Portugal vs South Africa statistics compared

Portugal has a population of 10.7M (ranked 90/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Portugal's land area is 35,369 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 108th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Portugal ranks 46/197 ($313B) and South Africa ranks 40/197 ($401B). By GDP per capita, Portugal ranks 44/197 ($29,292), while South Africa ranks 111/197 ($6,267).

Portugal and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Portugal and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Portugal

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Portugal	South Africa
1960	$3,339,150,158	$8,748,596,501
1961	$3,573,719,085	$9,225,996,310
1962	$3,835,883,663	$9,813,996,074
1963	$4,084,251,593	$10,854,195,658
1964	$4,429,202,657	$11,955,995,218
1965	$4,901,711,248	$13,068,994,772
1966	$5,370,108,031	$14,211,394,315
1967	$6,002,607,030	$15,821,393,671
1968	$6,644,693,214	$17,124,793,150
1969	$7,287,555,035	$19,256,992,297
1970	$8,108,235,704	$21,218,391,513
1971	$9,201,604,240	$23,411,076,638
1972	$11,239,117,865	$24,515,919,217
1973	$15,090,564,186	$33,262,772,008
1974	$17,512,391,476	$41,389,186,095
1975	$19,347,607,843	$42,906,905,672
1976	$20,332,831,565	$41,150,460,288
1977	$21,439,523,311	$45,328,411,332
1978	$23,487,614,051	$51,607,412,902
1979	$26,622,819,672	$63,038,658,089
1980	$32,896,519,824	$89,411,864,402
1981	$31,977,276,873	$93,141,472,164
1982	$30,527,754,793	$85,904,057,409
1983	$27,239,650,742	$96,204,110,942
1984	$25,217,969,050	$84,870,163,366
1985	$27,115,807,742	$64,459,376,087
1986	$38,745,901,354	$73,354,771,399
1987	$48,182,925,857	$96,535,763,418
1988	$56,347,250,696	$103,976,831,871
1989	$60,594,092,182	$108,055,624,082
1990	$78,713,860,217	$126,048,140,142
1991	$89,233,599,278	$135,203,698,238
1992	$107,592,098,307	$146,956,150,987
1993	$95,009,751,901	$147,194,747,566
1994	$99,688,641,304	$153,512,712,382
1995	$118,122,007,430	$171,735,933,897
1996	$122,630,089,680	$163,234,925,381
1997	$117,016,535,163	$168,978,057,328
1998	$123,946,327,916	$152,982,984,557
1999	$127,470,385,557	$151,516,957,079
2000	$118,605,192,877	$151,752,757,215
2001	$121,604,107,165	$135,429,905,923
2002	$134,795,565,549	$129,087,556,612
2003	$165,226,175,537	$197,018,965,309
2004	$189,382,122,532	$255,806,908,595
2005	$197,253,876,705	$288,867,217,197
2006	$208,756,449,276	$303,858,675,364
2007	$240,496,147,317	$333,077,117,254
2008	$263,416,394,624	$316,131,258,616
2009	$244,667,762,836	$329,754,060,647
2010	$238,443,864,993	$417,363,822,802
2011	$245,426,767,676	$458,199,494,831
2012	$216,536,676,772	$434,400,545,086
2013	$226,677,408,292	$400,886,013,596
2014	$230,078,616,300	$381,198,869,776
2015	$199,038,523,120	$346,709,790,459
2016	$206,305,431,242	$323,585,509,674
2017	$220,862,990,767	$381,448,814,653
2018	$242,092,894,543	$405,260,723,893
2019	$240,115,970,063	$389,330,032,224
2020	$229,618,773,423	$337,974,655,408
2021	$256,055,879,091	$419,986,284,375
2022	$256,898,677,175	$407,596,043,068
2023	$292,323,800,949	$381,440,724,491
2024	$313,271,185,085	$401,144,998,374

