,982,984,557
1999	$144,206,500	$151,516,957,079
2000	$149,535,800	$151,752,757,215
2001	$159,453,500	$135,429,905,923
2002	$162,665,500	$129,087,556,612
2003	$154,559,900	$197,018,965,309
2004	$166,391,600	$255,806,908,595
2005	$191,048,400	$288,867,217,197
2006	$193,679,700	$303,858,675,364
2007	$200,903,600	$333,077,117,254
2008	$201,167,300	$316,131,258,616
2009	$189,998,000	$329,754,060,647
2010	$188,174,300	$417,363,822,802
2011	$198,873,900	$458,199,494,831
2012	$215,762,400	$434,400,545,086
2013	$225,345,700	$400,886,013,596
2014	$243,156,500	$381,198,869,776
2015	$278,824,800	$346,709,790,459
2016	$298,323,500	$323,585,509,674
2017	$285,600,000	$381,448,814,653
2018	$288,546,300	$405,260,723,893
2019	$281,941,600	$389,330,032,224
2020	$258,990,800	$337,974,655,408
2021	$235,752,900	$420,886,877,629
2022	$255,591,100	$406,920,004,594
2023	$281,849,100	$380,699,271,816
2024	-	$400,260,724,226

Palau and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Palau

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Palau	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$1,017	$952
1971	$1,081	$1,020
1972	$1,145	$1,038
1973	$1,221	$1,369
1974	$1,328	$1,656
1975	$1,464	$1,670
1976	$1,616	$1,559
1977	$1,781	$1,671
1978	$1,972	$1,852
1979	$2,189	$2,202
1980	$2,423	$3,029
1981	$2,639	$3,050
1982	$2,838	$2,717
1983	$3,049	$2,938
1984	$3,360	$2,504
1985	$3,728	$1,839
1986	$4,144	$2,027
1987	$4,616	$2,586
1988	$5,145	$2,702
1989	$5,741	$2,727
1990	$6,403	$3,093
1991	$6,824	$3,243
1992	$6,553	$3,462
1993	$5,892	$3,400
1994	$6,329	$3,489
1995	$7,038	$3,856
1996	$7,788	$3,618
1997	$7,945	$3,700
1998	$8,048	$3,310
1999	$7,630	$3,242
2000	$7,797	$3,218
2001	$8,240	$2,847
2002	$8,341	$2,688
2003	$7,862	$4,062
2004	$8,395	$5,221
2005	$9,640	$5,837
2006	$9,885	$6,077
2007	$10,408	$6,592
2008	$10,583	$6,185
2009	$10,155	$6,375
2010	$10,229	$7,973
2011	$11,001	$8,646
2012	$12,145	$8,077
2013	$12,769	$7,332
2014	$13,726	$6,857
2015	$15,691	$6,112
2016	$16,763	$5,651
2017	$16,034	$6,618
2018	$16,198	$6,914
2019	$15,841	$6,534
2020	$14,557	$5,581
2021	$13,257	$6,843
2022	$14,392	$6,523
2023	$15,899	$6,023
2024	-	$6,253

Palau vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Palau

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Palau	South Africa
1950	52.7	43.1
1951	52.9	44.1
1952	53.1	45
1953	53.3	46.1
1954	53.5	47.1
1955	53.7	48.2
1956	53.9	49.2
1957	54.1	50.2
1958	54.4	51.1
1959	54.6	51.9
1960	54.9	52.6
1961	55.1	53.1
1962	55.4	53.6
1963	55.6	53.9
1964	55.8	54.2
1965	55.9	54.4
1966	56.2	54.7
1967	56.5	55
1968	56.9	55.2
1969	57.3	55.4
1970	57.7	55.7
1971	58.1	56
1972	58.6	56.4
1973	59	56.7
1974	59.5	57.1
1975	60	57.6
1976	60.5	58
1977	60.9	58.5
1978	61.3	59
1979	61.6	59.5
1980	61.9	60
1981	62.1	60.4
1982	62.3	60.9
1983	62.5	61.4
1984	62.6	61.8
1985	62.7	62.2
1986	62.8	62.4
1987	62.8	62.7
1988	62.8	62.9
1989	62.8	63
1990	62.8	62.9
1991	62.8	63
1992	62.9	62.8
1993	63	62.6
1994	63.1	62.1
1995	63.3	61.6
1996	63.5	61.1
1997	63.7	60.5
1998	64	59.9
1999	64.2	59.2
2000	64.5	58.4
2001	64.8	57.2
2002	65.1	55.6
2003	65.4	54.2
2004	65.8	54
2005	66.2	53.9
2006	66.6	54.2
2007	67.1	54.9
2008	67.6	56
2009	68	57.4
2010	68.3	58.9
2011	68.6	60.6
2012	68.9	61.7
2013	69	62.4
2014	69.1	63.2
2015	69.1	64.1
2016	69	64.7
2017	69	65.4
2018	69	65.7
2019	69	66.1
2020	68.7	65.2
2021	68.6	62
2022	68.9	65.5
2023	69.3	66.1
2024	69.4	66.3
2025	69.5	66.5

