South Africa vs Syria statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 24th vs. 87th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

South Africa and Syria: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Syria economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Syria
1960	$8,748,596,501	$857,704,413
1961	$9,225,996,310	$945,244,972
1962	$9,813,996,074	$1,110,565,881
1963	$10,854,195,658	$1,200,447,408
1964	$11,955,995,218	$1,339,494,267
1965	$13,068,994,772	$1,472,036,540
1966	$14,211,394,315	$1,342,287,553
1967	$15,821,393,671	$1,580,229,799
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,753,746,430
1969	$19,256,992,297	$2,245,011,515
1970	$21,218,391,513	$2,140,384,010
1971	$23,411,076,638	$2,589,851,325
1972	$24,515,919,217	$3,059,681,698
1973	$33,262,772,008	$3,239,487,516
1974	$41,389,186,095	$5,159,557,148
1975	$42,906,905,672	$6,826,980,444
1976	$41,150,460,288	$7,633,528,867
1977	$45,328,411,332	$7,696,011,396
1978	$51,607,412,902	$9,275,200,458
1979	$63,038,658,089	$9,929,681,529
1980	$89,411,864,402	$13,062,420,382
1981	$93,141,472,164	$15,518,201,335
1982	$85,904,057,409	$16,298,929,011
1983	$96,204,110,942	$17,589,277,143
1984	$84,870,163,366	$17,503,078,174
1985	$64,459,376,087	$16,403,539,893
1986	$73,354,771,399	$13,293,205,278
1987	$96,535,763,418	$11,356,215,543
1988	$103,976,831,871	$10,577,041,645
1989	$108,055,624,082	$9,853,395,762
1990	$126,048,140,142	$12,308,624,418
1991	$135,203,698,238	$12,981,833,333
1992	$146,956,150,987	$13,253,565,861
1993	$147,194,747,566	$13,695,962,055
1994	$153,512,712,382	$10,122,020,000
1995	$171,735,933,897	$11,396,706,587
1996	$163,234,925,381	$13,789,560,878
1997	$168,978,057,328	$14,505,233,463
1998	$152,982,984,557	$15,200,846,154
1999	$151,516,957,079	$15,873,875,969
2000	$151,752,757,215	$18,937,052,543
2001	$135,429,905,923	$20,237,024,725
2002	$129,087,556,612	$20,669,357,462
2003	$197,018,965,309	$21,828,144,686
2004	$255,806,908,595	$25,086,950,495
2005	$288,867,217,197	$28,858,965,517
2006	$303,858,675,364	$33,751,788,856
2007	$333,077,117,254	$40,465,318,382
2008	$316,131,258,616	$52,557,913,569
2009	$329,754,060,647	$54,111,735,629
2010	$417,363,822,802	$61,390,830,875
2011	$458,199,494,831	$67,539,428,159
2012	$434,400,545,086	$43,190,318,033
2013	$400,886,013,596	$21,361,254,635
2014	$381,198,869,776	$21,502,061,466
2015	$346,709,790,459	$16,466,863,117
2016	$323,585,509,674	$12,597,854,877
2017	$381,448,814,653	$16,369,843,352
2018	$405,260,723,893	$21,497,782,868
2019	$389,330,032,224	$22,583,045,060
2020	$337,974,655,408	$12,047,752,036
2021	$420,886,877,629	$14,353,205,678
2022	$406,920,004,594	$23,622,827,080
2023	$380,699,271,816	$19,993,439,950
2024	$400,260,724,226	-

South Africa and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Syria
1960	$532	$183.5
1961	$546	$196.3
1962	$563	$223.9
1963	$605	$234.9
1964	$646	$254.2
1965	$685	$270.8
1966	$722	$239.3
1967	$779	$272.9
1968	$817	$293.3
1969	$891	$364
1970	$952	$335
1971	$1,020	$393
1972	$1,038	$448
1973	$1,369	$459
1974	$1,656	$707
1975	$1,670	$904
1976	$1,559	$976
1977	$1,671	$951
1978	$1,852	$1,108
1979	$2,202	$1,146
1980	$3,029	$1,458
1981	$3,050	$1,676
1982	$2,717	$1,703
1983	$2,938	$1,776
1984	$2,504	$1,706
1985	$1,839	$1,544
1986	$2,027	$1,208
1987	$2,586	$997
1988	$2,702	$898
1989	$2,727	$809
1990	$3,093	$978
1991	$3,243	$1,000
1992	$3,462	$990
1993	$3,400	$993
1994	$3,489	$712
1995	$3,856	$780
1996	$3,618	$918
1997	$3,700	$941
1998	$3,310	$961
1999	$3,242	$978
2000	$3,218	$1,138
2001	$2,847	$1,187
2002	$2,688	$1,183
2003	$4,062	$1,220
2004	$5,221	$1,368
2005	$5,837	$1,534
2006	$6,077	$1,719
2007	$6,592	$1,938
2008	$6,185	$2,429
2009	$6,375	$2,462
2010	$7,973	$2,731
2011	$8,646	$2,952
2012	$8,077	$1,898
2013	$7,332	$986
2014	$6,857	$1,061
2015	$6,112	$848
2016	$5,651	$656
2017	$6,618	$852
2018	$6,914	$1,098
2019	$6,534	$1,110
2020	$5,581	$572
2021	$6,843	$664
2022	$6,523	$1,052
2023	$6,023	$847
2024	$6,253	-

