South Africa vs Tuvalu statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 24th vs. 194th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

South Africa and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Tuvalu
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	$2,585,956
1971	$23,411,076,638	$2,716,990
1972	$24,515,919,217	$2,968,458
1973	$33,262,772,008	$3,411,915
1974	$41,389,186,095	$4,122,329
1975	$42,906,905,672	$4,014,748
1976	$41,150,460,288	$3,919,072
1977	$45,328,411,332	$3,669,420
1978	$51,607,412,902	$3,798,782
1979	$63,038,658,089	$4,065,659
1980	$89,411,864,402	$4,206,128
1981	$93,141,472,164	$4,773,018
1982	$85,904,057,409	$4,118,945
1983	$96,204,110,942	$4,152,550
1984	$84,870,163,366	$4,481,978
1985	$64,459,376,087	$3,862,852
1986	$73,354,771,399	$4,574,706
1987	$96,535,763,418	$5,020,513
1988	$103,976,831,871	$7,011,059
1989	$108,055,624,082	$8,454,523
1990	$126,048,140,142	$9,542,901
1991	$135,203,698,238	$10,127,314
1992	$146,956,150,987	$10,535,028
1993	$147,194,747,566	$10,414,400
1994	$153,512,712,382	$11,772,611
1995	$171,735,933,897	$11,922,614
1996	$163,234,925,381	$13,338,597
1997	$168,978,057,328	$13,734,210
1998	$152,982,984,557	$13,795,146
1999	$151,516,957,079	$14,800,503
2000	$151,752,757,215	$15,073,976
2001	$135,429,905,923	$13,964,732
2002	$129,087,556,612	$16,842,673
2003	$197,018,965,309	$19,456,338
2004	$255,806,908,595	$22,798,275
2005	$288,867,217,197	$22,909,980
2006	$303,858,675,364	$24,096,875
2007	$333,077,117,254	$28,450,169
2008	$316,131,258,616	$31,874,435
2009	$329,754,060,647	$28,076,984
2010	$417,363,822,802	$32,105,408
2011	$458,199,494,831	$39,196,957
2012	$434,400,545,086	$39,345,579
2013	$400,886,013,596	$38,615,891
2014	$381,198,869,776	$38,760,983
2015	$346,709,790,459	$36,811,936
2016	$323,585,509,674	$41,629,064
2017	$381,448,814,653	$45,276,595
2018	$405,260,723,893	$48,015,260
2019	$389,330,032,224	$54,123,199
2020	$337,974,655,408	$51,746,594
2021	$420,886,877,629	$60,196,406
2022	$406,920,004,594	$59,065,982
2023	$380,699,271,816	$62,280,312
2024	$400,260,724,226	-

South Africa and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Tuvalu
1960	$532	-
1961	$546	-
1962	$563	-
1963	$605	-
1964	$646	-
1965	$685	-
1966	$722	-
1967	$779	-
1968	$817	-
1969	$891	-
1970	$952	$457
1971	$1,020	$478
1972	$1,038	$522
1973	$1,369	$601
1974	$1,656	$708
1975	$1,670	$656
1976	$1,559	$612
1977	$1,671	$549
1978	$1,852	$546
1979	$2,202	$566
1980	$3,029	$571
1981	$3,050	$634
1982	$2,717	$537
1983	$2,938	$533
1984	$2,504	$567
1985	$1,839	$480
1986	$2,027	$557
1987	$2,586	$600
1988	$2,702	$823
1989	$2,727	$976
1990	$3,093	$1,085
1991	$3,243	$1,134
1992	$3,462	$1,166
1993	$3,400	$1,141
1994	$3,489	$1,279
1995	$3,856	$1,285
1996	$3,618	$1,428
1997	$3,700	$1,461
1998	$3,310	$1,460
1999	$3,242	$1,559
2000	$3,218	$1,579
2001	$2,847	$1,457
2002	$2,688	$1,750
2003	$4,062	$2,007
2004	$5,221	$2,323
2005	$5,837	$2,305
2006	$6,077	$2,396
2007	$6,592	$2,794
2008	$6,185	$3,088
2009	$6,375	$2,684
2010	$7,973	$3,025
2011	$8,646	$3,636
2012	$8,077	$3,598
2013	$7,332	$3,510
2014	$6,857	$3,529
2015	$6,112	$3,358
2016	$5,651	$3,809
2017	$6,618	$4,166
2018	$6,914	$4,466
2019	$6,534	$5,115
2020	$5,581	$4,976
2021	$6,843	$5,905
2022	$6,523	$5,911
2023	$6,023	$6,345
2024	$6,253	-

