Qatar vs South Africa statistics compared

Qatar has a population of 2.86M (ranked 138/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Qatar's land area is 4,436 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 158th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Qatar and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Qatar and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Qatar

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Qatar	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	$301,791,302	$21,218,391,513
1971	$387,703,106	$23,411,076,638
1972	$510,262,500	$24,515,919,217
1973	$793,885,560	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,401,403,227	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,512,773,166	$42,906,905,672
1976	$3,284,273,987	$41,150,460,288
1977	$3,617,564,638	$45,328,411,332
1978	$4,052,000,413	$51,607,412,902
1979	$5,632,962,997	$63,038,658,089
1980	$7,829,165,262	$89,411,864,402
1981	$8,661,263,764	$93,141,472,164
1982	$7,596,703,214	$85,904,057,409
1983	$6,467,582,308	$96,204,110,942
1984	$6,704,395,824	$84,870,163,366
1985	$6,153,296,456	$64,459,376,087
1986	$5,053,021,951	$73,354,771,399
1987	$5,446,428,681	$96,535,763,418
1988	$6,038,187,033	$103,976,831,871
1989	$6,487,912,088	$108,055,624,082
1990	$7,360,439,423	$126,048,140,142
1991	$6,883,516,484	$135,203,698,238
1992	$7,646,153,984	$146,956,150,987
1993	$7,156,593,654	$147,194,747,566
1994	$7,374,450,769	$153,512,712,382
1995	$8,137,911,978	$171,735,933,897
1996	$9,059,340,385	$163,234,925,381
1997	$11,297,802,115	$168,978,057,328
1998	$10,255,495,027	$152,982,984,557
1999	$12,393,131,868	$151,516,957,079
2000	$17,759,890,110	$151,752,757,215
2001	$17,538,461,538	$135,429,905,923
2002	$19,363,736,264	$129,087,556,612
2003	$23,533,791,209	$197,018,965,309
2004	$31,734,065,934	$255,806,908,595
2005	$44,530,494,505	$288,867,217,197
2006	$60,882,142,857	$303,858,675,364
2007	$79,712,087,912	$333,077,117,254
2008	$115,270,054,945	$316,131,258,616
2009	$97,798,351,648	$329,754,060,647
2010	$125,122,306,346	$417,363,822,802
2011	$167,775,268,626	$458,199,494,831
2012	$186,833,502,363	$434,400,545,086
2013	$198,727,642,967	$400,886,013,596
2014	$206,224,598,571	$381,198,869,776
2015	$161,739,955,577	$346,709,790,459
2016	$151,732,181,868	$323,585,509,674
2017	$161,099,122,225	$381,448,814,653
2018	$183,334,953,819	$405,260,723,893
2019	$176,371,267,692	$389,330,032,224
2020	$144,411,363,352	$337,974,655,408
2021	$179,732,009,560	$420,886,877,629
2022	$235,709,325,714	$406,920,004,594
2023	$213,002,809,341	$380,699,271,816
2024	$217,982,967,033	$400,260,724,226

Qatar and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Qatar

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$2,594	$952
1971	$2,952	$1,020
1972	$3,483	$1,038
1973	$4,905	$1,369
1974	$13,540	$1,656
1975	$13,014	$1,670
1976	$15,710	$1,559
1977	$16,058	$1,671
1978	$16,757	$1,852
1979	$21,777	$2,202
1980	$28,375	$3,029
1981	$29,505	$3,050
1982	$24,385	$2,717
1983	$19,616	$2,938
1984	$19,272	$2,504
1985	$16,815	$1,839
1986	$13,213	$2,027
1987	$13,719	$2,586
1988	$14,682	$2,702
1989	$15,243	$2,727
1990	$16,722	$3,093
1991	$15,133	$3,243
1992	$16,280	$3,462
1993	$14,770	$3,400
1994	$14,765	$3,489
1995	$15,823	$3,856
1996	$17,125	$3,618
1997	$20,523	$3,700
1998	$17,665	$3,310
1999	$20,234	$3,242
2000	$27,535	$3,218
2001	$25,871	$2,847
2002	$27,227	$2,688
2003	$31,602	$4,062
2004	$41,036	$5,221
2005	$53,950	$5,837
2006	$62,582	$6,077
2007	$65,954	$6,592
2008	$80,781	$6,185
2009	$60,786	$6,375
2010	$77,387	$7,973
2011	$103,262	$8,646
2012	$108,470	$8,077
2013	$103,697	$7,332
2014	$95,841	$6,857
2015	$68,985	$6,112
2016	$61,254	$5,651
2017	$63,280	$6,618
2018	$71,040	$6,914
2019	$66,841	$6,534
2020	$51,684	$5,581
2021	$71,752	$6,843
2022	$88,701	$6,523
2023	$80,196	$6,023
2024	$76,276	$6,253

