South Africa vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 24th vs. 117th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

South Africa and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

South Africa and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	UAE
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	$685,986,701
1971	$23,411,076,638	$939,893,600
1972	$24,515,919,217	$1,415,086,929
1973	$33,262,772,008	$4,231,243,616
1974	$41,389,186,095	$11,651,505,689
1975	$42,906,905,672	$14,720,728,249
1976	$41,150,460,288	$19,213,158,779
1977	$45,328,411,332	$24,871,775,165
1978	$51,607,412,902	$23,775,764,225
1979	$63,038,658,089	$31,225,659,621
1980	$89,411,864,402	$43,599,160,050
1981	$93,141,472,164	$49,333,424,135
1982	$85,904,057,409	$46,622,718,605
1983	$96,204,110,942	$42,803,323,345
1984	$84,870,163,366	$41,807,954,236
1985	$64,459,376,087	$40,603,650,232
1986	$73,354,771,399	$33,943,612,095
1987	$96,535,763,418	$36,384,908,744
1988	$103,976,831,871	$36,275,674,203
1989	$108,055,624,082	$41,464,995,914
1990	$126,048,140,142	$50,701,443,748
1991	$135,203,698,238	$51,552,165,622
1992	$146,956,150,987	$54,239,171,888
1993	$147,194,747,566	$55,625,170,253
1994	$153,512,712,382	$59,305,093,980
1995	$171,735,933,897	$65,743,666,576
1996	$163,234,925,381	$73,571,233,996
1997	$168,978,057,328	$78,839,008,445
1998	$152,982,984,557	$75,674,336,283
1999	$151,516,957,079	$84,445,473,111
2000	$151,752,757,215	$104,337,372,362
2001	$135,429,905,923	$103,311,640,572
2002	$129,087,556,612	$109,816,201,498
2003	$197,018,965,309	$124,346,358,067
2004	$255,806,908,595	$147,824,370,320
2005	$288,867,217,197	$180,617,467,965
2006	$303,858,675,364	$222,116,541,865
2007	$333,077,117,254	$257,916,133,424
2008	$316,131,258,616	$315,474,615,739
2009	$329,754,060,647	$253,547,358,747
2010	$417,363,822,802	$300,189,052,689
2011	$458,199,494,831	$360,832,739,551
2012	$434,400,545,086	$384,610,125,391
2013	$400,886,013,596	$400,218,529,748
2014	$381,198,869,776	$414,105,366,753
2015	$346,709,790,459	$370,275,469,571
2016	$323,585,509,674	$369,255,326,236
2017	$381,448,814,653	$390,516,804,030
2018	$405,260,723,893	$427,049,432,158
2019	$389,330,032,224	$417,989,721,743
2020	$337,974,655,408	$349,473,015,330
2021	$420,886,877,629	$415,178,792,757
2022	$406,920,004,594	$502,731,935,194
2023	$380,699,271,816	$514,130,432,648
2024	$400,260,724,226	$537,078,829,135

South Africa and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	UAE
1960	$532	-
1961	$546	-
1962	$563	-
1963	$605	-
1964	$646	-
1965	$685	-
1966	$722	-
1967	$779	-
1968	$817	-
1969	$891	-
1970	$952	$2,394
1971	$1,020	$2,805
1972	$1,038	$3,675
1973	$1,369	$9,696
1974	$1,656	$23,823
1975	$1,670	$27,117
1976	$1,559	$31,197
1977	$1,671	$35,020
1978	$1,852	$29,379
1979	$2,202	$34,238
1980	$3,029	$42,925
1981	$3,050	$44,854
1982	$2,717	$39,972
1983	$2,938	$34,650
1984	$2,504	$32,012
1985	$1,839	$29,468
1986	$2,027	$23,132
1987	$2,586	$23,113
1988	$2,702	$21,570
1989	$2,727	$23,167
1990	$3,093	$26,710
1991	$3,243	$25,691
1992	$3,462	$25,648
1993	$3,400	$25,033
1994	$3,489	$25,473
1995	$3,856	$27,003
1996	$3,618	$28,323
1997	$3,700	$27,983
1998	$3,310	$24,889
1999	$3,242	$25,856
2000	$3,218	$29,866
2001	$2,847	$27,745
2002	$2,688	$27,754
2003	$4,062	$29,660
2004	$5,221	$33,377
2005	$5,837	$38,719
2006	$6,077	$44,343
2007	$6,592	$45,855
2008	$6,185	$50,054
2009	$6,375	$37,803
2010	$7,973	$43,697
2011	$8,646	$50,789
2012	$8,077	$52,034
2013	$7,332	$52,024
2014	$6,857	$51,381
2015	$6,112	$43,535
2016	$5,651	$41,326
2017	$6,618	$42,341
2018	$6,914	$45,690
2019	$6,534	$44,251
2020	$5,581	$37,174
2021	$6,843	$43,360
2022	$6,523	$49,899
2023	$6,023	$49,041
2024	$6,253	$49,378

