South Africa vs Sweden statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 24th vs. 58th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

South Africa and Sweden: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Sweden economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Sweden
1960	$8,748,596,501	$15,930,258,332
1961	$9,225,996,310	$17,329,819,494
1962	$9,813,996,074	$18,794,282,717
1963	$10,854,195,658	$20,342,365,392
1964	$11,955,995,218	$22,685,750,575
1965	$13,068,994,772	$24,964,233,891
1966	$14,211,394,315	$27,155,028,520
1967	$15,821,393,671	$29,475,219,787
1968	$17,124,793,150	$31,278,230,634
1969	$19,256,992,297	$33,967,691,454
1970	$21,218,391,513	$38,037,663,342
1971	$23,411,076,638	$41,506,627,519
1972	$24,515,919,217	$48,883,734,672
1973	$33,262,772,008	$59,319,523,962
1974	$41,389,186,095	$65,918,391,224
1975	$42,906,905,672	$82,766,182,746
1976	$41,150,460,288	$89,233,541,404
1977	$45,328,411,332	$94,332,865,494
1978	$51,607,412,902	$104,292,130,796
1979	$63,038,658,089	$123,208,942,175
1980	$89,411,864,402	$141,887,695,763
1981	$93,141,472,164	$129,500,408,224
1982	$85,904,057,409	$114,216,043,040
1983	$96,204,110,942	$104,863,313,508
1984	$84,870,163,366	$109,044,297,251
1985	$64,459,376,087	$113,959,392,485
1986	$73,354,771,399	$150,281,594,980
1987	$96,535,763,418	$182,746,413,791
1988	$103,976,831,871	$206,688,963,474
1989	$108,055,624,082	$217,634,838,449
1990	$126,048,140,142	$261,469,578,631
1991	$135,203,698,238	$273,834,608,020
1992	$146,956,150,987	$283,912,173,667
1993	$147,194,747,566	$212,647,043,708
1994	$153,512,712,382	$228,701,658,891
1995	$171,735,933,897	$267,052,836,695
1996	$163,234,925,381	$291,952,430,659
1997	$168,978,057,328	$268,251,974,486
1998	$152,982,984,557	$270,889,570,938
1999	$151,516,957,079	$274,320,415,376
2000	$151,752,757,215	$262,905,197,442
2001	$135,429,905,923	$242,499,249,693
2002	$129,087,556,612	$267,373,345,247
2003	$197,018,965,309	$334,074,051,173
2004	$255,806,908,595	$384,547,211,147
2005	$288,867,217,197	$391,690,329,314
2006	$303,858,675,364	$422,530,427,476
2007	$333,077,117,254	$490,050,156,833
2008	$316,131,258,616	$514,616,528,349
2009	$329,754,060,647	$434,313,804,907
2010	$417,363,822,802	$492,753,255,886
2011	$458,199,494,831	$570,541,353,129
2012	$434,400,545,086	$549,742,183,874
2013	$400,886,013,596	$584,128,116,410
2014	$381,198,869,776	$577,730,245,154
2015	$346,709,790,459	$501,698,263,621
2016	$323,585,509,674	$514,218,206,628
2017	$381,448,814,653	$536,083,940,229
2018	$405,260,723,893	$551,312,498,430
2019	$389,330,032,224	$532,169,294,166
2020	$337,974,655,408	$545,147,614,972
2021	$420,886,877,629	$637,186,904,844
2022	$406,920,004,594	$579,895,717,344
2023	$380,699,271,816	$585,489,968,189
2024	$400,260,724,226	$610,117,791,237

