Senegal vs South Africa statistics compared

Senegal has a population of 18.5M (ranked 69/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Senegal's land area is 74,336 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 85th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Senegal and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Senegal and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Senegal

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Senegal	South Africa
1960	$1,003,692,370	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,058,975,257	$9,225,996,310
1962	$1,085,475,791	$9,813,996,074
1963	$1,122,139,862	$10,854,195,658
1964	$1,188,930,645	$11,955,995,218
1965	$1,210,058,228	$13,068,994,772
1966	$1,246,908,186	$14,211,394,315
1967	$1,246,480,766	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,309,384,862	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,245,234,931	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,297,407,655	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,339,549,033	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,620,857,104	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,863,398,590	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,099,325,229	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,830,388,405	$42,906,905,672
1976	$2,869,777,884	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,938,046,463	$45,328,411,332
1978	$3,280,354,921	$51,607,412,902
1979	$4,084,877,823	$63,038,658,089
1980	$4,510,108,291	$89,411,864,402
1981	$4,095,892,781	$93,141,472,164
1982	$4,013,951,443	$85,904,057,409
1983	$3,569,356,125	$96,204,110,942
1984	$3,485,165,432	$84,870,163,366
1985	$3,818,944,918	$64,459,376,087
1986	$5,392,093,446	$73,354,771,399
1987	$6,487,353,103	$96,535,763,418
1988	$6,418,419,389	$103,976,831,871
1989	$6,366,039,373	$108,055,624,082
1990	$7,390,967,360	$126,048,140,142
1991	$7,255,210,470	$135,203,698,238
1992	$7,769,817,840	$146,956,150,987
1993	$7,367,986,241	$147,194,747,566
1994	$5,034,588,196	$153,512,712,382
1995	$6,326,342,633	$171,735,933,897
1996	$6,559,712,166	$163,234,925,381
1997	$6,041,478,726	$168,978,057,328
1998	$6,505,607,909	$152,982,984,557
1999	$6,592,834,933	$151,516,957,079
2000	$6,013,185,004	$151,752,757,215
2001	$6,507,824,829	$135,429,905,923
2002	$7,006,402,320	$129,087,556,612
2003	$8,768,721,563	$197,018,965,309
2004	$10,076,816,667	$255,806,908,595
2005	$11,009,033,438	$288,867,217,197
2006	$11,697,918,243	$303,858,675,364
2007	$13,994,218,413	$333,077,117,254
2008	$16,853,989,628	$316,131,258,616
2009	$16,145,867,495	$329,754,060,647
2010	$16,121,315,909	$417,363,822,802
2011	$17,814,283,639	$458,199,494,831
2012	$17,660,870,412	$434,400,545,086
2013	$18,918,667,725	$400,886,013,596
2014	$19,797,253,440	$381,198,869,776
2015	$17,774,766,696	$346,709,790,459
2016	$19,040,312,333	$323,585,509,674
2017	$20,996,562,944	$381,448,814,653
2018	$23,116,701,556	$405,260,723,893
2019	$23,403,995,992	$389,330,032,224
2020	$24,530,513,038	$337,974,655,408
2021	$27,520,784,130	$420,886,877,629
2022	$27,783,332,223	$406,920,004,594
2023	$30,696,331,296	$380,699,271,816
2024	$32,267,254,425	$400,260,724,226

Senegal and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Senegal

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Senegal	South Africa
1960	$300	$532
1961	$308	$546
1962	$307	$563
1963	$309	$605
1964	$318	$646
1965	$314	$685
1966	$315	$722
1967	$305	$779
1968	$311	$817
1969	$287.3	$891
1970	$290.5	$952
1971	$291.1	$1,020
1972	$342	$1,038
1973	$381	$1,369
1974	$417	$1,656
1975	$547	$1,670
1976	$541	$1,559
1977	$540	$1,671
1978	$589	$1,852
1979	$716	$2,202
1980	$772	$3,029
1981	$683	$3,050
1982	$652	$2,717
1983	$564	$2,938
1984	$536	$2,504
1985	$571	$1,839
1986	$784	$2,027
1987	$916	$2,586
1988	$880	$2,702
1989	$849	$2,727
1990	$957	$3,093
1991	$913	$3,243
1992	$951	$3,462
1993	$878	$3,400
1994	$584	$3,489
1995	$715	$3,856
1996	$723	$3,618
1997	$651	$3,700
1998	$685	$3,310
1999	$678	$3,242
2000	$603	$3,218
2001	$637	$2,847
2002	$669	$2,688
2003	$818	$4,062
2004	$918	$5,221
2005	$980	$5,837
2006	$1,017	$6,077
2007	$1,189	$6,592
2008	$1,399	$6,185
2009	$1,309	$6,375
2010	$1,276	$7,973
2011	$1,375	$8,646
2012	$1,327	$8,077
2013	$1,380	$7,332
2014	$1,399	$6,857
2015	$1,218	$6,112
2016	$1,266	$5,651
2017	$1,357	$6,618
2018	$1,453	$6,914
2019	$1,431	$6,534
2020	$1,461	$5,581
2021	$1,598	$6,843
2022	$1,574	$6,523
2023	$1,698	$6,023
2024	$1,744	$6,253

