South Africa vs Uruguay statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 3.39M in Uruguay (ranked 133/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 67,576 sq mi for Uruguay (ranked 24th vs. 89th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Uruguay ranks 80/197 ($81B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Uruguay ranks 51/197 ($23,907).

South Africa and Uruguay: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Uruguay economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Uruguay

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Uruguay
1960	$8,748,596,501	$1,242,289,239
1961	$9,225,996,310	$1,547,388,781
1962	$9,813,996,074	$1,710,004,407
1963	$10,854,195,658	$1,539,681,491
1964	$11,955,995,218	$1,975,701,816
1965	$13,068,994,772	$1,890,767,156
1966	$14,211,394,315	$1,809,185,094
1967	$15,821,393,671	$1,597,713,469
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,593,674,185
1969	$19,256,992,297	$2,004,435,484
1970	$21,218,391,513	$2,137,096,774
1971	$23,411,076,638	$2,807,258,065
1972	$24,515,919,217	$2,189,418,689
1973	$33,262,772,008	$3,964,296,443
1974	$41,389,186,095	$4,090,209,682
1975	$42,906,905,672	$3,538,278,047
1976	$41,150,460,288	$3,667,161,241
1977	$45,328,411,332	$4,114,670,014
1978	$51,607,412,902	$4,910,254,566
1979	$63,038,658,089	$7,181,182,224
1980	$89,411,864,402	$10,163,020,116
1981	$93,141,472,164	$11,048,301,421
1982	$85,904,057,409	$9,178,780,077
1983	$96,204,110,942	$5,102,276,308
1984	$84,870,163,366	$4,850,238,550
1985	$64,459,376,087	$4,732,017,873
1986	$73,354,771,399	$5,880,112,788
1987	$96,535,763,418	$7,367,494,080
1988	$103,976,831,871	$8,213,538,369
1989	$108,055,624,082	$8,438,951,476
1990	$126,048,140,142	$9,298,807,850
1991	$135,203,698,238	$11,206,176,651
1992	$146,956,150,987	$12,878,148,791
1993	$147,194,747,566	$15,002,136,971
1994	$153,512,712,382	$17,474,588,896
1995	$171,735,933,897	$19,297,663,097
1996	$163,234,925,381	$20,515,458,114
1997	$168,978,057,328	$23,969,739,234
1998	$152,982,984,557	$25,385,886,978
1999	$151,516,957,079	$23,983,945,191
2000	$151,752,757,215	$22,823,270,892
2001	$135,429,905,923	$20,898,761,742
2002	$129,087,556,612	$13,606,515,723
2003	$197,018,965,309	$12,045,638,352
2004	$255,806,908,595	$13,686,329,890
2005	$288,867,217,197	$17,362,857,684
2006	$303,858,675,364	$19,741,420,740
2007	$333,077,117,254	$23,797,773,024
2008	$316,131,258,616	$31,119,602,539
2009	$329,754,060,647	$32,708,319,078
2010	$417,363,822,802	$41,950,361,212
2011	$458,199,494,831	$50,342,406,067
2012	$434,400,545,086	$54,232,266,359
2013	$400,886,013,596	$61,337,621,934
2014	$381,198,869,776	$61,496,186,974
2015	$346,709,790,459	$57,680,327,999
2016	$323,585,509,674	$57,480,787,465
2017	$381,448,814,653	$65,005,997,963
2018	$405,260,723,893	$65,344,577,416
2019	$389,330,032,224	$62,222,313,619
2020	$337,974,655,408	$53,559,359,262
2021	$420,886,877,629	$60,739,084,241
2022	$406,920,004,594	$70,594,110,920
2023	$380,699,271,816	$77,991,666,838
2024	$400,260,724,226	$80,961,511,074

South Africa and Uruguay economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Uruguay

