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San Marino vs South Africa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

San Marino has a population of 34K (ranked 193/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). San Marino's land area is 23.2 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 193rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, San Marino ranks 181/197 ($1.83B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, San Marino ranks 20/197 ($54,265), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Main facts and rankings

San Marino South Africa
Population
33996
65314246
Population rank 193/197 24/197
GDP
$1.83B
2022
$400B
2024
GDP rank 181/197 41/197
GDP per capita
$54,265
2022
$6,253
2024
GDP per capita rank 20/197 112/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$75,941
2022
$15,457
2024
Government debt
$1.31B
2022
$306B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
64.1%
2025
79.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$38,712
2022
$4,775
2024
Government debt per person rank 15/185 83/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$44,308
2025
$13,449
2025
Land area
23.2 sq mi
2025
468,377 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,467 ppl/mi²
2024
136.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.15
2023
2.22
2023
Median age
49 years
2024
29.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
85.9 years
2025
66.5 years
2025

San Marino and South Africa: Comparison Charts

San Marino and South Africa economies compared

GDP
San Marino

South Africa
Year GDP
San Marino 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 - $126,048,140,142
1991 - $135,203,698,238
1992 - $146,956,150,987
1993 - $147,194,747,566
1994 - $153,512,712,382
1995 - $171,735,933,897
1996 - $163,234,925,381
1997 $976,606,694 $168,978,057,328
1998 $1,048,316,128 $152,982,984,557
1999 $1,109,473,368 $151,516,957,079
2000 $1,007,661,367 $151,752,757,215
2001 $1,059,529,812 $135,429,905,923
2002 $1,148,872,072 $129,087,556,612
2003 $1,462,590,267 $197,018,965,309
2004 $1,715,340,543 $255,806,908,595
2005 $1,786,514,058 $288,867,217,197
2006 $1,909,765,165 $303,858,675,364
2007 $2,188,654,628 $333,077,117,254
2008 $2,403,213,305 $316,131,258,616
2009 $2,064,277,126 $329,754,060,647
2010 $1,881,191,925 $417,363,822,802
2011 $1,813,717,439 $458,199,494,831
2012 $1,604,701,299 $434,400,545,086
2013 $1,678,741,475 $400,886,013,596
2014 $1,673,911,426 $381,198,869,776
2015 $1,419,401,071 $346,709,790,459
2016 $1,468,343,140 $323,585,509,674
2017 $1,528,620,346 $381,448,814,653
2018 $1,655,353,653 $405,260,723,893
2019 $1,616,232,125 $389,330,032,224
2020 $1,544,714,493 $337,974,655,408
2021 $1,855,396,000 $420,886,877,629
2022 $1,831,700,577 $406,920,004,594
2023 - $380,699,271,816
2024 - $400,260,724,226

San Marino and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita
San Marino

South Africa
Year GDP per capita
San Marino 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 - $3,093
1991 - $3,243
1992 - $3,462
1993 - $3,400
1994 - $3,489
1995 - $3,856
1996 - $3,618
1997 $37,853 $3,700
1998 $40,127 $3,310
1999 $41,932 $3,242
2000 $37,601 $3,218
2001 $39,035 $2,847
2002 $41,791 $2,688
2003 $52,530 $4,062
2004 $58,232 $5,221
2005 $59,878 $5,837
2006 $63,271 $6,077
2007 $70,124 $6,592
2008 $75,902 $6,185
2009 $62,429 $6,375
2010 $56,543 $7,973
2011 $55,601 $8,646
2012 $47,946 $8,077
2013 $50,808 $7,332
2014 $51,260 $6,857
2015 $43,147 $6,112
2016 $44,359 $5,651
2017 $45,192 $6,618
2018 $47,951 $6,914
2019 $46,627 $6,534
2020 $44,427 $5,581
2021 $54,169 $6,843
2022 $54,265 $6,523
2023 - $6,023
2024 - $6,253