South Africa and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Sweden
1960	$532	$2,128
1961	$546	$2,304
1962	$563	$2,485
1963	$605	$2,675
1964	$646	$2,961
1965	$685	$3,228
1966	$722	$3,478
1967	$779	$3,746
1968	$817	$3,953
1969	$891	$4,263
1970	$952	$4,729
1971	$1,020	$5,125
1972	$1,038	$6,018
1973	$1,369	$7,291
1974	$1,656	$8,078
1975	$1,670	$10,103
1976	$1,559	$10,853
1977	$1,671	$11,432
1978	$1,852	$12,602
1979	$2,202	$14,856
1980	$3,029	$17,073
1981	$3,050	$15,564
1982	$2,717	$13,719
1983	$2,938	$12,590
1984	$2,504	$13,080
1985	$1,839	$13,647
1986	$2,027	$17,955
1987	$2,586	$21,761
1988	$2,702	$24,499
1989	$2,727	$25,625
1990	$3,093	$30,550
1991	$3,243	$31,777
1992	$3,462	$32,754
1993	$3,400	$24,390
1994	$3,489	$26,046
1995	$3,856	$30,254
1996	$3,618	$33,023
1997	$3,700	$30,324
1998	$3,310	$30,606
1999	$3,242	$30,969
2000	$3,218	$29,633
2001	$2,847	$27,259
2002	$2,688	$29,958
2003	$4,062	$37,292
2004	$5,221	$42,758
2005	$5,837	$43,379
2006	$6,077	$46,532
2007	$6,592	$53,569
2008	$6,185	$55,817
2009	$6,375	$46,708
2010	$7,973	$52,543
2011	$8,646	$60,380
2012	$8,077	$57,750
2013	$7,332	$60,844
2014	$6,857	$59,584
2015	$6,112	$51,198
2016	$5,651	$51,820
2017	$6,618	$53,301
2018	$6,914	$54,182
2019	$6,534	$51,773
2020	$5,581	$52,654
2021	$6,843	$61,175
2022	$6,523	$55,297
2023	$6,023	$55,567
2024	$6,253	$57,723

South Africa vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Sweden
1950	43.1	71.1
1951	44.1	71.4
1952	45	71.8
1953	46.1	71.9
1954	47.1	72.4
1955	48.2	72.6
1956	49.2	72.7
1957	50.2	72.5
1958	51.1	73.2
1959	51.9	73.4
1960	52.6	73
1961	53.1	73.5
1962	53.6	73.4
1963	53.9	73.5
1964	54.2	73.7
1965	54.4	73.9
1966	54.7	74.1
1967	55	74.1
1968	55.2	74
1969	55.4	74.1
1970	55.7	74.7
1971	56	74.6
1972	56.4	74.7
1973	56.7	74.9
1974	57.1	75
1975	57.6	75
1976	58	75
1977	58.5	75.4
1978	59	75.5
1979	59.5	75.5
1980	60	75.7
1981	60.4	76
1982	60.9	76.3
1983	61.4	76.6
1984	61.8	76.8
1985	62.2	76.7
1986	62.4	77
1987	62.7	77.1
1988	62.9	77
1989	63	77.7
1990	62.9	77.6
1991	63	77.7
1992	62.8	78.1
1993	62.6	78.1
1994	62.1	78.7
1995	61.6	78.8
1996	61.1	79
1997	60.5	79.3
1998	59.9	79.4
1999	59.2	79.5
2000	58.4	79.7
2001	57.2	79.8
2002	55.6	79.9
2003	54.2	80.2
2004	54	80.5
2005	53.9	80.6
2006	54.2	80.8
2007	54.9	81
2008	56	81.1
2009	57.4	81.4
2010	58.9	81.5
2011	60.6	81.8
2012	61.7	81.7
2013	62.4	81.9
2014	63.2	82.2
2015	64.1	82.2
2016	64.7	82.3
2017	65.4	82.4
2018	65.7	82.5
2019	66.1	83.1
2020	65.2	82.4
2021	62	83
2022	65.5	83
2023	66.1	83.3
2024	66.3	83.4
2025	66.5	83.6

South Africa and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Sweden
1960	16,440,172	7,484,656
1961	16,908,035	7,519,998
1962	17,418,522	7,561,588
1963	17,954,564	7,604,328
1964	18,511,361	7,661,354
1965	19,089,380	7,733,853
1966	19,690,087	7,807,797
1967	20,314,066	7,867,931
1968	20,957,287	7,912,273
1969	21,614,676	7,968,072
1970	22,279,984	8,042,801
1971	22,942,143	8,098,334
1972	23,609,456	8,122,300
1973	24,294,263	8,136,312
1974	24,989,108	8,159,955
1975	25,690,940	8,192,437
1976	26,395,450	8,222,286
1977	27,118,952	8,251,540
1978	27,869,507	8,275,599
1979	28,634,162	8,293,678
1980	29,518,857	8,310,531
1981	30,541,044	8,320,503
1982	31,615,339	8,325,263
1983	32,739,304	8,329,033
1984	33,892,788	8,336,605
1985	35,042,093	8,350,386
1986	36,180,515	8,369,829
1987	37,326,190	8,397,804
1988	38,480,649	8,436,489
1989	39,628,575	8,492,964
1990	40,746,268	8,558,835
1991	41,687,898	8,617,375
1992	42,443,509	8,668,067
1993	43,297,156	8,718,561
1994	44,004,139	8,780,745
1995	44,541,554	8,826,939
1996	45,123,018	8,840,998
1997	45,666,838	8,846,062
1998	46,223,880	8,850,974
1999	46,730,335	8,857,874
2000	47,159,719	8,872,109
2001	47,566,800	8,895,960
2002	48,019,415	8,924,958
2003	48,500,348	8,958,229
2004	48,991,421	8,993,531
2005	49,490,033	9,029,572
2006	49,998,277	9,080,505
2007	50,528,584	9,148,092
2008	51,114,599	9,219,637
2009	51,728,516	9,298,515
2010	52,344,051	9,378,126
2011	52,995,205	9,449,213
2012	53,782,567	9,519,374
2013	54,678,791	9,600,379
2014	55,594,838	9,696,110
2015	56,723,537	9,799,186
2016	57,259,551	9,923,085
2017	57,635,162	10,057,698
2018	58,613,001	10,175,214
2019	59,587,885	10,278,887
2020	60,562,381	10,353,442
2021	61,502,603	10,415,811
2022	62,378,410	10,486,941
2023	63,212,384	10,536,632
2024	64,007,187	10,569,709

