Philippines vs South Africa statistics compared

The Philippines has a population of 116M (ranked 14/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Philippines' land area is 115,124 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 71st vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Philippines ranks 35/197 ($462B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Philippines ranks 130/197 ($3,985), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Philippines and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Philippines and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Philippines

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Philippines	South Africa
1960	$7,515,894,111	$8,748,596,501
1961	$8,171,194,425	$9,225,996,310
1962	$4,954,593,072	$9,813,996,074
1963	$5,505,023,238	$10,854,195,658
1964	$5,953,756,195	$11,955,995,218
1965	$6,517,349,772	$13,068,994,772
1966	$7,189,017,888	$14,211,394,315
1967	$7,724,873,935	$15,821,393,671
1968	$8,632,749,269	$17,124,793,150
1969	$9,571,800,653	$19,256,992,297
1970	$7,559,115,517	$21,218,391,513
1971	$8,375,075,630	$23,411,076,638
1972	$9,067,815,521	$24,515,919,217
1973	$11,412,449,735	$33,262,772,008
1974	$15,607,882,555	$41,389,186,095
1975	$16,875,240,684	$42,906,905,672
1976	$19,381,055,197	$41,150,460,288
1977	$22,283,109,803	$45,328,411,332
1978	$25,762,224,563	$51,607,412,902
1979	$31,218,296,292	$63,038,658,089
1980	$36,848,080,899	$89,411,864,402
1981	$40,499,388,869	$93,141,472,164
1982	$42,206,011,275	$85,904,057,409
1983	$37,759,179,895	$96,204,110,942
1984	$35,730,185,634	$84,870,163,366
1985	$34,961,486,348	$64,459,376,087
1986	$33,987,207,295	$73,354,771,399
1987	$37,791,488,666	$96,535,763,418
1988	$43,152,128,959	$103,976,831,871
1989	$48,513,773,721	$108,055,624,082
1990	$50,508,286,642	$126,048,140,142
1991	$51,784,144,943	$135,203,698,238
1992	$60,422,328,242	$146,956,150,987
1993	$62,036,529,147	$147,194,747,566
1994	$73,159,336,915	$153,512,712,382
1995	$84,644,328,727	$171,735,933,897
1996	$94,648,084,429	$163,234,925,381
1997	$94,106,317,565	$168,978,057,328
1998	$74,492,416,330	$152,982,984,557
1999	$85,640,171,045	$151,516,957,079
2000	$83,669,788,377	$151,752,757,215
2001	$78,921,234,458	$135,429,905,923
2002	$84,307,345,888	$129,087,556,612
2003	$87,039,092,974	$197,018,965,309
2004	$95,001,999,685	$255,806,908,595
2005	$107,419,977,318	$288,867,217,197
2006	$127,652,926,368	$303,858,675,364
2007	$155,980,408,673	$333,077,117,254
2008	$181,624,626,327	$316,131,258,616
2009	$175,974,755,881	$329,754,060,647
2010	$208,368,893,151	$417,363,822,802
2011	$234,216,730,291	$458,199,494,831
2012	$261,920,540,963	$434,400,545,086
2013	$283,902,828,589	$400,886,013,596
2014	$297,483,555,338	$381,198,869,776
2015	$306,445,871,242	$346,709,790,459
2016	$318,627,003,017	$323,585,509,674
2017	$328,480,736,803	$381,448,814,653
2018	$346,841,896,587	$405,260,723,893
2019	$376,823,402,239	$389,330,032,224
2020	$361,751,145,452	$337,974,655,408
2021	$394,087,359,848	$420,886,877,629
2022	$404,353,369,605	$406,920,004,594
2023	$437,055,627,244	$380,699,271,816
2024	$461,617,509,782	$400,260,724,226

