South Africa vs United Kingdom statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 24th vs. 78th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

South Africa and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

South Africa and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

South Africa

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	United Kingdom
1960	$8,748,596,501	$73,233,967,692
1961	$9,225,996,310	$77,741,965,703
1962	$9,813,996,074	$81,247,564,157
1963	$10,854,195,658	$86,561,961,812
1964	$11,955,995,218	$94,407,558,351
1965	$13,068,994,772	$101,824,755,079
1966	$14,211,394,315	$108,572,752,102
1967	$15,821,393,671	$113,116,888,211
1968	$17,124,793,150	$107,759,910,068
1969	$19,256,992,297	$116,464,702,803
1970	$21,218,391,513	$130,671,946,244
1971	$23,411,076,638	$148,113,896,325
1972	$24,515,919,217	$169,965,034,965
1973	$33,262,772,008	$192,537,971,583
1974	$41,389,186,095	$206,131,369,799
1975	$42,906,905,672	$241,756,637,168
1976	$41,150,460,288	$232,614,555,256
1977	$45,328,411,332	$263,066,457,352
1978	$51,607,412,902	$335,883,029,722
1979	$63,038,658,089	$438,994,070,309
1980	$89,411,864,402	$564,947,710,899
1981	$93,141,472,164	$540,765,675,241
1982	$85,904,057,409	$515,048,916,841
1983	$96,204,110,942	$489,618,008,186
1984	$84,870,163,366	$461,487,097,632
1985	$64,459,376,087	$489,285,164,271
1986	$73,354,771,399	$601,452,653,181
1987	$96,535,763,418	$745,162,608,269
1988	$103,976,831,871	$910,122,732,124
1989	$108,055,624,082	$926,884,816,754
1990	$126,048,140,142	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$135,203,698,238	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$146,956,150,987	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$147,194,747,566	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$153,512,712,382	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$171,735,933,897	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$163,234,925,381	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$168,978,057,328	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$152,982,984,557	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$151,516,957,079	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$151,752,757,215	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$135,429,905,923	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$129,087,556,612	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$197,018,965,309	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$255,806,908,595	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$288,867,217,197	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$303,858,675,364	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$333,077,117,254	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$316,131,258,616	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$329,754,060,647	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$417,363,822,802	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$458,199,494,831	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$434,400,545,086	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$400,886,013,596	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$381,198,869,776	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$346,709,790,459	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$323,585,509,674	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$381,448,814,653	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$405,260,723,893	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$389,330,032,224	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$337,974,655,408	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$420,886,877,629	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$406,920,004,594	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$380,699,271,816	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$400,260,724,226	$3,643,834,188,783

South Africa and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	United Kingdom
1960	$532	$1,398
1961	$546	$1,472
1962	$563	$1,526
1963	$605	$1,613
1964	$646	$1,748
1965	$685	$1,874
1966	$722	$1,987
1967	$779	$2,059
1968	$817	$1,952
1969	$891	$2,101
1970	$952	$2,348
1971	$1,020	$2,650
1972	$1,038	$3,030
1973	$1,369	$3,426
1974	$1,656	$3,666
1975	$1,670	$4,300
1976	$1,559	$4,138
1977	$1,671	$4,681
1978	$1,852	$5,977
1979	$2,202	$7,805
1980	$3,029	$10,032
1981	$3,050	$9,599
1982	$2,717	$9,146
1983	$2,938	$8,692
1984	$2,504	$8,179
1985	$1,839	$8,652
1986	$2,027	$10,611
1987	$2,586	$13,119
1988	$2,702	$15,987
1989	$2,727	$16,239
1990	$3,093	$19,095
1991	$3,243	$19,901
1992	$3,462	$20,487
1993	$3,400	$18,389
1994	$3,489	$19,709
1995	$3,856	$23,169
1996	$3,618	$24,406
1997	$3,700	$26,766
1998	$3,310	$28,275
1999	$3,242	$28,762
2000	$3,218	$28,281
2001	$2,847	$27,907
2002	$2,688	$30,078
2003	$4,062	$34,443
2004	$5,221	$40,367
2005	$5,837	$42,105
2006	$6,077	$44,512
2007	$6,592	$50,398
2008	$6,185	$47,396
2009	$6,375	$38,744
2010	$7,973	$39,599
2011	$8,646	$42,110
2012	$8,077	$42,490
2013	$7,332	$43,419
2014	$6,857	$47,427
2015	$6,112	$44,984
2016	$5,651	$40,988
2017	$6,618	$40,629
2018	$6,914	$43,315
2019	$6,534	$42,794
2020	$5,581	$40,405
2021	$6,843	$46,926
2022	$6,523	$46,063
2023	$6,023	$49,201
2024	$6,253	$52,637

