Somalia vs South Africa statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 42nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Somalia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Somalia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Somalia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	South Africa
1960	$180,459,937	$8,748,596,501
1961	$191,659,914	$9,225,996,310
1962	$203,531,928	$9,813,996,074
1963	$216,145,936	$10,854,195,658
1964	$229,529,913	$11,955,995,218
1965	$243,725,898	$13,068,994,772
1966	$257,375,897	$14,211,394,315
1967	$271,781,887	$15,821,393,671
1968	$286,719,885	$17,124,793,150
1969	$306,357,285	$19,256,992,297
1970	$347,985,394	$21,218,391,513
1971	$347,039,446	$23,411,076,638
1972	$447,883,941	$24,515,919,217
1973	$483,699,611	$33,262,772,008
1974	$572,504,036	$41,389,186,095
1975	$757,015,879	$42,906,905,672
1976	$871,344,245	$41,150,460,288
1977	$498,550,725	$45,328,411,332
1978	$564,571,823	$51,607,412,902
1979	$589,566,929	$63,038,658,089
1980	$602,515,548	$89,411,864,402
1981	$699,302,473	$93,141,472,164
1982	$774,578,932	$85,904,057,409
1983	$735,408,642	$96,204,110,942
1984	$787,434,542	$84,870,163,366
1985	$875,702,247	$64,459,376,087
1986	$916,590,786	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,018,972,664	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,051,596,967	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,181,360,844	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,031,282,081	$126,048,140,142
1991	$717,974,930	$135,203,698,238
1992	$709,297,579	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,260,132,956	$147,194,747,566
1994	$1,481,205,098	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,534,756,135	$171,735,933,897
1996	$1,792,234,297	$163,234,925,381
1997	$2,191,749,014	$168,978,057,328
1998	$2,962,047,564	$152,982,984,557
1999	$3,045,751,528	$151,516,957,079
2000	$3,412,797,450	$151,752,757,215
2001	$2,252,847,465	$135,429,905,923
2002	$2,192,684,135	$129,087,556,612
2003	$2,836,724,352	$197,018,965,309
2004	$3,859,592,813	$255,806,908,595
2005	$4,683,246,454	$288,867,217,197
2006	$5,026,743,282	$303,858,675,364
2007	$5,430,713,729	$333,077,117,254
2008	$5,913,620,293	$316,131,258,616
2009	$2,948,594,552	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,687,807,004	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,906,000,097	$458,199,494,831
2012	$4,364,670,160	$434,400,545,086
2013	$5,062,881,600	$400,886,013,596
2014	$5,728,399,720	$381,198,869,776
2015	$6,152,149,100	$346,709,790,459
2016	$6,613,743,070	$323,585,509,674
2017	$7,621,501,710	$381,448,814,653
2018	$7,873,440,830	$405,260,723,893
2019	$8,655,023,960	$389,330,032,224
2020	$8,628,393,720	$337,974,655,408
2021	$9,483,997,390	$420,886,877,629
2022	$10,202,767,270	$406,920,004,594
2023	$10,968,517,090	$380,699,271,816
2024	$12,108,515,110	$400,260,724,226

Somalia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	South Africa
1960	$62.7	$532
1961	$64.9	$546
1962	$67.2	$563
1963	$69.5	$605
1964	$71.9	$646
1965	$74.4	$685
1966	$76.5	$722
1967	$78.7	$779
1968	$80.8	$817
1969	$84.1	$891
1970	$93.1	$952
1971	$90.4	$1,020
1972	$113.7	$1,038
1973	$119.6	$1,369
1974	$137.9	$1,656
1975	$177.8	$1,670
1976	$199.6	$1,559
1977	$111.2	$1,671
1978	$117.3	$1,852
1979	$108.2	$2,202
1980	$101.5	$3,029
1981	$116.9	$3,050
1982	$129	$2,717
1983	$118.6	$2,938
1984	$122.5	$2,504
1985	$130.8	$1,839
1986	$131.4	$2,027
1987	$141	$2,586
1988	$145.3	$2,702
1989	$166	$2,727
1990	$145.6	$3,093
1991	$105.4	$3,243
1992	$109.2	$3,462
1993	$188.6	$3,400
1994	$210.8	$3,489
1995	$210.7	$3,856
1996	$237.2	$3,618
1997	$280.1	$3,700
1998	$363	$3,310
1999	$359	$3,242
2000	$386	$3,218
2001	$244.9	$2,847
2002	$229.6	$2,688
2003	$286.3	$4,062
2004	$375	$5,221
2005	$440	$5,837
2006	$458	$6,077
2007	$480	$6,592
2008	$507	$6,185
2009	$246.5	$6,375
2010	$219.2	$7,973
2011	$235.3	$8,646
2012	$350	$8,077
2013	$393	$7,332
2014	$429	$6,857
2015	$446	$6,112
2016	$461	$5,651
2017	$511	$6,618
2018	$510	$6,914
2019	$540	$6,534
2020	$518	$5,581
2021	$549	$6,843
2022	$573	$6,523
2023	$597	$6,023
2024	$637	$6,253