Qatar vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Qatar

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Qatar	South Africa
1950	50.8	43.1
1951	51.5	44.1
1952	52.1	45
1953	52.8	46.1
1954	53.5	47.1
1955	54.2	48.2
1956	54.9	49.2
1957	55.6	50.2
1958	56.3	51.1
1959	57	51.9
1960	57.8	52.6
1961	58.5	53.1
1962	59.2	53.6
1963	60	53.9
1964	60.7	54.2
1965	61.4	54.4
1966	62.2	54.7
1967	62.9	55
1968	63.6	55.2
1969	64.2	55.4
1970	64.9	55.7
1971	65.5	56
1972	66.1	56.4
1973	66.6	56.7
1974	67.2	57.1
1975	67.7	57.6
1976	68.2	58
1977	68.6	58.5
1978	69.1	59
1979	69.5	59.5
1980	69.9	60
1981	70.3	60.4
1982	70.7	60.9
1983	71.1	61.4
1984	71.5	61.8
1985	71.8	62.2
1986	72.2	62.4
1987	72.5	62.7
1988	72.8	62.9
1989	73.1	63
1990	73.4	62.9
1991	73.7	63
1992	73.9	62.8
1993	74.1	62.6
1994	74.2	62.1
1995	74.4	61.6
1996	74.6	61.1
1997	74.7	60.5
1998	74.9	59.9
1999	75	59.2
2000	75.3	58.4
2001	75.5	57.2
2002	75.8	55.6
2003	76.1	54.2
2004	76.5	54
2005	76.9	53.9
2006	77.3	54.2
2007	77.7	54.9
2008	78.3	56
2009	78.8	57.4
2010	79.4	58.9
2011	80	60.6
2012	80.5	61.7
2013	81	62.4
2014	81.4	63.2
2015	81.8	64.1
2016	82.1	64.7
2017	82.5	65.4
2018	82.7	65.7
2019	82.9	66.1
2020	80.4	65.2
2021	81.1	62
2022	81.9	65.5
2023	82.4	66.1
2024	82.5	66.3
2025	82.7	66.5

Qatar and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Qatar

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	36,010	16,440,172
1961	39,680	16,908,035
1962	44,630	17,418,522
1963	50,380	17,954,564
1964	56,867	18,511,361
1965	64,065	19,089,380
1966	72,192	19,690,087
1967	81,439	20,314,066
1968	91,749	20,957,287
1969	103,025	21,614,676
1970	116,350	22,279,984
1971	131,346	22,942,143
1972	146,506	23,609,456
1973	161,841	24,294,263
1974	177,362	24,989,108
1975	193,087	25,690,940
1976	209,052	26,395,450
1977	225,285	27,118,952
1978	241,808	27,869,507
1979	258,670	28,634,162
1980	275,913	29,518,857
1981	293,553	30,541,044
1982	311,537	31,615,339
1983	329,709	32,739,304
1984	347,878	33,892,788
1985	365,940	35,042,093
1986	382,422	36,180,515
1987	397,005	37,326,190
1988	411,264	38,480,649
1989	425,646	39,628,575
1990	440,175	40,746,268
1991	454,853	41,687,898
1992	469,657	42,443,509
1993	484,545	43,297,156
1994	499,459	44,004,139
1995	514,325	44,541,554
1996	529,019	45,123,018
1997	550,500	45,666,838
1998	580,540	46,223,880
1999	612,500	46,730,335
2000	644,989	47,159,719
2001	677,925	47,566,800
2002	711,205	48,019,415
2003	744,682	48,500,348
2004	773,332	48,991,421
2005	825,408	49,490,033
2006	972,831	49,998,277
2007	1,208,595	50,528,584
2008	1,426,938	51,114,599
2009	1,608,903	51,728,516
2010	1,616,832	52,344,051
2011	1,624,761	52,995,205
2012	1,722,438	53,782,567
2013	1,916,426	54,678,791
2014	2,151,745	55,594,838
2015	2,344,557	56,723,537
2016	2,477,113	57,259,551
2017	2,545,820	57,635,162
2018	2,580,734	58,613,001
2019	2,638,657	59,587,885
2020	2,794,148	60,562,381
2021	2,504,910	61,502,603
2022	2,657,333	62,378,410
2023	2,656,032	63,212,384
2024	2,857,822	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Qatar and South Africa

