South Africa vs Uganda statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 24th vs. 84th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

South Africa and Uganda: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Uganda economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Uganda
1960	$8,748,596,501	$423,145,605
1961	$9,225,996,310	$441,667,335
1962	$9,813,996,074	$449,158,233
1963	$10,854,195,658	$516,315,231
1964	$11,955,995,218	$589,247,687
1965	$13,068,994,772	$884,502,310
1966	$14,211,394,315	$925,381,492
1967	$15,821,393,671	$967,240,655
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,037,379,252
1969	$19,256,992,297	$1,168,556,629
1970	$21,218,391,513	$1,259,554,809
1971	$23,411,076,638	$1,417,191,656
1972	$24,515,919,217	$1,490,970,181
1973	$33,262,772,008	$1,701,829,789
1974	$41,389,186,095	$2,098,944,967
1975	$42,906,905,672	$2,359,555,556
1976	$41,150,460,288	$2,447,300,000
1977	$45,328,411,332	$2,936,470,588
1978	$51,607,412,902	$2,420,260,870
1979	$63,038,658,089	$2,139,025,000
1980	$89,411,864,402	$1,244,610,000
1981	$93,141,472,164	$1,337,300,000
1982	$85,904,057,409	$2,177,500,000
1983	$96,204,110,942	$2,240,333,333
1984	$84,870,163,366	$3,615,647,477
1985	$64,459,376,087	$3,519,695,444
1986	$73,354,771,399	$3,923,244,050
1987	$96,535,763,418	$6,269,522,042
1988	$103,976,831,871	$6,508,931,652
1989	$108,055,624,082	$5,276,480,799
1990	$126,048,140,142	$4,304,399,310
1991	$135,203,698,238	$3,321,729,160
1992	$146,956,150,987	$2,857,457,762
1993	$147,194,747,566	$3,220,439,044
1994	$153,512,712,382	$3,990,430,447
1995	$171,735,933,897	$5,755,818,842
1996	$163,234,925,381	$6,044,585,327
1997	$168,978,057,328	$6,269,333,313
1998	$152,982,984,557	$6,584,815,847
1999	$151,516,957,079	$5,998,563,258
2000	$151,752,757,215	$6,193,246,837
2001	$135,429,905,923	$5,840,503,869
2002	$129,087,556,612	$6,178,563,591
2003	$197,018,965,309	$6,606,884,275
2004	$255,806,908,595	$7,939,487,548
2005	$288,867,217,197	$9,239,221,763
2006	$303,858,675,364	$9,977,647,683
2007	$333,077,117,254	$11,902,564,495
2008	$316,131,258,616	$14,440,404,132
2009	$329,754,060,647	$25,127,805,567
2010	$417,363,822,802	$26,673,441,431
2011	$458,199,494,831	$27,871,725,241
2012	$434,400,545,086	$27,305,915,911
2013	$400,886,013,596	$28,915,786,517
2014	$381,198,869,776	$32,612,397,257
2015	$346,709,790,459	$32,387,183,730
2016	$323,585,509,674	$29,203,988,696
2017	$381,448,814,653	$30,744,473,841
2018	$405,260,723,893	$32,927,025,620
2019	$389,330,032,224	$35,353,061,008
2020	$337,974,655,408	$37,600,368,240
2021	$420,886,877,629	$40,529,788,744
2022	$406,920,004,594	$45,565,333,216
2023	$380,699,271,816	$48,768,955,859
2024	$400,260,724,226	$53,651,874,314

South Africa and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Uganda
1960	$532	$55.4
1961	$546	$56.2
1962	$563	$55.5
1963	$605	$62
1964	$646	$68.6
1965	$685	$100
1966	$722	$101.4
1967	$779	$102.8
1968	$817	$106.9
1969	$891	$116.7
1970	$952	$122
1971	$1,020	$133.5
1972	$1,038	$137
1973	$1,369	$152.7
1974	$1,656	$183.7
1975	$1,670	$201.2
1976	$1,559	$203.3
1977	$1,671	$237.6
1978	$1,852	$190.7
1979	$2,202	$164.5
1980	$3,029	$93.8
1981	$3,050	$98.6
1982	$2,717	$157
1983	$2,938	$157.5
1984	$2,504	$247.5
1985	$1,839	$234.3
1986	$2,027	$253.6
1987	$2,586	$393
1988	$2,702	$395
1989	$2,727	$310
1990	$3,093	$245
1991	$3,243	$183
1992	$3,462	$152.1
1993	$3,400	$165.6
1994	$3,489	$198.4
1995	$3,856	$278.5
1996	$3,618	$284.7
1997	$3,700	$286.8
1998	$3,310	$292.5
1999	$3,242	$257.9
2000	$3,218	$258.1
2001	$2,847	$236
2002	$2,688	$242
2003	$4,062	$250.7
2004	$5,221	$292.4
2005	$5,837	$330
2006	$6,077	$347
2007	$6,592	$401
2008	$6,185	$473
2009	$6,375	$799
2010	$7,973	$823
2011	$8,646	$836
2012	$8,077	$795
2013	$7,332	$818
2014	$6,857	$896
2015	$6,112	$863
2016	$5,651	$753
2017	$6,618	$765
2018	$6,914	$792
2019	$6,534	$822
2020	$5,581	$846
2021	$6,843	$883
2022	$6,523	$963
2023	$6,023	$1,002
2024	$6,253	$1,073

