South Africa vs Switzerland statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 24th vs. 131st).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

South Africa and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Switzerland
1960	$8,748,596,501	$10,412,232,621
1961	$9,225,996,310	$11,713,348,834
1962	$9,813,996,074	$12,989,649,694
1963	$10,854,195,658	$14,283,872,299
1964	$11,955,995,218	$15,833,133,858
1965	$13,068,994,772	$16,780,226,225
1966	$14,211,394,315	$18,019,402,374
1967	$15,821,393,671	$19,397,044,714
1968	$17,124,793,150	$20,712,102,794
1969	$19,256,992,297	$22,442,043,274
1970	$21,218,391,513	$24,998,066,773
1971	$23,411,076,638	$30,040,171,751
1972	$24,515,919,217	$36,844,318,854
1973	$33,262,772,008	$49,550,006,320
1974	$41,389,186,095	$57,103,011,446
1975	$42,906,905,672	$65,466,081,819
1976	$41,150,460,288	$68,476,524,644
1977	$45,328,411,332	$73,135,771,167
1978	$51,607,412,902	$102,280,472,036
1979	$63,038,658,089	$114,970,094,425
1980	$89,411,864,402	$122,557,843,886
1981	$93,141,472,164	$112,244,805,519
1982	$85,904,057,409	$115,043,365,512
1983	$96,204,110,942	$114,634,358,535
1984	$84,870,163,366	$109,455,312,168
1985	$64,459,376,087	$110,980,314,192
1986	$73,354,771,399	$159,089,921,063
1987	$96,535,763,418	$199,236,370,038
1988	$103,976,831,871	$215,540,625,299
1989	$108,055,624,082	$208,105,846,934
1990	$126,048,140,142	$265,763,573,999
1991	$135,203,698,238	$268,901,693,863
1992	$146,956,150,987	$279,921,425,828
1993	$147,194,747,566	$272,237,527,071
1994	$153,512,712,382	$301,375,055,202
1995	$171,735,933,897	$352,835,806,342
1996	$163,234,925,381	$340,103,959,547
1997	$168,978,057,328	$294,788,198,856
1998	$152,982,984,557	$303,459,014,347
1999	$151,516,957,079	$297,873,643,323
2000	$151,752,757,215	$279,216,033,870
2001	$135,429,905,923	$286,582,672,434
2002	$129,087,556,612	$309,301,422,430
2003	$197,018,965,309	$362,075,086,508
2004	$255,806,908,595	$403,912,891,033
2005	$288,867,217,197	$418,284,865,885
2006	$303,858,675,364	$441,634,672,197
2007	$333,077,117,254	$490,740,715,595
2008	$316,131,258,616	$567,267,767,519
2009	$329,754,060,647	$554,212,916,092
2010	$417,363,822,802	$598,851,027,948
2011	$458,199,494,831	$715,888,126,682
2012	$434,400,545,086	$686,420,221,558
2013	$400,886,013,596	$706,234,937,371
2014	$381,198,869,776	$726,537,809,430
2015	$346,709,790,459	$694,118,186,380
2016	$323,585,509,674	$687,895,460,903
2017	$381,448,814,653	$695,200,834,102
2018	$405,260,723,893	$725,568,717,468
2019	$389,330,032,224	$721,369,112,727
2020	$337,974,655,408	$741,999,406,006
2021	$420,886,877,629	$815,309,330,987
2022	$406,920,004,594	$828,508,926,958
2023	$380,699,271,816	$894,424,821,645
2024	$400,260,724,226	$936,564,198,049

South Africa and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Switzerland
1960	$532	$1,954
1961	$546	$2,155
1962	$563	$2,330
1963	$605	$2,508
1964	$646	$2,735
1965	$685	$2,865
1966	$722	$3,045
1967	$779	$3,237
1968	$817	$3,413
1969	$891	$3,657
1970	$952	$4,044
1971	$1,020	$4,835
1972	$1,038	$5,885
1973	$1,369	$7,856
1974	$1,656	$9,005
1975	$1,670	$10,328
1976	$1,559	$10,865
1977	$1,671	$11,644
1978	$1,852	$16,282
1979	$2,202	$18,266
1980	$3,029	$19,394
1981	$3,050	$17,665
1982	$2,717	$18,000
1983	$2,938	$17,859
1984	$2,504	$16,991
1985	$1,839	$17,152
1986	$2,027	$24,460
1987	$2,586	$30,441
1988	$2,702	$32,690
1989	$2,727	$31,309
1990	$3,093	$39,575
1991	$3,243	$39,544
1992	$3,462	$40,714
1993	$3,400	$39,237
1994	$3,489	$43,092
1995	$3,856	$50,114
1996	$3,618	$48,093
1997	$3,700	$41,584
1998	$3,310	$42,681
1999	$3,242	$41,696
2000	$3,218	$38,865
2001	$2,847	$39,639
2002	$2,688	$42,459
2003	$4,062	$49,336
2004	$5,221	$54,659
2005	$5,837	$56,243
2006	$6,077	$59,011
2007	$6,592	$64,989
2008	$6,185	$74,175
2009	$6,375	$71,568
2010	$7,973	$76,531
2011	$8,646	$90,477
2012	$8,077	$85,836
2013	$7,332	$87,304
2014	$6,857	$88,725
2015	$6,112	$83,806
2016	$5,651	$82,153
2017	$6,618	$82,254
2018	$6,914	$85,217
2019	$6,534	$84,122
2020	$5,581	$85,898
2021	$6,843	$93,665
2022	$6,523	$94,395
2023	$6,023	$100,632
2024	$6,253	$103,670