South Africa vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	United Kingdom
1950	43.1	68.6
1951	44.1	68.2
1952	45	69.5
1953	46.1	69.8
1954	47.1	70.2
1955	48.2	70.1
1956	49.2	70.4
1957	50.2	70.5
1958	51.1	70.7
1959	51.9	70.8
1960	52.6	71
1961	53.1	70.8
1962	53.6	70.9
1963	53.9	70.8
1964	54.2	71.5
1965	54.4	71.5
1966	54.7	71.4
1967	55	72.1
1968	55.2	71.7
1969	55.4	71.7
1970	55.7	71.9
1971	56	72.2
1972	56.4	72
1973	56.7	72.2
1974	57.1	72.4
1975	57.6	72.7
1976	58	72.6
1977	58.5	73.1
1978	59	73
1979	59.5	73.2
1980	60	73.6
1981	60.4	73.9
1982	60.9	74
1983	61.4	74.3
1984	61.8	74.7
1985	62.2	74.5
1986	62.4	74.8
1987	62.7	75.1
1988	62.9	75.3
1989	63	75.4
1990	62.9	75.7
1991	63	75.9
1992	62.8	76.3
1993	62.6	76.2
1994	62.1	76.7
1995	61.6	76.6
1996	61.1	76.9
1997	60.5	77.1
1998	59.9	77.3
1999	59.2	77.4
2000	58.4	77.8
2001	57.2	78.1
2002	55.6	78.2
2003	54.2	78.3
2004	54	78.9
2005	53.9	79.1
2006	54.2	79.3
2007	54.9	79.5
2008	56	79.7
2009	57.4	80.2
2010	58.9	80.4
2011	60.6	80.8
2012	61.7	80.9
2013	62.4	80.9
2014	63.2	81.2
2015	64.1	80.9
2016	64.7	81.1
2017	65.4	81.2
2018	65.7	81.1
2019	66.1	81.4
2020	65.2	80.4
2021	62	80.7
2022	65.5	81.1
2023	66.1	81.3
2024	66.3	81.4
2025	66.5	81.6

South Africa and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	United Kingdom
1960	16,440,172	52,400,000
1961	16,908,035	52,800,000
1962	17,418,522	53,250,000
1963	17,954,564	53,650,000
1964	18,511,361	54,000,000
1965	19,089,380	54,348,050
1966	19,690,087	54,648,500
1967	20,314,066	54,943,600
1968	20,957,287	55,211,700
1969	21,614,676	55,441,750
1970	22,279,984	55,663,250
1971	22,942,143	55,896,223
1972	23,609,456	56,086,065
1973	24,294,263	56,194,527
1974	24,989,108	56,229,974
1975	25,690,940	56,225,800
1976	26,395,450	56,211,968
1977	27,118,952	56,193,492
1978	27,869,507	56,196,504
1979	28,634,162	56,246,951
1980	29,518,857	56,314,216
1981	30,541,044	56,333,829
1982	31,615,339	56,313,641
1983	32,739,304	56,332,848
1984	33,892,788	56,422,072
1985	35,042,093	56,550,268
1986	36,180,515	56,681,396
1987	37,326,190	56,802,050
1988	38,480,649	56,928,327
1989	39,628,575	57,076,711
1990	40,746,268	57,247,586
1991	41,687,898	57,424,897
1992	42,443,509	57,580,402
1993	43,297,156	57,718,614
1994	44,004,139	57,865,745
1995	44,541,554	58,019,030
1996	45,123,018	58,166,950
1997	45,666,838	58,316,954
1998	46,223,880	58,487,141
1999	46,730,335	58,682,466
2000	47,159,719	58,892,514
2001	47,566,800	59,119,673
2002	48,019,415	59,370,479
2003	48,500,348	59,647,577
2004	48,991,421	59,987,905
2005	49,490,033	60,401,206
2006	49,998,277	60,846,820
2007	50,528,584	61,322,463
2008	51,114,599	61,806,995
2009	51,728,516	62,276,270
2010	52,344,051	62,766,365
2011	52,995,205	63,258,810
2012	53,782,567	63,711,000
2013	54,678,791	64,139,000
2014	55,594,838	64,620,000
2015	56,723,537	65,088,000
2016	57,259,551	65,607,000
2017	57,635,162	65,966,000
2018	58,613,001	66,289,000
2019	59,587,885	66,631,000
2020	60,562,381	66,744,000
2021	61,502,603	66,984,000
2022	62,378,410	67,604,000
2023	63,212,384	68,492,000
2024	64,007,187	69,226,000