Palau and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Palau

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Palau	South Africa
1960	9,328	16,440,172
1961	9,555	16,908,035
1962	9,793	17,418,522
1963	10,037	17,954,564
1964	10,292	18,511,361
1965	10,547	19,089,380
1966	10,805	19,690,087
1967	10,988	20,314,066
1968	11,080	20,957,287
1969	11,159	21,614,676
1970	11,368	22,279,984
1971	11,759	22,942,143
1972	12,194	23,609,456
1973	12,552	24,294,263
1974	12,687	24,989,108
1975	12,655	25,690,940
1976	12,598	26,395,450
1977	12,525	27,118,952
1978	12,440	27,869,507
1979	12,337	28,634,162
1980	12,271	29,518,857
1981	12,402	30,541,044
1982	12,694	31,615,339
1983	13,006	32,739,304
1984	13,337	33,892,788
1985	13,688	35,042,093
1986	14,024	36,180,515
1987	14,334	37,326,190
1988	14,645	38,480,649
1989	14,945	39,628,575
1990	15,259	40,746,268
1991	15,614	41,687,898
1992	15,989	42,443,509
1993	16,372	43,297,156
1994	16,770	44,004,139
1995	17,195	44,541,554
1996	17,654	45,123,018
1997	18,108	45,666,838
1998	18,524	46,223,880
1999	18,901	46,730,335
2000	19,178	47,159,719
2001	19,352	47,566,800
2002	19,503	48,019,415
2003	19,659	48,500,348
2004	19,820	48,991,421
2005	19,819	49,490,033
2006	19,593	49,998,277
2007	19,302	50,528,584
2008	19,009	51,114,599
2009	18,709	51,728,516
2010	18,396	52,344,051
2011	18,078	52,995,205
2012	17,765	53,782,567
2013	17,648	54,678,791
2014	17,715	55,594,838
2015	17,770	56,723,537
2016	17,797	57,259,551
2017	17,812	57,635,162
2018	17,814	58,613,001
2019	17,798	59,587,885
2020	17,792	60,562,381
2021	17,783	61,502,603
2022	17,759	62,378,410
2023	17,727	63,212,384
2024	17,695	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Palau and South Africa

Fertility rate

Palau

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palau	South Africa
1960	7.19	6.11
1961	7.17	6.08
1962	7.15	6.05
1963	7.12	6.01
1964	7.08	5.96
1965	7.01	5.89
1966	6.93	5.91
1967	6.84	5.85
1968	6.71	5.78
1969	6.58	5.72
1970	6.39	5.63
1971	6.16	5.57
1972	5.9	5.49
1973	5.59	5.41
1974	5.26	5.3
1975	4.9	5.19
1976	4.53	5.07
1977	4.09	4.94
1978	3.74	4.85
1979	3.49	4.82
1980	3.35	4.78
1981	3.28	4.71
1982	3.22	4.7
1983	3.14	4.63
1984	3.08	4.57
1985	3.01	4.5
1986	2.98	4.41
1987	2.93	4.35
1988	2.91	4.18
1989	2.92	3.98
1990	2.88	3.72
1991	2.74	3.62
1992	2.71	3.48
1993	2.73	3.37
1994	2.66	3.26
1995	2.55	3.17
1996	2.39	2.99
1997	2.19	2.73
1998	2.01	2.63
1999	1.91	2.56
2000	1.82	2.41
2001	1.87	2.37
2002	1.92	2.32
2003	1.96	2.36
2004	1.99	2.44
2005	2.02	2.51
2006	2	2.55
2007	1.97	2.55
2008	1.95	2.68
2009	1.94	2.5
2010	1.94	2.44
2011	1.97	2.44
2012	2.01	2.45
2013	2.05	2.43
2014	2.03	2.42
2015	2	2.36
2016	2.06	2.26
2017	2.02	2.28
2018	1.97	2.27
2019	1.98	2.26
2020	1.97	2.26
2021	1.95	2.25
2022	1.93	2.23
2023	1.91	2.22

Palau and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Palau

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Palau	South Africa
1960	16.7	19
1961	16.1	19
1962	15.5	18.9
1963	15.1	18.9
1964	15	18.9
1965	14.9	18.8
1966	14.9	18.8
1967	15.2	18.8
1968	15.7	18.8
1969	16.1	18.8
1970	16.5	18.8
1971	16.6	18.8
1972	16.6	18.8
1973	16.8	18.8
1974	17.1	18.9
1975	17.4	18.9
1976	17.8	19
1977	18.1	19.1
1978	18.3	19.2
1979	18.6	19.3
1980	18.9	19.4
1981	19.3	19.6
1982	19.9	19.8
1983	20.5	20
1984	21.1	20.2
1985	21.6	20.4
1986	22.2	20.5
1987	23.1	20.7
1988	24	20.9
1989	24.9	21.1
1990	25.6	21.3
1991	26	21.5
1992	26.4	21.5
1993	26.9	21.9
1994	27.4	22
1995	27.8	21.5
1996	28.3	21.2
1997	28.8	21.2
1998	29.4	21.4
1999	30.2	21.6
2000	30.8	21.9
2001	31.2	22.2
2002	31.5	22.4
2003	31.8	22.8
2004	32	23.1
2005	32.3	23.3
2006	32.7	23.5
2007	33.1	23.8
2008	33.5	24
2009	33.9	24.3
2010	34.2	24.6
2011	34.6	25
2012	35	25.3
2013	35.3	25.7
2014	35.6	26
2015	36	26.4
2016	36.3	26.7
2017	36.7	27
2018	37	27.5
2019	37.4	27.9
2020	37.8	28.3
2021	38.1	28.6
2022	38.5	28.9
2023	38.8	29.2
2024	39.2	29.5

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