San Marino vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
San Marino

South Africa
Year Life expectancy, years
San Marino South Africa
1950 71.6 43.1
1951 71.7 44.1
1952 71.9 45
1953 72 46.1
1954 72.2 47.1
1955 72.4 48.2
1956 72.5 49.2
1957 72.7 50.2
1958 72.8 51.1
1959 73 51.9
1960 73.2 52.6
1961 73.4 53.1
1962 73.5 53.6
1963 73.6 53.9
1964 73.7 54.2
1965 73.7 54.4
1966 73.8 54.7
1967 73.9 55
1968 74.1 55.2
1969 74.2 55.4
1970 74.3 55.7
1971 74.4 56
1972 74.6 56.4
1973 74.8 56.7
1974 75.1 57.1
1975 75.3 57.6
1976 75.4 58
1977 75.6 58.5
1978 75.9 59
1979 76.1 59.5
1980 76.4 60
1981 76.6 60.4
1982 76.8 60.9
1983 77 61.4
1984 77.2 61.8
1985 77.3 62.2
1986 77.4 62.4
1987 77.5 62.7
1988 77.5 62.9
1989 77.6 63
1990 77.8 62.9
1991 77.9 63
1992 78.1 62.8
1993 78.4 62.6
1994 78.7 62.1
1995 79 61.6
1996 79.3 61.1
1997 79.7 60.5
1998 79.9 59.9
1999 80.2 59.2
2000 80.5 58.4
2001 80.8 57.2
2002 81.1 55.6
2003 81.3 54.2
2004 81.6 54
2005 81.9 53.9
2006 82.3 54.2
2007 82.6 54.9
2008 82.9 56
2009 83.2 57.4
2010 83.5 58.9
2011 83.7 60.6
2012 83.9 61.7
2013 84.2 62.4
2014 84.4 63.2
2015 84.6 64.1
2016 84.8 64.7
2017 84.9 65.4
2018 85.1 65.7
2019 85.3 66.1
2020 82.6 65.2
2021 83.5 62
2022 85.7 65.5
2023 85.7 66.1
2024 85.8 66.3
2025 85.9 66.5

San Marino and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population
San Marino

South Africa
Year Population
San Marino South Africa
1960 15,428 16,440,172
1961 15,799 16,908,035
1962 16,183 17,418,522
1963 16,580 17,954,564
1964 16,977 18,511,361
1965 17,305 19,089,380
1966 17,523 19,690,087
1967 17,688 20,314,066
1968 17,861 20,957,287
1969 18,026 21,614,676
1970 18,168 22,279,984
1971 18,419 22,942,143
1972 18,787 23,609,456
1973 18,992 24,294,263
1974 19,030 24,989,108
1975 19,046 25,690,940
1976 19,110 26,395,450
1977 20,017 27,118,952
1978 21,026 27,869,507
1979 21,320 28,634,162
1980 21,585 29,518,857
1981 21,840 30,541,044
1982 22,055 31,615,339
1983 22,229 32,739,304
1984 22,346 33,892,788
1985 22,485 35,042,093
1986 22,636 36,180,515
1987 22,686 37,326,190
1988 22,843 38,480,649
1989 23,154 39,628,575
1990 23,475 40,746,268
1991 23,797 41,687,898
1992 24,125 42,443,509
1993 24,472 43,297,156
1994 24,823 44,004,139
1995 25,158 44,541,554
1996 25,482 45,123,018
1997 25,800 45,666,838
1998 26,125 46,223,880
1999 26,459 46,730,335
2000 26,799 47,159,719
2001 27,143 47,566,800
2002 27,491 48,019,415
2003 27,843 48,500,348
2004 29,457 48,991,421
2005 29,836 49,490,033
2006 30,184 49,998,277
2007 31,211 50,528,584
2008 31,662 51,114,599
2009 33,066 51,728,516
2010 33,270 52,344,051
2011 32,620 52,995,205
2012 33,469 53,782,567
2013 33,041 54,678,791
2014 32,655 55,594,838
2015 32,897 56,723,537
2016 33,101 57,259,551
2017 33,825 57,635,162
2018 34,522 58,613,001
2019 34,663 59,587,885
2020 34,770 60,562,381
2021 34,252 61,502,603
2022 33,755 62,378,410
2023 33,860 63,212,384
2024 33,977 64,007,187

Fertility rates in San Marino and South Africa

Fertility rate
San Marino

South Africa
Year Fertility rate
San Marino South Africa
1960 2.43 6.11
1961 2.68 6.08
1962 2.43 6.05
1963 2.4 6.01
1964 2.37 5.96
1965 2.33 5.89
1966 2.33 5.91
1967 2.31 5.85
1968 2.3 5.78
1969 2.31 5.72
1970 2.32 5.63
1971 2.33 5.57
1972 2.29 5.49
1973 2.23 5.41
1974 2.13 5.3
1975 2.05 5.19
1976 1.95 5.07
1977 1.87 4.94
1978 1.77 4.85
1979 1.63 4.82
1980 1.53 4.78
1981 1.41 4.71
1982 1.3 4.7
1983 1.25 4.63
1984 1.2 4.57
1985 1.17 4.5
1986 1.15 4.41
1987 1.14 4.35
1988 1.14 4.18
1989 1.15 3.98
1990 1.16 3.72
1991 1.17 3.62
1992 1.15 3.48
1993 1.12 3.37
1994 1.14 3.26
1995 1.17 3.17
1996 1.21 2.99
1997 1.24 2.73
1998 1.26 2.63
1999 1.29 2.56
2000 1.4 2.41
2001 1.52 2.37
2002 1.43 2.32
2003 1.3 2.36
2004 1.3 2.44
2005 1.2 2.51
2006 1.24 2.55
2007 1.26 2.55
2008 1.52 2.68
2009 1.36 2.5
2010 1.46 2.44
2011 1.46 2.44
2012 1.29 2.45
2013 1.48 2.43
2014 1.26 2.42
2015 1.2 2.36
2016 1.13 2.26
2017 1.05 2.28
2018 1.08 2.27
2019 1.1 2.26
2020 1.11 2.26
2021 1.13 2.25
2022 1.14 2.23
2023 1.15 2.22

