Poland vs South Africa statistics compared

Poland has a population of 36.6M (ranked 42/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Poland's land area is 118,252 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 69th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Poland and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Poland and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Poland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Poland	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	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	-	$23,411,076,638
1972	-	$24,515,919,217
1973	-	$33,262,772,008
1974	-	$41,389,186,095
1975	-	$42,906,905,672
1976	-	$41,150,460,288
1977	-	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	-	$89,411,864,402
1981	-	$93,141,472,164
1982	-	$85,904,057,409
1983	-	$96,204,110,942
1984	-	$84,870,163,366
1985	-	$64,459,376,087
1986	-	$73,354,771,399
1987	-	$96,535,763,418
1988	-	$103,976,831,871
1989	-	$108,055,624,082
1990	$65,977,748,211	$126,048,140,142
1991	$85,500,935,935	$135,203,698,238
1992	$94,337,050,693	$146,956,150,987
1993	$96,043,157,273	$147,194,747,566
1994	$110,803,635,288	$153,512,712,382
1995	$142,838,527,115	$171,735,933,897
1996	$160,813,026,223	$163,234,925,381
1997	$159,893,964,917	$168,978,057,328
1998	$175,282,269,667	$152,982,984,557
1999	$170,704,452,715	$151,516,957,079
2000	$172,953,527,033	$151,752,757,215
2001	$191,823,200,371	$135,429,905,923
2002	$199,694,463,256	$129,087,556,612
2003	$218,561,225,998	$197,018,965,309
2004	$256,268,656,145	$255,806,908,595
2005	$306,999,913,151	$288,867,217,197
2006	$345,897,630,736	$303,858,675,364
2007	$429,715,132,138	$333,077,117,254
2008	$535,612,030,672	$316,131,258,616
2009	$440,891,472,247	$329,754,060,647
2010	$478,111,630,684	$417,363,822,802
2011	$527,848,543,023	$458,199,494,831
2012	$498,148,649,703	$434,400,545,086
2013	$518,179,836,405	$400,886,013,596
2014	$542,134,167,179	$381,198,869,776
2015	$480,054,118,583	$346,709,790,459
2016	$473,259,623,976	$323,585,509,674
2017	$528,356,723,263	$381,448,814,653
2018	$594,616,632,477	$405,260,723,893
2019	$602,683,770,145	$389,330,032,224
2020	$605,914,186,118	$337,974,655,408
2021	$689,170,171,187	$420,886,877,629
2022	$695,607,522,885	$406,920,004,594
2023	$812,451,128,979	$380,699,271,816
2024	$914,696,430,325	$400,260,724,226

Poland and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Poland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Poland	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	-	$952
1971	-	$1,020
1972	-	$1,038
1973	-	$1,369
1974	-	$1,656
1975	-	$1,670
1976	-	$1,559
1977	-	$1,671
1978	-	$1,852
1979	-	$2,202
1980	-	$3,029
1981	-	$3,050
1982	-	$2,717
1983	-	$2,938
1984	-	$2,504
1985	-	$1,839
1986	-	$2,027
1987	-	$2,586
1988	-	$2,702
1989	-	$2,727
1990	$1,731	$3,093
1991	$2,236	$3,243
1992	$2,459	$3,462
1993	$2,497	$3,400
1994	$2,875	$3,489
1995	$3,701	$3,856
1996	$4,164	$3,618
1997	$4,137	$3,700
1998	$4,534	$3,310
1999	$4,416	$3,242
2000	$4,521	$3,218
2001	$5,015	$2,847
2002	$5,223	$2,688
2003	$5,721	$4,062
2004	$6,712	$5,221
2005	$8,044	$5,837
2006	$9,069	$6,077
2007	$11,273	$6,592
2008	$14,049	$6,185
2009	$11,556	$6,375
2010	$12,568	$7,973
2011	$13,868	$8,646
2012	$13,087	$8,077
2013	$13,622	$7,332
2014	$14,262	$6,857
2015	$12,638	$6,112
2016	$12,464	$5,651
2017	$13,913	$6,618
2018	$15,658	$6,914
2019	$15,875	$6,534
2020	$16,151	$5,581
2021	$18,636	$6,843
2022	$18,891	$6,523
2023	$22,145	$6,023
2024	$25,023	$6,253

