South Africa vs Turkmenistan statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 7.49M in Turkmenistan (ranked 104/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 181,441 sq mi for Turkmenistan (ranked 24th vs. 53rd).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Turkmenistan ranks 88/197 ($64.2B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Turkmenistan ranks 91/197 ($8,572).

South Africa and Turkmenistan: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Turkmenistan
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	-
1976	$41,150,460,288	-
1977	$45,328,411,332	-
1978	$51,607,412,902	-
1979	$63,038,658,089	-
1980	$89,411,864,402	-
1981	$93,141,472,164	-
1982	$85,904,057,409	-
1983	$96,204,110,942	-
1984	$84,870,163,366	-
1985	$64,459,376,087	-
1986	$73,354,771,399	-
1987	$96,535,763,418	$2,331,358,820
1988	$103,976,831,871	$3,010,982,414
1989	$108,055,624,082	$3,006,988,217
1990	$126,048,140,142	$3,189,539,641
1991	$135,203,698,238	$3,208,098,919
1992	$146,956,150,987	$3,200,539,816
1993	$147,194,747,566	$3,179,225,949
1994	$153,512,712,382	$2,561,118,608
1995	$171,735,933,897	$2,482,228,440
1996	$163,234,925,381	$2,378,759,975
1997	$168,978,057,328	$2,450,350,625
1998	$152,982,984,557	$2,605,689,134
1999	$151,516,957,079	$2,450,564,100
2000	$151,752,757,215	$2,904,663,311
2001	$135,429,905,923	$3,534,772,732
2002	$129,087,556,612	$4,462,029,109
2003	$197,018,965,309	$5,977,440,583
2004	$255,806,908,595	$6,838,351,088
2005	$288,867,217,197	$8,103,901,996
2006	$303,858,675,364	$10,276,674,365
2007	$333,077,117,254	$12,664,165,103
2008	$316,131,258,616	$19,271,523,179
2009	$329,754,060,647	$20,214,385,965
2010	$417,363,822,802	$22,583,157,895
2011	$458,199,494,831	$29,233,333,333
2012	$434,400,545,086	$35,164,210,526
2013	$400,886,013,596	$39,197,543,860
2014	$381,198,869,776	$43,524,210,526
2015	$346,709,790,459	$35,799,714,286
2016	$323,585,509,674	$36,169,428,571
2017	$381,448,814,653	$37,926,285,714
2018	$405,260,723,893	$40,765,428,571
2019	$389,330,032,224	$45,232,857,143
2020	$337,974,655,408	$45,818,000,000
2021	$420,886,877,629	$50,007,428,571
2022	$406,920,004,594	$58,972,000,000
2023	$380,699,271,816	$60,628,857,143
2024	$400,260,724,226	$64,239,891,739

South Africa and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Turkmenistan
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	-
1976	$1,559	-
1977	$1,671	-
1978	$1,852	-
1979	$2,202	-
1980	$3,029	-
1981	$3,050	-
1982	$2,717	-
1983	$2,938	-
1984	$2,504	-
1985	$1,839	-
1986	$2,027	-
1987	$2,586	$675
1988	$2,702	$846
1989	$2,727	$821
1990	$3,093	$848
1991	$3,243	$832
1992	$3,462	$811
1993	$3,400	$788
1994	$3,489	$622
1995	$3,856	$592
1996	$3,618	$558
1997	$3,700	$565
1998	$3,310	$591
1999	$3,242	$546
2000	$3,218	$634
2001	$2,847	$756
2002	$2,688	$936
2003	$4,062	$1,229
2004	$5,221	$1,379
2005	$5,837	$1,604
2006	$6,077	$1,997
2007	$6,592	$2,415
2008	$6,185	$3,606
2009	$6,375	$3,708
2010	$7,973	$4,059
2011	$8,646	$5,144
2012	$8,077	$6,054
2013	$7,332	$6,600
2014	$6,857	$7,164
2015	$6,112	$5,759
2016	$5,651	$5,687
2017	$6,618	$5,828
2018	$6,914	$6,125
2019	$6,534	$6,648
2020	$5,581	$6,593
2021	$6,843	$7,051
2022	$6,523	$8,156
2023	$6,023	$8,233
2024	$6,253	$8,572