Philippines and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Philippines

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Philippines	South Africa
1960	$269.5	$532
1961	$283.8	$546
1962	$166.7	$563
1963	$179.5	$605
1964	$188.2	$646
1965	$199.8	$685
1966	$213.8	$722
1967	$223.1	$779
1968	$242.2	$817
1969	$261.1	$891
1970	$200.9	$952
1971	$217.4	$1,020
1972	$230.1	$1,038
1973	$283.2	$1,369
1974	$379	$1,656
1975	$401	$1,670
1976	$449	$1,559
1977	$502	$1,671
1978	$565	$1,852
1979	$667	$2,202
1980	$767	$3,029
1981	$821	$3,050
1982	$833	$2,717
1983	$723	$2,938
1984	$665	$2,504
1985	$633	$1,839
1986	$600	$2,027
1987	$650	$2,586
1988	$722	$2,702
1989	$792	$2,727
1990	$804	$3,093
1991	$804	$3,243
1992	$917	$3,462
1993	$919	$3,400
1994	$1,060	$3,489
1995	$1,200	$3,856
1996	$1,311	$3,618
1997	$1,273	$3,700
1998	$983	$3,310
1999	$1,101	$3,242
2000	$1,051	$3,218
2001	$970	$2,847
2002	$1,015	$2,688
2003	$1,027	$4,062
2004	$1,100	$5,221
2005	$1,220	$5,837
2006	$1,426	$6,077
2007	$1,713	$6,592
2008	$1,959	$6,185
2009	$1,864	$6,375
2010	$2,163	$7,973
2011	$2,384	$8,646
2012	$2,615	$8,077
2013	$2,781	$7,332
2014	$2,867	$6,857
2015	$2,910	$6,112
2016	$2,985	$5,651
2017	$3,038	$6,618
2018	$3,169	$6,914
2019	$3,401	$6,534
2020	$3,228	$5,581
2021	$3,484	$6,843
2022	$3,548	$6,523
2023	$3,804	$6,023
2024	$3,985	$6,253

Philippines vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Philippines

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Philippines	South Africa
1950	53.6	43.1
1951	54.1	44.1
1952	54.7	45
1953	55.4	46.1
1954	56	47.1
1955	56.6	48.2
1956	57.2	49.2
1957	57.8	50.2
1958	58.3	51.1
1959	58.7	51.9
1960	59.2	52.6
1961	59.5	53.1
1962	59.8	53.6
1963	60	53.9
1964	60.1	54.2
1965	60.4	54.4
1966	60.6	54.7
1967	60.8	55
1968	60.9	55.2
1969	61	55.4
1970	60.8	55.7
1971	61.1	56
1972	60.9	56.4
1973	60.7	56.7
1974	60.8	57.1
1975	60.9	57.6
1976	60.9	58
1977	61.4	58.5
1978	61.5	59
1979	61.7	59.5
1980	61.9	60
1981	61.9	60.4
1982	62.2	60.9
1983	62.3	61.4
1984	62.4	61.8
1985	62.7	62.2
1986	62.9	62.4
1987	63.3	62.7
1988	63.7	62.9
1989	64.1	63
1990	64.4	62.9
1991	64.6	63
1992	65.4	62.8
1993	65.7	62.6
1994	66	62.1
1995	66.3	61.6
1996	66.7	61.1
1997	67	60.5
1998	67.2	59.9
1999	67.5	59.2
2000	67.8	58.4
2001	67.8	57.2
2002	67.9	55.6
2003	68	54.2
2004	68.3	54
2005	68.4	53.9
2006	68.2	54.2
2007	68.5	54.9
2008	68.6	56
2009	68.6	57.4
2010	68.9	58.9
2011	69.1	60.6
2012	69.2	61.7
2013	69.3	62.4
2014	69.3	63.2
2015	69.5	64.1
2016	69.5	64.7
2017	70	65.4
2018	69.8	65.7
2019	69.7	66.1
2020	70.1	65.2
2021	66.7	62
2022	69.5	65.5
2023	69.8	66.1
2024	69.9	66.3
2025	70.1	66.5

Philippines and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Philippines

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Philippines	South Africa
1960	27,891,897	16,440,172
1961	28,792,621	16,908,035
1962	29,723,536	17,418,522
1963	30,674,731	17,954,564
1964	31,643,032	18,511,361
1965	32,625,316	19,089,380
1966	33,617,170	19,690,087
1967	34,621,320	20,314,066
1968	35,638,342	20,957,287
1969	36,660,799	21,614,676
1970	37,622,204	22,279,984
1971	38,518,659	22,942,143
1972	39,408,560	23,609,456
1973	40,294,130	24,294,263
1974	41,174,341	24,989,108
1975	42,120,826	25,690,940
1976	43,201,488	26,395,450
1977	44,367,962	27,118,952
1978	45,575,281	27,869,507
1979	46,807,103	28,634,162
1980	48,043,740	29,518,857
1981	49,311,727	30,541,044
1982	50,695,707	31,615,339
1983	52,194,620	32,739,304
1984	53,726,181	33,892,788
1985	55,213,006	35,042,093
1986	56,645,077	36,180,515
1987	58,157,496	37,326,190
1988	59,739,052	38,480,649
1989	61,265,260	39,628,575
1990	62,854,666	40,746,268
1991	64,382,249	41,687,898
1992	65,926,125	42,443,509
1993	67,530,621	43,297,156
1994	69,019,291	44,004,139
1995	70,546,246	44,541,554
1996	72,190,242	45,123,018
1997	73,908,810	45,666,838
1998	75,791,024	46,223,880
1999	77,753,257	46,730,335
2000	79,625,397	47,159,719
2001	81,401,488	47,566,800
2002	83,068,889	48,019,415
2003	84,731,835	48,500,348
2004	86,394,504	48,991,421
2005	88,015,962	49,490,033
2006	89,508,986	49,998,277
2007	91,075,184	50,528,584
2008	92,699,095	51,114,599
2009	94,384,250	51,728,516
2010	96,337,125	52,344,051
2011	98,248,614	52,995,205
2012	100,175,512	53,782,567
2013	102,076,336	54,678,791
2014	103,767,130	55,594,838
2015	105,312,992	56,723,537
2016	106,735,719	57,259,551
2017	108,119,693	57,635,162
2018	109,465,287	58,613,001
2019	110,804,683	59,587,885
2020	112,081,264	60,562,381
2021	113,100,950	61,502,603
2022	113,964,338	62,378,410
2023	114,891,199	63,212,384
2024	115,843,670	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Philippines and South Africa

