South Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 1.37M in Trinidad and Tobago (ranked 154/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 1,981 sq mi for Trinidad and Tobago (ranked 24th vs. 166th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 114/197 ($26.4B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Trinidad and Tobago ranks 60/197 ($19,315).

South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Trinidad
1960	$8,748,596,501	$535,673,252
1961	$9,225,996,310	$584,964,621
1962	$9,813,996,074	$619,322,810
1963	$10,854,195,658	$678,239,329
1964	$11,955,995,218	$711,897,520
1965	$13,068,994,772	$736,573,159
1966	$14,211,394,315	$723,739,857
1967	$15,821,393,671	$761,981,912
1968	$17,124,793,150	$758,899,950
1969	$19,256,992,297	$779,200,000
1970	$21,218,391,513	$821,850,000
1971	$23,411,076,638	$896,765,215
1972	$24,515,919,217	$1,083,391,758
1973	$33,262,772,008	$1,308,785,431
1974	$41,389,186,095	$2,042,001,071
1975	$42,906,905,672	$2,442,669,825
1976	$41,150,460,288	$2,500,424,955
1977	$45,328,411,332	$3,138,666,667
1978	$51,607,412,902	$3,562,333,458
1979	$63,038,658,089	$4,602,416,625
1980	$89,411,864,402	$6,235,833,333
1981	$93,141,472,164	$6,992,083,333
1982	$85,904,057,409	$8,140,416,667
1983	$96,204,110,942	$7,763,750,000
1984	$84,870,163,366	$7,757,083,333
1985	$64,459,376,087	$7,375,918,367
1986	$73,354,771,399	$4,794,444,444
1987	$96,535,763,418	$4,797,777,778
1988	$103,976,831,871	$4,496,910,569
1989	$108,055,624,082	$4,323,058,824
1990	$126,048,140,142	$5,068,000,000
1991	$135,203,698,238	$5,307,905,882
1992	$146,956,150,987	$5,439,552,941
1993	$147,194,747,566	$4,669,491,134
1994	$153,512,712,382	$4,947,181,646
1995	$171,735,933,897	$5,329,217,747
1996	$163,234,925,381	$5,759,570,336
1997	$168,978,057,328	$5,737,771,523
1998	$152,982,984,557	$6,043,686,654
1999	$151,516,957,079	$6,808,982,521
2000	$151,752,757,215	$8,154,342,116
2001	$135,429,905,923	$8,824,849,191
2002	$129,087,556,612	$9,008,298,229
2003	$197,018,965,309	$11,305,459,802
2004	$255,806,908,595	$13,280,291,990
2005	$288,867,217,197	$15,982,389,018
2006	$303,858,675,364	$18,369,361,094
2007	$333,077,117,254	$21,641,620,050
2008	$316,131,258,616	$27,871,587,350
2009	$329,754,060,647	$19,172,165,226
2010	$417,363,822,802	$22,157,920,592
2011	$458,199,494,831	$25,433,007,437
2012	$434,400,545,086	$27,147,349,937
2013	$400,886,013,596	$28,560,536,917
2014	$381,198,869,776	$29,474,180,442
2015	$346,709,790,459	$26,841,143,095
2016	$323,585,509,674	$23,624,333,664
2017	$381,448,814,653	$23,847,765,529
2018	$405,260,723,893	$23,888,910,152
2019	$389,330,032,224	$23,588,037,787
2020	$337,974,655,408	$20,991,339,707
2021	$420,886,877,629	$24,177,305,760
2022	$406,920,004,594	$28,510,328,245
2023	$380,699,271,816	$25,489,373,405
2024	$400,260,724,226	$26,428,963,758

