South Africa vs United States statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 24th vs. 3rd).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

South Africa and United States: Comparison Charts

South Africa and United States economies compared

GDP

South Africa

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	United States
1960	$8,748,596,501	$542,390,475,099
1961	$9,225,996,310	$562,640,778,342
1962	$9,813,996,074	$604,729,643,906
1963	$10,854,195,658	$638,380,883,119
1964	$11,955,995,218	$685,631,590,687
1965	$13,068,994,772	$743,503,780,837
1966	$14,211,394,315	$814,082,043,611
1967	$15,821,393,671	$860,737,154,024
1968	$17,124,793,150	$941,639,100,804
1969	$19,256,992,297	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$21,218,391,513	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$23,411,076,638	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$24,515,919,217	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$33,262,772,008	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$41,389,186,095	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$42,906,905,672	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$41,150,460,288	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$45,328,411,332	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$51,607,412,902	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$63,038,658,089	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$89,411,864,402	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$93,141,472,164	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$85,904,057,409	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$96,204,110,942	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$84,870,163,366	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$64,459,376,087	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$73,354,771,399	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$96,535,763,418	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$103,976,831,871	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$108,055,624,082	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$126,048,140,142	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$135,203,698,238	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$146,956,150,987	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$147,194,747,566	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$153,512,712,382	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$171,735,933,897	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$163,234,925,381	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$168,978,057,328	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$152,982,984,557	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$151,516,957,079	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$151,752,757,215	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$135,429,905,923	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$129,087,556,612	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$197,018,965,309	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$255,806,908,595	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$288,867,217,197	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$303,858,675,364	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$333,077,117,254	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$316,131,258,616	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$329,754,060,647	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$417,363,822,802	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$458,199,494,831	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$434,400,545,086	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$400,886,013,596	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$381,198,869,776	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$346,709,790,459	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$323,585,509,674	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$381,448,814,653	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$405,260,723,893	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$389,330,032,224	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$337,974,655,408	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$420,886,877,629	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$406,920,004,594	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$380,699,271,816	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$400,260,724,226	$29,184,890,000,000

South Africa and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	United States
1960	$532	$3,002
1961	$546	$3,063
1962	$563	$3,242
1963	$605	$3,373
1964	$646	$3,573
1965	$685	$3,827
1966	$722	$4,142
1967	$779	$4,332
1968	$817	$4,692
1969	$891	$5,025
1970	$952	$5,234
1971	$1,020	$5,609
1972	$1,038	$6,094
1973	$1,369	$6,726
1974	$1,656	$7,226
1975	$1,670	$7,801
1976	$1,559	$8,592
1977	$1,671	$9,453
1978	$1,852	$10,565
1979	$2,202	$11,674
1980	$3,029	$12,613
1981	$3,050	$13,976
1982	$2,717	$14,434
1983	$2,938	$15,544
1984	$2,504	$17,121
1985	$1,839	$18,237
1986	$2,027	$19,071
1987	$2,586	$20,039
1988	$2,702	$21,417
1989	$2,727	$22,857
1990	$3,093	$23,840
1991	$3,243	$24,293
1992	$3,462	$25,381
1993	$3,400	$26,353
1994	$3,489	$27,662
1995	$3,856	$28,661
1996	$3,618	$29,937
1997	$3,700	$31,430
1998	$3,310	$32,823
1999	$3,242	$34,484
2000	$3,218	$36,330
2001	$2,847	$37,134
2002	$2,688	$37,998
2003	$4,062	$39,490
2004	$5,221	$41,725
2005	$5,837	$44,123
2006	$6,077	$46,302
2007	$6,592	$48,050
2008	$6,185	$48,570
2009	$6,375	$47,195
2010	$7,973	$48,651
2011	$8,646	$50,066
2012	$8,077	$51,784
2013	$7,332	$53,410
2014	$6,857	$55,304
2015	$6,112	$57,040
2016	$5,651	$58,207
2017	$6,618	$60,322
2018	$6,914	$63,201
2019	$6,534	$65,605
2020	$5,581	$64,411
2021	$6,843	$71,352
2022	$6,523	$78,035
2023	$6,023	$82,769
2024	$6,253	$85,810

