South Africa vs Tonga statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 24th vs. 176th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

South Africa and Tonga: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Tonga economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Tonga
1960	$8,748,596,501	-
1961	$9,225,996,310	-
1962	$9,813,996,074	-
1963	$10,854,195,658	-
1964	$11,955,995,218	-
1965	$13,068,994,772	-
1966	$14,211,394,315	-
1967	$15,821,393,671	-
1968	$17,124,793,150	-
1969	$19,256,992,297	-
1970	$21,218,391,513	-
1971	$23,411,076,638	-
1972	$24,515,919,217	-
1973	$33,262,772,008	-
1974	$41,389,186,095	-
1975	$42,906,905,672	$32,506,742
1976	$41,150,460,288	$30,036,417
1977	$45,328,411,332	$34,139,388
1978	$51,607,412,902	$41,567,472
1979	$63,038,658,089	$44,667,002
1980	$89,411,864,402	$53,260,077
1981	$93,141,472,164	$62,242,013
1982	$85,904,057,409	$62,068,161
1983	$96,204,110,942	$60,863,964
1984	$84,870,163,366	$64,248,355
1985	$64,459,376,087	$60,058,663
1986	$73,354,771,399	$68,195,856
1987	$96,535,763,418	$81,667,133
1988	$103,976,831,871	$106,657,267
1989	$108,055,624,082	$106,344,855
1990	$126,048,140,142	$113,563,822
1991	$135,203,698,238	$132,201,141
1992	$146,956,150,987	$137,066,291
1993	$147,194,747,566	$138,489,884
1994	$153,512,712,382	$195,990,986
1995	$171,735,933,897	$208,871,666
1996	$163,234,925,381	$222,100,576
1997	$168,978,057,328	$214,991,452
1998	$152,982,984,557	$191,504,893
1999	$151,516,957,079	$199,208,718
2000	$151,752,757,215	$204,848,488
2001	$135,429,905,923	$181,117,230
2002	$129,087,556,612	$182,764,281
2003	$197,018,965,309	$202,246,591
2004	$255,806,908,595	$230,678,011
2005	$288,867,217,197	$261,823,805
2006	$303,858,675,364	$292,232,703
2007	$333,077,117,254	$298,519,623
2008	$316,131,258,616	$344,438,844
2009	$329,754,060,647	$312,415,028
2010	$417,363,822,802	$366,887,375
2011	$458,199,494,831	$414,143,828
2012	$434,400,545,086	$471,122,971
2013	$400,886,013,596	$451,788,498
2014	$381,198,869,776	$440,997,735
2015	$346,709,790,459	$437,525,539
2016	$323,585,509,674	$420,828,255
2017	$381,448,814,653	$459,976,847
2018	$405,260,723,893	$489,714,530
2019	$389,330,032,224	$494,197,854
2020	$337,974,655,408	$496,856,304
2021	$420,886,877,629	$518,228,029
2022	$406,920,004,594	$518,180,029
2023	$380,699,271,816	$508,735,107
2024	$400,260,724,226	-

South Africa and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Tonga
1960	$532	-
1961	$546	-
1962	$563	-
1963	$605	-
1964	$646	-
1965	$685	-
1966	$722	-
1967	$779	-
1968	$817	-
1969	$891	-
1970	$952	-
1971	$1,020	-
1972	$1,038	-
1973	$1,369	-
1974	$1,656	-
1975	$1,670	$349
1976	$1,559	$315
1977	$1,671	$353
1978	$1,852	$428
1979	$2,202	$458
1980	$3,029	$545
1981	$3,050	$636
1982	$2,717	$633
1983	$2,938	$621
1984	$2,504	$656
1985	$1,839	$613
1986	$2,027	$696
1987	$2,586	$830
1988	$2,702	$1,078
1989	$2,727	$1,070
1990	$3,093	$1,139
1991	$3,243	$1,323
1992	$3,462	$1,370
1993	$3,400	$1,383
1994	$3,489	$1,957
1995	$3,856	$2,084
1996	$3,618	$2,215
1997	$3,700	$2,136
1998	$3,310	$1,889
1999	$3,242	$1,952
2000	$3,218	$1,995
2001	$2,847	$1,754
2002	$2,688	$1,759
2003	$4,062	$1,936
2004	$5,221	$2,195
2005	$5,837	$2,478
2006	$6,077	$2,750
2007	$6,592	$2,797
2008	$6,185	$3,218
2009	$6,375	$2,914
2010	$7,973	$3,416
2011	$8,646	$3,850
2012	$8,077	$4,384
2013	$7,332	$4,219
2014	$6,857	$4,137
2015	$6,112	$4,124
2016	$5,651	$3,988
2017	$6,618	$4,366
2018	$6,914	$4,639
2019	$6,534	$4,677
2020	$5,581	$4,700
2021	$6,843	$4,913
2022	$6,523	$4,933
2023	$6,023	$4,864
2024	$6,253	-

