Rwanda vs South Africa statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 146th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Rwanda and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	South Africa
1960	$119,000,024	$8,748,596,501
1961	$122,000,016	$9,225,996,310
1962	$125,000,008	$9,813,996,074
1963	$128,000,000	$10,854,195,658
1964	$129,999,994	$11,955,995,218
1965	$148,799,980	$13,068,994,772
1966	$124,525,703	$14,211,394,315
1967	$159,560,018	$15,821,393,671
1968	$172,200,018	$17,124,793,150
1969	$188,700,037	$19,256,992,297
1970	$219,900,006	$21,218,391,513
1971	$222,952,504	$23,411,076,638
1972	$246,457,838	$24,515,919,217
1973	$290,746,157	$33,262,772,008
1974	$308,458,423	$41,389,186,095
1975	$571,863,500	$42,906,905,672
1976	$637,753,853	$41,150,460,288
1977	$746,650,613	$45,328,411,332
1978	$905,709,076	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,109,346,131	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,254,765,642	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,407,062,527	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,407,243,139	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,479,687,587	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,587,413,084	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,715,626,331	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,944,710,684	$73,354,771,399
1987	$2,157,432,668	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,395,492,687	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,405,022,593	$108,055,624,082
1990	$2,550,185,679	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,911,600,237	$135,203,698,238
1992	$2,029,026,962	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,971,525,712	$147,194,747,566
1994	$753,636,370	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,293,535,193	$171,735,933,897
1996	$1,382,334,879	$163,234,925,381
1997	$1,851,558,197	$168,978,057,328
1998	$1,989,343,546	$152,982,984,557
1999	$2,157,108,263	$151,516,957,079
2000	$2,068,836,754	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,966,600,715	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,966,003,468	$129,087,556,612
2003	$2,138,237,279	$197,018,965,309
2004	$2,376,496,067	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,933,819,766	$288,867,217,197
2006	$3,319,784,539	$303,858,675,364
2007	$4,070,507,895	$333,077,117,254
2008	$5,179,854,065	$316,131,258,616
2009	$5,674,476,969	$329,754,060,647
2010	$6,124,756,654	$417,363,822,802
2011	$6,884,913,658	$458,199,494,831
2012	$7,654,761,045	$434,400,545,086
2013	$7,819,964,024	$400,886,013,596
2014	$8,238,966,120	$381,198,869,776
2015	$8,543,760,206	$346,709,790,459
2016	$8,695,272,061	$323,585,509,674
2017	$9,252,833,894	$381,448,814,653
2018	$9,637,904,519	$405,260,723,893
2019	$10,349,300,277	$389,330,032,224
2020	$10,174,386,855	$337,974,655,408
2021	$11,078,787,095	$420,886,877,629
2022	$13,316,161,006	$406,920,004,594
2023	$14,331,722,700	$380,699,271,816
2024	$14,251,642,231	$400,260,724,226

Rwanda and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	South Africa
1960	$39.4	$532
1961	$39.3	$546
1962	$39.2	$563
1963	$39.3	$605
1964	$39	$646
1965	$43.5	$685
1966	$35.4	$722
1967	$44	$779
1968	$46	$817
1969	$48.9	$891
1970	$55.2	$952
1971	$54.4	$1,020
1972	$58.4	$1,038
1973	$66.9	$1,369
1974	$68.9	$1,656
1975	$124.1	$1,670
1976	$134.4	$1,559
1977	$152.7	$1,671
1978	$179.9	$1,852
1979	$213.8	$2,202
1980	$234.4	$3,029
1981	$254.6	$3,050
1982	$246.4	$2,717
1983	$250.6	$2,938
1984	$259.9	$2,504
1985	$271.6	$1,839
1986	$297.7	$2,027
1987	$320	$2,586
1988	$344	$2,702
1989	$335	$2,727
1990	$346	$3,093
1991	$254	$3,243
1992	$264.1	$3,462
1993	$247	$3,400
1994	$111	$3,489
1995	$228	$3,856
1996	$206	$3,618
1997	$238.7	$3,700
1998	$246.2	$3,310
1999	$264.7	$3,242
2000	$251.9	$3,218
2001	$237.3	$2,847
2002	$234	$2,688
2003	$249	$4,062
2004	$269.5	$5,221
2005	$324	$5,837
2006	$357	$6,077
2007	$426	$6,592
2008	$528	$6,185
2009	$564	$6,375
2010	$594	$7,973
2011	$651	$8,646
2012	$707	$8,077
2013	$705	$7,332
2014	$725	$6,857
2015	$734	$6,112
2016	$730	$5,651
2017	$758	$6,618
2018	$772	$6,914
2019	$810	$6,534
2020	$779	$5,581
2021	$830	$6,843
2022	$975	$6,523
2023	$1,027	$6,023
2024	$1,000	$6,253

