South Africa vs Suriname statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 24th vs. 90th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

South Africa and Suriname: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Suriname economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Suriname
1960	$8,748,596,501	$99,650,000
1961	$9,225,996,310	$107,700,000
1962	$9,813,996,074	$116,150,000
1963	$10,854,195,658	$125,950,000
1964	$11,955,995,218	$134,400,000
1965	$13,068,994,772	$154,150,000
1966	$14,211,394,315	$190,350,000
1967	$15,821,393,671	$220,700,000
1968	$17,124,793,150	$241,350,000
1969	$19,256,992,297	$259,650,000
1970	$21,218,391,513	$274,900,000
1971	$23,411,076,638	$301,000,000
1972	$24,515,919,217	$311,950,000
1973	$33,262,772,008	$339,450,000
1974	$41,389,186,095	$409,850,000
1975	$42,906,905,672	$465,500,000
1976	$41,150,460,288	$505,500,000
1977	$45,328,411,332	$641,500,000
1978	$51,607,412,902	$735,500,000
1979	$63,038,658,089	$782,500,000
1980	$89,411,864,402	$795,000,000
1981	$93,141,472,164	$889,000,000
1982	$85,904,057,409	$915,000,000
1983	$96,204,110,942	$883,500,000
1984	$84,870,163,366	$864,000,000
1985	$64,459,376,087	$873,000,000
1986	$73,354,771,399	$891,000,000
1987	$96,535,763,418	$980,000,000
1988	$103,976,831,871	$1,161,000,000
1989	$108,055,624,082	$542,600,000
1990	$126,048,140,142	$388,400,000
1991	$135,203,698,238	$448,100,000
1992	$146,956,150,987	$404,600,000
1993	$147,194,747,566	$428,764,706
1994	$153,512,712,382	$605,492,537
1995	$171,735,933,897	$691,590,498
1996	$163,234,925,381	$861,372,806
1997	$168,978,057,328	$926,422,500
1998	$152,982,984,557	$1,110,850,000
1999	$151,516,957,079	$886,290,698
2000	$151,752,757,215	$947,671,970
2001	$135,429,905,923	$834,279,358
2002	$129,087,556,612	$1,093,574,468
2003	$197,018,965,309	$1,274,190,311
2004	$255,806,908,595	$1,484,092,538
2005	$288,867,217,197	$1,793,410,397
2006	$303,858,675,364	$2,626,380,435
2007	$333,077,117,254	$2,936,612,022
2008	$316,131,258,616	$3,532,969,035
2009	$329,754,060,647	$3,875,409,836
2010	$417,363,822,802	$4,368,370,998
2011	$458,199,494,831	$4,422,276,622
2012	$434,400,545,086	$4,980,000,000
2013	$400,886,013,596	$5,145,757,576
2014	$381,198,869,776	$5,240,606,061
2015	$346,709,790,459	$5,126,237,646
2016	$323,585,509,674	$3,317,421,648
2017	$381,448,814,653	$3,591,679,431
2018	$405,260,723,893	$3,996,198,867
2019	$389,330,032,224	$4,016,040,575
2020	$337,974,655,408	$2,911,807,496
2021	$420,886,877,629	$3,107,923,198
2022	$406,920,004,594	$3,791,603,200
2023	$380,699,271,816	$3,455,146,281
2024	$400,260,724,226	$4,714,267,822

South Africa and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Suriname
1960	$532	$378
1961	$546	$395
1962	$563	$409
1963	$605	$424
1964	$646	$435
1965	$685	$482
1966	$722	$575
1967	$779	$644
1968	$817	$681
1969	$891	$708
1970	$952	$724
1971	$1,020	$768
1972	$1,038	$785
1973	$1,369	$858
1974	$1,656	$1,041
1975	$1,670	$1,190
1976	$1,559	$1,302
1977	$1,671	$1,666
1978	$1,852	$1,928
1979	$2,202	$2,072
1980	$3,029	$2,118
1981	$3,050	$2,368
1982	$2,717	$2,430
1983	$2,938	$2,333
1984	$2,504	$2,261
1985	$1,839	$2,256
1986	$2,027	$2,271
1987	$2,586	$2,469
1988	$2,702	$2,886
1989	$2,727	$1,329
1990	$3,093	$942
1991	$3,243	$1,080
1992	$3,462	$969
1993	$3,400	$1,022
1994	$3,489	$1,434
1995	$3,856	$1,610
1996	$3,618	$1,963
1997	$3,700	$2,068
1998	$3,310	$2,429
1999	$3,242	$1,898
2000	$3,218	$1,988
2001	$2,847	$1,715
2002	$2,688	$2,202
2003	$4,062	$2,516
2004	$5,221	$2,888
2005	$5,837	$3,453
2006	$6,077	$5,003
2007	$6,592	$5,530
2008	$6,185	$6,576
2009	$6,375	$7,130
2010	$7,973	$7,944
2011	$8,646	$7,950
2012	$8,077	$8,851
2013	$7,332	$9,043
2014	$6,857	$9,108
2015	$6,112	$8,814
2016	$5,651	$5,644
2017	$6,618	$6,050
2018	$6,914	$6,666
2019	$6,534	$6,630
2020	$5,581	$4,755
2021	$6,843	$5,030
2022	$6,523	$6,084
2023	$6,023	$5,494
2024	$6,253	$7,431