Fertility rates in South Africa and Sweden

Fertility rate

South Africa

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Sweden
1960	6.11	2.17
1961	6.08	2.21
1962	6.05	2.25
1963	6.01	2.33
1964	5.96	2.47
1965	5.89	2.39
1966	5.91	2.37
1967	5.85	2.28
1968	5.78	2.07
1969	5.72	1.93
1970	5.63	1.92
1971	5.57	1.96
1972	5.49	1.91
1973	5.41	1.87
1974	5.3	1.87
1975	5.19	1.77
1976	5.07	1.68
1977	4.94	1.64
1978	4.85	1.6
1979	4.82	1.66
1980	4.78	1.68
1981	4.71	1.63
1982	4.7	1.62
1983	4.63	1.61
1984	4.57	1.66
1985	4.5	1.74
1986	4.41	1.8
1987	4.35	1.84
1988	4.18	1.96
1989	3.98	2.01
1990	3.72	2.13
1991	3.62	2.11
1992	3.48	2.09
1993	3.37	1.99
1994	3.26	1.88
1995	3.17	1.73
1996	2.99	1.6
1997	2.73	1.52
1998	2.63	1.5
1999	2.56	1.5
2000	2.41	1.54
2001	2.37	1.57
2002	2.32	1.65
2003	2.36	1.71
2004	2.44	1.75
2005	2.51	1.77
2006	2.55	1.85
2007	2.55	1.88
2008	2.68	1.91
2009	2.5	1.94
2010	2.44	1.98
2011	2.44	1.9
2012	2.45	1.91
2013	2.43	1.89
2014	2.42	1.88
2015	2.36	1.85
2016	2.26	1.85
2017	2.28	1.78
2018	2.27	1.76
2019	2.26	1.71
2020	2.26	1.67
2021	2.25	1.67
2022	2.23	1.53
2023	2.22	1.45

South Africa and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Sweden
1960	19	36
1961	19	36.2
1962	18.9	36.3
1963	18.9	36.3
1964	18.9	36.3
1965	18.8	36.2
1966	18.8	36
1967	18.8	35.9
1968	18.8	35.8
1969	18.8	35.6
1970	18.8	35.4
1971	18.8	35.3
1972	18.8	35.3
1973	18.8	35.3
1974	18.9	35.3
1975	18.9	35.3
1976	19	35.4
1977	19.1	35.5
1978	19.2	35.7
1979	19.3	36
1980	19.4	36.2
1981	19.6	36.5
1982	19.8	36.8
1983	20	37.1
1984	20.2	37.4
1985	20.4	37.6
1986	20.5	37.9
1987	20.7	38.1
1988	20.9	38.2
1989	21.1	38.3
1990	21.3	38.3
1991	21.5	38.3
1992	21.5	38.4
1993	21.9	38.4
1994	22	38.4
1995	21.5	38.5
1996	21.2	38.6
1997	21.2	38.8
1998	21.4	39
1999	21.6	39.2
2000	21.9	39.4
2001	22.2	39.5
2002	22.4	39.7
2003	22.8	39.8
2004	23.1	40
2005	23.3	40.2
2006	23.5	40.4
2007	23.8	40.5
2008	24	40.6
2009	24.3	40.7
2010	24.6	40.7
2011	25	40.8
2012	25.3	40.9
2013	25.7	40.9
2014	26	40.9
2015	26.4	40.9
2016	26.7	40.8
2017	27	40.7
2018	27.5	40.6
2019	27.9	40.5
2020	28.3	40.6
2021	28.6	40.7
2022	28.9	40.7
2023	29.2	40.9
2024	29.5	41.1

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