Saudi Arabia vs South Africa statistics compared

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 12th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Saudi Arabia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1960	$1,748,124,064	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,920,811,284	$9,225,996,310
1962	$2,130,606,532	$9,813,996,074
1963	$2,207,393,172	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,371,808,713	$11,955,995,218
1965	$2,647,955,558	$13,068,994,772
1966	$2,920,555,557	$14,211,394,315
1967	$3,257,022,223	$15,821,393,671
1968	$4,187,777,711	$17,124,793,150
1969	$4,485,777,644	$19,256,992,297
1970	$5,377,333,333	$21,218,391,513
1971	$7,184,806,909	$23,411,076,638
1972	$9,664,267,087	$24,515,919,217
1973	$14,947,435,499	$33,262,772,008
1974	$45,412,957,746	$41,389,186,095
1975	$46,773,208,643	$42,906,905,672
1976	$64,005,665,722	$41,150,460,288
1977	$74,188,986,586	$45,328,411,332
1978	$80,266,516,687	$51,607,412,902
1979	$111,858,444,786	$63,038,658,089
1980	$164,539,660,725	$89,411,864,402
1981	$184,291,360,139	$93,141,472,164
1982	$153,240,313,858	$85,904,057,409
1983	$129,171,635,311	$96,204,110,942
1984	$119,624,858,116	$84,870,163,366
1985	$103,897,846,494	$64,459,376,087
1986	$86,961,922,765	$73,354,771,399
1987	$85,695,861,148	$96,535,763,418
1988	$88,256,074,766	$103,976,831,871
1989	$95,344,459,279	$108,055,624,082
1990	$117,630,173,565	$126,048,140,142
1991	$132,223,230,975	$135,203,698,238
1992	$137,087,850,467	$146,956,150,987
1993	$132,967,957,276	$147,194,747,566
1994	$135,174,899,866	$153,512,712,382
1995	$143,343,124,166	$171,735,933,897
1996	$158,662,483,311	$163,234,925,381
1997	$165,963,684,913	$168,978,057,328
1998	$146,775,466,667	$152,982,984,557
1999	$161,717,066,667	$151,516,957,079
2000	$189,514,933,333	$151,752,757,215
2001	$184,137,600,000	$135,429,905,923
2002	$189,605,866,667	$129,087,556,612
2003	$215,807,733,333	$197,018,965,309
2004	$258,742,133,333	$255,806,908,595
2005	$328,459,608,764	$288,867,217,197
2006	$376,900,133,511	$303,858,675,364
2007	$415,964,509,673	$333,077,117,254
2008	$519,796,800,000	$316,131,258,616
2009	$429,097,866,667	$329,754,060,647
2010	$528,207,466,667	$417,363,822,802
2011	$680,660,800,000	$458,199,494,831
2012	$751,921,333,333	$434,400,545,086
2013	$769,755,733,333	$400,886,013,596
2014	$787,153,066,667	$381,198,869,776
2015	$693,414,400,000	$346,709,790,459
2016	$689,279,466,667	$323,585,509,674
2017	$741,266,133,333	$381,448,814,653
2018	$886,564,800,000	$405,260,723,893
2019	$888,890,133,333	$389,330,032,224
2020	$767,951,200,000	$337,974,655,408
2021	$982,661,066,667	$420,886,877,629
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$406,920,004,594
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$380,699,271,816
2024	$1,237,529,866,667	$400,260,724,226

Saudi Arabia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1960	$718	$532
1961	$760	$546
1962	$813	$563
1963	$812	$605
1964	$840	$646
1965	$904	$685
1966	$961	$722
1967	$1,032	$779
1968	$1,276	$817
1969	$1,313	$891
1970	$1,509	$952
1971	$1,929	$1,020
1972	$2,474	$1,038
1973	$3,640	$1,369
1974	$10,503	$1,656
1975	$10,266	$1,670
1976	$13,313	$1,559
1977	$14,595	$1,671
1978	$14,914	$1,852
1979	$19,612	$2,202
1980	$27,206	$3,029
1981	$28,703	$3,050
1982	$22,454	$2,717
1983	$17,810	$2,938
1984	$15,541	$2,504
1985	$12,745	$1,839
1986	$10,078	$2,027
1987	$9,386	$2,586
1988	$9,165	$2,702
1989	$9,414	$2,727
1990	$11,055	$3,093
1991	$11,847	$3,243
1992	$11,730	$3,462
1993	$10,885	$3,400
1994	$10,602	$3,489
1995	$10,786	$3,856
1996	$11,472	$3,618
1997	$11,545	$3,700
1998	$9,836	$3,310
1999	$10,452	$3,242
2000	$11,715	$3,218
2001	$10,805	$2,847
2002	$10,586	$2,688
2003	$11,487	$4,062
2004	$13,154	$5,221
2005	$15,976	$5,837
2006	$17,564	$6,077
2007	$18,596	$6,592
2008	$22,320	$6,185
2009	$17,718	$6,375
2010	$22,028	$7,973
2011	$27,127	$8,646
2012	$28,733	$8,077
2013	$27,865	$7,332
2014	$27,805	$6,857
2015	$23,256	$6,112
2016	$22,268	$5,651
2017	$23,929	$6,618
2018	$29,360	$6,914
2019	$29,567	$6,534
2020	$24,339	$5,581
2021	$31,921	$6,843
2022	$38,510	$6,523
2023	$36,157	$6,023
2024	$35,057	$6,253