South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Trinidad
1960	$532	$634
1961	$546	$678
1962	$563	$704
1963	$605	$756
1964	$646	$780
1965	$685	$793
1966	$722	$768
1967	$779	$797
1968	$817	$783
1969	$891	$795
1970	$952	$829
1971	$1,020	$894
1972	$1,038	$1,067
1973	$1,369	$1,273
1974	$1,656	$1,962
1975	$1,670	$2,319
1976	$1,559	$2,345
1977	$1,671	$2,907
1978	$1,852	$3,258
1979	$2,202	$4,155
1980	$3,029	$5,559
1981	$3,050	$6,160
1982	$2,717	$7,091
1983	$2,938	$6,690
1984	$2,504	$6,613
1985	$1,839	$6,212
1986	$2,027	$3,985
1987	$2,586	$3,941
1988	$2,702	$3,656
1989	$2,727	$3,482
1990	$3,093	$4,047
1991	$3,243	$4,205
1992	$3,462	$4,277
1993	$3,400	$3,647
1994	$3,489	$3,840
1995	$3,856	$4,115
1996	$3,618	$4,427
1997	$3,700	$4,394
1998	$3,310	$4,613
1999	$3,242	$5,179
2000	$3,218	$6,179
2001	$2,847	$6,657
2002	$2,688	$6,763
2003	$4,062	$8,445
2004	$5,221	$9,871
2005	$5,837	$12,346
2006	$6,077	$14,153
2007	$6,592	$16,607
2008	$6,185	$21,299
2009	$6,375	$14,634
2010	$7,973	$16,815
2011	$8,646	$19,151
2012	$8,077	$20,332
2013	$7,332	$21,305
2014	$6,857	$21,908
2015	$6,112	$19,887
2016	$5,651	$17,449
2017	$6,618	$17,579
2018	$6,914	$17,576
2019	$6,534	$17,293
2020	$5,581	$15,359
2021	$6,843	$17,679
2022	$6,523	$20,874
2023	$6,023	$18,639
2024	$6,253	$19,315

South Africa vs. Trinidad and Tobago life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Trinidad
1950	43.1	57
1951	44.1	57.3
1952	45	57.7
1953	46.1	58.3
1954	47.1	59.1
1955	48.2	59.7
1956	49.2	60.3
1957	50.2	60.7
1958	51.1	61.4
1959	51.9	61.9
1960	52.6	62.5
1961	53.1	63
1962	53.6	63.4
1963	53.9	63.6
1964	54.2	64
1965	54.4	64.2
1966	54.7	64.3
1967	55	64.5
1968	55.2	64.6
1969	55.4	64.8
1970	55.7	64.9
1971	56	64.9
1972	56.4	65.2
1973	56.7	65.4
1974	57.1	65.5
1975	57.6	65.6
1976	58	66
1977	58.5	66.2
1978	59	66.2
1979	59.5	66.4
1980	60	66.5
1981	60.4	66.5
1982	60.9	66.4
1983	61.4	66.4
1984	61.8	66.6
1985	62.2	66.7
1986	62.4	66.9
1987	62.7	67.1
1988	62.9	67.4
1989	63	67.5
1990	62.9	67.6
1991	63	67.8
1992	62.8	67.8
1993	62.6	67.8
1994	62.1	67.8
1995	61.6	68
1996	61.1	68
1997	60.5	68.1
1998	59.9	68.3
1999	59.2	68.5
2000	58.4	68.6
2001	57.2	68.9
2002	55.6	69.2
2003	54.2	69.5
2004	54	69.9
2005	53.9	70.2
2006	54.2	70.4
2007	54.9	70.8
2008	56	71.1
2009	57.4	71.4
2010	58.9	71.8
2011	60.6	72.2
2012	61.7	72.5
2013	62.4	72.8
2014	63.2	72.9
2015	64.1	72.9
2016	64.7	72.9
2017	65.4	73
2018	65.7	72.7
2019	66.1	72.8
2020	65.2	72.6
2021	62	71.1
2022	65.5	73.3
2023	66.1	73.5
2024	66.3	73.6
2025	66.5	73.7

South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Trinidad
1960	16,440,172	844,943
1961	16,908,035	863,144
1962	17,418,522	880,194
1963	17,954,564	896,804
1964	18,511,361	912,963
1965	19,089,380	928,425
1966	19,690,087	942,937
1967	20,314,066	956,418
1968	20,957,287	969,006
1969	21,614,676	980,706
1970	22,279,984	991,471
1971	22,942,143	1,002,585
1972	23,609,456	1,014,921
1973	24,294,263	1,027,851
1974	24,989,108	1,040,761
1975	25,690,940	1,053,469
1976	26,395,450	1,066,311
1977	27,118,952	1,079,554
1978	27,869,507	1,093,380
1979	28,634,162	1,107,639
1980	29,518,857	1,121,744
1981	30,541,044	1,135,132
1982	31,615,339	1,147,927
1983	32,739,304	1,160,534
1984	33,892,788	1,172,984
1985	35,042,093	1,187,366
1986	36,180,515	1,203,124
1987	37,326,190	1,217,364
1988	38,480,649	1,230,069
1989	39,628,575	1,241,600
1990	40,746,268	1,252,208
1991	41,687,898	1,262,171
1992	42,443,509	1,271,674
1993	43,297,156	1,280,466
1994	44,004,139	1,288,341
1995	44,541,554	1,295,169
1996	45,123,018	1,300,928
1997	45,666,838	1,305,836
1998	46,223,880	1,310,225
1999	46,730,335	1,314,708
2000	47,159,719	1,319,774
2001	47,566,800	1,325,567
2002	48,019,415	1,332,011
2003	48,500,348	1,338,709
2004	48,991,421	1,345,380
2005	49,490,033	1,294,494
2006	49,998,277	1,297,944
2007	50,528,584	1,303,188
2008	51,114,599	1,308,587
2009	51,728,516	1,310,106
2010	52,344,051	1,317,714
2011	52,995,205	1,328,019
2012	53,782,567	1,335,194
2013	54,678,791	1,340,557
2014	55,594,838	1,345,343
2015	56,723,537	1,349,667
2016	57,259,551	1,353,895
2017	57,635,162	1,356,633
2018	58,613,001	1,359,193
2019	59,587,885	1,363,985
2020	60,562,381	1,366,725
2021	61,502,603	1,367,558
2022	62,378,410	1,365,805
2023	63,212,384	1,367,510
2024	64,007,187	1,368,333