Portugal and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Portugal

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Portugal	South Africa
1960	$377	$532
1961	$400	$546
1962	$426	$563
1963	$452	$605
1964	$490	$646
1965	$545	$685
1966	$601	$722
1967	$676	$779
1968	$752	$817
1969	$832	$891
1970	$934	$952
1971	$1,065	$1,020
1972	$1,302	$1,038
1973	$1,748	$1,369
1974	$2,000	$1,656
1975	$2,128	$1,670
1976	$2,173	$1,559
1977	$2,267	$1,671
1978	$2,457	$1,852
1979	$2,756	$2,202
1980	$3,368	$3,029
1981	$3,246	$3,050
1982	$3,080	$2,717
1983	$2,735	$2,938
1984	$2,523	$2,504
1985	$2,705	$1,839
1986	$3,862	$2,027
1987	$4,804	$2,586
1988	$5,624	$2,702
1989	$6,056	$2,727
1990	$7,885	$3,093
1991	$8,959	$3,243
1992	$10,811	$3,462
1993	$9,535	$3,400
1994	$9,977	$3,489
1995	$11,781	$3,856
1996	$12,185	$3,618
1997	$11,576	$3,700
1998	$12,199	$3,310
1999	$12,475	$3,242
2000	$11,526	$3,218
2001	$11,735	$2,847
2002	$12,937	$2,688
2003	$15,798	$4,062
2004	$18,064	$5,221
2005	$18,780	$5,837
2006	$19,839	$6,077
2007	$22,811	$6,592
2008	$24,949	$6,185
2009	$23,151	$6,375
2010	$22,552	$7,973
2011	$23,247	$8,646
2012	$20,593	$8,077
2013	$21,676	$7,332
2014	$22,121	$6,857
2015	$19,216	$6,112
2016	$19,980	$5,651
2017	$21,442	$6,618
2018	$23,541	$6,914
2019	$23,343	$6,534
2020	$22,299	$5,581
2021	$24,711	$6,829
2022	$24,621	$6,534
2023	$27,635	$6,034
2024	$29,292	$6,267

Portugal vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Portugal

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Portugal	South Africa
1950	58.5	43.1
1951	58.7	44.1
1952	59.8	45
1953	61.1	46.1
1954	62.2	47.1
1955	61.4	48.2
1956	61.2	49.2
1957	61.4	50.2
1958	63.7	51.1
1959	62.9	51.9
1960	64.1	52.6
1961	62.8	53.1
1962	64.3	53.6
1963	64.9	53.9
1964	65.1	54.2
1965	66.1	54.4
1966	65.6	54.7
1967	66.5	55
1968	66.8	55.2
1969	66.4	55.4
1970	67.1	55.7
1971	66.8	56
1972	69.2	56.4
1973	68.6	56.7
1974	69.1	57.1
1975	68.8	57.6
1976	69.1	58
1977	70.3	58.5
1978	70.8	59
1979	71.6	59.5
1980	71.7	60
1981	71.9	60.4
1982	72.7	60.9
1983	72.7	61.4
1984	72.9	61.8
1985	73.2	62.2
1986	73.6	62.4
1987	74.1	62.7
1988	74.1	62.9
1989	74.7	63
1990	74.3	62.9
1991	74.2	63
1992	74.9	62.8
1993	74.8	62.6
1994	75.7	62.1
1995	75.5	61.6
1996	75.5	61.1
1997	75.9	60.5
1998	76.1	59.9
1999	76.3	59.2
2000	76.8	58.4
2001	77.2	57.2
2002	77.4	55.6
2003	77.6	54.2
2004	78.4	54
2005	78.3	53.9
2006	79.1	54.2
2007	79.3	54.9
2008	79.6	56
2009	79.8	57.4
2010	80.1	58.9
2011	80.6	60.6
2012	80.6	61.7
2013	80.9	62.4
2014	81.3	63.2
2015	81.3	64.1
2016	81.4	64.7
2017	81.7	65.4
2018	81.6	65.7
2019	82	66.1
2020	81.4	65.2
2021	81.4	62
2022	81.2	65.5
2023	82.4	66.1
2024	82.6	66.3
2025	82.7	66.5
2026	82.9	66.7

Portugal and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Portugal

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Portugal	South Africa
1960	8,857,716	16,440,172
1961	8,929,316	16,908,035
1962	8,993,985	17,418,522
1963	9,030,355	17,954,564
1964	9,035,365	18,511,361
1965	8,998,595	19,089,380
1966	8,930,990	19,690,087
1967	8,874,520	20,314,066
1968	8,836,650	20,957,287
1969	8,757,705	21,614,676
1970	8,680,431	22,279,984
1971	8,643,756	22,942,143
1972	8,630,430	23,609,456
1973	8,633,100	24,294,263
1974	8,754,365	24,989,108
1975	9,093,470	25,690,940
1976	9,355,810	26,395,450
1977	9,455,675	27,118,952
1978	9,558,250	27,869,507
1979	9,661,265	28,634,162
1980	9,766,312	29,518,857
1981	9,851,362	30,541,044
1982	9,911,771	31,615,339
1983	9,957,865	32,739,304
1984	9,996,232	33,892,788
1985	10,023,613	35,042,093
1986	10,032,734	36,180,515
1987	10,030,031	37,326,190
1988	10,019,610	38,480,649
1989	10,005,000	39,628,575
1990	9,983,218	40,746,268
1991	9,960,235	41,687,898
1992	9,952,494	42,443,509
1993	9,964,675	43,297,156
1994	9,991,525	44,004,139
1995	10,026,176	44,541,554
1996	10,063,945	45,123,018
1997	10,108,977	45,666,838
1998	10,160,196	46,223,880
1999	10,217,828	46,730,335
2000	10,289,898	47,159,719
2001	10,362,722	47,566,800
2002	10,419,631	48,019,415
2003	10,458,821	48,500,348
2004	10,483,861	48,991,421
2005	10,503,330	49,490,033
2006	10,522,288	49,998,277
2007	10,542,964	50,528,584
2008	10,558,177	51,114,599
2009	10,568,247	51,728,516
2010	10,573,100	52,344,051
2011	10,557,560	52,995,205
2012	10,514,844	53,782,567
2013	10,457,295	54,678,791
2014	10,401,062	55,594,838
2015	10,358,076	56,723,537
2016	10,325,452	57,259,551
2017	10,300,300	57,635,162
2018	10,283,822	58,613,001
2019	10,286,263	59,587,885
2020	10,297,081	60,562,381
2021	10,361,831	61,502,603
2022	10,434,332	62,378,410
2023	10,578,174	63,212,384
2024	10,694,681	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Portugal and South Africa