South Africa vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Switzerland
1950	43.1	68.9
1951	44.1	68.7
1952	45	69.6
1953	46.1	69.5
1954	47.1	70
1955	48.2	70.1
1956	49.2	70.2
1957	50.2	70.5
1958	51.1	71.3
1959	51.9	71.5
1960	52.6	71.4
1961	53.1	71.7
1962	53.6	71.3
1963	53.9	71.3
1964	54.2	72.2
1965	54.4	72.3
1966	54.7	72.4
1967	55	72.7
1968	55.2	72.7
1969	55.4	72.7
1970	55.7	73.1
1971	56	73.2
1972	56.4	73.8
1973	56.7	74.1
1974	57.1	74.4
1975	57.6	74.8
1976	58	74.9
1977	58.5	75.4
1978	59	75.3
1979	59.5	75.6
1980	60	75.6
1981	60.4	75.8
1982	60.9	76.2
1983	61.4	76.2
1984	61.8	76.8
1985	62.2	76.9
1986	62.4	77
1987	62.7	77.3
1988	62.9	77.4
1989	63	77.6
1990	62.9	77.4
1991	63	77.6
1992	62.8	77.9
1993	62.6	78.2
1994	62.1	78.5
1995	61.6	78.6
1996	61.1	79
1997	60.5	79.2
1998	59.9	79.5
1999	59.2	79.7
2000	58.4	79.8
2001	57.2	80.3
2002	55.6	80.4
2003	54.2	80.5
2004	54	81.1
2005	53.9	81.2
2006	54.2	81.5
2007	54.9	81.7
2008	56	82
2009	57.4	82
2010	58.9	82.3
2011	60.6	82.6
2012	61.7	82.6
2013	62.4	82.7
2014	63.2	83.1
2015	64.1	82.8
2016	64.7	83.4
2017	65.4	83.4
2018	65.7	83.6
2019	66.1	83.8
2020	65.2	83.1
2021	62	83.6
2022	65.5	83.2
2023	66.1	84
2024	66.3	84.1
2025	66.5	84.2

South Africa and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Switzerland
1960	16,440,172	5,327,827
1961	16,908,035	5,434,294
1962	17,418,522	5,573,815
1963	17,954,564	5,694,247
1964	18,511,361	5,789,228
1965	19,089,380	5,856,472
1966	19,690,087	5,918,002
1967	20,314,066	5,991,785
1968	20,957,287	6,067,714
1969	21,614,676	6,136,387
1970	22,279,984	6,180,877
1971	22,942,143	6,213,399
1972	23,609,456	6,260,956
1973	24,294,263	6,307,347
1974	24,989,108	6,341,405
1975	25,690,940	6,338,632
1976	26,395,450	6,302,504
1977	27,118,952	6,281,174
1978	27,869,507	6,281,738
1979	28,634,162	6,294,365
1980	29,518,857	6,319,408
1981	30,541,044	6,354,074
1982	31,615,339	6,391,309
1983	32,739,304	6,418,773
1984	33,892,788	6,441,865
1985	35,042,093	6,470,365
1986	36,180,515	6,504,124
1987	37,326,190	6,545,106
1988	38,480,649	6,593,386
1989	39,628,575	6,646,912
1990	40,746,268	6,715,519
1991	41,687,898	6,799,978
1992	42,443,509	6,875,364
1993	43,297,156	6,938,265
1994	44,004,139	6,993,795
1995	44,541,554	7,040,687
1996	45,123,018	7,071,850
1997	45,666,838	7,088,906
1998	46,223,880	7,110,001
1999	46,730,335	7,143,991
2000	47,159,719	7,184,250
2001	47,566,800	7,229,854
2002	48,019,415	7,284,753
2003	48,500,348	7,339,001
2004	48,991,421	7,389,625
2005	49,490,033	7,437,115
2006	49,998,277	7,483,934
2007	50,528,584	7,551,117
2008	51,114,599	7,647,675
2009	51,728,516	7,743,831
2010	52,344,051	7,824,909
2011	52,995,205	7,912,398
2012	53,782,567	7,996,861
2013	54,678,791	8,089,346
2014	55,594,838	8,188,649
2015	56,723,537	8,282,396
2016	57,259,551	8,373,338
2017	57,635,162	8,451,840
2018	58,613,001	8,514,329
2019	59,587,885	8,575,280
2020	60,562,381	8,638,167
2021	61,502,603	8,704,546
2022	62,378,410	8,777,088
2023	63,212,384	8,888,093
2024	64,007,187	9,034,102