South Africa vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	United States
1950	43.1	68.1
1951	44.1	68.2
1952	45	68.4
1953	46.1	68.7
1954	47.1	69.5
1955	48.2	69.6
1956	49.2	69.6
1957	50.2	69.4
1958	51.1	69.7
1959	51.9	69.9
1960	52.6	69.8
1961	53.1	70.3
1962	53.6	70.1
1963	53.9	69.9
1964	54.2	70.2
1965	54.4	70.2
1966	54.7	70.2
1967	55	70.5
1968	55.2	70.2
1969	55.4	70.5
1970	55.7	70.7
1971	56	71.1
1972	56.4	71.2
1973	56.7	71.4
1974	57.1	72
1975	57.6	72.5
1976	58	72.8
1977	58.5	73.2
1978	59	73.4
1979	59.5	73.8
1980	60	73.7
1981	60.4	74.1
1982	60.9	74.5
1983	61.4	74.6
1984	61.8	74.7
1985	62.2	74.7
1986	62.4	74.7
1987	62.7	74.9
1988	62.9	74.8
1989	63	75.1
1990	62.9	75.4
1991	63	75.5
1992	62.8	75.8
1993	62.6	75.6
1994	62.1	75.7
1995	61.6	75.9
1996	61.1	76.2
1997	60.5	76.5
1998	59.9	76.7
1999	59.2	76.7
2000	58.4	76.8
2001	57.2	76.9
2002	55.6	77
2003	54.2	77.1
2004	54	77.5
2005	53.9	77.5
2006	54.2	77.8
2007	54.9	78
2008	56	78.1
2009	57.4	78.5
2010	58.9	78.7
2011	60.6	78.7
2012	61.7	78.8
2013	62.4	78.8
2014	63.2	78.9
2015	64.1	78.7
2016	64.7	78.7
2017	65.4	78.6
2018	65.7	78.8
2019	66.1	78.9
2020	65.2	77
2021	62	76.4
2022	65.5	78
2023	66.1	79.3
2024	66.3	79.5
2025	66.5	79.6

South Africa and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

United States

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	16,440,172	180,671,158
1961	16,908,035	183,691,481
1962	17,418,522	186,537,737
1963	17,954,564	189,241,798
1964	18,511,361	191,888,791
1965	19,089,380	194,302,963
1966	19,690,087	196,560,338
1967	20,314,066	198,712,056
1968	20,957,287	200,706,052
1969	21,614,676	202,676,946
1970	22,279,984	205,052,174
1971	22,942,143	207,660,677
1972	23,609,456	209,896,021
1973	24,294,263	211,908,788
1974	24,989,108	213,853,928
1975	25,690,940	215,973,199
1976	26,395,450	218,035,164
1977	27,118,952	220,239,425
1978	27,869,507	222,584,545
1979	28,634,162	225,055,487
1980	29,518,857	226,542,250
1981	30,541,044	229,465,744
1982	31,615,339	231,664,432
1983	32,739,304	233,792,014
1984	33,892,788	235,824,908
1985	35,042,093	237,923,734
1986	36,180,515	240,132,831
1987	37,326,190	242,288,936
1988	38,480,649	244,499,004
1989	39,628,575	246,819,222
1990	40,746,268	250,131,894
1991	41,687,898	253,492,503
1992	42,443,509	256,894,189
1993	43,297,156	260,255,352
1994	44,004,139	263,435,673
1995	44,541,554	266,557,091
1996	45,123,018	269,667,391
1997	45,666,838	272,911,760
1998	46,223,880	276,115,288
1999	46,730,335	279,294,713
2000	47,159,719	282,162,411
2001	47,566,800	284,968,955
2002	48,019,415	287,625,193
2003	48,500,348	290,107,933
2004	48,991,421	292,805,298
2005	49,490,033	295,516,599
2006	49,998,277	298,379,912
2007	50,528,584	301,231,207
2008	51,114,599	304,093,966
2009	51,728,516	306,771,529
2010	52,344,051	309,327,143
2011	52,995,205	311,583,481
2012	53,782,567	313,877,662
2013	54,678,791	316,059,947
2014	55,594,838	318,386,329
2015	56,723,537	320,738,994
2016	57,259,551	323,071,755
2017	57,635,162	325,122,128
2018	58,613,001	326,838,199
2019	59,587,885	328,329,953
2020	60,562,381	331,526,933
2021	61,502,603	331,893,745
2022	62,378,410	333,271,411
2023	63,212,384	334,914,895
2024	64,007,187	340,110,988

