Singapore vs South Africa statistics compared

Singapore has a population of 6.04M (ranked 113/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Singapore's land area is 277.2 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 177th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

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Singapore and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Singapore

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Singapore	South Africa
1960	$704,751,700	$8,748,596,501
1961	$764,629,788	$9,225,996,310
1962	$826,239,212	$9,813,996,074
1963	$917,608,012	$10,854,195,658
1964	$894,153,311	$11,955,995,218
1965	$974,644,096	$13,068,994,772
1966	$1,096,425,608	$14,211,394,315
1967	$1,238,035,816	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,425,706,091	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,659,893,768	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,920,574,150	$21,218,391,513
1971	$2,263,785,444	$23,411,076,638
1972	$2,721,440,981	$24,515,919,217
1973	$3,696,213,333	$33,262,772,008
1974	$5,221,534,956	$41,389,186,095
1975	$5,633,673,930	$42,906,905,672
1976	$6,327,077,974	$41,150,460,288
1977	$6,618,585,074	$45,328,411,332
1978	$7,517,176,355	$51,607,412,902
1979	$9,296,921,724	$63,038,658,089
1980	$11,896,256,783	$89,411,864,402
1981	$14,175,228,844	$93,141,472,164
1982	$16,084,252,378	$85,904,057,409
1983	$17,784,112,150	$96,204,110,942
1984	$19,749,361,098	$84,870,163,366
1985	$19,156,532,746	$64,459,376,087
1986	$18,586,746,057	$73,354,771,399
1987	$20,919,215,578	$96,535,763,418
1988	$25,371,462,488	$103,976,831,871
1989	$30,465,364,739	$108,055,624,082
1990	$36,144,336,769	$126,048,140,142
1991	$45,466,164,978	$135,203,698,238
1992	$52,131,320,033	$146,956,150,987
1993	$60,603,815,716	$147,194,747,566
1994	$73,688,724,431	$153,512,712,382
1995	$87,812,540,788	$171,735,933,897
1996	$96,293,086,513	$163,234,925,381
1997	$100,123,787,215	$168,978,057,328
1998	$85,728,207,782	$152,982,984,557
1999	$86,286,849,755	$151,516,957,079
2000	$96,076,539,926	$151,752,757,215
2001	$89,793,790,670	$135,429,905,923
2002	$92,538,372,870	$129,087,556,612
2003	$97,646,401,096	$197,018,965,309
2004	$115,033,593,101	$255,806,908,595
2005	$127,807,848,728	$288,867,217,197
2006	$148,627,286,361	$303,858,675,364
2007	$180,941,701,358	$333,077,117,254
2008	$193,617,323,539	$316,131,258,616
2009	$194,150,283,772	$329,754,060,647
2010	$239,807,980,591	$417,363,822,802
2011	$279,356,499,090	$458,199,494,831
2012	$295,092,888,077	$434,400,545,086
2013	$307,576,360,585	$400,886,013,596
2014	$314,863,580,758	$381,198,869,776
2015	$307,998,545,269	$346,709,790,459
2016	$319,646,468,521	$323,585,509,674
2017	$343,673,334,902	$381,448,814,653
2018	$377,123,710,561	$405,260,723,893
2019	$376,161,998,830	$389,330,032,224
2020	$349,165,858,545	$337,974,655,408
2021	$436,591,382,250	$420,886,877,629
2022	$509,017,841,147	$406,920,004,594
2023	$505,439,514,078	$380,699,271,816
2024	$547,386,645,892	$400,260,724,226

Singapore and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Singapore

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Singapore	South Africa
1960	$428	$532
1961	$449	$546
1962	$472	$563
1963	$511	$605
1964	$486	$646
1965	$517	$685
1966	$567	$722
1967	$626	$779
1968	$709	$817
1969	$813	$891
1970	$926	$952
1971	$1,071	$1,020
1972	$1,264	$1,038
1973	$1,685	$1,369
1974	$2,342	$1,656
1975	$2,490	$1,670
1976	$2,759	$1,559
1977	$2,846	$1,671
1978	$3,194	$1,852
1979	$3,901	$2,202
1980	$4,928	$3,029
1981	$5,597	$3,050
1982	$6,078	$2,717
1983	$6,633	$2,938
1984	$7,228	$2,504
1985	$7,002	$1,839
1986	$6,800	$2,027
1987	$7,539	$2,586
1988	$8,914	$2,702
1989	$10,395	$2,727
1990	$11,862	$3,093
1991	$14,502	$3,243
1992	$16,136	$3,462
1993	$18,290	$3,400
1994	$21,552	$3,489
1995	$24,915	$3,856
1996	$26,233	$3,618
1997	$26,376	$3,700
1998	$21,829	$3,310
1999	$21,797	$3,242
2000	$23,853	$3,218
2001	$21,700	$2,847
2002	$22,160	$2,688
2003	$23,730	$4,062
2004	$27,608	$5,221
2005	$29,961	$5,837
2006	$33,768	$6,077
2007	$39,433	$6,592
2008	$40,009	$6,185
2009	$38,927	$6,375
2010	$47,237	$7,973
2011	$53,891	$8,646
2012	$55,548	$8,077
2013	$56,967	$7,332
2014	$57,565	$6,857
2015	$55,646	$6,112
2016	$57,006	$5,651
2017	$61,236	$6,618
2018	$66,882	$6,914
2019	$65,952	$6,534
2020	$61,410	$5,581
2021	$80,056	$6,843
2022	$90,299	$6,523
2023	$85,412	$6,023
2024	$90,674	$6,253