South Africa vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Uganda
1950	43.1	39.7
1951	44.1	40.2
1952	45	40.8
1953	46.1	41.3
1954	47.1	41.8
1955	48.2	42.4
1956	49.2	43
1957	50.2	43.7
1958	51.1	44.3
1959	51.9	45
1960	52.6	45.6
1961	53.1	46.3
1962	53.6	46.8
1963	53.9	47.4
1964	54.2	47.8
1965	54.4	48.3
1966	54.7	48.5
1967	55	49
1968	55.2	49.3
1969	55.4	49.5
1970	55.7	49.6
1971	56	47.1
1972	56.4	47.2
1973	56.7	47
1974	57.1	46.9
1975	57.6	46.5
1976	58	46.2
1977	58.5	45.8
1978	59	45.6
1979	59.5	45.4
1980	60	43.5
1981	60.4	43.5
1982	60.9	43.3
1983	61.4	43.5
1984	61.8	43.7
1985	62.2	45.5
1986	62.4	45.7
1987	62.7	47.4
1988	62.9	47.5
1989	63	47.5
1990	62.9	47.6
1991	63	47.5
1992	62.8	47.7
1993	62.6	47.7
1994	62.1	47.7
1995	61.6	47.7
1996	61.1	47.8
1997	60.5	48
1998	59.9	48.3
1999	59.2	49
2000	58.4	49.6
2001	57.2	50.6
2002	55.6	51.4
2003	54.2	52.4
2004	54	53.7
2005	53.9	54.9
2006	54.2	56.1
2007	54.9	57.2
2008	56	58.3
2009	57.4	59.2
2010	58.9	60
2011	60.6	60.8
2012	61.7	61.6
2013	62.4	62.4
2014	63.2	63.1
2015	64.1	63.8
2016	64.7	64.5
2017	65.4	65.2
2018	65.7	65.8
2019	66.1	66.4
2020	65.2	66.4
2021	62	66.4
2022	65.5	67.7
2023	66.1	68.3
2024	66.3	68.5
2025	66.5	68.7

South Africa and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Uganda
1960	16,440,172	7,640,973
1961	16,908,035	7,862,217
1962	17,418,522	8,092,231
1963	17,954,564	8,333,663
1964	18,511,361	8,586,363
1965	19,089,380	8,849,203
1966	19,690,087	9,122,864
1967	20,314,066	9,408,924
1968	20,957,287	9,708,632
1969	21,614,676	10,014,858
1970	22,279,984	10,321,603
1971	22,942,143	10,618,206
1972	23,609,456	10,885,796
1973	24,294,263	11,144,236
1974	24,989,108	11,424,846
1975	25,690,940	11,725,240
1976	26,395,450	12,037,294
1977	27,118,952	12,359,669
1978	27,869,507	12,692,113
1979	28,634,162	13,002,163
1980	29,518,857	13,275,741
1981	30,541,044	13,556,452
1982	31,615,339	13,873,631
1983	32,739,304	14,221,881
1984	33,892,788	14,607,677
1985	35,042,093	15,023,681
1986	36,180,515	15,467,579
1987	37,326,190	15,954,170
1988	38,480,649	16,470,483
1989	39,628,575	17,010,698
1990	40,746,268	17,569,897
1991	41,687,898	18,155,901
1992	42,443,509	18,785,032
1993	43,297,156	19,445,161
1994	44,004,139	20,108,801
1995	44,541,554	20,665,667
1996	45,123,018	21,231,550
1997	45,666,838	21,856,046
1998	46,223,880	22,515,806
1999	46,730,335	23,257,281
2000	47,159,719	24,000,150
2001	47,566,800	24,745,676
2002	48,019,415	25,532,870
2003	48,500,348	26,352,124
2004	48,991,421	27,154,515
2005	49,490,033	27,963,289
2006	49,998,277	28,794,003
2007	50,528,584	29,653,430
2008	51,114,599	30,539,553
2009	51,728,516	31,451,151
2010	52,344,051	32,390,802
2011	52,995,205	33,354,543
2012	53,782,567	34,337,438
2013	54,678,791	35,337,042
2014	55,594,838	36,395,539
2015	56,723,537	37,531,446
2016	57,259,551	38,799,152
2017	57,635,162	40,177,388
2018	58,613,001	41,565,831
2019	59,587,885	42,999,637
2020	60,562,381	44,457,152
2021	61,502,603	45,910,930
2022	62,378,410	47,312,719
2023	63,212,384	48,656,601
2024	64,007,187	50,015,092