South Africa vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Tuvalu
1950	43.1	40
1951	44.1	40.8
1952	45	41.7
1953	46.1	42.5
1954	47.1	43.4
1955	48.2	44.2
1956	49.2	45
1957	50.2	45.8
1958	51.1	46.7
1959	51.9	47.5
1960	52.6	48.3
1961	53.1	49
1962	53.6	49.8
1963	53.9	50.6
1964	54.2	51.3
1965	54.4	52.1
1966	54.7	52.8
1967	55	53.5
1968	55.2	54.1
1969	55.4	54.7
1970	55.7	55.3
1971	56	56
1972	56.4	54.7
1973	56.7	57.2
1974	57.1	57.7
1975	57.6	58.3
1976	58	58.8
1977	58.5	59.2
1978	59	59.6
1979	59.5	59.9
1980	60	60.2
1981	60.4	60.5
1982	60.9	60.7
1983	61.4	60.9
1984	61.8	61.1
1985	62.2	61.1
1986	62.4	61.2
1987	62.7	61.3
1988	62.9	61.4
1989	63	61.5
1990	62.9	61.6
1991	63	61.8
1992	62.8	60.3
1993	62.6	62.1
1994	62.1	62.3
1995	61.6	62.5
1996	61.1	62.7
1997	60.5	62.9
1998	59.9	63.2
1999	59.2	63.3
2000	58.4	63.5
2001	57.2	63.7
2002	55.6	63.8
2003	54.2	63.9
2004	54	64
2005	53.9	64.1
2006	54.2	64.2
2007	54.9	64.4
2008	56	64.5
2009	57.4	64.7
2010	58.9	64.8
2011	60.6	65
2012	61.7	65.1
2013	62.4	65.2
2014	63.2	65.3
2015	64.1	65.4
2016	64.7	65.5
2017	65.4	65.7
2018	65.7	65.9
2019	66.1	66.1
2020	65.2	66.4
2021	62	65.8
2022	65.5	66.9
2023	66.1	67.1
2024	66.3	67.3
2025	66.5	67.4

South Africa and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Tuvalu
1960	16,440,172	5,598
1961	16,908,035	5,648
1962	17,418,522	5,699
1963	17,954,564	5,751
1964	18,511,361	5,752
1965	19,089,380	5,715
1966	19,690,087	5,686
1967	20,314,066	5,652
1968	20,957,287	5,624
1969	21,614,676	5,631
1970	22,279,984	5,663
1971	22,942,143	5,685
1972	23,609,456	5,692
1973	24,294,263	5,681
1974	24,989,108	5,822
1975	25,690,940	6,117
1976	26,395,450	6,404
1977	27,118,952	6,686
1978	27,869,507	6,957
1979	28,634,162	7,184
1980	29,518,857	7,366
1981	30,541,044	7,526
1982	31,615,339	7,664
1983	32,739,304	7,789
1984	33,892,788	7,902
1985	35,042,093	8,046
1986	36,180,515	8,217
1987	37,326,190	8,371
1988	38,480,649	8,518
1989	39,628,575	8,662
1990	40,746,268	8,798
1991	41,687,898	8,928
1992	42,443,509	9,038
1993	43,297,156	9,126
1994	44,004,139	9,207
1995	44,541,554	9,280
1996	45,123,018	9,342
1997	45,666,838	9,400
1998	46,223,880	9,451
1999	46,730,335	9,496
2000	47,159,719	9,544
2001	47,566,800	9,586
2002	48,019,415	9,623
2003	48,500,348	9,695
2004	48,991,421	9,816
2005	49,490,033	9,940
2006	49,998,277	10,056
2007	50,528,584	10,182
2008	51,114,599	10,321
2009	51,728,516	10,461
2010	52,344,051	10,614
2011	52,995,205	10,780
2012	53,782,567	10,934
2013	54,678,791	11,001
2014	55,594,838	10,984
2015	56,723,537	10,963
2016	57,259,551	10,930
2017	57,635,162	10,869
2018	58,613,001	10,751
2019	59,587,885	10,581
2020	60,562,381	10,399
2021	61,502,603	10,194
2022	62,378,410	9,992
2023	63,212,384	9,816
2024	64,007,187	9,646