Singapore vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Singapore

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Singapore	South Africa
1950	54.1	43.1
1951	55.3	44.1
1952	56.4	45
1953	57.5	46.1
1954	59.4	47.1
1955	61.2	48.2
1956	62.6	49.2
1957	63.4	50.2
1958	64	51.1
1959	64.8	51.9
1960	65.3	52.6
1961	65.7	53.1
1962	66.1	53.6
1963	66.5	53.9
1964	66.7	54.2
1965	66.9	54.4
1966	67.2	54.7
1967	67.3	55
1968	67.7	55.2
1969	68.1	55.4
1970	68.5	55.7
1971	68.8	56
1972	69	56.4
1973	69.4	56.7
1974	69.7	57.1
1975	70.2	57.6
1976	70.6	58
1977	70.9	58.5
1978	71.2	59
1979	71.4	59.5
1980	71.5	60
1981	71.7	60.4
1982	72	60.9
1983	72.4	61.4
1984	72.6	61.8
1985	73.1	62.2
1986	73.6	62.4
1987	74	62.7
1988	74	62.9
1989	74.3	63
1990	74.6	62.9
1991	75.1	63
1992	75.3	62.8
1993	75.5	62.6
1994	75.6	62.1
1995	75.7	61.6
1996	76.1	61.1
1997	76.4	60.5
1998	76.9	59.9
1999	77.3	59.2
2000	77.8	58.4
2001	78.3	57.2
2002	78.7	55.6
2003	79.2	54.2
2004	79.7	54
2005	80.3	53.9
2006	80.6	54.2
2007	80.9	54.9
2008	81.1	56
2009	81.4	57.4
2010	81.6	58.9
2011	81.9	60.6
2012	82.2	61.7
2013	82.5	62.4
2014	82.6	63.2
2015	82.7	64.1
2016	82.9	64.7
2017	83.1	65.4
2018	83.4	65.7
2019	83.7	66.1
2020	83.7	65.2
2021	83.5	62
2022	82.9	65.5
2023	83.7	66.1
2024	83.9	66.3
2025	84	66.5

Singapore and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Singapore

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Singapore	South Africa
1960	1,646,400	16,440,172
1961	1,702,400	16,908,035
1962	1,750,200	17,418,522
1963	1,795,000	17,954,564
1964	1,841,600	18,511,361
1965	1,886,900	19,089,380
1966	1,934,400	19,690,087
1967	1,977,600	20,314,066
1968	2,012,000	20,957,287
1969	2,042,500	21,614,676
1970	2,074,507	22,279,984
1971	2,112,900	22,942,143
1972	2,152,400	23,609,456
1973	2,193,000	24,294,263
1974	2,229,800	24,989,108
1975	2,262,600	25,690,940
1976	2,293,300	26,395,450
1977	2,325,300	27,118,952
1978	2,353,600	27,869,507
1979	2,383,500	28,634,162
1980	2,413,945	29,518,857
1981	2,532,835	30,541,044
1982	2,646,466	31,615,339
1983	2,681,061	32,739,304
1984	2,732,221	33,892,788
1985	2,735,957	35,042,093
1986	2,733,373	36,180,515
1987	2,774,789	37,326,190
1988	2,846,108	38,480,649
1989	2,930,901	39,628,575
1990	3,047,132	40,746,268
1991	3,135,083	41,687,898
1992	3,230,698	42,443,509
1993	3,313,471	43,297,156
1994	3,419,048	44,004,139
1995	3,524,506	44,541,554
1996	3,670,704	45,123,018
1997	3,796,038	45,666,838
1998	3,927,213	46,223,880
1999	3,958,723	46,730,335
2000	4,027,887	47,159,719
2001	4,138,012	47,566,800
2002	4,175,950	48,019,415
2003	4,114,826	48,500,348
2004	4,166,664	48,991,421
2005	4,265,762	49,490,033
2006	4,401,365	49,998,277
2007	4,588,599	50,528,584
2008	4,839,396	51,114,599
2009	4,987,573	51,728,516
2010	5,076,732	52,344,051
2011	5,183,688	52,995,205
2012	5,312,437	53,782,567
2013	5,399,162	54,678,791
2014	5,469,724	55,594,838
2015	5,535,002	56,723,537
2016	5,607,283	57,259,551
2017	5,612,253	57,635,162
2018	5,638,676	58,613,001
2019	5,703,569	59,587,885
2020	5,685,807	60,562,381
2021	5,453,566	61,502,603
2022	5,637,022	62,378,410
2023	5,917,648	63,212,384
2024	6,036,860	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Singapore and South Africa

