South Africa vs Sudan statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 24th vs. 15th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

South Africa and Sudan: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Sudan economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Sudan
1960	$8,748,596,501	$1,126,364,162
1961	$9,225,996,310	$1,222,860,429
1962	$9,813,996,074	$1,328,259,625
1963	$10,854,195,658	$1,351,234,926
1964	$11,955,995,218	$1,388,282,600
1965	$13,068,994,772	$1,446,869,619
1966	$14,211,394,315	$1,484,491,676
1967	$15,821,393,671	$1,607,409,539
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,677,771,401
1969	$19,256,992,297	$1,847,501,441
1970	$21,218,391,513	$2,100,229,759
1971	$23,411,076,638	$2,288,340,041
1972	$24,515,919,217	$2,483,055,722
1973	$33,262,772,008	$3,077,254,460
1974	$41,389,186,095	$3,958,931,660
1975	$42,906,905,672	$4,823,090,192
1976	$41,150,460,288	$6,013,210,816
1977	$45,328,411,332	$7,499,005,639
1978	$51,607,412,902	$8,128,719,315
1979	$63,038,658,089	$8,418,407,787
1980	$89,411,864,402	$8,951,800,000
1981	$93,141,472,164	$10,753,888,154
1982	$85,904,057,409	$8,732,542,274
1983	$96,204,110,942	$8,230,153,846
1984	$84,870,163,366	$10,447,615,385
1985	$64,459,376,087	$8,075,259,600
1986	$73,354,771,399	$10,092,200,000
1987	$96,535,763,418	$12,093,333,333
1988	$103,976,831,871	$14,372,555,556
1989	$108,055,624,082	$21,408,111,111
1990	$126,048,140,142	$33,641,222,222
1991	$135,203,698,238	$44,171,194,366
1992	$146,956,150,987	$7,031,933,492
1993	$147,194,747,566	$8,881,005,436
1994	$153,512,712,382	$12,793,794,737
1995	$171,735,933,897	$13,830,363,900
1996	$163,234,925,381	$9,018,300,725
1997	$168,978,057,328	$11,681,175,864
1998	$152,982,984,557	$11,250,221,537
1999	$151,516,957,079	$10,682,028,340
2000	$151,752,757,215	$12,257,299,147
2001	$135,429,905,923	$15,716,361,792
2002	$129,087,556,612	$18,137,128,388
2003	$197,018,965,309	$21,355,298,460
2004	$255,806,908,595	$26,646,007,251
2005	$288,867,217,197	$35,182,711,988
2006	$303,858,675,364	$45,263,831,634
2007	$333,077,117,254	$59,440,139,775
2008	$316,131,258,616	$64,833,083,257
2009	$329,754,060,647	$51,621,044,077
2010	$417,363,822,802	$58,962,978,034
2011	$458,199,494,831	$55,018,567,211
2012	$434,400,545,086	$37,632,919,967
2013	$400,886,013,596	$43,024,018,082
2014	$381,198,869,776	$49,516,748,618
2015	$346,709,790,459	$51,726,758,677
2016	$323,585,509,674	$42,630,376,000
2017	$381,448,814,653	$41,283,617,976
2018	$405,260,723,893	$32,333,780,383
2019	$389,330,032,224	$32,338,079,165
2020	$337,974,655,408	$27,034,593,750
2021	$420,886,877,629	$34,229,513,775
2022	$406,920,004,594	$51,666,875,363
2023	$380,699,271,816	$39,898,289,821
2024	$400,260,724,226	$49,909,807,030

South Africa and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Sudan
1960	$532	$134.7
1961	$546	$141.6
1962	$563	$148.9
1963	$605	$146.6
1964	$646	$145.7
1965	$685	$146.8
1966	$722	$145.6
1967	$779	$152.4
1968	$817	$153.7
1969	$891	$163.5
1970	$952	$179.6
1971	$1,020	$189
1972	$1,038	$198.2
1973	$1,369	$235.8
1974	$1,656	$291.5
1975	$1,670	$343
1976	$1,559	$413
1977	$1,671	$497
1978	$1,852	$518
1979	$2,202	$515
1980	$3,029	$525
1981	$3,050	$605
1982	$2,717	$472
1983	$2,938	$431
1984	$2,504	$534
1985	$1,839	$406
1986	$2,027	$497
1987	$2,586	$584
1988	$2,702	$680
1989	$2,727	$992
1990	$3,093	$1,528
1991	$3,243	$1,966
1992	$3,462	$307
1993	$3,400	$379
1994	$3,489	$532
1995	$3,856	$561
1996	$3,618	$357
1997	$3,700	$453
1998	$3,310	$425
1999	$3,242	$394
2000	$3,218	$441
2001	$2,847	$551
2002	$2,688	$621
2003	$4,062	$714
2004	$5,221	$872
2005	$5,837	$1,125
2006	$6,077	$1,415
2007	$6,592	$1,814
2008	$6,185	$1,928
2009	$6,375	$1,493
2010	$7,973	$1,665
2011	$8,646	$1,522
2012	$8,077	$1,019
2013	$7,332	$1,139
2014	$6,857	$1,275
2015	$6,112	$1,292
2016	$5,651	$1,033
2017	$6,618	$967
2018	$6,914	$731
2019	$6,534	$710
2020	$5,581	$578
2021	$6,843	$712
2022	$6,523	$1,046
2023	$6,023	$797
2024	$6,253	$989

