South Africa vs Tanzania statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 24th vs. 31st).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

South Africa and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Tanzania
1960	$8,748,596,501	$2,651,729,807
1961	$9,225,996,310	$2,826,179,031
1962	$9,813,996,074	$3,101,589,993
1963	$10,854,195,658	$3,456,579,293
1964	$11,955,995,218	$3,748,840,925
1965	$13,068,994,772	$3,817,226,546
1966	$14,211,394,315	$4,377,998,825
1967	$15,821,393,671	$4,565,132,048
1968	$17,124,793,150	$4,895,251,824
1969	$19,256,992,297	$5,142,066,811
1970	$21,218,391,513	$2,851,419,386
1971	$23,411,076,638	$3,050,673,517
1972	$24,515,919,217	$3,472,787,266
1973	$33,262,772,008	$4,144,104,535
1974	$41,389,186,095	$4,977,337,978
1975	$42,906,905,672	$5,729,917,840
1976	$41,150,460,288	$6,472,511,988
1977	$45,328,411,332	$7,732,598,995
1978	$51,607,412,902	$9,261,675,710
1979	$63,038,658,089	$9,804,637,491
1980	$89,411,864,402	$11,409,228,087
1981	$93,141,472,164	$13,161,540,378
1982	$85,904,057,409	$13,927,383,240
1983	$96,204,110,942	$14,049,883,809
1984	$84,870,163,366	$12,906,635,133
1985	$64,459,376,087	$15,328,295,175
1986	$73,354,771,399	$10,840,864,521
1987	$96,535,763,418	$7,824,193,222
1988	$103,976,831,871	$7,406,614,407
1989	$108,055,624,082	$6,418,799,007
1990	$126,048,140,142	$6,184,384,225
1991	$135,203,698,238	$7,197,768,159
1992	$146,956,150,987	$6,681,997,469
1993	$147,194,747,566	$6,182,872,708
1994	$153,512,712,382	$6,550,480,484
1995	$171,735,933,897	$7,631,431,840
1996	$163,234,925,381	$9,433,528,150
1997	$168,978,057,328	$11,158,197,942
1998	$152,982,984,557	$12,172,790,056
1999	$151,516,957,079	$12,704,334,196
2000	$151,752,757,215	$13,371,767,082
2001	$135,429,905,923	$13,563,990,022
2002	$129,087,556,612	$14,129,651,896
2003	$197,018,965,309	$15,211,487,709
2004	$255,806,908,595	$16,673,062,473
2005	$288,867,217,197	$18,395,383,647
2006	$303,858,675,364	$18,619,859,795
2007	$333,077,117,254	$21,860,434,823
2008	$316,131,258,616	$27,947,821,398
2009	$329,754,060,647	$29,400,573,554
2010	$417,363,822,802	$32,012,892,919
2011	$458,199,494,831	$34,657,140,096
2012	$434,400,545,086	$39,650,394,363
2013	$400,886,013,596	$45,648,857,242
2014	$381,198,869,776	$49,986,726,461
2015	$346,709,790,459	$47,413,919,817
2016	$323,585,509,674	$49,774,409,374
2017	$381,448,814,653	$53,274,884,533
2018	$405,260,723,893	$57,003,712,892
2019	$389,330,032,224	$61,026,731,926
2020	$337,974,655,408	$66,068,737,786
2021	$420,886,877,629	$70,655,628,148
2022	$406,920,004,594	$75,769,974,505
2023	$380,699,271,816	$79,062,403,837
2024	$400,260,724,226	$78,779,864,877

South Africa and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Tanzania
1960	$532	$267.8
1961	$546	$277.4
1962	$563	$295.7
1963	$605	$320
1964	$646	$337
1965	$685	$333
1966	$722	$370
1967	$779	$374
1968	$817	$388
1969	$891	$394
1970	$952	$211.3
1971	$1,020	$218.4
1972	$1,038	$239.8
1973	$1,369	$276.1
1974	$1,656	$320
1975	$1,670	$355
1976	$1,559	$387
1977	$1,671	$446
1978	$1,852	$515
1979	$2,202	$527
1980	$3,029	$595
1981	$3,050	$665
1982	$2,717	$683
1983	$2,938	$667
1984	$2,504	$593
1985	$1,839	$681
1986	$2,027	$466
1987	$2,586	$326
1988	$2,702	$299
1989	$2,727	$252.3
1990	$3,093	$236.9
1991	$3,243	$268.8
1992	$3,462	$243.4
1993	$3,400	$218.2
1994	$3,489	$222.5
1995	$3,856	$251.2
1996	$3,618	$305
1997	$3,700	$353
1998	$3,310	$375
1999	$3,242	$382
2000	$3,218	$390
2001	$2,847	$385
2002	$2,688	$391
2003	$4,062	$410
2004	$5,221	$438
2005	$5,837	$469
2006	$6,077	$462
2007	$6,592	$528
2008	$6,185	$657
2009	$6,375	$674
2010	$7,973	$715
2011	$8,646	$753
2012	$8,077	$837
2013	$7,332	$935
2014	$6,857	$993
2015	$6,112	$911
2016	$5,651	$925
2017	$6,618	$957
2018	$6,914	$992
2019	$6,534	$1,031
2020	$5,581	$1,084
2021	$6,843	$1,125
2022	$6,523	$1,171
2023	$6,023	$1,187
2024	$6,253	$1,149