Rwanda vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	South Africa
1950	43.2	43.1
1951	43.5	44.1
1952	43.8	45
1953	44.1	46.1
1954	44.4	47.1
1955	44.8	48.2
1956	45.2	49.2
1957	45.6	50.2
1958	46.1	51.1
1959	46.5	51.9
1960	47	52.6
1961	47.5	53.1
1962	47.8	53.6
1963	44	53.9
1964	48.1	54.2
1965	48.2	54.4
1966	48.1	54.7
1967	48	55
1968	47.7	55.2
1969	47.4	55.4
1970	47.1	55.7
1971	46.8	56
1972	46.3	56.4
1973	45.9	56.7
1974	45.6	57.1
1975	45.3	57.6
1976	45.3	58
1977	45.6	58.5
1978	46.2	59
1979	47.1	59.5
1980	48.1	60
1981	49.2	60.4
1982	50.2	60.9
1983	50.9	61.4
1984	51.4	61.8
1985	51.7	62.2
1986	51.7	62.4
1987	51.5	62.7
1988	50.9	62.9
1989	49.5	63
1990	47.8	62.9
1991	46.2	63
1992	44.4	62.8
1993	42.9	62.6
1994	12.2	62.1
1995	41.5	61.6
1996	42.5	61.1
1997	42	60.5
1998	43.1	59.9
1999	45.7	59.2
2000	47.8	58.4
2001	49.5	57.2
2002	51.3	55.6
2003	53.5	54.2
2004	55.5	54
2005	57	53.9
2006	58.3	54.2
2007	59.5	54.9
2008	60.6	56
2009	61.8	57.4
2010	62.8	58.9
2011	63.5	60.6
2012	64.2	61.7
2013	64.7	62.4
2014	65.1	63.2
2015	65.4	64.1
2016	65.7	64.7
2017	66.1	65.4
2018	66.4	65.7
2019	66.7	66.1
2020	67	65.2
2021	66.8	62
2022	67.5	65.5
2023	67.8	66.1
2024	68	66.3
2025	68.2	66.5

Rwanda and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	South Africa
1960	3,022,294	16,440,172
1961	3,106,779	16,908,035
1962	3,186,025	17,418,522
1963	3,258,890	17,954,564
1964	3,334,834	18,511,361
1965	3,423,210	19,089,380
1966	3,521,626	19,690,087
1967	3,629,577	20,314,066
1968	3,744,010	20,957,287
1969	3,861,271	21,614,676
1970	3,980,669	22,279,984
1971	4,100,044	22,942,143
1972	4,220,335	23,609,456
1973	4,345,047	24,294,263
1974	4,474,228	24,989,108
1975	4,607,728	25,690,940
1976	4,745,954	26,395,450
1977	4,888,240	27,118,952
1978	5,035,171	27,869,507
1979	5,189,541	28,634,162
1980	5,353,259	29,518,857
1981	5,527,230	30,541,044
1982	5,711,549	31,615,339
1983	5,905,311	32,739,304
1984	6,107,627	33,892,788
1985	6,317,228	35,042,093
1986	6,531,881	36,180,515
1987	6,749,493	37,326,190
1988	6,968,071	38,480,649
1989	7,184,706	39,628,575
1990	7,375,307	40,746,268
1991	7,526,966	41,687,898
1992	7,683,266	42,443,509
1993	7,981,132	43,297,156
1994	6,792,352	44,004,139
1995	5,674,118	44,541,554
1996	6,708,764	45,123,018
1997	7,755,238	45,666,838
1998	8,081,681	46,223,880
1999	8,147,912	46,730,335
2000	8,213,931	47,159,719
2001	8,287,094	47,566,800
2002	8,400,180	48,019,415
2003	8,586,875	48,500,348
2004	8,816,844	48,991,421
2005	9,054,528	49,490,033
2006	9,299,246	49,998,277
2007	9,549,933	50,528,584
2008	9,804,269	51,114,599
2009	10,060,432	51,728,516
2010	10,317,553	52,344,051
2011	10,573,733	52,995,205
2012	10,829,901	53,782,567
2013	11,093,340	54,678,791
2014	11,364,757	55,594,838
2015	11,640,022	56,723,537
2016	11,919,183	57,259,551
2017	12,202,060	57,635,162
2018	12,487,996	58,613,001
2019	12,776,103	59,587,885
2020	13,065,837	60,562,381
2021	13,355,260	61,502,603
2022	13,651,030	62,378,410
2023	13,954,471	63,212,384
2024	14,256,567	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Rwanda and South Africa

