South Africa vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 24th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

South Africa and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
1960	$8,748,596,501	$1,409,873,950
1961	$9,225,996,310	$1,444,327,731
1962	$9,813,996,074	$1,434,156,379
1963	$10,854,195,658	$1,240,672,269
1964	$11,955,995,218	$1,309,747,899
1965	$13,068,994,772	$1,698,319,328
1966	$14,211,394,315	$1,751,470,588
1967	$15,821,393,671	$1,859,465,021
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,801,344,538
1969	$19,256,992,297	$1,965,546,218
1970	$21,218,391,513	$2,296,470,588
1971	$23,411,076,638	$2,369,308,600
1972	$24,515,919,217	$2,553,936,348
1973	$33,262,772,008	$2,875,625,000
1974	$41,389,186,095	$3,574,586,466
1975	$42,906,905,672	$3,791,298,146
1976	$41,150,460,288	$3,591,319,857
1977	$45,328,411,332	$4,104,509,583
1978	$51,607,412,902	$2,733,183,857
1979	$63,038,658,089	$3,364,611,432
1980	$89,411,864,402	$4,024,621,900
1981	$93,141,472,164	$4,415,844,156
1982	$85,904,057,409	$4,768,765,017
1983	$96,204,110,942	$5,167,913,302
1984	$84,870,163,366	$6,043,474,843
1985	$64,459,376,087	$5,978,460,972
1986	$73,354,771,399	$6,405,210,564
1987	$96,535,763,418	$6,682,167,120
1988	$103,976,831,871	$6,978,371,581
1989	$108,055,624,082	$6,987,267,684
1990	$126,048,140,142	$8,032,551,173
1991	$135,203,698,238	$9,000,362,582
1992	$146,956,150,987	$9,703,011,636
1993	$147,194,747,566	$10,338,679,636
1994	$153,512,712,382	$11,717,604,209
1995	$171,735,933,897	$13,029,697,561
1996	$163,234,925,381	$13,897,738,375
1997	$168,978,057,328	$15,091,913,884
1998	$152,982,984,557	$15,794,972,847
1999	$151,516,957,079	$15,656,327,860
2000	$151,752,757,215	$16,330,814,180
2001	$135,429,905,923	$15,749,753,805
2002	$129,087,556,612	$16,536,535,647
2003	$197,018,965,309	$18,881,765,437
2004	$255,806,908,595	$20,662,525,941
2005	$288,867,217,197	$24,405,791,045
2006	$303,858,675,364	$28,279,802,406
2007	$333,077,117,254	$32,350,238,760
2008	$316,131,258,616	$40,713,826,215
2009	$329,754,060,647	$42,066,224,093
2010	$417,363,822,802	$58,636,161,082
2011	$458,199,494,831	$67,753,284,044
2012	$434,400,545,086	$70,447,216,891
2013	$400,886,013,596	$77,000,578,167
2014	$381,198,869,776	$82,528,535,714
2015	$346,709,790,459	$85,090,301,052
2016	$323,585,509,674	$88,000,211,172
2017	$381,448,814,653	$94,369,350,286
2018	$405,260,723,893	$94,450,015,983
2019	$389,330,032,224	$88,998,706,297
2020	$337,974,655,408	$84,335,574,582
2021	$420,886,877,629	$88,556,698,938
2022	$406,920,004,594	$74,143,020,263
2023	$380,699,271,816	$83,716,142,582
2024	$400,260,724,226	$98,963,185,510

South Africa and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
1960	$532	$145.9
1961	$546	$145.9
1962	$563	$141.4
1963	$605	$119.4
1964	$646	$122.9
1965	$685	$155.6
1966	$722	$156.6
1967	$779	$162.3
1968	$817	$153.5
1969	$891	$163.6
1970	$952	$186.9
1971	$1,020	$188.8
1972	$1,038	$199.4
1973	$1,369	$220.2
1974	$1,656	$268.7
1975	$1,670	$279.8
1976	$1,559	$260.3
1977	$1,671	$292.1
1978	$1,852	$191
1979	$2,202	$230.8
1980	$3,029	$271.1
1981	$3,050	$292.5
1982	$2,717	$312
1983	$2,938	$336
1984	$2,504	$391
1985	$1,839	$385
1986	$2,027	$407
1987	$2,586	$420
1988	$2,702	$434
1989	$2,727	$430
1990	$3,093	$491
1991	$3,243	$546
1992	$3,462	$580
1993	$3,400	$607
1994	$3,489	$678
1995	$3,856	$742
1996	$3,618	$776
1997	$3,700	$827
1998	$3,310	$849
1999	$3,242	$826
2000	$3,218	$846
2001	$2,847	$804
2002	$2,688	$835
2003	$4,062	$946
2004	$5,221	$1,029
2005	$5,837	$1,207
2006	$6,077	$1,390
2007	$6,592	$1,579
2008	$6,185	$1,974
2009	$6,375	$2,027
2010	$7,973	$2,808
2011	$8,646	$3,225
2012	$8,077	$3,328
2013	$7,332	$3,741
2014	$6,857	$3,972
2015	$6,112	$4,058
2016	$5,651	$4,149
2017	$6,618	$4,399
2018	$6,914	$4,359
2019	$6,534	$4,082
2020	$5,581	$3,848
2021	$6,843	$3,997
2022	$6,523	$3,343
2023	$6,023	$3,799
2024	$6,253	$4,516