South Africa vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Tonga
1950	43.1	48.4
1951	44.1	49.8
1952	45	51.2
1953	46.1	52.4
1954	47.1	53.6
1955	48.2	54.7
1956	49.2	55.7
1957	50.2	56.5
1958	51.1	57.2
1959	51.9	57.8
1960	52.6	58.3
1961	53.1	58.8
1962	53.6	59.3
1963	53.9	59.8
1964	54.2	60.3
1965	54.4	60.7
1966	54.7	61.2
1967	55	61.7
1968	55.2	62.2
1969	55.4	62.7
1970	55.7	63.2
1971	56	63.6
1972	56.4	64.1
1973	56.7	64.4
1974	57.1	64.8
1975	57.6	65.1
1976	58	65.4
1977	58.5	65.6
1978	59	65.9
1979	59.5	66
1980	60	66.2
1981	60.4	66.4
1982	60.9	66.3
1983	61.4	66.7
1984	61.8	66.8
1985	62.2	66.9
1986	62.4	67.1
1987	62.7	67.2
1988	62.9	67.3
1989	63	67.4
1990	62.9	67.5
1991	63	67.7
1992	62.8	67.9
1993	62.6	68.2
1994	62.1	68.4
1995	61.6	68.6
1996	61.1	68.8
1997	60.5	69
1998	59.9	69.2
1999	59.2	69.4
2000	58.4	69.6
2001	57.2	69.8
2002	55.6	70
2003	54.2	70.2
2004	54	70.4
2005	53.9	70.6
2006	54.2	70.7
2007	54.9	70.9
2008	56	71
2009	57.4	70.9
2010	58.9	71.3
2011	60.6	71.4
2012	61.7	71.5
2013	62.4	71.6
2014	63.2	71.7
2015	64.1	71.9
2016	64.7	72
2017	65.4	72.1
2018	65.7	72.2
2019	66.1	72.3
2020	65.2	72.4
2021	62	72.1
2022	65.5	72.6
2023	66.1	72.9
2024	66.3	73.1
2025	66.5	73.2

South Africa and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Tonga
1960	16,440,172	66,170
1961	16,908,035	68,037
1962	17,418,522	69,940
1963	17,954,564	71,885
1964	18,511,361	73,879
1965	19,089,380	75,924
1966	19,690,087	78,002
1967	20,314,066	79,814
1968	20,957,287	81,353
1969	21,614,676	82,885
1970	22,279,984	84,401
1971	22,942,143	85,896
1972	23,609,456	87,356
1973	24,294,263	88,805
1974	24,989,108	90,683
1975	25,690,940	93,017
1976	26,395,450	95,325
1977	27,118,952	96,725
1978	27,869,507	97,204
1979	28,634,162	97,544
1980	29,518,857	97,769
1981	30,541,044	97,909
1982	31,615,339	97,980
1983	32,739,304	97,998
1984	33,892,788	97,990
1985	35,042,093	97,984
1986	36,180,515	98,010
1987	37,326,190	98,376
1988	38,480,649	98,969
1989	39,628,575	99,403
1990	40,746,268	99,700
1991	41,687,898	99,895
1992	42,443,509	100,022
1993	43,297,156	100,103
1994	44,004,139	100,166
1995	44,541,554	100,225
1996	45,123,018	100,275
1997	45,666,838	100,674
1998	46,223,880	101,388
1999	46,730,335	102,046
2000	47,159,719	102,677
2001	47,566,800	103,288
2002	48,019,415	103,874
2003	48,500,348	104,464
2004	48,991,421	105,071
2005	49,490,033	105,671
2006	49,998,277	106,253
2007	50,528,584	106,726
2008	51,114,599	107,020
2009	51,728,516	107,203
2010	52,344,051	107,400
2011	52,995,205	107,570
2012	53,782,567	107,460
2013	54,678,791	107,078
2014	55,594,838	106,609
2015	56,723,537	106,095
2016	57,259,551	105,524
2017	57,635,162	105,356
2018	58,613,001	105,567
2019	59,587,885	105,669
2020	60,562,381	105,704
2021	61,502,603	105,490
2022	62,378,410	105,042
2023	63,212,384	104,597
2024	64,007,187	104,175