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Uruguay
1960	$532	$491
1961	$546	$604
1962	$563	$659
1963	$605	$587
1964	$646	$745
1965	$685	$705
1966	$722	$668
1967	$779	$585
1968	$817	$579
1969	$891	$723
1970	$952	$766
1971	$1,020	$1,000
1972	$1,038	$776
1973	$1,369	$1,397
1974	$1,656	$1,433
1975	$1,670	$1,232
1976	$1,559	$1,268
1977	$1,671	$1,414
1978	$1,852	$1,678
1979	$2,202	$2,443
1980	$3,029	$3,443
1981	$3,050	$3,728
1982	$2,717	$3,085
1983	$2,938	$1,707
1984	$2,504	$1,615
1985	$1,839	$1,568
1986	$2,027	$1,939
1987	$2,586	$2,416
1988	$2,702	$2,677
1989	$2,727	$2,734
1990	$3,093	$2,995
1991	$3,243	$3,589
1992	$3,462	$4,102
1993	$3,400	$4,753
1994	$3,489	$5,508
1995	$3,856	$6,050
1996	$3,618	$6,398
1997	$3,700	$7,436
1998	$3,310	$7,837
1999	$3,242	$7,371
2000	$3,218	$6,988
2001	$2,847	$6,383
2002	$2,688	$4,150
2003	$4,062	$3,671
2004	$5,221	$4,169
2005	$5,837	$5,284
2006	$6,077	$6,001
2007	$6,592	$7,222
2008	$6,185	$9,424
2009	$6,375	$9,881
2010	$7,973	$12,641
2011	$8,646	$15,132
2012	$8,077	$16,260
2013	$7,332	$18,335
2014	$6,857	$18,322
2015	$6,112	$17,126
2016	$5,651	$17,010
2017	$6,618	$19,185
2018	$6,914	$19,250
2019	$6,534	$18,316
2020	$5,581	$15,758
2021	$6,843	$17,882
2022	$6,523	$20,819
2023	$6,023	$23,019
2024	$6,253	$23,907

South Africa vs. Uruguay life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Uruguay

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Uruguay
1950	43.1	65.6
1951	44.1	65.8
1952	45	66.1
1953	46.1	66.3
1954	47.1	66.5
1955	48.2	66.7
1956	49.2	66.9
1957	50.2	67.1
1958	51.1	67.3
1959	51.9	67.5
1960	52.6	67.7
1961	53.1	67.8
1962	53.6	67.9
1963	53.9	68
1964	54.2	68.1
1965	54.4	68.2
1966	54.7	68.3
1967	55	68.4
1968	55.2	68.5
1969	55.4	68.6
1970	55.7	68.7
1971	56	68.9
1972	56.4	69.2
1973	56.7	69.3
1974	57.1	69.5
1975	57.6	69.7
1976	58	69.9
1977	58.5	70.1
1978	59	70.3
1979	59.5	70.3
1980	60	70.5
1981	60.4	71
1982	60.9	71.5
1983	61.4	71.6
1984	61.8	71.7
1985	62.2	71.9
1986	62.4	72.2
1987	62.7	72.2
1988	62.9	72.4
1989	63	72.6
1990	62.9	73
1991	63	73.2
1992	62.8	73.2
1993	62.6	73.1
1994	62.1	73.2
1995	61.6	73.5
1996	61.1	73.8
1997	60.5	73.9
1998	59.9	74
1999	59.2	74.3
2000	58.4	74.7
2001	57.2	75
2002	55.6	75
2003	54.2	75.1
2004	54	75.3
2005	53.9	75.8
2006	54.2	75.9
2007	54.9	76.2
2008	56	76.3
2009	57.4	76.7
2010	58.9	76.7
2011	60.6	76.6
2012	61.7	76.7
2013	62.4	77
2014	63.2	77.2
2015	64.1	77.3
2016	64.7	77.4
2017	65.4	77.6
2018	65.7	77.5
2019	66.1	77.5
2020	65.2	78.4
2021	62	75.4
2022	65.5	76.5
2023	66.1	78.1
2024	66.3	78.3
2025	66.5	78.5

South Africa and Uruguay population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Uruguay

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Uruguay
1960	16,440,172	2,529,957
1961	16,908,035	2,562,044
1962	17,418,522	2,593,298
1963	17,954,564	2,623,766
1964	18,511,361	2,653,180
1965	19,089,380	2,681,169
1966	19,690,087	2,707,646
1967	20,314,066	2,732,277
1968	20,957,287	2,754,606
1969	21,614,676	2,773,974
1970	22,279,984	2,790,807
1971	22,942,143	2,806,462
1972	23,609,456	2,821,644
1973	24,294,263	2,837,133
1974	24,989,108	2,853,944
1975	25,690,940	2,872,320
1976	26,395,450	2,891,392
1977	27,118,952	2,909,461
1978	27,869,507	2,925,715
1979	28,634,162	2,939,903
1980	29,518,857	2,951,953
1981	30,541,044	2,963,246
1982	31,615,339	2,975,492
1983	32,739,304	2,988,778
1984	33,892,788	3,002,488
1985	35,042,093	3,017,037
1986	36,180,515	3,032,845
1987	37,326,190	3,049,896
1988	38,480,649	3,067,961
1989	39,628,575	3,086,255
1990	40,746,268	3,104,403
1991	41,687,898	3,122,354
1992	42,443,509	3,139,702
1993	43,297,156	3,156,345
1994	44,004,139	3,172,834
1995	44,541,554	3,189,440
1996	45,123,018	3,206,324
1997	45,666,838	3,223,345
1998	46,223,880	3,239,280
1999	46,730,335	3,254,015
2000	47,159,719	3,266,206
2001	47,566,800	3,274,251
2002	48,019,415	3,278,867
2003	48,500,348	3,281,186
2004	48,991,421	3,283,148
2005	49,490,033	3,285,771
2006	49,998,277	3,289,506
2007	50,528,584	3,295,153
2008	51,114,599	3,302,177
2009	51,728,516	3,310,091
2010	52,344,051	3,318,580
2011	52,995,205	3,326,825
2012	53,782,567	3,335,401
2013	54,678,791	3,345,337
2014	55,594,838	3,356,334
2015	56,723,537	3,368,017
2016	57,259,551	3,379,283
2017	57,635,162	3,388,438
2018	58,613,001	3,394,534
2019	59,587,885	3,397,206
2020	60,562,381	3,398,968
2021	61,502,603	3,396,695
2022	62,378,410	3,390,913
2023	63,212,384	3,388,081
2024	64,007,187	3,386,588