Poland vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Poland

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Poland	South Africa
1950	58.3	43.1
1951	58.9	44.1
1952	59.7	45
1953	61.3	46.1
1954	62.3	47.1
1955	63.1	48.2
1956	63.4	49.2
1957	64.4	50.2
1958	64.9	51.1
1959	66.4	51.9
1960	67.1	52.6
1961	67.8	53.1
1962	68	53.6
1963	68.3	53.9
1964	68.9	54.2
1965	69.4	54.4
1966	69.7	54.7
1967	69.9	55
1968	69.8	55.2
1969	69.8	55.4
1970	69.6	55.7
1971	69.8	56
1972	70.1	56.4
1973	70.7	56.7
1974	70.7	57.1
1975	70.6	57.6
1976	70.4	58
1977	70.3	58.5
1978	70.4	59
1979	70.2	59.5
1980	70.5	60
1981	70.6	60.4
1982	70.9	60.9
1983	70.8	61.4
1984	70.6	61.8
1985	70.5	62.2
1986	70.6	62.4
1987	70.8	62.7
1988	70.8	62.9
1989	70.8	63
1990	70.6	62.9
1991	70.7	63
1992	70.9	62.8
1993	71.3	62.6
1994	71.7	62.1
1995	72	61.6
1996	72.3	61.1
1997	72.6	60.5
1998	72.8	59.9
1999	73.2	59.2
2000	73.6	58.4
2001	74.2	57.2
2002	74.5	55.6
2003	74.8	54.2
2004	74.9	54
2005	75.1	53.9
2006	75.3	54.2
2007	75.4	54.9
2008	75.6	56
2009	75.9	57.4
2010	76.3	58.9
2011	76.6	60.6
2012	76.8	61.7
2013	77.1	62.4
2014	77.3	63.2
2015	77.6	64.1
2016	77.6	64.7
2017	77.7	65.4
2018	77.6	65.7
2019	77.9	66.1
2020	76.6	65.2
2021	75.6	62
2022	77.9	65.5
2023	78.6	66.1
2024	78.8	66.3
2025	79	66.5

Poland and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Poland

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Poland	South Africa
1960	29,637,450	16,440,172
1961	29,964,000	16,908,035
1962	30,308,500	17,418,522
1963	30,712,000	17,954,564
1964	31,139,450	18,511,361
1965	31,444,950	19,089,380
1966	31,681,000	19,690,087
1967	31,987,155	20,314,066
1968	32,294,655	20,957,287
1969	32,548,300	21,614,676
1970	32,664,300	22,279,984
1971	32,783,500	22,942,143
1972	33,055,650	23,609,456
1973	33,357,200	24,294,263
1974	33,678,899	24,989,108
1975	34,015,199	25,690,940
1976	34,356,300	26,395,450
1977	34,689,050	27,118,952
1978	34,965,600	27,869,507
1979	35,247,217	28,634,162
1980	35,574,150	29,518,857
1981	35,898,587	30,541,044
1982	36,230,481	31,615,339
1983	36,571,808	32,739,304
1984	36,904,134	33,892,788
1985	37,201,885	35,042,093
1986	37,456,119	36,180,515
1987	37,668,045	37,326,190
1988	37,824,487	38,480,649
1989	37,961,529	39,628,575
1990	38,110,782	40,746,268
1991	38,246,193	41,687,898
1992	38,363,667	42,443,509
1993	38,461,408	43,297,156
1994	38,542,652	44,004,139
1995	38,594,998	44,541,554
1996	38,624,370	45,123,018
1997	38,649,660	45,666,838
1998	38,663,481	46,223,880
1999	38,660,271	46,730,335
2000	38,258,629	47,159,719
2001	38,248,076	47,566,800
2002	38,230,364	48,019,415
2003	38,204,570	48,500,348
2004	38,182,222	48,991,421
2005	38,165,445	49,490,033
2006	38,141,267	49,998,277
2007	38,120,560	50,528,584
2008	38,125,759	51,114,599
2009	38,151,603	51,728,516
2010	38,042,794	52,344,051
2011	38,063,255	52,995,205
2012	38,063,164	53,782,567
2013	38,040,196	54,678,791
2014	38,011,735	55,594,838
2015	37,986,412	56,723,537
2016	37,970,087	57,259,551
2017	37,974,826	57,635,162
2018	37,974,750	58,613,001
2019	37,965,475	59,587,885
2020	37,515,748	60,562,381
2021	36,981,559	61,502,603
2022	36,821,749	62,378,410
2023	36,687,353	63,212,384
2024	36,554,707	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Poland and South Africa