South Africa vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Tanzania
1950	43.1	41
1951	44.1	41.2
1952	45	41.4
1953	46.1	41.5
1954	47.1	41.7
1955	48.2	41.8
1956	49.2	42
1957	50.2	42.1
1958	51.1	42.3
1959	51.9	42.5
1960	52.6	42.6
1961	53.1	42.8
1962	53.6	43.2
1963	53.9	43.6
1964	54.2	44.1
1965	54.4	44.5
1966	54.7	44.9
1967	55	45.2
1968	55.2	45.6
1969	55.4	46
1970	55.7	46.5
1971	56	47
1972	56.4	47.4
1973	56.7	47.9
1974	57.1	48.4
1975	57.6	48.9
1976	58	49.5
1977	58.5	50
1978	59	50.4
1979	59.5	50.8
1980	60	51.3
1981	60.4	51.7
1982	60.9	52
1983	61.4	52.2
1984	61.8	52.2
1985	62.2	52.2
1986	62.4	52.2
1987	62.7	52.2
1988	62.9	52.2
1989	63	52.1
1990	62.9	52
1991	63	51.8
1992	62.8	51.4
1993	62.6	51.2
1994	62.1	51.1
1995	61.6	51
1996	61.1	51.1
1997	60.5	51.2
1998	59.9	51.8
1999	59.2	52.4
2000	58.4	53.2
2001	57.2	54.1
2002	55.6	54.9
2003	54.2	55.9
2004	54	56.8
2005	53.9	57.7
2006	54.2	58.5
2007	54.9	59.3
2008	56	59.9
2009	57.4	60.5
2010	58.9	61.1
2011	60.6	61.6
2012	61.7	62.3
2013	62.4	62.8
2014	63.2	63.4
2015	64.1	63.9
2016	64.7	64.4
2017	65.4	65
2018	65.7	65.5
2019	66.1	66
2020	65.2	66.8
2021	62	66.1
2022	65.5	66.9
2023	66.1	67
2024	66.3	67.2
2025	66.5	67.4

South Africa and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Tanzania
1960	16,440,172	9,901,419
1961	16,908,035	10,187,886
1962	17,418,522	10,487,756
1963	17,954,564	10,799,528
1964	18,511,361	11,127,826
1965	19,089,380	11,470,728
1966	19,690,087	11,827,459
1967	20,314,066	12,200,109
1968	20,957,287	12,602,076
1969	21,614,676	13,036,700
1970	22,279,984	13,492,677
1971	22,942,143	13,971,451
1972	23,609,456	14,479,308
1973	24,294,263	15,010,101
1974	24,989,108	15,561,630
1975	25,690,940	16,138,361
1976	26,395,450	16,736,211
1977	27,118,952	17,352,929
1978	27,869,507	17,976,566
1979	28,634,162	18,592,038
1980	29,518,857	19,189,769
1981	30,541,044	19,784,703
1982	31,615,339	20,398,571
1983	32,739,304	21,079,874
1984	33,892,788	21,779,066
1985	35,042,093	22,501,693
1986	36,180,515	23,258,959
1987	37,326,190	24,030,378
1988	38,480,649	24,769,686
1989	39,628,575	25,438,759
1990	40,746,268	26,110,207
1991	41,687,898	26,780,436
1992	42,443,509	27,457,588
1993	43,297,156	28,332,692
1994	44,004,139	29,442,356
1995	44,541,554	30,383,497
1996	45,123,018	30,945,762
1997	45,666,838	31,578,089
1998	46,223,880	32,420,458
1999	46,730,335	33,300,330
2000	47,159,719	34,260,139
2001	47,566,800	35,198,299
2002	48,019,415	36,121,304
2003	48,500,348	37,089,555
2004	48,991,421	38,109,668
2005	49,490,033	39,182,076
2006	49,998,277	40,294,902
2007	50,528,584	41,435,512
2008	51,114,599	42,570,728
2009	51,728,516	43,633,982
2010	52,344,051	44,758,488
2011	52,995,205	46,029,367
2012	53,782,567	47,374,260
2013	54,678,791	48,824,128
2014	55,594,838	50,351,512
2015	56,723,537	52,020,962
2016	57,259,551	53,824,013
2017	57,635,162	55,652,890
2018	58,613,001	57,437,145
2019	59,587,885	59,174,891
2020	60,562,381	60,972,798
2021	61,502,603	62,830,412
2022	62,378,410	64,711,821
2023	63,212,384	66,617,606
2024	64,007,187	68,560,157