Somalia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	South Africa
1950	41.5	43.1
1951	41.7	44.1
1952	41.9	45
1953	42.1	46.1
1954	42.3	47.1
1955	42.5	48.2
1956	42.7	49.2
1957	42.9	50.2
1958	43.1	51.1
1959	43.3	51.9
1960	43.5	52.6
1961	43.7	53.1
1962	44	53.6
1963	44.2	53.9
1964	44.4	54.2
1965	44.6	54.4
1966	44.8	54.7
1967	45.1	55
1968	45.3	55.2
1969	45.5	55.4
1970	45.6	55.7
1971	45.8	56
1972	46	56.4
1973	46.2	56.7
1974	44.3	57.1
1975	44.5	57.6
1976	44.7	58
1977	47	58.5
1978	47	59
1979	47.4	59.5
1980	47.6	60
1981	47.8	60.4
1982	48	60.9
1983	48.2	61.4
1984	48.4	61.8
1985	48.3	62.2
1986	48.4	62.4
1987	49	62.7
1988	43.9	62.9
1989	46.6	63
1990	46.9	62.9
1991	25.4	63
1992	25	62.8
1993	50.6	62.6
1994	50.3	62.1
1995	50.6	61.6
1996	50.5	61.1
1997	50.3	60.5
1998	50.8	59.9
1999	50.6	59.2
2000	50.7	58.4
2001	50.8	57.2
2002	50.8	55.6
2003	50.7	54.2
2004	50.7	54
2005	50.9	53.9
2006	50.9	54.2
2007	50.9	54.9
2008	51.5	56
2009	52.1	57.4
2010	48.9	58.9
2011	32.5	60.6
2012	49.1	61.7
2013	54	62.4
2014	54.4	63.2
2015	55.1	64.1
2016	55.3	64.7
2017	52.2	65.4
2018	54.8	65.7
2019	57.2	66.1
2020	57.1	65.2
2021	55.7	62
2022	53.9	65.5
2023	58.8	66.1
2024	59	66.3
2025	59.1	66.5