Fertility rates in South Africa and Uruguay

Fertility rate

South Africa

Uruguay

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Uruguay
1960	6.11	2.83
1961	6.08	2.85
1962	6.05	2.87
1963	6.01	2.88
1964	5.96	2.86
1965	5.89	2.84
1966	5.91	2.82
1967	5.85	2.78
1968	5.78	2.77
1969	5.72	2.77
1970	5.63	2.77
1971	5.57	2.77
1972	5.49	2.78
1973	5.41	2.86
1974	5.3	2.96
1975	5.19	3.02
1976	5.07	3.01
1977	4.94	2.9
1978	4.85	2.83
1979	4.82	2.71
1980	4.78	2.59
1981	4.71	2.53
1982	4.7	2.51
1983	4.63	2.49
1984	4.57	2.47
1985	4.5	2.47
1986	4.41	2.47
1987	4.35	2.49
1988	4.18	2.5
1989	3.98	2.5
1990	3.72	2.48
1991	3.62	2.45
1992	3.48	2.43
1993	3.37	2.41
1994	3.26	2.42
1995	3.17	2.4
1996	2.99	2.36
1997	2.73	2.33
1998	2.63	2.27
1999	2.56	2.25
2000	2.41	2.2
2001	2.37	2.16
2002	2.32	2.16
2003	2.36	2.12
2004	2.44	2.09
2005	2.51	2.1
2006	2.55	2.07
2007	2.55	2.05
2008	2.68	2.03
2009	2.5	2.02
2010	2.44	2.01
2011	2.44	1.99
2012	2.45	2.01
2013	2.43	2.03
2014	2.42	2.03
2015	2.36	2.04
2016	2.26	1.97
2017	2.28	1.82
2018	2.27	1.68
2019	2.26	1.57
2020	2.26	1.5
2021	2.25	1.45
2022	2.23	1.43
2023	2.22	1.41

South Africa and Uruguay demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Uruguay

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Uruguay
1960	19	29
1961	19	29.1
1962	18.9	29.2
1963	18.9	29.2
1964	18.9	29.3
1965	18.8	29.4
1966	18.8	29.5
1967	18.8	29.6
1968	18.8	29.7
1969	18.8	29.8
1970	18.8	29.9
1971	18.8	29.9
1972	18.8	30
1973	18.8	30.1
1974	18.9	30.1
1975	18.9	30.1
1976	19	30.1
1977	19.1	30.1
1978	19.2	30
1979	19.3	30
1980	19.4	30.1
1981	19.6	30.1
1982	19.8	30.2
1983	20	30.3
1984	20.2	30.3
1985	20.4	30.4
1986	20.5	30.5
1987	20.7	30.6
1988	20.9	30.7
1989	21.1	30.8
1990	21.3	30.9
1991	21.5	31
1992	21.5	31.1
1993	21.9	31.2
1994	22	31.4
1995	21.5	31.5
1996	21.2	31.6
1997	21.2	31.7
1998	21.4	31.8
1999	21.6	31.9
2000	21.9	32
2001	22.2	32.2
2002	22.4	32.3
2003	22.8	32.5
2004	23.1	32.7
2005	23.3	32.9
2006	23.5	33.1
2007	23.8	33.3
2008	24	33.5
2009	24.3	33.7
2010	24.6	34
2011	25	34.2
2012	25.3	34.5
2013	25.7	34.7
2014	26	34.9
2015	26.4	35
2016	26.7	35.2
2017	27	35.3
2018	27.5	35.5
2019	27.9	35.8
2020	28.3	36
2021	28.6	36.3
2022	28.9	36.5
2023	29.2	36.8
2024	29.5	37.2

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