Fertility rates in South Africa and Uganda

Fertility rate

South Africa

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Uganda
1960	6.11	6.91
1961	6.08	6.93
1962	6.05	6.96
1963	6.01	6.98
1964	5.96	7.01
1965	5.89	7.04
1966	5.91	7.07
1967	5.85	7.1
1968	5.78	7.13
1969	5.72	7.12
1970	5.63	7.15
1971	5.57	7.18
1972	5.49	7.19
1973	5.41	7.19
1974	5.3	7.19
1975	5.19	7.2
1976	5.07	7.19
1977	4.94	7.18
1978	4.85	7.16
1979	4.82	7.14
1980	4.78	7.11
1981	4.71	7.12
1982	4.7	7.11
1983	4.63	7.07
1984	4.57	7.02
1985	4.5	7.04
1986	4.41	7.08
1987	4.35	7.12
1988	4.18	7.1
1989	3.98	7.05
1990	3.72	7.01
1991	3.62	6.94
1992	3.48	6.91
1993	3.37	6.89
1994	3.26	6.9
1995	3.17	6.87
1996	2.99	6.84
1997	2.73	6.86
1998	2.63	6.84
1999	2.56	6.83
2000	2.41	6.79
2001	2.37	6.76
2002	2.32	6.74
2003	2.36	6.67
2004	2.44	6.61
2005	2.51	6.53
2006	2.55	6.43
2007	2.55	6.33
2008	2.68	6.2
2009	2.5	6.12
2010	2.44	6.02
2011	2.44	5.89
2012	2.45	5.73
2013	2.43	5.56
2014	2.42	5.41
2015	2.36	5.25
2016	2.26	5.11
2017	2.28	4.99
2018	2.27	4.87
2019	2.26	4.74
2020	2.26	4.62
2021	2.25	4.51
2022	2.23	4.39
2023	2.22	4.28

South Africa and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Uganda
1960	19	17.1
1961	19	16.9
1962	18.9	16.8
1963	18.9	16.7
1964	18.9	16.6
1965	18.8	16.6
1966	18.8	16.6
1967	18.8	16.6
1968	18.8	16.6
1969	18.8	16.6
1970	18.8	16.6
1971	18.8	16.6
1972	18.8	16.5
1973	18.8	16.3
1974	18.9	16.3
1975	18.9	16.2
1976	19	16.2
1977	19.1	16.2
1978	19.2	16.1
1979	19.3	16.1
1980	19.4	16
1981	19.6	15.9
1982	19.8	15.9
1983	20	15.9
1984	20.2	15.9
1985	20.4	15.9
1986	20.5	15.9
1987	20.7	15.9
1988	20.9	15.9
1989	21.1	15.8
1990	21.3	15.8
1991	21.5	15.8
1992	21.5	15.7
1993	21.9	15.7
1994	22	15.6
1995	21.5	15.4
1996	21.2	15.3
1997	21.2	15.1
1998	21.4	15
1999	21.6	15
2000	21.9	15
2001	22.2	15
2002	22.4	15
2003	22.8	15
2004	23.1	15
2005	23.3	15
2006	23.5	15
2007	23.8	15
2008	24	15.1
2009	24.3	15.1
2010	24.6	15.2
2011	25	15.3
2012	25.3	15.4
2013	25.7	15.5
2014	26	15.6
2015	26.4	15.8
2016	26.7	16
2017	27	16.3
2018	27.5	16.5
2019	27.9	16.8
2020	28.3	17
2021	28.6	17.2
2022	28.9	17.4
2023	29.2	17.6
2024	29.5	17.8

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