Fertility rate

Singapore

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Singapore	South Africa
1960	5.76	6.11
1961	5.41	6.08
1962	5.21	6.05
1963	5.16	6.01
1964	4.97	5.96
1965	4.66	5.89
1966	4.46	5.91
1967	3.91	5.85
1968	3.53	5.78
1969	3.22	5.72
1970	3.07	5.63
1971	3.02	5.57
1972	3.04	5.49
1973	2.79	5.41
1974	2.35	5.3
1975	2.07	5.19
1976	2.11	5.07
1977	1.82	4.94
1978	1.79	4.85
1979	1.79	4.82
1980	1.82	4.78
1981	1.78	4.71
1982	1.74	4.7
1983	1.61	4.63
1984	1.62	4.57
1985	1.61	4.5
1986	1.43	4.41
1987	1.62	4.35
1988	1.96	4.18
1989	1.75	3.98
1990	1.83	3.72
1991	1.73	3.62
1992	1.72	3.48
1993	1.74	3.37
1994	1.71	3.26
1995	1.67	3.17
1996	1.66	2.99
1997	1.61	2.73
1998	1.48	2.63
1999	1.47	2.56
2000	1.6	2.41
2001	1.41	2.37
2002	1.37	2.32
2003	1.27	2.36
2004	1.26	2.44
2005	1.26	2.51
2006	1.28	2.55
2007	1.29	2.55
2008	1.28	2.68
2009	1.22	2.5
2010	1.15	2.44
2011	1.2	2.44
2012	1.29	2.45
2013	1.19	2.43
2014	1.25	2.42
2015	1.24	2.36
2016	1.2	2.26
2017	1.16	2.28
2018	1.14	2.27
2019	1.14	2.26
2020	1.1	2.26
2021	1.12	2.25
2022	1.04	2.23
2023	0.97	2.22

Singapore and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Singapore

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Singapore	South Africa
1960	18.2	19
1961	18.1	19
1962	18	18.9
1963	18	18.9
1964	18.1	18.9
1965	18.2	18.8
1966	18.4	18.8
1967	18.6	18.8
1968	18.9	18.8
1969	19.3	18.8
1970	19.7	18.8
1971	20.1	18.8
1972	20.6	18.8
1973	21	18.8
1974	21.5	18.9
1975	22	18.9
1976	22.6	19
1977	23.1	19.1
1978	23.6	19.2
1979	24.2	19.3
1980	24.7	19.4
1981	25.3	19.6
1982	25.9	19.8
1983	26.4	20
1984	26.9	20.2
1985	27.3	20.4
1986	27.8	20.5
1987	28.3	20.7
1988	28.7	20.9
1989	29.1	21.1
1990	29.5	21.3
1991	29.8	21.5
1992	30.1	21.5
1993	30.4	21.9
1994	30.7	22
1995	31	21.5
1996	31.2	21.2
1997	31.4	21.2
1998	31.6	21.4
1999	31.9	21.6
2000	32.2	21.9
2001	32.5	22.2
2002	32.7	22.4
2003	33	22.8
2004	33.3	23.1
2005	33.5	23.3
2006	33.6	23.5
2007	33.6	23.8
2008	33.5	24
2009	33.6	24.3
2010	33.7	24.6
2011	33.9	25
2012	34	25.3
2013	34.1	25.7
2014	34.2	26
2015	34.4	26.4
2016	34.5	26.7
2017	34.8	27
2018	35	27.5
2019	35.2	27.9
2020	35.5	28.3
2021	35.8	28.6
2022	35.9	28.9
2023	36.2	29.2
2024	36.8	29.5

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