South Africa vs Thailand statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 24th vs. 50th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

South Africa and Thailand: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Thailand economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Thailand
1960	$8,748,596,501	$2,760,750,861
1961	$9,225,996,310	$3,034,037,811
1962	$9,813,996,074	$3,308,912,797
1963	$10,854,195,658	$3,540,403,457
1964	$11,955,995,218	$3,889,129,942
1965	$13,068,994,772	$4,388,937,649
1966	$14,211,394,315	$5,279,230,817
1967	$15,821,393,671	$5,638,461,442
1968	$17,124,793,150	$6,081,009,428
1969	$19,256,992,297	$6,695,336,567
1970	$21,218,391,513	$7,086,538,438
1971	$23,411,076,638	$7,375,000,024
1972	$24,515,919,217	$8,177,873,151
1973	$33,262,772,008	$10,838,587,358
1974	$41,389,186,095	$13,702,998,512
1975	$42,906,905,672	$14,882,770,594
1976	$41,150,460,288	$16,985,208,648
1977	$45,328,411,332	$19,779,312,261
1978	$51,607,412,902	$24,006,566,637
1979	$63,038,658,089	$27,371,650,825
1980	$89,411,864,402	$32,353,514,989
1981	$93,141,472,164	$34,846,039,194
1982	$85,904,057,409	$36,589,772,404
1983	$96,204,110,942	$40,042,798,388
1984	$84,870,163,366	$41,797,647,776
1985	$64,459,376,087	$38,900,711,333
1986	$73,354,771,399	$43,096,773,981
1987	$96,535,763,418	$50,535,446,555
1988	$103,976,831,871	$61,667,253,471
1989	$108,055,624,082	$72,250,748,100
1990	$126,048,140,142	$85,343,190,719
1991	$135,203,698,238	$98,234,714,971
1992	$146,956,150,987	$111,452,746,518
1993	$147,194,747,566	$128,889,262,951
1994	$153,512,712,382	$146,683,778,959
1995	$171,735,933,897	$169,278,916,593
1996	$163,234,925,381	$183,035,237,429
1997	$168,978,057,328	$150,180,456,566
1998	$152,982,984,557	$113,675,596,788
1999	$151,516,957,079	$126,669,211,779
2000	$151,752,757,215	$126,392,224,254
2001	$135,429,905,923	$120,296,476,180
2002	$129,087,556,612	$134,300,904,400
2003	$197,018,965,309	$152,280,615,246
2004	$255,806,908,595	$172,895,685,155
2005	$288,867,217,197	$189,318,408,469
2006	$303,858,675,364	$221,758,296,022
2007	$333,077,117,254	$262,942,621,455
2008	$316,131,258,616	$291,382,982,431
2009	$329,754,060,647	$281,710,630,187
2010	$417,363,822,802	$341,104,766,329
2011	$458,199,494,831	$370,818,739,624
2012	$434,400,545,086	$397,558,325,279
2013	$400,886,013,596	$420,333,654,593
2014	$381,198,869,776	$407,339,040,198
2015	$346,709,790,459	$401,296,238,228
2016	$323,585,509,674	$413,366,349,748
2017	$381,448,814,653	$456,356,813,537
2018	$405,260,723,893	$506,754,208,404
2019	$389,330,032,224	$543,976,691,794
2020	$337,974,655,408	$500,461,898,480
2021	$420,886,877,629	$506,194,668,790
2022	$406,920,004,594	$495,644,697,588
2023	$380,699,271,816	$515,906,283,941
2024	$400,260,724,226	$526,411,265,428

