Paraguay vs South Africa statistics compared

Paraguay has a population of 6.93M (ranked 107/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Paraguay's land area is 152,901 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 59th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Paraguay ranks 98/197 ($44.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Paraguay ranks 108/197 ($6,416), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Paraguay and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Paraguay and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Paraguay

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	$288,884,368	$8,748,596,501
1961	$322,053,713	$9,225,996,310
1962	$360,698,413	$9,813,996,074
1963	$383,904,762	$10,854,195,658
1964	$408,349,206	$11,955,995,218
1965	$443,587,302	$13,068,994,772
1966	$465,888,889	$14,211,394,315
1967	$492,674,603	$15,821,393,671
1968	$517,650,794	$17,124,793,150
1969	$556,293,651	$19,256,992,297
1970	$594,611,111	$21,218,391,513
1971	$664,571,429	$23,411,076,638
1972	$769,039,683	$24,515,919,217
1973	$995,531,746	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,333,475,397	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,511,420,635	$42,906,905,672
1976	$1,698,960,317	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,092,158,730	$45,328,411,332
1978	$2,559,857,143	$51,607,412,902
1979	$3,416,777,778	$63,038,658,089
1980	$4,448,087,302	$89,411,864,402
1981	$5,624,515,873	$93,141,472,164
1982	$5,419,411,765	$85,904,057,409
1983	$5,673,248,726	$96,204,110,942
1984	$4,502,462,807	$84,870,163,366
1985	$3,282,449,236	$64,459,376,087
1986	$3,723,993,943	$73,354,771,399
1987	$3,971,044,724	$96,535,763,418
1988	$4,255,683,528	$103,976,831,871
1989	$4,757,732,200	$108,055,624,082
1990	$5,812,114,523	$126,048,140,142
1991	$6,984,367,763	$135,203,698,238
1992	$7,157,424,031	$146,956,150,987
1993	$7,249,533,620	$147,194,747,566
1994	$7,870,982,005	$153,512,712,382
1995	$9,062,131,475	$171,735,933,897
1996	$9,788,391,781	$163,234,925,381
1997	$9,965,225,678	$168,978,057,328
1998	$9,260,481,572	$152,982,984,557
1999	$8,837,070,236	$151,516,957,079
2000	$8,855,705,140	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,495,806,432	$135,429,905,923
2002	$7,196,260,657	$129,087,556,612
2003	$7,691,367,471	$197,018,965,309
2004	$9,624,440,836	$255,806,908,595
2005	$10,737,500,188	$288,867,217,197
2006	$13,429,430,050	$303,858,675,364
2007	$17,856,393,235	$333,077,117,254
2008	$24,615,267,664	$316,131,258,616
2009	$22,355,151,162	$329,754,060,647
2010	$27,260,886,405	$417,363,822,802
2011	$33,756,238,767	$458,199,494,831
2012	$33,271,921,136	$434,400,545,086
2013	$38,501,122,141	$400,886,013,596
2014	$40,377,929,296	$381,198,869,776
2015	$36,211,447,840	$346,709,790,459
2016	$36,089,700,223	$323,585,509,674
2017	$38,997,129,474	$381,448,814,653
2018	$40,225,448,341	$405,260,723,893
2019	$37,925,338,329	$389,330,032,224
2020	$35,432,178,068	$337,974,655,408
2021	$39,950,899,939	$420,886,877,629
2022	$41,952,910,858	$406,920,004,594
2023	$43,118,053,175	$380,699,271,816
2024	$44,458,118,400	$400,260,724,226