South Africa vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Syria
1950	43.1	42.5
1951	44.1	43.4
1952	45	44.3
1953	46.1	45.3
1954	47.1	46.4
1955	48.2	47.4
1956	49.2	48.5
1957	50.2	49.6
1958	51.1	50.7
1959	51.9	51.7
1960	52.6	52.7
1961	53.1	53.7
1962	53.6	54.6
1963	53.9	55.4
1964	54.2	56.2
1965	54.4	56.9
1966	54.7	57.6
1967	55	58
1968	55.2	59.1
1969	55.4	59.8
1970	55.7	60.6
1971	56	61.3
1972	56.4	62
1973	56.7	60.8
1974	57.1	63.4
1975	57.6	64.2
1976	58	64.8
1977	58.5	65.4
1978	59	65.9
1979	59.5	66.2
1980	60	66.5
1981	60.4	64.6
1982	60.9	60.8
1983	61.4	67.4
1984	61.8	67.7
1985	62.2	68
1986	62.4	68.4
1987	62.7	68.8
1988	62.9	69.2
1989	63	69.5
1990	62.9	69.8
1991	63	70.1
1992	62.8	70.2
1993	62.6	70.3
1994	62.1	70.3
1995	61.6	70.2
1996	61.1	70.2
1997	60.5	70.2
1998	59.9	70.2
1999	59.2	70.5
2000	58.4	70.9
2001	57.2	71.3
2002	55.6	71.7
2003	54.2	72.2
2004	54	72.5
2005	53.9	72.8
2006	54.2	73
2007	54.9	73.3
2008	56	73.4
2009	57.4	73.5
2010	58.9	73.5
2011	60.6	72.3
2012	61.7	66.2
2013	62.4	65.1
2014	63.2	65.5
2015	64.1	63.3
2016	64.7	65.2
2017	65.4	65.7
2018	65.7	67.4
2019	66.1	71
2020	65.2	71.9
2021	62	72.4
2022	65.5	72.8
2023	66.1	72.1
2024	66.3	72.6
2025	66.5	73

South Africa and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Syria
1960	16,440,172	4,673,500
1961	16,908,035	4,815,466
1962	17,418,522	4,959,340
1963	17,954,564	5,110,467
1964	18,511,361	5,269,087
1965	19,089,380	5,435,267
1966	19,690,087	5,609,047
1967	20,314,066	5,790,198
1968	20,957,287	5,978,742
1969	21,614,676	6,175,166
1970	22,279,984	6,380,609
1971	22,942,143	6,598,094
1972	23,609,456	6,826,024
1973	24,294,263	7,060,321
1974	24,989,108	7,302,160
1975	25,690,940	7,554,364
1976	26,395,450	7,817,320
1977	27,118,952	8,090,501
1978	27,869,507	8,372,759
1979	28,634,162	8,661,909
1980	29,518,857	8,957,663
1981	30,541,044	9,260,189
1982	31,615,339	9,572,511
1983	32,739,304	9,904,809
1984	33,892,788	10,258,398
1985	35,042,093	10,625,672
1986	36,180,515	11,002,844
1987	37,326,190	11,388,923
1988	38,480,649	11,782,264
1989	39,628,575	12,179,060
1990	40,746,268	12,579,208
1991	41,687,898	12,980,821
1992	42,443,509	13,385,571
1993	43,297,156	13,795,686
1994	44,004,139	14,208,583
1995	44,541,554	14,616,801
1996	45,123,018	15,018,104
1997	45,666,838	15,417,542
1998	46,223,880	15,820,413
1999	46,730,335	16,228,061
2000	47,159,719	16,637,888
2001	47,566,800	17,051,338
2002	48,019,415	17,468,332
2003	48,500,348	17,889,296
2004	48,991,421	18,336,875
2005	49,490,033	18,814,091
2006	49,998,277	19,637,022
2007	50,528,584	20,884,125
2008	51,114,599	21,636,564
2009	51,728,516	21,976,969
2010	52,344,051	22,482,421
2011	52,995,205	22,878,098
2012	53,782,567	22,759,763
2013	54,678,791	21,666,917
2014	55,594,838	20,273,659
2015	56,723,537	19,424,618
2016	57,259,551	19,193,834
2017	57,635,162	19,224,668
2018	58,613,001	19,577,845
2019	59,587,885	20,353,534
2020	60,562,381	21,049,429
2021	61,502,603	21,628,839
2022	62,378,410	22,462,173
2023	63,212,384	23,594,623
2024	64,007,187	24,672,760