Fertility rates in South Africa and United States

Fertility rate

South Africa

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	United States
1960	6.11	3.65
1961	6.08	3.62
1962	6.05	3.46
1963	6.01	3.32
1964	5.96	3.19
1965	5.89	2.91
1966	5.91	2.72
1967	5.85	2.56
1968	5.78	2.46
1969	5.72	2.46
1970	5.63	2.48
1971	5.57	2.27
1972	5.49	2.01
1973	5.41	1.88
1974	5.3	1.84
1975	5.19	1.77
1976	5.07	1.74
1977	4.94	1.79
1978	4.85	1.76
1979	4.82	1.81
1980	4.78	1.84
1981	4.71	1.81
1982	4.7	1.83
1983	4.63	1.8
1984	4.57	1.81
1985	4.5	1.84
1986	4.41	1.84
1987	4.35	1.87
1988	4.18	1.93
1989	3.98	2.01
1990	3.72	2.08
1991	3.62	2.06
1992	3.48	2.05
1993	3.37	2.02
1994	3.26	2
1995	3.17	1.98
1996	2.99	1.98
1997	2.73	1.97
1998	2.63	2
1999	2.56	2.01
2000	2.41	2.06
2001	2.37	2.03
2002	2.32	2.02
2003	2.36	2.05
2004	2.44	2.05
2005	2.51	2.06
2006	2.55	2.11
2007	2.55	2.12
2008	2.68	2.07
2009	2.5	2
2010	2.44	1.93
2011	2.44	1.89
2012	2.45	1.88
2013	2.43	1.86
2014	2.42	1.86
2015	2.36	1.84
2016	2.26	1.82
2017	2.28	1.77
2018	2.27	1.73
2019	2.26	1.71
2020	2.26	1.64
2021	2.25	1.66
2022	2.23	1.66
2023	2.22	1.62

South Africa and United States demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	United States
1960	19	29.2
1961	19	29
1962	18.9	28.7
1963	18.9	28.5
1964	18.9	28.2
1965	18.8	28.1
1966	18.8	27.9
1967	18.8	27.9
1968	18.8	27.9
1969	18.8	27.9
1970	18.8	27.8
1971	18.8	27.9
1972	18.8	28
1973	18.8	28.3
1974	18.9	28.5
1975	18.9	28.7
1976	19	28.9
1977	19.1	29.2
1978	19.2	29.6
1979	19.3	29.9
1980	19.4	30.1
1981	19.6	30.4
1982	19.8	30.7
1983	20	30.9
1984	20.2	31.2
1985	20.4	31.5
1986	20.5	31.8
1987	20.7	32.1
1988	20.9	32.4
1989	21.1	32.7
1990	21.3	32.9
1991	21.5	33.2
1992	21.5	33.4
1993	21.9	33.6
1994	22	33.8
1995	21.5	34.1
1996	21.2	34.4
1997	21.2	34.6
1998	21.4	34.9
1999	21.6	35.1
2000	21.9	35.3
2001	22.2	35.5
2002	22.4	35.6
2003	22.8	35.8
2004	23.1	36
2005	23.3	36.2
2006	23.5	36.4
2007	23.8	36.5
2008	24	36.6
2009	24.3	36.7
2010	24.6	36.9
2011	25	37
2012	25.3	37.1
2013	25.7	37.2
2014	26	37.3
2015	26.4	37.5
2016	26.7	37.6
2017	27	37.7
2018	27.5	37.9
2019	27.9	38
2020	28.3	38.2
2021	28.6	38.5
2022	28.9	38.7
2023	29.2	39
2024	29.5	39.3

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