South Africa vs. Turkmenistan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Turkmenistan
1950	43.1	48.1
1951	44.1	48.6
1952	45	49
1953	46.1	49.4
1954	47.1	49.8
1955	48.2	50.2
1956	49.2	50.6
1957	50.2	51
1958	51.1	51.4
1959	51.9	51.8
1960	52.6	52.1
1961	53.1	52.5
1962	53.6	52.9
1963	53.9	53.2
1964	54.2	53.6
1965	54.4	54
1966	54.7	54.4
1967	55	54.8
1968	55.2	55.3
1969	55.4	55.7
1970	55.7	56
1971	56	56.3
1972	56.4	56.6
1973	56.7	56.8
1974	57.1	57
1975	57.6	57.2
1976	58	57.4
1977	58.5	57.7
1978	59	58.3
1979	59.5	59.1
1980	60	60.2
1981	60.4	61
1982	60.9	61.6
1983	61.4	62
1984	61.8	62.4
1985	62.2	62.8
1986	62.4	63.2
1987	62.7	63.5
1988	62.9	63.7
1989	63	63.8
1990	62.9	63.9
1991	63	63.8
1992	62.8	63.8
1993	62.6	63.6
1994	62.1	63.5
1995	61.6	63.5
1996	61.1	63.5
1997	60.5	63.7
1998	59.9	64
1999	59.2	64.5
2000	58.4	64.9
2001	57.2	65.3
2002	55.6	65.6
2003	54.2	65.9
2004	54	66.1
2005	53.9	66.3
2006	54.2	66.6
2007	54.9	67
2008	56	67.6
2009	57.4	68.2
2010	58.9	68.6
2011	60.6	68.9
2012	61.7	69
2013	62.4	69
2014	63.2	69
2015	64.1	69.1
2016	64.7	69.1
2017	65.4	69.2
2018	65.7	69.3
2019	66.1	69.4
2020	65.2	68.8
2021	62	69.4
2022	65.5	69.9
2023	66.1	70.1
2024	66.3	70.2
2025	66.5	70.3

South Africa and Turkmenistan population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Turkmenistan
1960	16,440,172	1,643,457
1961	16,908,035	1,695,400
1962	17,418,522	1,749,214
1963	17,954,564	1,804,272
1964	18,511,361	1,859,997
1965	19,089,380	1,915,916
1966	19,690,087	1,971,737
1967	20,314,066	2,027,403
1968	20,957,287	2,083,069
1969	21,614,676	2,139,024
1970	22,279,984	2,195,616
1971	22,942,143	2,253,119
1972	23,609,456	2,311,430
1973	24,294,263	2,370,919
1974	24,989,108	2,432,028
1975	25,690,940	2,494,570
1976	26,395,450	2,558,521
1977	27,118,952	2,623,948
1978	27,869,507	2,691,088
1979	28,634,162	2,760,358
1980	29,518,857	2,832,203
1981	30,541,044	2,907,187
1982	31,615,339	2,985,557
1983	32,739,304	3,067,534
1984	33,892,788	3,154,079
1985	35,042,093	3,247,534
1986	36,180,515	3,347,809
1987	37,326,190	3,452,731
1988	38,480,649	3,559,363
1989	39,628,575	3,662,459
1990	40,746,268	3,760,562
1991	41,687,898	3,855,894
1992	42,443,509	3,944,689
1993	43,297,156	4,032,407
1994	44,004,139	4,116,662
1995	44,541,554	4,191,203
1996	45,123,018	4,263,819
1997	45,666,838	4,336,730
1998	46,223,880	4,410,507
1999	46,730,335	4,492,170
2000	47,159,719	4,582,677
2001	47,566,800	4,675,409
2002	48,019,415	4,769,465
2003	48,500,348	4,863,865
2004	48,991,421	4,958,093
2005	49,490,033	5,052,257
2006	49,998,277	5,147,105
2007	50,528,584	5,244,046
2008	51,114,599	5,345,029
2009	51,728,516	5,451,592
2010	52,344,051	5,564,356
2011	52,995,205	5,683,417
2012	53,782,567	5,808,546
2013	54,678,791	5,939,341
2014	55,594,838	6,075,283
2015	56,723,537	6,215,770
2016	57,259,551	6,360,041
2017	57,635,162	6,507,061
2018	58,613,001	6,655,524
2019	59,587,885	6,803,944
2020	60,562,381	6,949,912
2021	61,502,603	7,092,043
2022	62,378,410	7,230,193
2023	63,212,384	7,364,438
2024	64,007,187	7,494,498