Fertility rate

Rwanda

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	South Africa
1960	8.28	6.11
1961	8.28	6.08
1962	8.27	6.05
1963	8.27	6.01
1964	8.27	5.96
1965	8.25	5.89
1966	8.23	5.91
1967	8.21	5.85
1968	8.19	5.78
1969	8.18	5.72
1970	8.15	5.63
1971	8.09	5.57
1972	8.09	5.49
1973	8.09	5.41
1974	8.1	5.3
1975	8.1	5.19
1976	8.12	5.07
1977	8.14	4.94
1978	8.16	4.85
1979	8.13	4.82
1980	8.12	4.78
1981	8.1	4.71
1982	8.06	4.7
1983	8	4.63
1984	7.91	4.57
1985	7.79	4.5
1986	7.61	4.41
1987	7.43	4.35
1988	7.23	4.18
1989	7.03	3.98
1990	6.8	3.72
1991	6.62	3.62
1992	6.54	3.48
1993	6.48	3.37
1994	6.42	3.26
1995	6.35	3.17
1996	6.29	2.99
1997	6.24	2.73
1998	6.17	2.63
1999	6.06	2.56
2000	5.97	2.41
2001	5.89	2.37
2002	5.82	2.32
2003	5.74	2.36
2004	5.64	2.44
2005	5.5	2.51
2006	5.34	2.55
2007	5.14	2.55
2008	4.92	2.68
2009	4.71	2.5
2010	4.52	2.44
2011	4.33	2.44
2012	4.2	2.45
2013	4.14	2.43
2014	4.12	2.42
2015	4.11	2.36
2016	4.11	2.26
2017	4.08	2.28
2018	4.05	2.27
2019	3.99	2.26
2020	3.91	2.26
2021	3.84	2.25
2022	3.78	2.23
2023	3.7	2.22

Rwanda and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	South Africa
1960	15.5	19
1961	15.1	19
1962	14.9	18.9
1963	14.8	18.9
1964	14.7	18.9
1965	14.8	18.8
1966	14.9	18.8
1967	15.1	18.8
1968	15.3	18.8
1969	15.5	18.8
1970	15.7	18.8
1971	15.9	18.8
1972	16	18.8
1973	16.2	18.8
1974	16.3	18.9
1975	16.4	18.9
1976	16.5	19
1977	16.6	19.1
1978	16.6	19.2
1979	16.5	19.3
1980	16.5	19.4
1981	16.4	19.6
1982	16.2	19.8
1983	16.1	20
1984	16	20.2
1985	15.8	20.4
1986	15.7	20.5
1987	15.6	20.7
1988	15.6	20.9
1989	15.5	21.1
1990	15.5	21.3
1991	15.5	21.5
1992	15.6	21.5
1993	15.7	21.9
1994	15	22
1995	14.3	21.5
1996	14.6	21.2
1997	14.8	21.2
1998	15.3	21.4
1999	15.8	21.6
2000	16.3	21.9
2001	16.8	22.2
2002	17.1	22.4
2003	17.4	22.8
2004	17.6	23.1
2005	17.8	23.3
2006	18	23.5
2007	18.1	23.8
2008	18.3	24
2009	18.4	24.3
2010	18.5	24.6
2011	18.7	25
2012	18.8	25.3
2013	19	25.7
2014	19.1	26
2015	19.3	26.4
2016	19.4	26.7
2017	19.6	27
2018	19.7	27.5
2019	19.8	27.9
2020	19.9	28.3
2021	20	28.6
2022	20.3	28.9
2023	20.5	29.2
2024	20.8	29.5

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