Fertility rate

Philippines

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Philippines	South Africa
1960	7	6.11
1961	6.99	6.08
1962	6.98	6.05
1963	6.95	6.01
1964	6.89	5.96
1965	6.8	5.89
1966	6.69	5.91
1967	6.57	5.85
1968	6.45	5.78
1969	6.33	5.72
1970	6.22	5.63
1971	6.08	5.57
1972	5.94	5.49
1973	5.79	5.41
1974	5.69	5.3
1975	5.6	5.19
1976	5.51	5.07
1977	5.44	4.94
1978	5.39	4.85
1979	5.26	4.82
1980	5.11	4.78
1981	4.97	4.71
1982	4.92	4.7
1983	4.87	4.63
1984	4.77	4.57
1985	4.66	4.5
1986	4.56	4.41
1987	4.51	4.35
1988	4.45	4.18
1989	4.37	3.98
1990	4.32	3.72
1991	4.27	3.62
1992	4.16	3.48
1993	4.1	3.37
1994	4.08	3.26
1995	4.07	3.17
1996	4	2.99
1997	3.94	2.73
1998	3.88	2.63
1999	3.83	2.56
2000	3.75	2.41
2001	3.72	2.37
2002	3.65	2.32
2003	3.59	2.36
2004	3.52	2.44
2005	3.45	2.51
2006	3.47	2.55
2007	3.4	2.55
2008	3.4	2.68
2009	3.38	2.5
2010	3.32	2.44
2011	3.24	2.44
2012	3.14	2.45
2013	3.04	2.43
2014	2.89	2.42
2015	2.83	2.36
2016	2.68	2.26
2017	2.53	2.28
2018	2.38	2.27
2019	2.22	2.26
2020	2.08	2.26
2021	1.95	2.25
2022	1.93	2.23
2023	1.92	2.22

Philippines and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Philippines

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Philippines	South Africa
1960	15.8	19
1961	15.6	19
1962	15.5	18.9
1963	15.4	18.9
1964	15.4	18.9
1965	15.4	18.8
1966	15.4	18.8
1967	15.4	18.8
1968	15.5	18.8
1969	15.6	18.8
1970	15.7	18.8
1971	15.8	18.8
1972	15.9	18.8
1973	16	18.8
1974	16.1	18.9
1975	16.3	18.9
1976	16.5	19
1977	16.7	19.1
1978	16.9	19.2
1979	17.1	19.3
1980	17.3	19.4
1981	17.5	19.6
1982	17.7	19.8
1983	17.9	20
1984	18.1	20.2
1985	18.2	20.4
1986	18.3	20.5
1987	18.5	20.7
1988	18.6	20.9
1989	18.7	21.1
1990	18.8	21.3
1991	18.9	21.5
1992	19	21.5
1993	19.1	21.9
1994	19.1	22
1995	19.2	21.5
1996	19.3	21.2
1997	19.4	21.2
1998	19.6	21.4
1999	19.8	21.6
2000	20	21.9
2001	20.2	22.2
2002	20.4	22.4
2003	20.6	22.8
2004	20.8	23.1
2005	21	23.3
2006	21.2	23.5
2007	21.3	23.8
2008	21.5	24
2009	21.7	24.3
2010	22	24.6
2011	22.2	25
2012	22.4	25.3
2013	22.7	25.7
2014	22.9	26
2015	23.3	26.4
2016	23.6	26.7
2017	24	27
2018	24.3	27.5
2019	24.7	27.9
2020	25.1	28.3
2021	25.5	28.6
2022	25.9	28.9
2023	26.3	29.2
2024	26.8	29.5

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