South Africa vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Sudan
1950	43.1	45.8
1951	44.1	46.2
1952	45	46.5
1953	46.1	46.9
1954	47.1	47.3
1955	48.2	47.7
1956	49.2	48.1
1957	50.2	48.5
1958	51.1	48.9
1959	51.9	49.2
1960	52.6	49.6
1961	53.1	50
1962	53.6	50.4
1963	53.9	50.8
1964	54.2	50.9
1965	54.4	51
1966	54.7	51.3
1967	55	51.5
1968	55.2	51.8
1969	55.4	52
1970	55.7	52.3
1971	56	52.5
1972	56.4	52.8
1973	56.7	53
1974	57.1	53.2
1975	57.6	53.3
1976	58	53.3
1977	58.5	53.5
1978	59	53.3
1979	59.5	53.4
1980	60	54.1
1981	60.4	54.4
1982	60.9	54.4
1983	61.4	49.6
1984	61.8	49.8
1985	62.2	50
1986	62.4	54.6
1987	62.7	54.7
1988	62.9	55
1989	63	54.9
1990	62.9	55.5
1991	63	55.6
1992	62.8	56
1993	62.6	56.1
1994	62.1	57
1995	61.6	57.4
1996	61.1	57.6
1997	60.5	58.1
1998	59.9	58.3
1999	59.2	58.6
2000	58.4	58.9
2001	57.2	59.3
2002	55.6	59.3
2003	54.2	58.3
2004	54	56.8
2005	53.9	57.2
2006	54.2	60.4
2007	54.9	61.4
2008	56	61.3
2009	57.4	62.7
2010	58.9	63
2011	60.6	63.2
2012	61.7	63.4
2013	62.4	63.4
2014	63.2	64
2015	64.1	64.4
2016	64.7	64.7
2017	65.4	65.1
2018	65.7	65.5
2019	66.1	65.8
2020	65.2	65.1
2021	62	64.5
2022	65.5	65.7
2023	66.1	66.3
2024	66.3	66.5
2025	66.5	66.7

South Africa and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Sudan
1960	16,440,172	8,364,489
1961	16,908,035	8,634,941
1962	17,418,522	8,919,028
1963	17,954,564	9,218,077
1964	18,511,361	9,531,109
1965	19,089,380	9,858,030
1966	19,690,087	10,197,578
1967	20,314,066	10,550,597
1968	20,957,287	10,917,999
1969	21,614,676	11,298,936
1970	22,279,984	11,695,771
1971	22,942,143	12,105,539
1972	23,609,456	12,527,856
1973	24,294,263	13,049,315
1974	24,989,108	13,580,723
1975	25,690,940	14,064,798
1976	26,395,450	14,569,716
1977	27,118,952	15,086,614
1978	27,869,507	15,695,003
1979	28,634,162	16,355,352
1980	29,518,857	17,058,905
1981	30,541,044	17,780,572
1982	31,615,339	18,486,645
1983	32,739,304	19,109,770
1984	33,892,788	19,546,528
1985	35,042,093	19,905,872
1986	36,180,515	20,288,238
1987	37,326,190	20,704,904
1988	38,480,649	21,138,431
1989	39,628,575	21,578,022
1990	40,746,268	22,021,481
1991	41,687,898	22,470,676
1992	42,443,509	22,927,355
1993	43,297,156	23,445,592
1994	44,004,139	24,043,948
1995	44,541,554	24,672,143
1996	45,123,018	25,231,528
1997	45,666,838	25,799,821
1998	46,223,880	26,458,999
1999	46,730,335	27,130,613
2000	47,159,719	27,816,745
2001	47,566,800	28,516,770
2002	48,019,415	29,228,727
2003	48,500,348	29,896,035
2004	48,991,421	30,556,637
2005	49,490,033	31,262,444
2006	49,998,277	31,992,435
2007	50,528,584	32,764,135
2008	51,114,599	33,623,980
2009	51,728,516	34,569,113
2010	52,344,051	35,414,399
2011	52,995,205	36,140,806
2012	53,782,567	36,923,178
2013	54,678,791	37,785,849
2014	55,594,838	38,823,318
2015	56,723,537	40,024,431
2016	57,259,551	41,259,892
2017	57,635,162	42,714,306
2018	58,613,001	44,230,596
2019	59,587,885	45,548,175
2020	60,562,381	46,789,231
2021	61,502,603	48,066,924
2022	62,378,410	49,383,346
2023	63,212,384	50,042,791
2024	64,007,187	50,448,963