Fertility rates in South Africa and Syria

Fertility rate

South Africa

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Syria
1960	6.11	7.51
1961	6.08	7.5
1962	6.05	7.51
1963	6.01	7.51
1964	5.96	7.53
1965	5.89	7.53
1966	5.91	7.55
1967	5.85	7.56
1968	5.78	7.57
1969	5.72	7.59
1970	5.63	7.62
1971	5.57	7.6
1972	5.49	7.57
1973	5.41	7.55
1974	5.3	7.52
1975	5.19	7.49
1976	5.07	7.45
1977	4.94	7.42
1978	4.85	7.35
1979	4.82	7.25
1980	4.78	7.12
1981	4.71	6.97
1982	4.7	6.81
1983	4.63	6.69
1984	4.57	6.59
1985	4.5	6.48
1986	4.41	6.37
1987	4.35	6.2
1988	4.18	6
1989	3.98	5.78
1990	3.72	5.56
1991	3.62	5.34
1992	3.48	5.14
1993	3.37	4.99
1994	3.26	4.86
1995	3.17	4.7
1996	2.99	4.54
1997	2.73	4.37
1998	2.63	4.25
1999	2.56	4.14
2000	2.41	4.07
2001	2.37	3.98
2002	2.32	3.87
2003	2.36	3.76
2004	2.44	3.68
2005	2.51	3.61
2006	2.55	3.56
2007	2.55	3.54
2008	2.68	3.48
2009	2.5	3.42
2010	2.44	3.36
2011	2.44	3.29
2012	2.45	3.22
2013	2.43	3.17
2014	2.42	3.12
2015	2.36	3.07
2016	2.26	3.01
2017	2.28	2.97
2018	2.27	2.93
2019	2.26	2.88
2020	2.26	2.84
2021	2.25	2.8
2022	2.23	2.75
2023	2.22	2.71

South Africa and Syria demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Syria
1960	19	17.6
1961	19	17.3
1962	18.9	17.1
1963	18.9	16.9
1964	18.9	16.7
1965	18.8	16.5
1966	18.8	16.4
1967	18.8	16.2
1968	18.8	16.1
1969	18.8	16
1970	18.8	15.9
1971	18.8	15.8
1972	18.8	15.8
1973	18.8	15.7
1974	18.9	15.7
1975	18.9	15.7
1976	19	15.6
1977	19.1	15.6
1978	19.2	15.6
1979	19.3	15.6
1980	19.4	15.6
1981	19.6	15.6
1982	19.8	15.7
1983	20	15.8
1984	20.2	15.8
1985	20.4	15.9
1986	20.5	16
1987	20.7	16.1
1988	20.9	16.2
1989	21.1	16.4
1990	21.3	16.5
1991	21.5	16.7
1992	21.5	16.9
1993	21.9	17.1
1994	22	17.3
1995	21.5	17.5
1996	21.2	17.7
1997	21.2	17.9
1998	21.4	18.1
1999	21.6	18.3
2000	21.9	18.5
2001	22.2	18.8
2002	22.4	19
2003	22.8	19.2
2004	23.1	19.5
2005	23.3	19.7
2006	23.5	20.3
2007	23.8	21
2008	24	21.3
2009	24.3	21.5
2010	24.6	21.7
2011	25	21.9
2012	25.3	21.8
2013	25.7	21.2
2014	26	20.1
2015	26.4	19.5
2016	26.7	19.5
2017	27	19.6
2018	27.5	20.1
2019	27.9	20.9
2020	28.3	21.6
2021	28.6	22.2
2022	28.9	22.7
2023	29.2	23.3
2024	29.5	23.9

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