San Marino and South Africa demographics compared

Median age
San Marino

South Africa
Year Median age, years
San Marino South Africa
1960 31 19
1961 30.9 19
1962 30.8 18.9
1963 30.8 18.9
1964 30.9 18.9
1965 30.9 18.8
1966 30.9 18.8
1967 30.9 18.8
1968 30.9 18.8
1969 30.9 18.8
1970 30.8 18.8
1971 30.8 18.8
1972 31 18.8
1973 31.2 18.8
1974 31.3 18.9
1975 31.5 18.9
1976 31.7 19
1977 32 19.1
1978 32.3 19.2
1979 32.5 19.3
1980 32.7 19.4
1981 33 19.6
1982 33.3 19.8
1983 33.6 20
1984 33.9 20.2
1985 34.2 20.4
1986 34.5 20.5
1987 34.8 20.7
1988 35.1 20.9
1989 35.5 21.1
1990 35.8 21.3
1991 36.1 21.5
1992 36.5 21.5
1993 36.8 21.9
1994 37.2 22
1995 37.4 21.5
1996 37.7 21.2
1997 37.9 21.2
1998 38.1 21.4
1999 38.4 21.6
2000 38.7 21.9
2001 39 22.2
2002 39.3 22.4
2003 39.7 22.8
2004 40.1 23.1
2005 40.4 23.3
2006 40.8 23.5
2007 41.2 23.8
2008 41.6 24
2009 42 24.3
2010 42.4 24.6
2011 42.8 25
2012 43.3 25.3
2013 43.7 25.7
2014 44 26
2015 44.5 26.4
2016 44.9 26.7
2017 45.3 27
2018 45.8 27.5
2019 46.3 27.9
2020 46.8 28.3
2021 47.2 28.6
2022 47.7 28.9
2023 48.3 29.2
2024 49 29.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

San Marino South Africa
GNI, Atlas method
$1.82B
2022
$390B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
22.1%
2025
34%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.9%
2022
6.02%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.73%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
89,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.71%
2025
-6.55%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.91%
2022
32.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
55.1%
2022
62.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
37.6%
2022
24.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
76
2025
57.3
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
50.5%
2014
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
0.9%
2014
Number of millionaires n/a
90,595
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.22%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
7
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
220
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$986B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$759M
2024
$65.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$21M
2024
$855M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,904,000
2019
3,886,600
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
2.89%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.1%
2024

Energy

San Marino South Africa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,939 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$7.84
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
397 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
6.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
93.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share n/a
9.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
3.58%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
-12.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,247 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share n/a
6.45%
2021
Hydroelectric share n/a
2.91%
2023
Nuclear share n/a
3.73%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
87.7%
2023

Society

San Marino South Africa
% of world population
0.0004%
2024
0.79%
2024
Annual migration change
+37
2024
+166,972
2024
Urban population
97.9%
2024
69.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.56 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
86.5
2025
40.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
80
2025
41
2024
Higher education index
10
2025
81
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0
2011
45.5
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
0
2016
22.2
2019
Visa free countries
162
2025
111
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2022
91.2%
2024
English speaking
7%
2025
31%
2023
People using the Internet
87%
2023
75.7%
2023

Health

San Marino South Africa
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,875
2022
$570
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$443
2022
$38.2
2022
Life expectancy
85.9 years
2025
66.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
6.02
2014
0.81
2021
Age at first childbirth
31.5 years
2022
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
1.4
2023
34.7
2023
Obesity rate n/a
31.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.6%
2024
7.2%
2024
Air quality index
61
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
20.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
7.13 liters
2020

Territory

San Marino South Africa
% of world land
0.00004%
2025
0.81%
2025
Land area per capita
682 sq mi
2024
7,318 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
8.88 sq mi
2025
371,975 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3.86 sq mi
2025
65,409 sq mi
2025
Roads length
181.4 mi
2006
466,028 mi
2016

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