Fertility rate

Portugal

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Portugal	South Africa
1960	3.16	6.11
1961	3.21	6.08
1962	3.23	6.05
1963	3.12	6.01
1964	3.21	5.96
1965	3.15	5.89
1966	3.16	5.91
1967	3.16	5.85
1968	3.12	5.78
1969	3.12	5.72
1970	3.01	5.63
1971	3	5.57
1972	2.86	5.49
1973	2.77	5.41
1974	2.7	5.3
1975	2.75	5.19
1976	2.82	5.07
1977	2.69	4.94
1978	2.45	4.85
1979	2.31	4.82
1980	2.25	4.78
1981	2.13	4.71
1982	2.07	4.7
1983	1.95	4.63
1984	1.9	4.57
1985	1.72	4.5
1986	1.66	4.41
1987	1.62	4.35
1988	1.61	4.18
1989	1.57	3.98
1990	1.56	3.72
1991	1.56	3.62
1992	1.54	3.48
1993	1.52	3.37
1994	1.45	3.26
1995	1.41	3.17
1996	1.44	2.99
1997	1.47	2.73
1998	1.47	2.63
1999	1.5	2.56
2000	1.55	2.41
2001	1.45	2.37
2002	1.46	2.32
2003	1.44	2.36
2004	1.4	2.44
2005	1.41	2.51
2006	1.37	2.55
2007	1.35	2.55
2008	1.39	2.68
2009	1.34	2.5
2010	1.39	2.44
2011	1.35	2.44
2012	1.28	2.45
2013	1.21	2.43
2014	1.24	2.42
2015	1.31	2.36
2016	1.37	2.26
2017	1.38	2.28
2018	1.42	2.27
2019	1.44	2.26
2020	1.42	2.26
2021	1.35	2.25
2022	1.43	2.23
2023	1.44	2.22

Portugal and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Portugal

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Portugal	South Africa
1960	27.9	19
1961	28.1	19
1962	28.3	18.9
1963	28.5	18.9
1964	28.7	18.9
1965	28.8	18.8
1966	29	18.8
1967	29.1	18.8
1968	29.2	18.8
1969	29.4	18.8
1970	29.6	18.8
1971	29.7	18.8
1972	29.6	18.8
1973	29.6	18.8
1974	29.7	18.9
1975	29.7	18.9
1976	29.8	19
1977	29.9	19.1
1978	30	19.2
1979	30.3	19.3
1980	30.6	19.4
1981	30.8	19.6
1982	31.1	19.8
1983	31.4	20
1984	31.7	20.2
1985	32.1	20.4
1986	32.5	20.5
1987	32.9	20.7
1988	33.3	20.9
1989	33.7	21.1
1990	34.2	21.3
1991	34.6	21.5
1992	35	21.5
1993	35.4	21.9
1994	35.7	22
1995	36.1	21.5
1996	36.4	21.2
1997	36.8	21.2
1998	37.1	21.4
1999	37.4	21.6
2000	37.7	21.9
2001	38	22.2
2002	38.3	22.4
2003	38.6	22.8
2004	39	23.1
2005	39.4	23.3
2006	39.8	23.5
2007	40.2	23.8
2008	40.6	24
2009	41	24.3
2010	41.5	24.6
2011	41.9	25
2012	42.4	25.3
2013	42.9	25.7
2014	43.4	26
2015	43.8	26.4
2016	44.3	26.7
2017	44.7	27
2018	45.2	27.5
2019	45.6	27.9
2020	46.1	28.3
2021	46.5	28.6
2022	46.8	28.9
2023	47.2	29.2
2024	47.5	29.5

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