Fertility rates in South Africa and Switzerland

Fertility rate

South Africa

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Switzerland
1960	6.11	2.44
1961	6.08	2.52
1962	6.05	2.58
1963	6.01	2.65
1964	5.96	2.66
1965	5.89	2.59
1966	5.91	2.5
1967	5.85	2.39
1968	5.78	2.29
1969	5.72	2.19
1970	5.63	2.1
1971	5.57	2.04
1972	5.49	1.91
1973	5.41	1.81
1974	5.3	1.73
1975	5.19	1.61
1976	5.07	1.55
1977	4.94	1.53
1978	4.85	1.51
1979	4.82	1.52
1980	4.78	1.55
1981	4.71	1.55
1982	4.7	1.56
1983	4.63	1.52
1984	4.57	1.53
1985	4.5	1.52
1986	4.41	1.53
1987	4.35	1.52
1988	4.18	1.57
1989	3.98	1.56
1990	3.72	1.58
1991	3.62	1.58
1992	3.48	1.58
1993	3.37	1.51
1994	3.26	1.49
1995	3.17	1.48
1996	2.99	1.5
1997	2.73	1.48
1998	2.63	1.47
1999	2.56	1.48
2000	2.41	1.5
2001	2.37	1.38
2002	2.32	1.39
2003	2.36	1.39
2004	2.44	1.42
2005	2.51	1.42
2006	2.55	1.44
2007	2.55	1.46
2008	2.68	1.48
2009	2.5	1.5
2010	2.44	1.52
2011	2.44	1.52
2012	2.45	1.52
2013	2.43	1.52
2014	2.42	1.54
2015	2.36	1.54
2016	2.26	1.54
2017	2.28	1.52
2018	2.27	1.52
2019	2.26	1.48
2020	2.26	1.46
2021	2.25	1.52
2022	2.23	1.39
2023	2.22	1.33

South Africa and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Switzerland
1960	19	32.6
1961	19	32.4
1962	18.9	32
1963	18.9	31.7
1964	18.9	31.5
1965	18.8	31.6
1966	18.8	31.6
1967	18.8	31.6
1968	18.8	31.7
1969	18.8	31.7
1970	18.8	32
1971	18.8	32.2
1972	18.8	32.3
1973	18.8	32.5
1974	18.9	32.7
1975	18.9	33.1
1976	19	33.5
1977	19.1	33.8
1978	19.2	34.2
1979	19.3	34.5
1980	19.4	34.8
1981	19.6	35
1982	19.8	35.3
1983	20	35.6
1984	20.2	35.9
1985	20.4	36.1
1986	20.5	36.3
1987	20.7	36.5
1988	20.9	36.7
1989	21.1	36.8
1990	21.3	36.9
1991	21.5	36.9
1992	21.5	36.9
1993	21.9	37
1994	22	37.1
1995	21.5	37.3
1996	21.2	37.6
1997	21.2	37.9
1998	21.4	38.2
1999	21.6	38.4
2000	21.9	38.7
2001	22.2	39
2002	22.4	39.3
2003	22.8	39.6
2004	23.1	39.9
2005	23.3	40.3
2006	23.5	40.6
2007	23.8	40.9
2008	24	41.1
2009	24.3	41.3
2010	24.6	41.5
2011	25	41.6
2012	25.3	41.8
2013	25.7	42
2014	26	42.1
2015	26.4	42.2
2016	26.7	42.3
2017	27	42.4
2018	27.5	42.5
2019	27.9	42.6
2020	28.3	42.7
2021	28.6	42.8
2022	28.9	43
2023	29.2	43.4
2024	29.5	43.7

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