Fertility rates in South Africa and Tuvalu

Fertility rate

South Africa

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Tuvalu
1960	6.11	5.15
1961	6.08	5.09
1962	6.05	5
1963	6.01	4.91
1964	5.96	4.83
1965	5.89	4.73
1966	5.91	4.64
1967	5.85	4.49
1968	5.78	4.36
1969	5.72	4.23
1970	5.63	4.08
1971	5.57	3.94
1972	5.49	3.81
1973	5.41	3.71
1974	5.3	3.63
1975	5.19	3.58
1976	5.07	3.55
1977	4.94	3.56
1978	4.85	3.59
1979	4.82	3.65
1980	4.78	3.73
1981	4.71	3.8
1982	4.7	3.88
1983	4.63	3.91
1984	4.57	3.95
1985	4.5	3.97
1986	4.41	3.97
1987	4.35	3.94
1988	4.18	3.88
1989	3.98	3.8
1990	3.72	3.75
1991	3.62	3.79
1992	3.48	3.86
1993	3.37	3.92
1994	3.26	3.92
1995	3.17	3.96
1996	2.99	3.95
1997	2.73	3.95
1998	2.63	3.95
1999	2.56	3.92
2000	2.41	3.84
2001	2.37	3.75
2002	2.32	3.64
2003	2.36	3.58
2004	2.44	3.55
2005	2.51	3.55
2006	2.55	3.53
2007	2.55	3.45
2008	2.68	3.42
2009	2.5	3.43
2010	2.44	3.44
2011	2.44	3.46
2012	2.45	3.47
2013	2.43	3.39
2014	2.42	3.33
2015	2.36	3.31
2016	2.26	3.3
2017	2.28	3.3
2018	2.27	3.33
2019	2.26	3.33
2020	2.26	3.31
2021	2.25	3.28
2022	2.23	3.24
2023	2.22	3.21

South Africa and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Tuvalu
1960	19	23.1
1961	19	23.1
1962	18.9	23
1963	18.9	22.6
1964	18.9	21
1965	18.8	19.3
1966	18.8	18.5
1967	18.8	18.1
1968	18.8	17.9
1969	18.8	18
1970	18.8	18.2
1971	18.8	18.6
1972	18.8	19
1973	18.8	19.4
1974	18.9	19.7
1975	18.9	19.8
1976	19	19.9
1977	19.1	20.2
1978	19.2	20.5
1979	19.3	20.9
1980	19.4	21
1981	19.6	21.4
1982	19.8	21.9
1983	20	22.5
1984	20.2	23.2
1985	20.4	23.6
1986	20.5	23.8
1987	20.7	24
1988	20.9	24.2
1989	21.1	24.5
1990	21.3	24.7
1991	21.5	24.9
1992	21.5	25
1993	21.9	25
1994	22	25.1
1995	21.5	25
1996	21.2	24.9
1997	21.2	24.6
1998	21.4	24.4
1999	21.6	24.1
2000	21.9	23.9
2001	22.2	23.7
2002	22.4	23.5
2003	22.8	23.5
2004	23.1	23.5
2005	23.3	23.6
2006	23.5	23.6
2007	23.8	23.7
2008	24	23.8
2009	24.3	23.9
2010	24.6	24
2011	25	24.1
2012	25.3	24.2
2013	25.7	24.3
2014	26	24.5
2015	26.4	24.7
2016	26.7	24.9
2017	27	25.2
2018	27.5	25.3
2019	27.9	25.3
2020	28.3	25.3
2021	28.6	25.3
2022	28.9	25.3
2023	29.2	25.3
2024	29.5	25.3

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