South Africa vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Suriname
1950	43.1	50.7
1951	44.1	51.1
1952	45	51.4
1953	46.1	52.1
1954	47.1	52.8
1955	48.2	53.5
1956	49.2	54.1
1957	50.2	54.7
1958	51.1	55.4
1959	51.9	55.9
1960	52.6	56.6
1961	53.1	57.3
1962	53.6	58
1963	53.9	58.5
1964	54.2	58.9
1965	54.4	59.1
1966	54.7	59.2
1967	55	59.2
1968	55.2	59.3
1969	55.4	59.4
1970	55.7	59.5
1971	56	59.6
1972	56.4	59.7
1973	56.7	59.8
1974	57.1	59.9
1975	57.6	60
1976	58	60.2
1977	58.5	60.3
1978	59	60.4
1979	59.5	60.5
1980	60	60.7
1981	60.4	60.8
1982	60.9	60.9
1983	61.4	61.1
1984	61.8	61.2
1985	62.2	61.4
1986	62.4	61.2
1987	62.7	61.3
1988	62.9	61.5
1989	63	62
1990	62.9	62.1
1991	63	62.2
1992	62.8	62.2
1993	62.6	62.4
1994	62.1	62.5
1995	61.6	62.8
1996	61.1	63.1
1997	60.5	63.4
1998	59.9	63.7
1999	59.2	64
2000	58.4	64.4
2001	57.2	64.8
2002	55.6	65.3
2003	54.2	65.8
2004	54	66.4
2005	53.9	67
2006	54.2	67.6
2007	54.9	68.3
2008	56	68.9
2009	57.4	69.3
2010	58.9	69.6
2011	60.6	69.8
2012	61.7	70
2013	62.4	70.1
2014	63.2	70.3
2015	64.1	70.6
2016	64.7	71
2017	65.4	71.2
2018	65.7	71.5
2019	66.1	71.8
2020	65.2	72.3
2021	62	68.9
2022	65.5	73.3
2023	66.1	73.6
2024	66.3	73.8
2025	66.5	73.9

South Africa and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Suriname
1960	16,440,172	263,918
1961	16,908,035	272,791
1962	17,418,522	283,912
1963	17,954,564	297,034
1964	18,511,361	309,041
1965	19,089,380	320,000
1966	19,690,087	331,135
1967	20,314,066	342,679
1968	20,957,287	354,616
1969	21,614,676	366,906
1970	22,279,984	379,442
1971	22,942,143	391,932
1972	23,609,456	397,413
1973	24,294,263	395,772
1974	24,989,108	393,676
1975	25,690,940	391,170
1976	26,395,450	388,289
1977	27,118,952	385,067
1978	27,869,507	381,502
1979	28,634,162	377,602
1980	29,518,857	375,377
1981	30,541,044	375,459
1982	31,615,339	376,555
1983	32,739,304	378,746
1984	33,892,788	382,193
1985	35,042,093	386,972
1986	36,180,515	392,330
1987	37,326,190	396,911
1988	38,480,649	402,227
1989	39,628,575	408,409
1990	40,746,268	412,493
1991	41,687,898	415,013
1992	42,443,509	417,589
1993	43,297,156	419,352
1994	44,004,139	422,375
1995	44,541,554	429,606
1996	45,123,018	438,830
1997	45,666,838	448,067
1998	46,223,880	457,406
1999	46,730,335	466,916
2000	47,159,719	476,643
2001	47,566,800	486,560
2002	48,019,415	496,551
2003	48,500,348	506,414
2004	48,991,421	513,923
2005	49,490,033	519,313
2006	49,998,277	524,997
2007	50,528,584	531,016
2008	51,114,599	537,245
2009	51,728,516	543,568
2010	52,344,051	549,923
2011	52,995,205	556,269
2012	53,782,567	562,633
2013	54,678,791	569,020
2014	55,594,838	575,373
2015	56,723,537	581,627
2016	57,259,551	587,757
2017	57,635,162	593,713
2018	58,613,001	599,513
2019	59,587,885	605,768
2020	60,562,381	612,317
2021	61,502,603	617,896
2022	62,378,410	623,164
2023	63,212,384	628,886
2024	64,007,187	634,431