Saudi Arabia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1950	40	43.1
1951	40.6	44.1
1952	41.1	45
1953	41.6	46.1
1954	42.1	47.1
1955	42.6	48.2
1956	43.1	49.2
1957	43.7	50.2
1958	44.2	51.1
1959	44.8	51.9
1960	45.3	52.6
1961	45.9	53.1
1962	46.5	53.6
1963	47.1	53.9
1964	47.7	54.2
1965	48.4	54.4
1966	49.2	54.7
1967	50	55
1968	50.9	55.2
1969	51.8	55.4
1970	52.7	55.7
1971	53.7	56
1972	54.7	56.4
1973	55.8	56.7
1974	56.8	57.1
1975	57.8	57.6
1976	58.8	58
1977	59.7	58.5
1978	60.7	59
1979	61.5	59.5
1980	62.4	60
1981	63.3	60.4
1982	64	60.9
1983	64.7	61.4
1984	65.4	61.8
1985	66	62.2
1986	66.6	62.4
1987	67.2	62.7
1988	67.8	62.9
1989	68.4	63
1990	68.9	62.9
1991	69.3	63
1992	69.8	62.8
1993	70.2	62.6
1994	70.6	62.1
1995	70.9	61.6
1996	71.3	61.1
1997	71.6	60.5
1998	72	59.9
1999	72.3	59.2
2000	72.6	58.4
2001	73	57.2
2002	73.3	55.6
2003	73.7	54.2
2004	74	54
2005	74.4	53.9
2006	74.8	54.2
2007	75.1	54.9
2008	75.3	56
2009	75.4	57.4
2010	75.6	58.9
2011	75.8	60.6
2012	76.1	61.7
2013	76.5	62.4
2014	77.1	63.2
2015	77.8	64.1
2016	78.4	64.7
2017	78.7	65.4
2018	78.7	65.7
2019	78.3	66.1
2020	77.6	65.2
2021	77.1	62
2022	77.3	65.5
2023	78.7	66.1
2024	79	66.3
2025	79.2	66.5