South Africa vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	UAE
1950	43.1	42.1
1951	44.1	42.9
1952	45	43.6
1953	46.1	44.4
1954	47.1	45.2
1955	48.2	46
1956	49.2	46.9
1957	50.2	47.8
1958	51.1	48.8
1959	51.9	49.7
1960	52.6	50.7
1961	53.1	51.6
1962	53.6	52.5
1963	53.9	53.5
1964	54.2	54.5
1965	54.4	55.5
1966	54.7	56.6
1967	55	57.6
1968	55.2	58.7
1969	55.4	59.8
1970	55.7	60.8
1971	56	61.8
1972	56.4	62.7
1973	56.7	63.5
1974	57.1	64.4
1975	57.6	65.1
1976	58	65.8
1977	58.5	66.5
1978	59	67.1
1979	59.5	67.6
1980	60	68.2
1981	60.4	68.6
1982	60.9	69.1
1983	61.4	69.4
1984	61.8	69.8
1985	62.2	70.1
1986	62.4	70.4
1987	62.7	70.6
1988	62.9	70.8
1989	63	71
1990	62.9	71.1
1991	63	71.1
1992	62.8	71.2
1993	62.6	71.2
1994	62.1	71.2
1995	61.6	71.4
1996	61.1	71.8
1997	60.5	72.6
1998	59.9	73.7
1999	59.2	75
2000	58.4	76.3
2001	57.2	77.6
2002	55.6	78.7
2003	54.2	79.6
2004	54	80.3
2005	53.9	80.8
2006	54.2	81.2
2007	54.9	81.4
2008	56	81.6
2009	57.4	81.7
2010	58.9	81.9
2011	60.6	81.9
2012	61.7	81.9
2013	62.4	82
2014	63.2	82
2015	64.1	82.1
2016	64.7	82.2
2017	65.4	82.4
2018	65.7	82.4
2019	66.1	82.6
2020	65.2	81.9
2021	62	79.1
2022	65.5	80.5
2023	66.1	82.9
2024	66.3	83.1
2025	66.5	83.2

South Africa and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	UAE
1960	16,440,172	131,334
1961	16,908,035	137,989
1962	17,418,522	144,946
1963	17,954,564	152,211
1964	18,511,361	159,692
1965	19,089,380	167,103
1966	19,690,087	173,976
1967	20,314,066	179,700
1968	20,957,287	199,416
1969	21,614,676	239,660
1970	22,279,984	286,536
1971	22,942,143	335,027
1972	23,609,456	385,014
1973	24,294,263	436,399
1974	24,989,108	489,087
1975	25,690,940	542,856
1976	26,395,450	615,866
1977	27,118,952	710,209
1978	27,869,507	809,274
1979	28,634,162	912,010
1980	29,518,857	1,015,700
1981	30,541,044	1,099,855
1982	31,615,339	1,166,370
1983	32,739,304	1,235,305
1984	33,892,788	1,305,996
1985	35,042,093	1,377,911
1986	36,180,515	1,467,383
1987	37,326,190	1,574,244
1988	38,480,649	1,681,788
1989	39,628,575	1,789,851
1990	40,746,268	1,898,220
1991	41,687,898	2,006,626
1992	42,443,509	2,114,730
1993	43,297,156	2,222,093
1994	44,004,139	2,328,188
1995	44,541,554	2,434,662
1996	45,123,018	2,597,564
1997	45,666,838	2,817,410
1998	46,223,880	3,040,421
1999	46,730,335	3,266,009
2000	47,159,719	3,493,575
2001	47,566,800	3,723,590
2002	48,019,415	3,956,826
2003	48,500,348	4,192,457
2004	48,991,421	4,428,967
2005	49,490,033	4,664,790
2006	49,998,277	5,009,100
2007	50,528,584	5,624,635
2008	51,114,599	6,302,664
2009	51,728,516	6,707,058
2010	52,344,051	6,869,838
2011	52,995,205	7,104,538
2012	53,782,567	7,391,448
2013	54,678,791	7,693,031
2014	55,594,838	8,059,440
2015	56,723,537	8,505,237
2016	57,259,551	8,935,095
2017	57,635,162	9,223,225
2018	58,613,001	9,346,701
2019	59,587,885	9,445,785
2020	60,562,381	9,401,038
2021	61,502,603	9,575,152
2022	62,378,410	10,074,977
2023	63,212,384	10,483,751
2024	64,007,187	10,876,981