Fertility rates in South Africa and Sudan

Fertility rate

South Africa

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Sudan
1960	6.11	6.66
1961	6.08	6.66
1962	6.05	6.7
1963	6.01	6.76
1964	5.96	6.8
1965	5.89	6.84
1966	5.91	6.88
1967	5.85	6.91
1968	5.78	6.95
1969	5.72	6.97
1970	5.63	6.99
1971	5.57	7.02
1972	5.49	6.98
1973	5.41	6.94
1974	5.3	6.91
1975	5.19	6.87
1976	5.07	6.82
1977	4.94	6.78
1978	4.85	6.72
1979	4.82	6.65
1980	4.78	6.59
1981	4.71	6.53
1982	4.7	6.47
1983	4.63	6.41
1984	4.57	6.34
1985	4.5	6.28
1986	4.41	6.23
1987	4.35	6.18
1988	4.18	6.13
1989	3.98	6.11
1990	3.72	6.07
1991	3.62	6.05
1992	3.48	6.02
1993	3.37	5.97
1994	3.26	5.91
1995	3.17	5.86
1996	2.99	5.79
1997	2.73	5.72
1998	2.63	5.65
1999	2.56	5.62
2000	2.41	5.6
2001	2.37	5.56
2002	2.32	5.53
2003	2.36	5.49
2004	2.44	5.46
2005	2.51	5.4
2006	2.55	5.33
2007	2.55	5.27
2008	2.68	5.21
2009	2.5	5.17
2010	2.44	5.14
2011	2.44	5.09
2012	2.45	5.03
2013	2.43	4.97
2014	2.42	4.91
2015	2.36	4.9
2016	2.26	4.83
2017	2.28	4.76
2018	2.27	4.68
2019	2.26	4.62
2020	2.26	4.54
2021	2.25	4.46
2022	2.23	4.38
2023	2.22	4.32

South Africa and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Sudan
1960	19	16.7
1961	19	16.7
1962	18.9	16.7
1963	18.9	16.6
1964	18.9	16.5
1965	18.8	16.5
1966	18.8	16.4
1967	18.8	16.4
1968	18.8	16.3
1969	18.8	16.3
1970	18.8	16.2
1971	18.8	16.2
1972	18.8	16.1
1973	18.8	16
1974	18.9	15.9
1975	18.9	16
1976	19	16
1977	19.1	16.1
1978	19.2	16.2
1979	19.3	16.4
1980	19.4	16.5
1981	19.6	16.6
1982	19.8	16.7
1983	20	16.7
1984	20.2	16.8
1985	20.4	16.8
1986	20.5	16.8
1987	20.7	16.9
1988	20.9	16.9
1989	21.1	16.8
1990	21.3	16.8
1991	21.5	16.8
1992	21.5	16.8
1993	21.9	16.8
1994	22	16.8
1995	21.5	16.8
1996	21.2	16.8
1997	21.2	16.8
1998	21.4	16.8
1999	21.6	16.9
2000	21.9	16.9
2001	22.2	17
2002	22.4	17
2003	22.8	17.1
2004	23.1	17.1
2005	23.3	17.1
2006	23.5	17.2
2007	23.8	17.3
2008	24	17.3
2009	24.3	17.4
2010	24.6	17.5
2011	25	17.4
2012	25.3	17.5
2013	25.7	17.5
2014	26	17.7
2015	26.4	17.9
2016	26.7	18.1
2017	27	18.3
2018	27.5	18.6
2019	27.9	18.7
2020	28.3	18.9
2021	28.6	19
2022	28.9	19.2
2023	29.2	19.3
2024	29.5	19.4

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