Senegal vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Senegal

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Senegal	South Africa
1950	36.5	43.1
1951	36.9	44.1
1952	37.4	45
1953	37.8	46.1
1954	38.2	47.1
1955	38.5	48.2
1956	38.9	49.2
1957	39.1	50.2
1958	39.4	51.1
1959	39.5	51.9
1960	39.7	52.6
1961	39.7	53.1
1962	39.7	53.6
1963	39.7	53.9
1964	39.8	54.2
1965	39.8	54.4
1966	39.8	54.7
1967	40	55
1968	40.1	55.2
1969	40.4	55.4
1970	40.8	55.7
1971	41.2	56
1972	41.8	56.4
1973	42.4	56.7
1974	43.1	57.1
1975	43.9	57.6
1976	44.8	58
1977	45.7	58.5
1978	46.6	59
1979	47.5	59.5
1980	48.3	60
1981	49.1	60.4
1982	49.9	60.9
1983	50.8	61.4
1984	51.7	61.8
1985	52.6	62.2
1986	53.7	62.4
1987	54.6	62.7
1988	55.5	62.9
1989	56.2	63
1990	56.7	62.9
1991	57	63
1992	57.3	62.8
1993	57.3	62.6
1994	57.5	62.1
1995	57.3	61.6
1996	57.1	61.1
1997	57.1	60.5
1998	57.1	59.9
1999	57.3	59.2
2000	57.6	58.4
2001	58.2	57.2
2002	58.9	55.6
2003	59.5	54.2
2004	60.3	54
2005	61	53.9
2006	61.8	54.2
2007	62.7	54.9
2008	63.2	56
2009	63.8	57.4
2010	64.2	58.9
2011	64.8	60.6
2012	65.2	61.7
2013	65.6	62.4
2014	66	63.2
2015	66.5	64.1
2016	66.7	64.7
2017	67.1	65.4
2018	67.4	65.7
2019	67.7	66.1
2020	67.5	65.2
2021	66.9	62
2022	67.8	65.5
2023	68.7	66.1
2024	68.9	66.3
2025	69.2	66.5

Senegal and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Senegal

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Senegal	South Africa
1960	3,340,907	16,440,172
1961	3,436,375	16,908,035
1962	3,534,686	17,418,522
1963	3,635,876	17,954,564
1964	3,740,535	18,511,361
1965	3,849,788	19,089,380
1966	3,964,299	19,690,087
1967	4,083,870	20,314,066
1968	4,207,587	20,957,287
1969	4,334,974	21,614,676
1970	4,466,328	22,279,984
1971	4,601,864	22,942,143
1972	4,741,631	23,609,456
1973	4,885,181	24,294,263
1974	5,029,437	24,989,108
1975	5,170,810	25,690,940
1976	5,308,564	26,395,450
1977	5,439,549	27,118,952
1978	5,568,096	27,869,507
1979	5,702,895	28,634,162
1980	5,845,638	29,518,857
1981	5,997,160	30,541,044
1982	6,156,961	31,615,339
1983	6,324,504	32,739,304
1984	6,499,364	33,892,788
1985	6,683,287	35,042,093
1986	6,878,192	36,180,515
1987	7,081,530	37,326,190
1988	7,289,618	38,480,649
1989	7,502,207	39,628,575
1990	7,720,523	40,746,268
1991	7,943,085	41,687,898
1992	8,168,395	42,443,509
1993	8,396,288	43,297,156
1994	8,624,078	44,004,139
1995	8,848,101	44,541,554
1996	9,067,014	45,123,018
1997	9,283,495	45,666,838
1998	9,502,952	46,223,880
1999	9,730,887	46,730,335
2000	9,968,260	47,159,719
2001	10,212,942	47,566,800
2002	10,466,214	48,019,415
2003	10,721,176	48,500,348
2004	10,975,704	48,991,421
2005	11,235,472	49,490,033
2006	11,500,094	49,998,277
2007	11,770,344	50,528,584
2008	12,048,959	51,114,599
2009	12,337,389	51,728,516
2010	12,635,413	52,344,051
2011	12,958,897	52,995,205
2012	13,310,495	53,782,567
2013	13,710,849	54,678,791
2014	14,152,102	55,594,838
2015	14,593,331	56,723,537
2016	15,034,521	57,259,551
2017	15,475,002	57,635,162
2018	15,914,498	58,613,001
2019	16,352,922	59,587,885
2020	16,789,219	60,562,381
2021	17,220,867	61,502,603
2022	17,651,103	62,378,410
2023	18,077,573	63,212,384
2024	18,501,984	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Senegal and South Africa