Fertility rates in South Africa and Tanzania

Fertility rate

South Africa

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Tanzania
1960	6.11	6.54
1961	6.08	6.56
1962	6.05	6.61
1963	6.01	6.65
1964	5.96	6.68
1965	5.89	6.73
1966	5.91	6.8
1967	5.85	6.86
1968	5.78	6.9
1969	5.72	6.95
1970	5.63	7
1971	5.57	7.04
1972	5.49	7.05
1973	5.41	7.06
1974	5.3	7.12
1975	5.19	7.1
1976	5.07	7.09
1977	4.94	7.07
1978	4.85	7.06
1979	4.82	7.04
1980	4.78	6.99
1981	4.71	6.93
1982	4.7	6.87
1983	4.63	6.81
1984	4.57	6.72
1985	4.5	6.6
1986	4.41	6.49
1987	4.35	6.41
1988	4.18	6.38
1989	3.98	6.3
1990	3.72	6.2
1991	3.62	6.14
1992	3.48	6.08
1993	3.37	6
1994	3.26	5.89
1995	3.17	5.82
1996	2.99	5.83
1997	2.73	5.84
1998	2.63	5.81
1999	2.56	5.75
2000	2.41	5.67
2001	2.37	5.62
2002	2.32	5.57
2003	2.36	5.58
2004	2.44	5.6
2005	2.51	5.58
2006	2.55	5.51
2007	2.55	5.4
2008	2.68	5.32
2009	2.5	5.26
2010	2.44	5.23
2011	2.44	5.14
2012	2.45	5.14
2013	2.43	5.16
2014	2.42	5.12
2015	2.36	5.03
2016	2.26	5.01
2017	2.28	4.99
2018	2.27	4.93
2019	2.26	4.87
2020	2.26	4.8
2021	2.25	4.73
2022	2.23	4.67
2023	2.22	4.61

South Africa and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Tanzania
1960	19	17.4
1961	19	17.4
1962	18.9	17.4
1963	18.9	17.4
1964	18.9	17.4
1965	18.8	17.3
1966	18.8	17.2
1967	18.8	17.2
1968	18.8	17.1
1969	18.8	17.1
1970	18.8	17.1
1971	18.8	17
1972	18.8	17
1973	18.8	17
1974	18.9	16.9
1975	18.9	16.9
1976	19	16.8
1977	19.1	16.8
1978	19.2	16.7
1979	19.3	16.6
1980	19.4	16.5
1981	19.6	16.4
1982	19.8	16.3
1983	20	16.2
1984	20.2	16.2
1985	20.4	16.3
1986	20.5	16.4
1987	20.7	16.5
1988	20.9	16.6
1989	21.1	16.6
1990	21.3	16.7
1991	21.5	16.7
1992	21.5	16.8
1993	21.9	17
1994	22	17.3
1995	21.5	17.4
1996	21.2	17.4
1997	21.2	17.3
1998	21.4	17.3
1999	21.6	17.4
2000	21.9	17.4
2001	22.2	17.5
2002	22.4	17.5
2003	22.8	17.4
2004	23.1	17.4
2005	23.3	17.4
2006	23.5	17.4
2007	23.8	17.3
2008	24	17.3
2009	24.3	17.2
2010	24.6	17.2
2011	25	17.2
2012	25.3	17.3
2013	25.7	17.3
2014	26	17.4
2015	26.4	17.5
2016	26.7	17.6
2017	27	17.8
2018	27.5	17.9
2019	27.9	17.9
2020	28.3	18
2021	28.6	18.1
2022	28.9	18.2
2023	29.2	18.3
2024	29.5	18.4

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