Fertility rates in South Africa and Suriname

Fertility rate

South Africa

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Suriname
1960	6.11	6.59
1961	6.08	6.58
1962	6.05	6.57
1963	6.01	6.51
1964	5.96	6.43
1965	5.89	6.32
1966	5.91	6.2
1967	5.85	6.04
1968	5.78	5.86
1969	5.72	5.7
1970	5.63	5.53
1971	5.57	5.36
1972	5.49	5.18
1973	5.41	5.01
1974	5.3	4.81
1975	5.19	4.63
1976	5.07	4.45
1977	4.94	4.26
1978	4.85	4.08
1979	4.82	3.93
1980	4.78	3.79
1981	4.71	3.75
1982	4.7	3.82
1983	4.63	3.87
1984	4.57	3.8
1985	4.5	3.71
1986	4.41	3.61
1987	4.35	3.53
1988	4.18	3.46
1989	3.98	3.39
1990	3.72	3.23
1991	3.62	3.09
1992	3.48	3.01
1993	3.37	2.94
1994	3.26	2.9
1995	3.17	2.9
1996	2.99	2.92
1997	2.73	2.95
1998	2.63	2.99
1999	2.56	3.02
2000	2.41	3.05
2001	2.37	3.06
2002	2.32	2.96
2003	2.36	2.84
2004	2.44	2.74
2005	2.51	2.71
2006	2.55	2.73
2007	2.55	2.74
2008	2.68	2.73
2009	2.5	2.71
2010	2.44	2.69
2011	2.44	2.67
2012	2.45	2.67
2013	2.43	2.65
2014	2.42	2.62
2015	2.36	2.57
2016	2.26	2.5
2017	2.28	2.43
2018	2.27	2.38
2019	2.26	2.35
2020	2.26	2.31
2021	2.25	2.3
2022	2.23	2.27
2023	2.22	2.25

South Africa and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Suriname
1960	19	18.1
1961	19	18.2
1962	18.9	17.8
1963	18.9	17.3
1964	18.9	16.8
1965	18.8	16.4
1966	18.8	16.1
1967	18.8	15.8
1968	18.8	15.6
1969	18.8	15.6
1970	18.8	15.6
1971	18.8	15.7
1972	18.8	16
1973	18.8	16.3
1974	18.9	16.7
1975	18.9	17
1976	19	17.4
1977	19.1	17.6
1978	19.2	17.9
1979	19.3	18.1
1980	19.4	18.4
1981	19.6	18.7
1982	19.8	18.9
1983	20	19.2
1984	20.2	19.5
1985	20.4	19.7
1986	20.5	20
1987	20.7	20.2
1988	20.9	20.4
1989	21.1	20.6
1990	21.3	20.8
1991	21.5	21
1992	21.5	21.2
1993	21.9	21.5
1994	22	21.7
1995	21.5	22
1996	21.2	22.4
1997	21.2	22.8
1998	21.4	23.2
1999	21.6	23.6
2000	21.9	24
2001	22.2	24.4
2002	22.4	24.7
2003	22.8	25
2004	23.1	25.3
2005	23.3	25.5
2006	23.5	25.6
2007	23.8	25.8
2008	24	26.1
2009	24.3	26.3
2010	24.6	26.5
2011	25	26.7
2012	25.3	26.9
2013	25.7	27.1
2014	26	27.3
2015	26.4	27.5
2016	26.7	27.7
2017	27	27.9
2018	27.5	28.1
2019	27.9	28.3
2020	28.3	28.6
2021	28.6	28.7
2022	28.9	28.9
2023	29.2	29.2
2024	29.5	29.4

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