Fertility rates in South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Trinidad
1960	6.11	5.41
1961	6.08	5.41
1962	6.05	5.36
1963	6.01	5.24
1964	5.96	5.08
1965	5.89	4.88
1966	5.91	4.62
1967	5.85	4.35
1968	5.78	4.11
1969	5.72	3.86
1970	5.63	3.71
1971	5.57	3.61
1972	5.49	3.55
1973	5.41	3.47
1974	5.3	3.32
1975	5.19	3.21
1976	5.07	3.14
1977	4.94	3.12
1978	4.85	3.13
1979	4.82	3.13
1980	4.78	3.15
1981	4.71	3.13
1982	4.7	3.11
1983	4.63	3.07
1984	4.57	3.02
1985	4.5	2.99
1986	4.41	2.9
1987	4.35	2.78
1988	4.18	2.65
1989	3.98	2.53
1990	3.72	2.39
1991	3.62	2.29
1992	3.48	2.21
1993	3.37	2.13
1994	3.26	2.06
1995	3.17	1.97
1996	2.99	1.89
1997	2.73	1.83
1998	2.63	1.78
1999	2.56	1.76
2000	2.41	1.73
2001	2.37	1.71
2002	2.32	1.67
2003	2.36	1.65
2004	2.44	1.63
2005	2.51	1.63
2006	2.55	1.62
2007	2.55	1.62
2008	2.68	1.62
2009	2.5	1.62
2010	2.44	1.61
2011	2.44	1.61
2012	2.45	1.61
2013	2.43	1.6
2014	2.42	1.6
2015	2.36	1.6
2016	2.26	1.6
2017	2.28	1.59
2018	2.27	1.59
2019	2.26	1.58
2020	2.26	1.57
2021	2.25	1.56
2022	2.23	1.54
2023	2.22	1.53

South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Trinidad
1960	19	18.5
1961	19	18.4
1962	18.9	18.4
1963	18.9	18.3
1964	18.9	18.3
1965	18.8	18.3
1966	18.8	18.4
1967	18.8	18.4
1968	18.8	18.5
1969	18.8	18.6
1970	18.8	18.8
1971	18.8	19.1
1972	18.8	19.3
1973	18.8	19.6
1974	18.9	19.9
1975	18.9	20.2
1976	19	20.6
1977	19.1	20.8
1978	19.2	21.1
1979	19.3	21.4
1980	19.4	21.7
1981	19.6	21.9
1982	19.8	22.2
1983	20	22.4
1984	20.2	22.6
1985	20.4	22.8
1986	20.5	23.1
1987	20.7	23.3
1988	20.9	23.6
1989	21.1	23.9
1990	21.3	24.2
1991	21.5	24.5
1992	21.5	24.8
1993	21.9	25.1
1994	22	25.3
1995	21.5	25.6
1996	21.2	26
1997	21.2	26.4
1998	21.4	26.7
1999	21.6	27.1
2000	21.9	27.5
2001	22.2	27.9
2002	22.4	28.3
2003	22.8	28.7
2004	23.1	29.1
2005	23.3	29.5
2006	23.5	29.8
2007	23.8	30.3
2008	24	30.7
2009	24.3	31.2
2010	24.6	31.7
2011	25	32.1
2012	25.3	32.6
2013	25.7	33.1
2014	26	33.5
2015	26.4	34
2016	26.7	34.4
2017	27	34.9
2018	27.5	35.3
2019	27.9	35.7
2020	28.3	36.3
2021	28.6	36.8
2022	28.9	37.2
2023	29.2	37.7
2024	29.5	38.2

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