South Africa vs Ukraine statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 37.9M in Ukraine (ranked 41/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 223,708 sq mi for Ukraine (ranked 24th vs. 46th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Ukraine ranks 57/197 ($191B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Ukraine ranks 118/197 ($5,038).

South Africa and Ukraine: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Ukraine economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Ukraine

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Ukraine
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	$64,087,694,038
1988	$103,976,831,871	$74,703,517,903
1989	$108,055,624,082	$82,709,161,099
1990	$126,048,140,142	$81,393,558,423
1991	$135,203,698,238	$77,350,733,982
1992	$146,956,150,987	$73,945,908,384
1993	$147,194,747,566	$65,648,559,903
1994	$153,512,712,382	$52,549,580,265
1995	$171,735,933,897	$48,213,856,469
1996	$163,234,925,381	$44,558,831,005
1997	$168,978,057,328	$50,151,531,592
1998	$152,982,984,557	$41,882,523,345
1999	$151,516,957,079	$31,580,639,554
2000	$151,752,757,215	$32,375,083,935
2001	$135,429,905,923	$39,309,580,983
2002	$129,087,556,612	$43,956,163,612
2003	$197,018,965,309	$52,010,355,753
2004	$255,806,908,595	$67,220,154,164
2005	$288,867,217,197	$89,238,865,119
2006	$303,858,675,364	$111,884,752,475
2007	$333,077,117,254	$148,733,861,386
2008	$316,131,258,616	$188,110,390,660
2009	$329,754,060,647	$121,552,153,444
2010	$417,363,822,802	$141,209,170,427
2011	$458,199,494,831	$169,333,835,202
2012	$434,400,545,086	$182,591,753,828
2013	$400,886,013,596	$190,498,811,460
2014	$381,198,869,776	$133,503,871,862
2015	$346,709,790,459	$91,030,967,789
2016	$323,585,509,674	$93,355,869,404
2017	$381,448,814,653	$112,090,505,082
2018	$405,260,723,893	$130,891,088,294
2019	$389,330,032,224	$153,883,047,510
2020	$337,974,655,408	$156,617,722,013
2021	$420,886,877,629	$199,765,859,571
2022	$406,920,004,594	$161,989,520,721
2023	$380,699,271,816	$181,221,517,869
2024	$400,260,724,226	$190,741,263,732

South Africa and Ukraine economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Ukraine

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Ukraine
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	$1,244
1988	$2,702	$1,444
1989	$2,727	$1,593
1990	$3,093	$1,564
1991	$3,243	$1,483
1992	$3,462	$1,413
1993	$3,400	$1,254
1994	$3,489	$1,009
1995	$3,856	$933
1996	$3,618	$870
1997	$3,700	$987
1998	$3,310	$831
1999	$3,242	$632
2000	$3,218	$653
2001	$2,847	$800
2002	$2,688	$903
2003	$4,062	$1,076
2004	$5,221	$1,401
2005	$5,837	$1,875
2006	$6,077	$2,366
2007	$6,592	$3,160
2008	$6,185	$4,018
2009	$6,375	$2,607
2010	$7,973	$3,040
2011	$8,646	$3,657
2012	$8,077	$3,951
2013	$7,332	$4,130
2014	$6,857	$2,904
2015	$6,112	$1,988
2016	$5,651	$2,047
2017	$6,618	$2,467
2018	$6,914	$2,895
2019	$6,534	$3,423
2020	$5,581	$3,505
2021	$6,843	$4,510
2022	$6,523	$3,946
2023	$6,023	$4,803
2024	$6,253	$5,038

South Africa vs. Ukraine life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Ukraine