Saudi Arabia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1960	2,435,403	16,440,172
1961	2,526,347	16,908,035
1962	2,620,910	17,418,522
1963	2,719,341	17,954,564
1964	2,821,968	18,511,361
1965	2,928,771	19,089,380
1966	3,039,887	19,690,087
1967	3,157,242	20,314,066
1968	3,282,711	20,957,287
1969	3,417,114	21,614,676
1970	3,562,470	22,279,984
1971	3,724,031	22,942,143
1972	3,905,722	23,609,456
1973	4,106,344	24,294,263
1974	4,323,632	24,989,108
1975	4,556,287	25,690,940
1976	4,807,933	26,395,450
1977	5,083,048	27,118,952
1978	5,381,902	27,869,507
1979	5,703,698	28,634,162
1980	6,047,997	29,518,857
1981	6,420,551	30,541,044
1982	6,824,486	31,615,339
1983	7,252,941	32,739,304
1984	7,697,307	33,892,788
1985	8,151,779	35,042,093
1986	8,628,639	36,180,515
1987	9,130,194	37,326,190
1988	9,629,165	38,480,649
1989	10,128,394	39,628,575
1990	10,640,691	40,746,268
1991	11,160,744	41,687,898
1992	11,686,676	42,443,509
1993	12,215,862	43,297,156
1994	12,750,040	44,004,139
1995	13,289,245	44,541,554
1996	13,831,009	45,123,018
1997	14,374,943	45,666,838
1998	14,922,185	46,223,880
1999	15,472,075	46,730,335
2000	16,177,722	47,159,719
2001	17,041,397	47,566,800
2002	17,910,910	48,019,415
2003	18,786,767	48,500,348
2004	19,669,480	48,991,421
2005	20,559,890	49,490,033
2006	21,459,144	49,998,277
2007	22,368,313	50,528,584
2008	23,287,877	51,114,599
2009	24,217,654	51,728,516
2010	23,978,487	52,344,051
2011	25,091,867	52,995,205
2012	26,168,861	53,782,567
2013	27,624,004	54,678,791
2014	28,309,273	55,594,838
2015	29,816,382	56,723,537
2016	30,954,198	57,259,551
2017	30,977,355	57,635,162
2018	30,196,281	58,613,001
2019	30,063,799	59,587,885
2020	31,552,510	60,562,381
2021	30,784,383	61,502,603
2022	32,175,224	62,378,410
2023	33,702,731	63,212,384
2024	35,300,280	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Saudi Arabia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1960	7.63	6.11
1961	7.63	6.08
1962	7.64	6.05
1963	7.65	6.01
1964	7.67	5.96
1965	7.66	5.89
1966	7.66	5.91
1967	7.66	5.85
1968	7.63	5.78
1969	7.6	5.72
1970	7.58	5.63
1971	7.56	5.57
1972	7.54	5.49
1973	7.48	5.41
1974	7.43	5.3
1975	7.37	5.19
1976	7.33	5.07
1977	7.3	4.94
1978	7.26	4.85
1979	7.23	4.82
1980	7.15	4.78
1981	7.07	4.71
1982	6.98	4.7
1983	6.88	4.63
1984	6.78	4.57
1985	6.65	4.5
1986	6.52	4.41
1987	6.34	4.35
1988	6.15	4.18
1989	5.98	3.98
1990	5.8	3.72
1991	5.64	3.62
1992	5.49	3.48
1993	5.33	3.37
1994	5.16	3.26
1995	4.99	3.17
1996	4.81	2.99
1997	4.66	2.73
1998	4.52	2.63
1999	4.35	2.56
2000	4.21	2.41
2001	3.96	2.37
2002	3.71	2.32
2003	3.47	2.36
2004	3.26	2.44
2005	3.16	2.51
2006	3.18	2.55
2007	3.19	2.55
2008	3.07	2.68
2009	2.95	2.5
2010	2.81	2.44
2011	2.8	2.44
2012	2.78	2.45
2013	2.67	2.43
2014	2.68	2.42
2015	2.63	2.36
2016	2.65	2.26
2017	2.67	2.28
2018	2.67	2.27
2019	2.49	2.26
2020	2.27	2.26
2021	2.17	2.25
2022	2.14	2.23
2023	2.28	2.22

Saudi Arabia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1960	18.6	19
1961	18.5	19
1962	18.4	18.9
1963	18.2	18.9
1964	18	18.9
1965	17.9	18.8
1966	17.7	18.8
1967	17.6	18.8
1968	17.5	18.8
1969	17.4	18.8
1970	17.4	18.8
1971	17.4	18.8
1972	17.4	18.8
1973	17.5	18.8
1974	17.6	18.9
1975	17.7	18.9
1976	17.8	19
1977	17.9	19.1
1978	18	19.2
1979	18.1	19.3
1980	18.2	19.4
1981	18.3	19.6
1982	18.4	19.8
1983	18.5	20
1984	18.6	20.2
1985	18.7	20.4
1986	18.7	20.5
1987	18.8	20.7
1988	18.9	20.9
1989	19	21.1
1990	19	21.3
1991	19.2	21.5
1992	19.3	21.5
1993	19.4	21.9
1994	19.6	22
1995	19.7	21.5
1996	19.9	21.2
1997	20.2	21.2
1998	20.4	21.4
1999	20.7	21.6
2000	20.8	21.9
2001	20.7	22.2
2002	20.8	22.4
2003	21.1	22.8
2004	21.4	23.1
2005	21.9	23.3
2006	22.3	23.5
2007	22.8	23.8
2008	23.4	24
2009	23.9	24.3
2010	24.5	24.6
2011	25.2	25
2012	25.9	25.3
2013	26.6	25.7
2014	27.2	26
2015	27.9	26.4
2016	28.6	26.7
2017	29	27
2018	29.3	27.5
2019	29.3	27.9
2020	29.4	28.3
2021	29.5	28.6
2022	29.7	28.9
2023	30.2	29.2
2024	30.5	29.5

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