Fertility rates in South Africa and Tonga

Fertility rate

South Africa

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Tonga
1960	6.11	6.65
1961	6.08	6.61
1962	6.05	6.57
1963	6.01	6.52
1964	5.96	6.46
1965	5.89	6.41
1966	5.91	6.35
1967	5.85	6.29
1968	5.78	6.23
1969	5.72	6.17
1970	5.63	6.07
1971	5.57	5.96
1972	5.49	5.86
1973	5.41	5.8
1974	5.3	5.77
1975	5.19	5.75
1976	5.07	5.73
1977	4.94	5.7
1978	4.85	5.68
1979	4.82	5.65
1980	4.78	5.6
1981	4.71	5.55
1982	4.7	5.5
1983	4.63	5.45
1984	4.57	5.41
1985	4.5	5.34
1986	4.41	5.27
1987	4.35	5.19
1988	4.18	5.1
1989	3.98	5.01
1990	3.72	4.93
1991	3.62	4.85
1992	3.48	4.79
1993	3.37	4.73
1994	3.26	4.66
1995	3.17	4.56
1996	2.99	4.46
1997	2.73	4.38
1998	2.63	4.31
1999	2.56	4.23
2000	2.41	4.16
2001	2.37	4.13
2002	2.32	4.14
2003	2.36	4.18
2004	2.44	4.19
2005	2.51	4.2
2006	2.55	4.14
2007	2.55	4.09
2008	2.68	4.01
2009	2.5	3.95
2010	2.44	3.88
2011	2.44	3.83
2012	2.45	3.77
2013	2.43	3.7
2014	2.42	3.62
2015	2.36	3.54
2016	2.26	3.46
2017	2.28	3.39
2018	2.27	3.33
2019	2.26	3.27
2020	2.26	3.23
2021	2.25	3.2
2022	2.23	3.17
2023	2.22	3.13

South Africa and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Tonga
1960	19	17.1
1961	19	17.1
1962	18.9	17.1
1963	18.9	17
1964	18.9	17
1965	18.8	17
1966	18.8	17
1967	18.8	17
1968	18.8	16.9
1969	18.8	16.8
1970	18.8	16.8
1971	18.8	16.7
1972	18.8	16.7
1973	18.8	16.8
1974	18.9	16.8
1975	18.9	16.7
1976	19	16.7
1977	19.1	16.8
1978	19.2	17.1
1979	19.3	17.3
1980	19.4	17.4
1981	19.6	17.6
1982	19.8	17.8
1983	20	17.9
1984	20.2	18
1985	20.4	18.1
1986	20.5	18.2
1987	20.7	18.3
1988	20.9	18.6
1989	21.1	18.9
1990	21.3	19.1
1991	21.5	19.3
1992	21.5	19.5
1993	21.9	19.6
1994	22	19.6
1995	21.5	19.6
1996	21.2	19.6
1997	21.2	19.7
1998	21.4	19.9
1999	21.6	20.1
2000	21.9	20.3
2001	22.2	20.5
2002	22.4	20.7
2003	22.8	20.8
2004	23.1	20.8
2005	23.3	20.8
2006	23.5	20.8
2007	23.8	20.9
2008	24	21
2009	24.3	21.1
2010	24.6	21.2
2011	25	21.2
2012	25.3	21.4
2013	25.7	21.6
2014	26	21.7
2015	26.4	21.8
2016	26.7	21.9
2017	27	21.9
2018	27.5	22
2019	27.9	22
2020	28.3	22.1
2021	28.6	22.1
2022	28.9	22
2023	29.2	21.9
2024	29.5	21.9

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for South Africa and Tonga.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size