South Africa and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Thailand
1960	$532	$102.8
1961	$546	$109.7
1962	$563	$116.2
1963	$605	$120.7
1964	$646	$128.6
1965	$685	$140.9
1966	$722	$164.5
1967	$779	$170.7
1968	$817	$178.8
1969	$891	$191.4
1970	$952	$197.1
1971	$1,020	$199.7
1972	$1,038	$215.6
1973	$1,369	$278.3
1974	$1,656	$343
1975	$1,670	$364
1976	$1,559	$405
1977	$1,671	$462
1978	$1,852	$548
1979	$2,202	$612
1980	$3,029	$709
1981	$3,050	$748
1982	$2,717	$770
1983	$2,938	$827
1984	$2,504	$847
1985	$1,839	$774
1986	$2,027	$842
1987	$2,586	$970
1988	$2,702	$1,164
1989	$2,727	$1,342
1990	$3,093	$1,559
1991	$3,243	$1,766
1992	$3,462	$1,972
1993	$3,400	$2,245
1994	$3,489	$2,518
1995	$3,856	$2,864
1996	$3,618	$3,055
1997	$3,700	$2,473
1998	$3,310	$1,848
1999	$3,242	$2,033
2000	$3,218	$2,006
2001	$2,847	$1,890
2002	$2,688	$2,090
2003	$4,062	$2,348
2004	$5,221	$2,642
2005	$5,837	$2,868
2006	$6,077	$3,331
2007	$6,592	$3,919
2008	$6,185	$4,309
2009	$6,375	$4,135
2010	$7,973	$4,974
2011	$8,646	$5,374
2012	$8,077	$5,726
2013	$7,332	$6,018
2014	$6,857	$5,801
2015	$6,112	$5,689
2016	$5,651	$5,834
2017	$6,618	$6,413
2018	$6,914	$7,100
2019	$6,534	$7,606
2020	$5,581	$6,986
2021	$6,843	$7,057
2022	$6,523	$6,909
2023	$6,023	$7,195
2024	$6,253	$7,345

South Africa vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Thailand
1950	43.1	45.2
1951	44.1	45.9
1952	45	46.5
1953	46.1	47.1
1954	47.1	47.6
1955	48.2	48.1
1956	49.2	48.6
1957	50.2	49.1
1958	51.1	49.5
1959	51.9	50.1
1960	52.6	50.6
1961	53.1	51.1
1962	53.6	51.4
1963	53.9	52
1964	54.2	52.5
1965	54.4	53.1
1966	54.7	53.7
1967	55	54.3
1968	55.2	55
1969	55.4	55.7
1970	55.7	56.5
1971	56	57.1
1972	56.4	57.7
1973	56.7	58.3
1974	57.1	59
1975	57.6	59.7
1976	58	60.4
1977	58.5	60.9
1978	59	61.3
1979	59.5	61.7
1980	60	62.2
1981	60.4	62.9
1982	60.9	63.6
1983	61.4	64.5
1984	61.8	65.5
1985	62.2	66.5
1986	62.4	67.3
1987	62.7	67.8
1988	62.9	68.2
1989	63	68.6
1990	62.9	68.9
1991	63	69.1
1992	62.8	69.4
1993	62.6	69.6
1994	62.1	69.7
1995	61.6	69.8
1996	61.1	69.9
1997	60.5	70.4
1998	59.9	70.7
1999	59.2	71
2000	58.4	71.2
2001	57.2	71.5
2002	55.6	71.8
2003	54.2	72.1
2004	54	72.1
2005	53.9	72.9
2006	54.2	73.3
2007	54.9	73.8
2008	56	74.2
2009	57.4	74.7
2010	58.9	75
2011	60.6	75.3
2012	61.7	75.6
2013	62.4	76
2014	63.2	76.3
2015	64.1	76.6
2016	64.7	76.8
2017	65.4	77
2018	65.7	77.2
2019	66.1	77.2
2020	65.2	77.3
2021	62	77.6
2022	65.5	75.3
2023	66.1	76.4
2024	66.3	76.6
2025	66.5	76.8

South Africa and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Thailand
1960	16,440,172	26,851,747
1961	16,908,035	27,650,334
1962	17,418,522	28,481,040
1963	17,954,564	29,342,322
1964	18,511,361	30,232,141
1965	19,089,380	31,149,337
1966	19,690,087	32,086,071
1967	20,314,066	33,037,801
1968	20,957,287	34,002,560
1969	21,614,676	34,973,782
1970	22,279,984	35,954,408
1971	22,942,143	36,937,387
1972	23,609,456	37,933,929
1973	24,294,263	38,947,787
1974	24,989,108	39,952,891
1975	25,690,940	40,940,005
1976	26,395,450	41,896,504
1977	27,118,952	42,843,974
1978	27,869,507	43,788,976
1979	28,634,162	44,718,434
1980	29,518,857	45,650,022
1981	30,541,044	46,575,855
1982	31,615,339	47,494,577
1983	32,739,304	48,423,309
1984	33,892,788	49,351,708
1985	35,042,093	50,270,753
1986	36,180,515	51,177,834
1987	37,326,190	52,074,105
1988	38,480,649	52,969,595
1989	39,628,575	53,848,956
1990	40,746,268	54,738,329
1991	41,687,898	55,637,434
1992	42,443,509	56,528,834
1993	43,297,156	57,408,198
1994	44,004,139	58,260,854
1995	44,541,554	59,098,232
1996	45,123,018	59,920,064
1997	45,666,838	60,724,584
1998	46,223,880	61,522,630
1999	46,730,335	62,299,043
2000	47,159,719	63,007,815
2001	47,566,800	63,651,141
2002	48,019,415	64,266,437
2003	48,500,348	64,868,166
2004	48,991,421	65,452,047
2005	49,490,033	66,017,420
2006	49,998,277	66,567,687
2007	50,528,584	67,102,394
2008	51,114,599	67,619,830
2009	51,728,516	68,121,080
2010	52,344,051	68,579,447
2011	52,995,205	69,007,208
2012	53,782,567	69,436,098
2013	54,678,791	69,845,114
2014	55,594,838	70,216,367
2015	56,723,537	70,540,795
2016	57,259,551	70,859,841
2017	57,635,162	71,160,187
2018	58,613,001	71,376,079
2019	59,587,885	71,522,271
2020	60,562,381	71,641,484
2021	61,502,603	71,727,332
2022	62,378,410	71,735,329
2023	63,212,384	71,702,435
2024	64,007,187	71,668,011