Paraguay and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Paraguay

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	$153.4	$532
1961	$167.1	$546
1962	$182.8	$563
1963	$189.9	$605
1964	$197	$646
1965	$208.7	$685
1966	$213.9	$722
1967	$220.9	$779
1968	$226.8	$817
1969	$238.2	$891
1970	$249	$952
1971	$272.1	$1,020
1972	$308	$1,038
1973	$389	$1,369
1974	$508	$1,656
1975	$562	$1,670
1976	$616	$1,559
1977	$740	$1,671
1978	$883	$1,852
1979	$1,149	$2,202
1980	$1,457	$3,029
1981	$1,793	$3,050
1982	$1,680	$2,717
1983	$1,710	$2,938
1984	$1,319	$2,504
1985	$935	$1,839
1986	$1,031	$2,027
1987	$1,069	$2,586
1988	$1,114	$2,702
1989	$1,211	$2,727
1990	$1,440	$3,093
1991	$1,685	$3,243
1992	$1,683	$3,462
1993	$1,662	$3,400
1994	$1,760	$3,489
1995	$1,979	$3,856
1996	$2,088	$3,618
1997	$2,079	$3,700
1998	$1,890	$3,310
1999	$1,766	$3,242
2000	$1,736	$3,218
2001	$1,638	$2,847
2002	$1,368	$2,688
2003	$1,444	$4,062
2004	$1,786	$5,221
2005	$1,971	$5,837
2006	$2,439	$6,077
2007	$3,212	$6,592
2008	$4,385	$6,185
2009	$3,942	$6,375
2010	$4,751	$7,973
2011	$5,805	$8,646
2012	$5,642	$8,077
2013	$6,436	$7,332
2014	$6,652	$6,857
2015	$5,879	$6,112
2016	$5,775	$5,651
2017	$6,152	$6,618
2018	$6,258	$6,914
2019	$5,821	$6,534
2020	$5,365	$5,581
2021	$5,977	$6,843
2022	$6,206	$6,523
2023	$6,300	$6,023
2024	$6,416	$6,253

Paraguay vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Paraguay

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Paraguay	South Africa
1950	58.1	43.1
1951	58.3	44.1
1952	58.4	45
1953	58.5	46.1
1954	58.6	47.1
1955	58.8	48.2
1956	59	49.2
1957	59.3	50.2
1958	59.6	51.1
1959	59.9	51.9
1960	60.2	52.6
1961	60.5	53.1
1962	60.8	53.6
1963	61.1	53.9
1964	61.4	54.2
1965	61.6	54.4
1966	61.8	54.7
1967	62	55
1968	62.2	55.2
1969	62.4	55.4
1970	62.6	55.7
1971	62.7	56
1972	62.9	56.4
1973	63.1	56.7
1974	63.2	57.1
1975	63.4	57.6
1976	63.7	58
1977	63.9	58.5
1978	64.1	59
1979	64.3	59.5
1980	64.6	60
1981	64.8	60.4
1982	65.1	60.9
1983	65.3	61.4
1984	65.6	61.8
1985	65.9	62.2
1986	66.2	62.4
1987	66.5	62.7
1988	66.7	62.9
1989	66.9	63
1990	67.3	62.9
1991	67.7	63
1992	68	62.8
1993	68.2	62.6
1994	68.5	62.1
1995	68.8	61.6
1996	69.1	61.1
1997	69.3	60.5
1998	69.5	59.9
1999	69.8	59.2
2000	70	58.4
2001	70.3	57.2
2002	70.5	55.6
2003	70.8	54.2
2004	71.1	54
2005	71.3	53.9
2006	71.6	54.2
2007	71.8	54.9
2008	72	56
2009	72.3	57.4
2010	72.6	58.9
2011	72.8	60.6
2012	73.1	61.7
2013	73.3	62.4
2014	73.4	63.2
2015	73.5	64.1
2016	73.5	64.7
2017	73.4	65.4
2018	73.6	65.7
2019	73.7	66.1
2020	72.7	65.2
2021	68.1	62
2022	72.3	65.5
2023	73.8	66.1
2024	74	66.3
2025	74.1	66.5

Paraguay and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Paraguay

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	1,883,514	16,440,172
1961	1,927,394	16,908,035
1962	1,973,130	17,418,522
1963	2,021,909	17,954,564
1964	2,073,119	18,511,361
1965	2,125,177	19,089,380
1966	2,177,584	19,690,087
1967	2,229,994	20,314,066
1968	2,282,391	20,957,287
1969	2,334,992	21,614,676
1970	2,388,028	22,279,984
1971	2,442,537	22,942,143
1972	2,499,881	23,609,456
1973	2,561,102	24,294,263
1974	2,625,621	24,989,108
1975	2,691,648	25,690,940
1976	2,758,836	26,395,450
1977	2,827,874	27,118,952
1978	2,899,269	27,869,507
1979	2,973,968	28,634,162
1980	3,053,235	29,518,857
1981	3,137,604	30,541,044
1982	3,226,189	31,615,339
1983	3,318,068	32,739,304
1984	3,412,936	33,892,788
1985	3,510,671	35,042,093
1986	3,611,474	36,180,515
1987	3,714,889	37,326,190
1988	3,820,546	38,480,649
1989	3,927,802	39,628,575
1990	4,035,747	40,746,268
1991	4,144,364	41,687,898
1992	4,253,600	42,443,509
1993	4,362,696	43,297,156
1994	4,471,417	44,004,139
1995	4,579,806	44,541,554
1996	4,687,543	45,123,018
1997	4,794,412	45,666,838
1998	4,900,025	46,223,880
1999	5,003,135	46,730,335
2000	5,100,868	47,159,719
2001	5,187,689	47,566,800
2002	5,261,328	48,019,415
2003	5,326,436	48,500,348
2004	5,388,175	48,991,421
2005	5,448,097	49,490,033
2006	5,505,148	49,998,277
2007	5,559,386	50,528,584
2008	5,613,574	51,114,599
2009	5,671,236	51,728,516
2010	5,737,971	52,344,051
2011	5,814,626	52,995,205
2012	5,897,008	53,782,567
2013	5,982,445	54,678,791
2014	6,069,811	55,594,838
2015	6,159,103	56,723,537
2016	6,249,126	57,259,551
2017	6,338,660	57,635,162
2018	6,427,382	58,613,001
2019	6,515,058	59,587,885
2020	6,603,739	60,562,381
2021	6,684,182	61,502,603
2022	6,760,464	62,378,410
2023	6,844,146	63,212,384
2024	6,929,153	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Paraguay and South Africa