Fertility rates in South Africa and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate

South Africa

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Turkmenistan
1960	6.11	6.59
1961	6.08	6.69
1962	6.05	6.76
1963	6.01	6.79
1964	5.96	6.79
1965	5.89	6.76
1966	5.91	6.7
1967	5.85	6.64
1968	5.78	6.56
1969	5.72	6.48
1970	5.63	6.4
1971	5.57	6.32
1972	5.49	6.2
1973	5.41	6.15
1974	5.3	6.09
1975	5.19	6
1976	5.07	5.9
1977	4.94	5.77
1978	4.85	5.61
1979	4.82	5.46
1980	4.78	5.3
1981	4.71	5.16
1982	4.7	5.04
1983	4.63	4.97
1984	4.57	4.96
1985	4.5	4.97
1986	4.41	4.94
1987	4.35	4.84
1988	4.18	4.68
1989	3.98	4.46
1990	3.72	4.29
1991	3.62	4.14
1992	3.48	3.96
1993	3.37	3.78
1994	3.26	3.62
1995	3.17	3.49
1996	2.99	3.29
1997	2.73	3.18
1998	2.63	3.08
1999	2.56	2.98
2000	2.41	2.9
2001	2.37	2.81
2002	2.32	2.71
2003	2.36	2.67
2004	2.44	2.67
2005	2.51	2.71
2006	2.55	2.72
2007	2.55	2.73
2008	2.68	2.75
2009	2.5	2.79
2010	2.44	2.85
2011	2.44	2.9
2012	2.45	2.96
2013	2.43	3.01
2014	2.42	3.02
2015	2.36	3.03
2016	2.26	2.99
2017	2.28	2.93
2018	2.27	2.88
2019	2.26	2.83
2020	2.26	2.79
2021	2.25	2.75
2022	2.23	2.73
2023	2.22	2.69

South Africa and Turkmenistan demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Turkmenistan
1960	19	21.3
1961	19	20.9
1962	18.9	20.4
1963	18.9	19.7
1964	18.9	19
1965	18.8	18.4
1966	18.8	18
1967	18.8	17.7
1968	18.8	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.8	17.4
1971	18.8	17.4
1972	18.8	17.5
1973	18.8	17.6
1974	18.9	17.7
1975	18.9	17.9
1976	19	18
1977	19.1	18.2
1978	19.2	18.3
1979	19.3	18.5
1980	19.4	18.7
1981	19.6	18.8
1982	19.8	19
1983	20	19.1
1984	20.2	19.2
1985	20.4	19.3
1986	20.5	19.3
1987	20.7	19.3
1988	20.9	19.3
1989	21.1	19.3
1990	21.3	19.3
1991	21.5	19.4
1992	21.5	19.4
1993	21.9	19.5
1994	22	19.6
1995	21.5	19.7
1996	21.2	19.9
1997	21.2	20.1
1998	21.4	20.3
1999	21.6	20.6
2000	21.9	20.9
2001	22.2	21.2
2002	22.4	21.5
2003	22.8	21.8
2004	23.1	22.1
2005	23.3	22.4
2006	23.5	22.8
2007	23.8	23.1
2008	24	23.4
2009	24.3	23.7
2010	24.6	24
2011	25	24.3
2012	25.3	24.5
2013	25.7	24.8
2014	26	25
2015	26.4	25.3
2016	26.7	25.5
2017	27	25.7
2018	27.5	25.9
2019	27.9	26.2
2020	28.3	26.4
2021	28.6	26.7
2022	28.9	26.9
2023	29.2	27.2
2024	29.5	27.5

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