Somalia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	South Africa
1960	2,876,331	16,440,172
1961	2,952,054	16,908,035
1962	3,030,091	17,418,522
1963	3,110,361	17,954,564
1964	3,192,796	18,511,361
1965	3,277,874	19,089,380
1966	3,365,106	19,690,087
1967	3,454,537	20,314,066
1968	3,546,590	20,957,287
1969	3,641,015	21,614,676
1970	3,738,448	22,279,984
1971	3,837,691	22,942,143
1972	3,939,436	23,609,456
1973	4,045,592	24,294,263
1974	4,151,842	24,989,108
1975	4,257,535	25,690,940
1976	4,365,812	26,395,450
1977	4,484,050	27,118,952
1978	4,814,892	27,869,507
1979	5,449,117	28,634,162
1980	5,936,154	29,518,857
1981	5,982,849	30,541,044
1982	6,003,840	31,615,339
1983	6,198,430	32,739,304
1984	6,428,389	33,892,788
1985	6,693,289	35,042,093
1986	6,974,788	36,180,515
1987	7,228,302	37,326,190
1988	7,235,360	38,480,649
1989	7,114,817	39,628,575
1990	7,082,811	40,746,268
1991	6,813,760	41,687,898
1992	6,495,107	42,443,509
1993	6,681,399	43,297,156
1994	7,026,797	44,004,139
1995	7,285,007	44,541,554
1996	7,554,474	45,123,018
1997	7,824,525	45,666,838
1998	8,155,417	46,223,880
1999	8,492,059	46,730,335
2000	8,838,713	47,159,719
2001	9,198,493	47,566,800
2002	9,550,063	48,019,415
2003	9,909,157	48,500,348
2004	10,280,998	48,991,421
2005	10,644,228	49,490,033
2006	10,975,502	49,998,277
2007	11,322,582	50,528,584
2008	11,663,084	51,114,599
2009	11,961,201	51,728,516
2010	12,261,756	52,344,051
2011	12,348,830	52,995,205
2012	12,461,160	53,782,567
2013	12,869,594	54,678,791
2014	13,339,491	55,594,838
2015	13,806,963	56,723,537
2016	14,348,740	57,259,551
2017	14,916,629	57,635,162
2018	15,452,487	58,613,001
2019	16,030,971	59,587,885
2020	16,651,191	60,562,381
2021	17,271,431	61,502,603
2022	17,801,897	62,378,410
2023	18,358,615	63,212,384
2024	19,009,151	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Somalia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Somalia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	South Africa
1960	7.25	6.11
1961	7.25	6.08
1962	7.26	6.05
1963	7.26	6.01
1964	7.26	5.96
1965	7.26	5.89
1966	7.26	5.91
1967	7.25	5.85
1968	7.23	5.78
1969	7.21	5.72
1970	7.18	5.63
1971	7.15	5.57
1972	7.12	5.49
1973	7.09	5.41
1974	7.06	5.3
1975	7.03	5.19
1976	7.02	5.07
1977	7	4.94
1978	7.13	4.85
1979	7.16	4.82
1980	7.18	4.78
1981	7.23	4.71
1982	7.25	4.7
1983	7.28	4.63
1984	7.3	4.57
1985	7.33	4.5
1986	7.35	4.41
1987	7.37	4.35
1988	7.4	4.18
1989	7.42	3.98
1990	7.44	3.72
1991	7.47	3.62
1992	7.5	3.48
1993	7.53	3.37
1994	7.54	3.26
1995	7.58	3.17
1996	7.62	2.99
1997	7.66	2.73
1998	7.66	2.63
1999	7.66	2.56
2000	7.65	2.41
2001	7.64	2.37
2002	7.63	2.32
2003	7.6	2.36
2004	7.57	2.44
2005	7.53	2.51
2006	7.49	2.55
2007	7.46	2.55
2008	7.42	2.68
2009	7.38	2.5
2010	7.32	2.44
2011	7.27	2.44
2012	7.21	2.45
2013	7.14	2.43
2014	7.06	2.42
2015	6.98	2.36
2016	6.88	2.26
2017	6.77	2.28
2018	6.66	2.27
2019	6.56	2.26
2020	6.45	2.26
2021	6.35	2.25
2022	6.26	2.23
2023	6.13	2.22

Somalia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	South Africa
1960	18.1	19
1961	17.9	19
1962	17.8	18.9
1963	17.7	18.9
1964	17.6	18.9
1965	17.5	18.8
1966	17.5	18.8
1967	17.5	18.8
1968	17.5	18.8
1969	17.5	18.8
1970	17.5	18.8
1971	17.6	18.8
1972	17.6	18.8
1973	17.6	18.8
1974	17.7	18.9
1975	17.7	18.9
1976	17.7	19
1977	17.7	19.1
1978	17.7	19.2
1979	17.6	19.3
1980	17.6	19.4
1981	17.5	19.6
1982	17.4	19.8
1983	17.4	20
1984	17.3	20.2
1985	17.2	20.4
1986	17.1	20.5
1987	17	20.7
1988	16.8	20.9
1989	16.7	21.1
1990	16.5	21.3
1991	16.5	21.5
1992	16.7	21.5
1993	16.8	21.9
1994	16.7	22
1995	16.6	21.5
1996	16.5	21.2
1997	16.4	21.2
1998	16.4	21.4
1999	16.3	21.6
2000	16.3	21.9
2001	16.2	22.2
2002	16.2	22.4
2003	16.1	22.8
2004	16	23.1
2005	15.9	23.3
2006	15.7	23.5
2007	15.6	23.8
2008	15.6	24
2009	15.6	24.3
2010	15.7	24.6
2011	15.8	25
2012	16	25.3
2013	16	25.7
2014	16	26
2015	16.1	26.4
2016	16.1	26.7
2017	16.2	27
2018	16.2	27.5
2019	16.3	27.9
2020	16.3	28.3
2021	16.4	28.6
2022	16.5	28.9
2023	16.5	29.2
2024	16.6	29.5

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