Fertility rates in South Africa and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

South Africa

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	United Kingdom
1960	6.11	2.69
1961	6.08	2.78
1962	6.05	2.86
1963	6.01	2.88
1964	5.96	2.93
1965	5.89	2.86
1966	5.91	2.78
1967	5.85	2.68
1968	5.78	2.6
1969	5.72	2.51
1970	5.63	2.44
1971	5.57	2.41
1972	5.49	2.2
1973	5.41	2.04
1974	5.3	1.92
1975	5.19	1.81
1976	5.07	1.74
1977	4.94	1.69
1978	4.85	1.75
1979	4.82	1.86
1980	4.78	1.9
1981	4.71	1.82
1982	4.7	1.78
1983	4.63	1.77
1984	4.57	1.77
1985	4.5	1.79
1986	4.41	1.78
1987	4.35	1.81
1988	4.18	1.82
1989	3.98	1.79
1990	3.72	1.83
1991	3.62	1.82
1992	3.48	1.79
1993	3.37	1.76
1994	3.26	1.74
1995	3.17	1.71
1996	2.99	1.73
1997	2.73	1.72
1998	2.63	1.71
1999	2.56	1.68
2000	2.41	1.64
2001	2.37	1.63
2002	2.32	1.63
2003	2.36	1.7
2004	2.44	1.75
2005	2.51	1.76
2006	2.55	1.82
2007	2.55	1.86
2008	2.68	1.91
2009	2.5	1.89
2010	2.44	1.92
2011	2.44	1.91
2012	2.45	1.92
2013	2.43	1.83
2014	2.42	1.81
2015	2.36	1.8
2016	2.26	1.79
2017	2.28	1.74
2018	2.27	1.68
2019	2.26	1.63
2020	2.26	1.57
2021	2.25	1.58
2022	2.23	1.56
2023	2.22	1.56

South Africa and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	United Kingdom
1960	19	35.5
1961	19	35.4
1962	18.9	35.3
1963	18.9	35.3
1964	18.9	35.2
1965	18.8	35.1
1966	18.8	34.9
1967	18.8	34.8
1968	18.8	34.6
1969	18.8	34.4
1970	18.8	34.2
1971	18.8	34.1
1972	18.8	34
1973	18.8	34
1974	18.9	34
1975	18.9	34
1976	19	34
1977	19.1	34.1
1978	19.2	34.2
1979	19.3	34.3
1980	19.4	34.4
1981	19.6	34.5
1982	19.8	34.8
1983	20	35
1984	20.2	35.2
1985	20.4	35.3
1986	20.5	35.4
1987	20.7	35.4
1988	20.9	35.7
1989	21.1	35.9
1990	21.3	36
1991	21.5	36.1
1992	21.5	36.2
1993	21.9	36.3
1994	22	36.5
1995	21.5	36.6
1996	21.2	36.8
1997	21.2	37
1998	21.4	37.2
1999	21.6	37.4
2000	21.9	37.7
2001	22.2	37.9
2002	22.4	38.1
2003	22.8	38.2
2004	23.1	38.4
2005	23.3	38.5
2006	23.5	38.6
2007	23.8	38.8
2008	24	38.9
2009	24.3	39
2010	24.6	39.2
2011	25	39.3
2012	25.3	39.5
2013	25.7	39.6
2014	26	39.7
2015	26.4	39.8
2016	26.7	39.8
2017	27	39.9
2018	27.5	40
2019	27.9	40.1
2020	28.3	40.2
2021	28.6	40.3
2022	28.9	40.5
2023	29.2	40.8
2024	29.5	41

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