South Africa vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
1950	43.1	53.2
1951	44.1	54
1952	45	54.9
1953	46.1	55.6
1954	47.1	56.4
1955	48.2	57.2
1956	49.2	57.9
1957	50.2	58.5
1958	51.1	59.3
1959	51.9	60
1960	52.6	60.6
1961	53.1	61.2
1962	53.6	61.6
1963	53.9	62
1964	54.2	62.4
1965	54.4	62.8
1966	54.7	63.2
1967	55	63.6
1968	55.2	63.9
1969	55.4	64.1
1970	55.7	64.4
1971	56	64.2
1972	56.4	64.6
1973	56.7	64.8
1974	57.1	65
1975	57.6	65.4
1976	58	65.8
1977	58.5	66.4
1978	59	66.8
1979	59.5	67.5
1980	60	68
1981	60.4	68.4
1982	60.9	68.7
1983	61.4	68.7
1984	61.8	68.8
1985	62.2	68.9
1986	62.4	69
1987	62.7	69
1988	62.9	69
1989	63	67.3
1990	62.9	69.2
1991	63	69.1
1992	62.8	69.6
1993	62.6	70
1994	62.1	70.2
1995	61.6	69.7
1996	61.1	69.8
1997	60.5	69.9
1998	59.9	70.1
1999	59.2	70.4
2000	58.4	71.2
2001	57.2	71.8
2002	55.6	72.3
2003	54.2	72.4
2004	54	68
2005	53.9	73.1
2006	54.2	72.8
2007	54.9	73
2008	56	72.6
2009	57.4	70.3
2010	58.9	74.5
2011	60.6	74.7
2012	61.7	75.2
2013	62.4	75.5
2014	63.2	75.8
2015	64.1	76
2016	64.7	76.1
2017	65.4	76.2
2018	65.7	76.5
2019	66.1	76.7
2020	65.2	76.9
2021	62	76.3
2022	65.5	77.3
2023	66.1	77.5
2024	66.3	77.7
2025	66.5	77.9

South Africa and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
1960	16,440,172	9,661,389
1961	16,908,035	9,899,372
1962	17,418,522	10,143,754
1963	17,954,564	10,395,040
1964	18,511,361	10,653,397
1965	19,089,380	10,916,965
1966	19,690,087	11,183,928
1967	20,314,066	11,457,328
1968	20,957,287	11,736,088
1969	21,614,676	12,013,858
1970	22,279,984	12,287,110
1971	22,942,143	12,551,910
1972	23,609,456	12,809,205
1973	24,294,263	13,060,916
1974	24,989,108	13,305,693
1975	25,690,940	13,548,984
1976	26,395,450	13,796,770
1977	27,118,952	14,049,371
1978	27,869,507	14,310,128
1979	28,634,162	14,579,614
1980	29,518,857	14,847,974
1981	30,541,044	15,099,414
1982	31,615,339	15,286,567
1983	32,739,304	15,388,794
1984	33,892,788	15,441,860
1985	35,042,093	15,544,154
1986	36,180,515	15,731,256
1987	37,326,190	15,916,576
1988	38,480,649	16,078,621
1989	39,628,575	16,248,557
1990	40,746,268	16,352,458
1991	41,687,898	16,475,354
1992	42,443,509	16,739,284
1993	43,297,156	17,025,918
1994	44,004,139	17,275,773
1995	44,541,554	17,564,068
1996	45,123,018	17,905,018
1997	45,666,838	18,248,200
1998	46,223,880	18,596,003
1999	46,730,335	18,944,731
2000	47,159,719	19,293,054
2001	47,566,800	19,600,362
2002	48,019,415	19,805,752
2003	48,500,348	19,951,521
2004	48,991,421	20,087,605
2005	49,490,033	20,216,524
2006	49,998,277	20,352,411
2007	50,528,584	20,492,545
2008	51,114,599	20,629,378
2009	51,728,516	20,756,435
2010	52,344,051	20,879,089
2011	52,995,205	21,009,048
2012	53,782,567	21,169,458
2013	54,678,791	20,585,000
2014	55,594,838	20,778,000
2015	56,723,537	20,970,000
2016	57,259,551	21,209,000
2017	57,635,162	21,453,000
2018	58,613,001	21,670,000
2019	59,587,885	21,803,000
2020	60,562,381	21,919,000
2021	61,502,603	22,156,000
2022	62,378,410	22,181,000
2023	63,212,384	22,037,000
2024	64,007,187	21,916,000