Fertility rates in South Africa and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	UAE
1960	6.11	6.5
1961	6.08	6.49
1962	6.05	6.49
1963	6.01	6.5
1964	5.96	6.49
1965	5.89	6.5
1966	5.91	6.5
1967	5.85	6.51
1968	5.78	6.53
1969	5.72	6.52
1970	5.63	6.52
1971	5.57	6.52
1972	5.49	6.5
1973	5.41	6.46
1974	5.3	6.41
1975	5.19	6.35
1976	5.07	6.29
1977	4.94	6.22
1978	4.85	6.15
1979	4.82	6.06
1980	4.78	5.95
1981	4.71	5.81
1982	4.7	5.66
1983	4.63	5.48
1984	4.57	5.3
1985	4.5	5.13
1986	4.41	5
1987	4.35	4.88
1988	4.18	4.77
1989	3.98	4.65
1990	3.72	4.51
1991	3.62	4.25
1992	3.48	4.09
1993	3.37	3.82
1994	3.26	3.76
1995	3.17	3.28
1996	2.99	3.06
1997	2.73	2.83
1998	2.63	2.77
1999	2.56	2.79
2000	2.41	2.73
2001	2.37	2.62
2002	2.32	2.54
2003	2.36	2.49
2004	2.44	2.38
2005	2.51	2.23
2006	2.55	1.96
2007	2.55	1.79
2008	2.68	1.52
2009	2.5	1.58
2010	2.44	1.57
2011	2.44	1.54
2012	2.45	1.53
2013	2.43	1.53
2014	2.42	1.48
2015	2.36	1.42
2016	2.26	1.37
2017	2.28	1.35
2018	2.27	1.29
2019	2.26	1.25
2020	2.26	1.29
2021	2.25	1.16
2022	2.23	1.15
2023	2.22	1.2

South Africa and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	UAE
1960	19	19.6
1961	19	20.1
1962	18.9	20.6
1963	18.9	21
1964	18.9	21.5
1965	18.8	22
1966	18.8	22.6
1967	18.8	23.3
1968	18.8	23.5
1969	18.8	23.1
1970	18.8	23
1971	18.8	23.2
1972	18.8	23.6
1973	18.8	24.1
1974	18.9	24.7
1975	18.9	25.4
1976	19	25.6
1977	19.1	25.4
1978	19.2	25.5
1979	19.3	25.8
1980	19.4	26.2
1981	19.6	26.4
1982	19.8	26.4
1983	20	26.4
1984	20.2	26.4
1985	20.4	26.6
1986	20.5	26.5
1987	20.7	26.1
1988	20.9	25.9
1989	21.1	25.8
1990	21.3	25.8
1991	21.5	26
1992	21.5	26.4
1993	21.9	26.8
1994	22	27.4
1995	21.5	28
1996	21.2	28.1
1997	21.2	27.9
1998	21.4	27.9
1999	21.6	28
2000	21.9	28.2
2001	22.2	28.6
2002	22.4	29.1
2003	22.8	29.6
2004	23.1	30.3
2005	23.3	30.9
2006	23.5	31.4
2007	23.8	31.6
2008	24	31.6
2009	24.3	31.6
2010	24.6	31.7
2011	25	31.7
2012	25.3	31.7
2013	25.7	31.7
2014	26	31.8
2015	26.4	31.8
2016	26.7	31.8
2017	27	31.8
2018	27.5	31.8
2019	27.9	31.8
2020	28.3	31.8
2021	28.6	31.9
2022	28.9	31.9
2023	29.2	32.2
2024	29.5	32.6

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