Fertility rate

Poland

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Poland	South Africa
1960	2.98	6.11
1961	2.83	6.08
1962	2.72	6.05
1963	2.7	6.01
1964	2.57	5.96
1965	2.52	5.89
1966	2.34	5.91
1967	2.33	5.85
1968	2.24	5.78
1969	2.2	5.72
1970	2.2	5.63
1971	2.25	5.57
1972	2.24	5.49
1973	2.26	5.41
1974	2.26	5.3
1975	2.27	5.19
1976	2.3	5.07
1977	2.23	4.94
1978	2.21	4.85
1979	2.28	4.82
1980	2.28	4.78
1981	2.24	4.71
1982	2.34	4.7
1983	2.42	4.63
1984	2.37	4.57
1985	2.33	4.5
1986	2.22	4.41
1987	2.15	4.35
1988	2.13	4.18
1989	2.08	3.98
1990	2.06	3.72
1991	2.07	3.62
1992	1.95	3.48
1993	1.87	3.37
1994	1.81	3.26
1995	1.62	3.17
1996	1.59	2.99
1997	1.51	2.73
1998	1.44	2.63
1999	1.37	2.56
2000	1.37	2.41
2001	1.31	2.37
2002	1.25	2.32
2003	1.22	2.36
2004	1.23	2.44
2005	1.24	2.51
2006	1.27	2.55
2007	1.31	2.55
2008	1.39	2.68
2009	1.4	2.5
2010	1.41	2.44
2011	1.33	2.44
2012	1.33	2.45
2013	1.29	2.43
2014	1.32	2.42
2015	1.32	2.36
2016	1.39	2.26
2017	1.48	2.28
2018	1.46	2.27
2019	1.44	2.26
2020	1.39	2.26
2021	1.33	2.25
2022	1.29	2.23
2023	1.16	2.22

Poland and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Poland

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Poland	South Africa
1960	26.6	19
1961	26.8	19
1962	26.9	18.9
1963	27.1	18.9
1964	27.3	18.9
1965	27.5	18.8
1966	27.7	18.8
1967	27.8	18.8
1968	28	18.8
1969	28.1	18.8
1970	28.2	18.8
1971	28.4	18.8
1972	28.5	18.8
1973	28.5	18.8
1974	28.6	18.9
1975	28.6	18.9
1976	28.7	19
1977	28.9	19.1
1978	29.1	19.2
1979	29.3	19.3
1980	29.5	19.4
1981	29.8	19.6
1982	30.1	19.8
1983	30.3	20
1984	30.6	20.2
1985	30.8	20.4
1986	31.1	20.5
1987	31.4	20.7
1988	31.7	20.9
1989	32.1	21.1
1990	32.4	21.3
1991	32.6	21.5
1992	32.9	21.5
1993	33.2	21.9
1994	33.5	22
1995	33.9	21.5
1996	34.2	21.2
1997	34.4	21.2
1998	34.7	21.4
1999	35	21.6
2000	35.2	21.9
2001	35.5	22.2
2002	35.8	22.4
2003	36	22.8
2004	36.3	23.1
2005	36.6	23.3
2006	36.9	23.5
2007	37.2	23.8
2008	37.5	24
2009	37.8	24.3
2010	38.1	24.6
2011	38.2	25
2012	38.4	25.3
2013	38.7	25.7
2014	39	26
2015	39.3	26.4
2016	39.7	26.7
2017	40	27
2018	40.4	27.5
2019	40.8	27.9
2020	41.1	28.3
2021	41.5	28.6
2022	41.9	28.9
2023	42.4	29.2
2024	42.9	29.5

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