Fertility rates in South Africa and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
1960	6.11	5.35
1961	6.08	5.24
1962	6.05	5.18
1963	6.01	5.12
1964	5.96	5.06
1965	5.89	4.93
1966	5.91	4.83
1967	5.85	4.79
1968	5.78	4.66
1969	5.72	4.5
1970	5.63	4.39
1971	5.57	4.27
1972	5.49	4.16
1973	5.41	4
1974	5.3	3.86
1975	5.19	3.82
1976	5.07	3.78
1977	4.94	3.74
1978	4.85	3.81
1979	4.82	3.82
1980	4.78	3.73
1981	4.71	3.65
1982	4.7	3.32
1983	4.63	3.11
1984	4.57	3.01
1985	4.5	2.9
1986	4.41	2.74
1987	4.35	2.64
1988	4.18	2.57
1989	3.98	2.58
1990	3.72	2.54
1991	3.62	2.51
1992	3.48	2.49
1993	3.37	2.44
1994	3.26	2.4
1995	3.17	2.35
1996	2.99	2.29
1997	2.73	2.22
1998	2.63	2.14
1999	2.56	2.14
2000	2.41	2.21
2001	2.37	2.28
2002	2.32	2.31
2003	2.36	2.3
2004	2.44	2.27
2005	2.51	2.26
2006	2.55	2.29
2007	2.55	2.3
2008	2.68	2.23
2009	2.5	2.18
2010	2.44	2.13
2011	2.44	2.14
2012	2.45	2.17
2013	2.43	2.18
2014	2.42	2.13
2015	2.36	2.09
2016	2.26	2.06
2017	2.28	2.04
2018	2.27	2.03
2019	2.26	2.02
2020	2.26	2.01
2021	2.25	2
2022	2.23	1.98
2023	2.22	1.97

South Africa and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
1960	19	19.5
1961	19	19.5
1962	18.9	19.5
1963	18.9	19.5
1964	18.9	19.5
1965	18.8	19.5
1966	18.8	19.6
1967	18.8	19.7
1968	18.8	19.8
1969	18.8	19.9
1970	18.8	20
1971	18.8	20.1
1972	18.8	20.2
1973	18.8	20.4
1974	18.9	20.6
1975	18.9	20.7
1976	19	20.9
1977	19.1	21
1978	19.2	21.2
1979	19.3	21.3
1980	19.4	21.5
1981	19.6	21.6
1982	19.8	21.7
1983	20	21.9
1984	20.2	22
1985	20.4	22.2
1986	20.5	22.5
1987	20.7	22.8
1988	20.9	23.1
1989	21.1	23.4
1990	21.3	23.6
1991	21.5	23.9
1992	21.5	24.3
1993	21.9	24.6
1994	22	24.9
1995	21.5	25.3
1996	21.2	25.8
1997	21.2	26.2
1998	21.4	26.5
1999	21.6	26.9
2000	21.9	27.2
2001	22.2	27.6
2002	22.4	27.9
2003	22.8	28.2
2004	23.1	28.5
2005	23.3	28.8
2006	23.5	29
2007	23.8	29.3
2008	24	29.6
2009	24.3	29.9
2010	24.6	30.2
2011	25	30.5
2012	25.3	30.8
2013	25.7	31.1
2014	26	31.4
2015	26.4	31.7
2016	26.7	32
2017	27	32.3
2018	27.5	32.5
2019	27.9	32.8
2020	28.3	33.1
2021	28.6	33.3
2022	28.9	33.6
2023	29.2	33.8
2024	29.5	34.1

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