Fertility rate

Paraguay

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	6.5	6.11
1961	6.49	6.08
1962	6.47	6.05
1963	6.45	6.01
1964	6.42	5.96
1965	6.35	5.89
1966	6.23	5.91
1967	6.1	5.85
1968	5.97	5.78
1969	5.84	5.72
1970	5.72	5.63
1971	5.59	5.57
1972	5.46	5.49
1973	5.35	5.41
1974	5.27	5.3
1975	5.18	5.19
1976	5.12	5.07
1977	5.08	4.94
1978	5.04	4.85
1979	5.06	4.82
1980	5.1	4.78
1981	5.15	4.71
1982	5.13	4.7
1983	5.09	4.63
1984	5.04	4.57
1985	4.97	4.5
1986	4.93	4.41
1987	4.85	4.35
1988	4.77	4.18
1989	4.68	3.98
1990	4.57	3.72
1991	4.48	3.62
1992	4.4	3.48
1993	4.28	3.37
1994	4.2	3.26
1995	4.11	3.17
1996	4.01	2.99
1997	3.91	2.73
1998	3.8	2.63
1999	3.67	2.56
2000	3.51	2.41
2001	3.36	2.37
2002	3.23	2.32
2003	3.12	2.36
2004	3.05	2.44
2005	2.97	2.51
2006	2.89	2.55
2007	2.82	2.55
2008	2.79	2.68
2009	2.76	2.5
2010	2.7	2.44
2011	2.67	2.44
2012	2.66	2.45
2013	2.64	2.43
2014	2.65	2.42
2015	2.65	2.36
2016	2.62	2.26
2017	2.59	2.28
2018	2.56	2.27
2019	2.53	2.26
2020	2.5	2.26
2021	2.47	2.25
2022	2.44	2.23
2023	2.42	2.22

Paraguay and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Paraguay

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	16.8	19
1961	16.8	19
1962	16.9	18.9
1963	16.9	18.9
1964	16.9	18.9
1965	16.9	18.8
1966	16.9	18.8
1967	17	18.8
1968	17	18.8
1969	17.1	18.8
1970	17.2	18.8
1971	17.3	18.8
1972	17.4	18.8
1973	17.5	18.8
1974	17.7	18.9
1975	17.9	18.9
1976	18	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	18.4	19.2
1979	18.6	19.3
1980	18.7	19.4
1981	18.8	19.6
1982	18.9	19.8
1983	18.9	20
1984	19	20.2
1985	19	20.4
1986	19.1	20.5
1987	19.1	20.7
1988	19.2	20.9
1989	19.2	21.1
1990	19.2	21.3
1991	19.3	21.5
1992	19.3	21.5
1993	19.3	21.9
1994	19.4	22
1995	19.4	21.5
1996	19.5	21.2
1997	19.6	21.2
1998	19.7	21.4
1999	19.9	21.6
2000	20.1	21.9
2001	20.3	22.2
2002	20.5	22.4
2003	20.8	22.8
2004	21.1	23.1
2005	21.5	23.3
2006	21.8	23.5
2007	22.2	23.8
2008	22.5	24
2009	22.9	24.3
2010	23.2	24.6
2011	23.6	25
2012	23.9	25.3
2013	24.3	25.7
2014	24.6	26
2015	24.9	26.4
2016	25.3	26.7
2017	25.6	27
2018	25.9	27.5
2019	26.2	27.9
2020	26.6	28.3
2021	26.8	28.6
2022	27.1	28.9
2023	27.4	29.2
2024	27.7	29.5

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