South Africa vs Vatican statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 24th vs. 197th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

South Africa and Vatican: Comparison Charts

South Africa vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Vatican
1950	43.1	65.9
1951	44.1	65.3
1952	45	65.7
1953	46.1	66.3
1954	47.1	67.5
1955	48.2	67.8
1956	49.2	67.3
1957	50.2	67.5
1958	51.1	68.7
1959	51.9	69.2
1960	52.6	69.2
1961	53.1	69.8
1962	53.6	69.2
1963	53.9	69.3
1964	54.2	70.3
1965	54.4	70.1
1966	54.7	70.9
1967	55	70.9
1968	55.2	70.7
1969	55.4	70.7
1970	55.7	71.5
1971	56	71.7
1972	56.4	72
1973	56.7	71.9
1974	57.1	72.7
1975	57.6	72.6
1976	58	72.9
1977	58.5	73.3
1978	59	73.7
1979	59.5	74
1980	60	74.1
1981	60.4	74.3
1982	60.9	74.8
1983	61.4	74.7
1984	61.8	75.1
1985	62.2	75.5
1986	62.4	75.7
1987	62.7	76.2
1988	62.9	76.4
1989	63	76.8
1990	62.9	76.9
1991	63	76.9
1992	62.8	77.3
1993	62.6	77
1994	62.1	77.7
1995	61.6	77.8
1996	61.1	78.5
1997	60.5	78.2
1998	59.9	78.3
1999	59.2	78.7
2000	58.4	79.3
2001	57.2	79.9
2002	55.6	80
2003	54.2	79.8
2004	54	80.2
2005	53.9	80.6
2006	54.2	81.2
2007	54.9	81.3
2008	56	81.4
2009	57.4	81.3
2010	58.9	81.5
2011	60.6	81.7
2012	61.7	82
2013	62.4	82.5
2014	63.2	82.6
2015	64.1	82.5
2016	64.7	82.9
2017	65.4	82.7
2018	65.7	83.3
2019	66.1	83.6
2020	65.2	83
2021	62	82.9
2022	65.5	83.3
2023	66.1	83
2024	66.3	83.1
2025	66.5	83.3

South Africa and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Vatican
1960	16,440,172	-
1961	16,908,035	-
1962	17,418,522	-
1963	17,954,564	-
1964	18,511,361	-
1965	19,089,380	-
1966	19,690,087	-
1967	20,314,066	-
1968	20,957,287	-
1969	21,614,676	-
1970	22,279,984	-
1971	22,942,143	-
1972	23,609,456	-
1973	24,294,263	-
1974	24,989,108	-
1975	25,690,940	-
1976	26,395,450	-
1977	27,118,952	-
1978	27,869,507	-
1979	28,634,162	-
1980	29,518,857	-
1981	30,541,044	-
1982	31,615,339	-
1983	32,739,304	-
1984	33,892,788	-
1985	35,042,093	-
1986	36,180,515	-
1987	37,326,190	-
1988	38,480,649	-
1989	39,628,575	-
1990	40,746,268	-
1991	41,687,898	-
1992	42,443,509	-
1993	43,297,156	-
1994	44,004,139	-
1995	44,541,554	-
1996	45,123,018	-
1997	45,666,838	-
1998	46,223,880	-
1999	46,730,335	-
2000	47,159,719	880
2001	47,566,800	890
2002	48,019,415	900
2003	48,500,348	911
2004	48,991,421	921
2005	49,490,033	921
2006	49,998,277	932
2007	50,528,584	821
2008	51,114,599	824
2009	51,728,516	826
2010	52,344,051	829
2011	52,995,205	832
2012	53,782,567	836
2013	54,678,791	839
2014	55,594,838	842
2015	56,723,537	1,000
2016	57,259,551	-
2017	57,635,162	1,000
2018	58,613,001	-
2019	59,587,885	1,000
2020	60,562,381	-
2021	61,502,603	-
2022	62,378,410	-
2023	63,212,384	-
2024	64,007,187	-

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