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Ukraine
1950	43.1	61.2
1951	44.1	61.4
1952	45	62.1
1953	46.1	63
1954	47.1	64.1
1955	48.2	65.3
1956	49.2	66.3
1957	50.2	67.2
1958	51.1	67.7
1959	51.9	68.7
1960	52.6	69.4
1961	53.1	70
1962	53.6	70.4
1963	53.9	70.7
1964	54.2	71
1965	54.4	71.1
1966	54.7	71.2
1967	55	71.1
1968	55.2	71
1969	55.4	70.8
1970	55.7	70.8
1971	56	70.9
1972	56.4	71
1973	56.7	70.8
1974	57.1	70.6
1975	57.6	70.4
1976	58	70.1
1977	58.5	70
1978	59	69.8
1979	59.5	69.8
1980	60	69.8
1981	60.4	69.8
1982	60.9	69.9
1983	61.4	69.9
1984	61.8	70
1985	62.2	70.4
1986	62.4	70.8
1987	62.7	71.2
1988	62.9	71
1989	63	70.8
1990	62.9	70.4
1991	63	69.7
1992	62.8	68.9
1993	62.6	68.3
1994	62.1	67.5
1995	61.6	67.1
1996	61.1	67.1
1997	60.5	67.7
1998	59.9	68
1999	59.2	68
2000	58.4	67.8
2001	57.2	67.7
2002	55.6	67.7
2003	54.2	67.6
2004	54	67.5
2005	53.9	67.5
2006	54.2	67.5
2007	54.9	67.7
2008	56	68.3
2009	57.4	69.2
2010	58.9	70.2
2011	60.6	70.7
2012	61.7	71.1
2013	62.4	71.5
2014	63.2	71.8
2015	64.1	72.7
2016	64.7	73.4
2017	65.4	74
2018	65.7	73.6
2019	66.1	73.9
2020	65.2	73.3
2021	62	71.6
2022	65.5	72.7
2023	66.1	73.4
2024	66.3	74.7
2025	66.5	74.9

South Africa and Ukraine population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Ukraine

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Ukraine
1960	16,440,172	42,824,093
1961	16,908,035	43,399,766
1962	17,418,522	43,943,674
1963	17,954,564	44,462,372
1964	18,511,361	44,951,156
1965	19,089,380	45,386,892
1966	19,690,087	45,802,519
1967	20,314,066	46,215,988
1968	20,957,287	46,614,325
1969	21,614,676	46,976,256
1970	22,279,984	47,261,306
1971	22,942,143	47,573,287
1972	23,609,456	47,946,893
1973	24,294,263	48,277,121
1974	24,989,108	48,576,570
1975	25,690,940	48,865,229
1976	26,395,450	49,120,842
1977	27,118,952	49,336,481
1978	27,869,507	49,521,243
1979	28,634,162	49,721,381
1980	29,518,857	49,955,152
1981	30,541,044	50,189,281
1982	31,615,339	50,402,724
1983	32,739,304	50,637,029
1984	33,892,788	50,887,599
1985	35,042,093	51,108,770
1986	36,180,515	51,318,745
1987	37,326,190	51,515,732
1988	38,480,649	51,724,853
1989	39,628,575	51,917,817
1990	40,746,268	52,054,092
1991	41,687,898	52,170,961
1992	42,443,509	52,323,671
1993	43,297,156	52,350,126
1994	44,004,139	52,075,998
1995	44,541,554	51,665,539
1996	45,123,018	51,226,109
1997	45,666,838	50,786,885
1998	46,223,880	50,379,731
1999	46,730,335	49,976,446
2000	47,159,719	49,556,660
2001	47,566,800	49,106,855
2002	48,019,415	48,677,281
2003	48,500,348	48,315,136
2004	48,991,421	47,979,507
2005	49,490,033	47,585,556
2006	49,998,277	47,278,694
2007	50,528,584	47,062,798
2008	51,114,599	46,819,175
2009	51,728,516	46,623,731
2010	52,344,051	46,456,003
2011	52,995,205	46,307,853
2012	53,782,567	46,210,056
2013	54,678,791	46,126,770
2014	55,594,838	45,972,380
2015	56,723,537	45,784,896
2016	57,259,551	45,616,832
2017	57,635,162	45,436,041
2018	58,613,001	45,208,907
2019	59,587,885	44,957,458
2020	60,562,381	44,680,014
2021	61,502,603	44,298,640
2022	62,378,410	41,048,766
2023	63,212,384	37,732,836
2024	64,007,187	37,860,221