Fertility rate

Senegal

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Senegal	South Africa
1960	7	6.11
1961	7.04	6.08
1962	7.08	6.05
1963	7.12	6.01
1964	7.16	5.96
1965	7.19	5.89
1966	7.22	5.91
1967	7.24	5.85
1968	7.25	5.78
1969	7.26	5.72
1970	7.26	5.63
1971	7.26	5.57
1972	7.26	5.49
1973	7.26	5.41
1974	7.25	5.3
1975	7.25	5.19
1976	7.26	5.07
1977	7.27	4.94
1978	7.28	4.85
1979	7.29	4.82
1980	7.29	4.78
1981	7.28	4.71
1982	7.25	4.7
1983	7.19	4.63
1984	7.11	4.57
1985	7.01	4.5
1986	6.9	4.41
1987	6.79	4.35
1988	6.58	4.18
1989	6.48	3.98
1990	6.4	3.72
1991	6.27	3.62
1992	6.15	3.48
1993	6.05	3.37
1994	5.92	3.26
1995	5.82	3.17
1996	5.72	2.99
1997	5.64	2.73
1998	5.58	2.63
1999	5.57	2.56
2000	5.5	2.41
2001	5.4	2.37
2002	5.3	2.32
2003	5.25	2.36
2004	5.19	2.44
2005	5.13	2.51
2006	5.06	2.55
2007	5.02	2.55
2008	5.02	2.68
2009	5.03	2.5
2010	5.06	2.44
2011	5.1	2.44
2012	5.13	2.45
2013	5.05	2.43
2014	4.88	2.42
2015	4.75	2.36
2016	4.65	2.26
2017	4.49	2.28
2018	4.29	2.27
2019	4.1	2.26
2020	4	2.26
2021	3.94	2.25
2022	3.86	2.23
2023	3.82	2.22

Senegal and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Senegal

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Senegal	South Africa
1960	18.1	19
1961	18	19
1962	18	18.9
1963	17.9	18.9
1964	17.9	18.9
1965	17.9	18.8
1966	17.8	18.8
1967	17.9	18.8
1968	17.9	18.8
1969	17.9	18.8
1970	17.9	18.8
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	17.9	18.8
1973	17.9	18.8
1974	17.8	18.9
1975	17.7	18.9
1976	17.6	19
1977	17.4	19.1
1978	17.2	19.2
1979	17	19.3
1980	16.8	19.4
1981	16.7	19.6
1982	16.5	19.8
1983	16.4	20
1984	16.3	20.2
1985	16.3	20.4
1986	16.3	20.5
1987	16.3	20.7
1988	16.4	20.9
1989	16.5	21.1
1990	16.6	21.3
1991	16.7	21.5
1992	16.8	21.5
1993	16.9	21.9
1994	17	22
1995	17.1	21.5
1996	17.2	21.2
1997	17.3	21.2
1998	17.4	21.4
1999	17.5	21.6
2000	17.6	21.9
2001	17.7	22.2
2002	17.8	22.4
2003	18	22.8
2004	18.1	23.1
2005	18.2	23.3
2006	18.2	23.5
2007	18.3	23.8
2008	18.4	24
2009	18.4	24.3
2010	18.5	24.6
2011	18.5	25
2012	18.5	25.3
2013	18.5	25.7
2014	18.6	26
2015	18.6	26.4
2016	18.7	26.7
2017	18.9	27
2018	19	27.5
2019	19.2	27.9
2020	19.4	28.3
2021	19.7	28.6
2022	19.9	28.9
2023	20.1	29.2
2024	20.4	29.5

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