Fertility rates in South Africa and Thailand

Fertility rate

South Africa

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Thailand
1960	6.11	6.33
1961	6.08	6.32
1962	6.05	6.33
1963	6.01	6.34
1964	5.96	6.31
1965	5.89	6.26
1966	5.91	6.18
1967	5.85	6.08
1968	5.78	5.93
1969	5.72	5.7
1970	5.63	5.45
1971	5.57	5.25
1972	5.49	5.08
1973	5.41	4.85
1974	5.3	4.6
1975	5.19	4.36
1976	5.07	4.12
1977	4.94	3.87
1978	4.85	3.62
1979	4.82	3.45
1980	4.78	3.29
1981	4.71	3.13
1982	4.7	2.94
1983	4.63	2.76
1984	4.57	2.58
1985	4.5	2.45
1986	4.41	2.36
1987	4.35	2.26
1988	4.18	2.17
1989	3.98	2.14
1990	3.72	2.07
1991	3.62	2.04
1992	3.48	2.01
1993	3.37	1.97
1994	3.26	1.93
1995	3.17	1.89
1996	2.99	1.87
1997	2.73	1.85
1998	2.63	1.82
1999	2.56	1.77
2000	2.41	1.73
2001	2.37	1.71
2002	2.32	1.69
2003	2.36	1.67
2004	2.44	1.67
2005	2.51	1.64
2006	2.55	1.63
2007	2.55	1.62
2008	2.68	1.59
2009	2.5	1.57
2010	2.44	1.56
2011	2.44	1.57
2012	2.45	1.56
2013	2.43	1.53
2014	2.42	1.48
2015	2.36	1.45
2016	2.26	1.4
2017	2.28	1.36
2018	2.27	1.32
2019	2.26	1.29
2020	2.26	1.26
2021	2.25	1.23
2022	2.23	1.22
2023	2.22	1.21

South Africa and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Thailand
1960	19	18
1961	19	17.9
1962	18.9	17.7
1963	18.9	17.6
1964	18.9	17.5
1965	18.8	17.4
1966	18.8	17.3
1967	18.8	17.3
1968	18.8	17.3
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.8	17.5
1971	18.8	17.6
1972	18.8	17.8
1973	18.8	18
1974	18.9	18.2
1975	18.9	18.4
1976	19	18.7
1977	19.1	18.9
1978	19.2	19.2
1979	19.3	19.5
1980	19.4	19.9
1981	19.6	20.2
1982	19.8	20.6
1983	20	21
1984	20.2	21.5
1985	20.4	21.9
1986	20.5	22.4
1987	20.7	22.8
1988	20.9	23.3
1989	21.1	23.7
1990	21.3	24.3
1991	21.5	24.8
1992	21.5	25.4
1993	21.9	26
1994	22	26.6
1995	21.5	27.2
1996	21.2	27.7
1997	21.2	28.3
1998	21.4	28.9
1999	21.6	29.5
2000	21.9	30
2001	22.2	30.5
2002	22.4	30.9
2003	22.8	31.3
2004	23.1	31.7
2005	23.3	32.2
2006	23.5	32.6
2007	23.8	33.1
2008	24	33.6
2009	24.3	34
2010	24.6	34.5
2011	25	35
2012	25.3	35.4
2013	25.7	35.9
2014	26	36.3
2015	26.4	36.8
2016	26.7	37.3
2017	27	37.7
2018	27.5	38.2
2019	27.9	38.7
2020	28.3	39.2
2021	28.6	39.7
2022	28.9	40.2
2023	29.2	40.7
2024	29.5	41.1

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