Fertility rates in South Africa and Ukraine

Fertility rate

South Africa

Ukraine

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Ukraine
1960	6.11	2.29
1961	6.08	2.2
1962	6.05	2.15
1963	6.01	2.11
1964	5.96	2.01
1965	5.89	1.94
1966	5.91	2.04
1967	5.85	2.04
1968	5.78	2.03
1969	5.72	2.01
1970	5.63	2.08
1971	5.57	2.11
1972	5.49	2.13
1973	5.41	2.04
1974	5.3	2.06
1975	5.19	2.05
1976	5.07	2.04
1977	4.94	1.98
1978	4.85	1.97
1979	4.82	1.96
1980	4.78	1.95
1981	4.71	1.92
1982	4.7	1.95
1983	4.63	2.1
1984	4.57	2.08
1985	4.5	2.03
1986	4.41	2.12
1987	4.35	2.07
1988	4.18	2.04
1989	3.98	1.93
1990	3.72	1.85
1991	3.62	1.77
1992	3.48	1.67
1993	3.37	1.56
1994	3.26	1.47
1995	3.17	1.4
1996	2.99	1.33
1997	2.73	1.27
1998	2.63	1.21
1999	2.56	1.13
2000	2.41	1.11
2001	2.37	1.09
2002	2.32	1.13
2003	2.36	1.17
2004	2.44	1.22
2005	2.51	1.22
2006	2.55	1.3
2007	2.55	1.34
2008	2.68	1.44
2009	2.5	1.47
2010	2.44	1.44
2011	2.44	1.46
2012	2.45	1.53
2013	2.43	1.52
2014	2.42	1.47
2015	2.36	1.39
2016	2.26	1.39
2017	2.28	1.3
2018	2.27	1.23
2019	2.26	1.22
2020	2.26	1.21
2021	2.25	1.15
2022	2.23	0.9
2023	2.22	0.98

South Africa and Ukraine demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Ukraine

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Ukraine
1960	19	29.2
1961	19	29.6
1962	18.9	29.7
1963	18.9	29.8
1964	18.9	29.9
1965	18.8	30.1
1966	18.8	30.6
1967	18.8	31.2
1968	18.8	31.6
1969	18.8	32
1970	18.8	32.3
1971	18.8	32.5
1972	18.8	32.8
1973	18.8	33.1
1974	18.9	33.4
1975	18.9	33.7
1976	19	34
1977	19.1	34.2
1978	19.2	34.2
1979	19.3	34
1980	19.4	33.8
1981	19.6	33.7
1982	19.8	33.7
1983	20	33.6
1984	20.2	33.6
1985	20.4	33.8
1986	20.5	33.9
1987	20.7	34.1
1988	20.9	34.1
1989	21.1	34.1
1990	21.3	34.3
1991	21.5	34.5
1992	21.5	34.7
1993	21.9	34.9
1994	22	35.2
1995	21.5	35.5
1996	21.2	35.8
1997	21.2	36.2
1998	21.4	36.5
1999	21.6	36.9
2000	21.9	37.2
2001	22.2	37.6
2002	22.4	37.9
2003	22.8	38.2
2004	23.1	38.4
2005	23.3	38.7
2006	23.5	38.9
2007	23.8	39.1
2008	24	39.2
2009	24.3	39.3
2010	24.6	39.5
2011	25	39.7
2012	25.3	39.8
2013	25.7	39.8
2014	26	40
2015	26.4	40.2
2016	26.7	40.6
2017	27	40.9
2018	27.5	41.2
2019	27.9	41.5
2020	28.3	41.9
2021	28.6	42.2
2022	28.9	42.5
2023	29.2	43.1
2024	29.5	43.2

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