Fertility rate

Qatar

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	6.53	6.11
1961	6.53	6.08
1962	6.53	6.05
1963	6.53	6.01
1964	6.53	5.96
1965	6.53	5.89
1966	6.52	5.91
1967	6.46	5.85
1968	6.39	5.78
1969	6.31	5.72
1970	6.23	5.63
1971	6.15	5.57
1972	6.07	5.49
1973	6.01	5.41
1974	5.94	5.3
1975	5.86	5.19
1976	5.78	5.07
1977	5.69	4.94
1978	5.58	4.85
1979	5.46	4.82
1980	5.33	4.78
1981	5.2	4.71
1982	5.04	4.7
1983	4.9	4.63
1984	4.76	4.57
1985	4.64	4.5
1986	4.57	4.41
1987	4.54	4.35
1988	4.51	4.18
1989	4.41	3.98
1990	4.23	3.72
1991	3.99	3.62
1992	3.85	3.48
1993	3.77	3.37
1994	3.67	3.26
1995	3.56	3.17
1996	3.44	2.99
1997	3.33	2.73
1998	3.21	2.63
1999	3.12	2.56
2000	3.07	2.41
2001	3.08	2.37
2002	3.01	2.32
2003	2.93	2.36
2004	2.79	2.44
2005	2.64	2.51
2006	2.51	2.55
2007	2.44	2.55
2008	2.37	2.68
2009	2.25	2.5
2010	2.14	2.44
2011	2.07	2.44
2012	2.04	2.45
2013	2.03	2.43
2014	2.03	2.42
2015	1.98	2.36
2016	1.86	2.26
2017	1.83	2.28
2018	1.76	2.27
2019	1.73	2.26
2020	1.68	2.26
2021	1.61	2.25
2022	1.74	2.23
2023	1.73	2.22

Qatar and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Qatar

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	18	19
1961	19	19
1962	20.1	18.9
1963	21.1	18.9
1964	21.8	18.9
1965	22.5	18.8
1966	23	18.8
1967	23.5	18.8
1968	24	18.8
1969	24.4	18.8
1970	23.7	18.8
1971	22.2	18.8
1972	21.3	18.8
1973	20.9	18.8
1974	20.8	18.9
1975	21	18.9
1976	21.3	19
1977	21.8	19.1
1978	22.3	19.2
1979	22.9	19.3
1980	23.5	19.4
1981	24.1	19.6
1982	24.8	19.8
1983	25.6	20
1984	26.3	20.2
1985	27	20.4
1986	27.4	20.5
1987	27.5	20.7
1988	27.5	20.9
1989	27.6	21.1
1990	27.7	21.3
1991	27.9	21.5
1992	28.1	21.5
1993	28.4	21.9
1994	28.7	22
1995	29.1	21.5
1996	29.6	21.2
1997	29.9	21.2
1998	29.8	21.4
1999	29.8	21.6
2000	29.9	21.9
2001	30.1	22.2
2002	30.5	22.4
2003	30.9	22.8
2004	31	23.1
2005	30.9	23.3
2006	30.6	23.5
2007	30.1	23.8
2008	30.1	24
2009	30.8	24.3
2010	31.3	24.6
2011	31.2	25
2012	31	25.3
2013	30.9	25.7
2014	31.1	26
2015	31.2	26.4
2016	31.4	26.7
2017	31.6	27
2018	31.9	27.5
2019	32.3	27.9
2020	32.6	28.3
2021	32.9	28.6
2022	33.4	28.9
2023	34.1	29.2
2024	34.5	29.5

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