South Africa vs Vietnam statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 24th vs. 67th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

South Africa and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Vietnam
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	-
1971	$23,411,076,638	-
1972	$24,515,919,217	-
1973	$33,262,772,008	-
1974	$41,389,186,095	-
1975	$42,906,905,672	-
1976	$41,150,460,288	-
1977	$45,328,411,332	-
1978	$51,607,412,902	-
1979	$63,038,658,089	-
1980	$89,411,864,402	-
1981	$93,141,472,164	-
1982	$85,904,057,409	-
1983	$96,204,110,942	-
1984	$84,870,163,366	-
1985	$64,459,376,087	$14,094,687,821
1986	$73,354,771,399	$26,336,616,250
1987	$96,535,763,418	$36,658,108,850
1988	$103,976,831,871	$25,423,812,649
1989	$108,055,624,082	$6,293,304,975
1990	$126,048,140,142	$6,471,740,806
1991	$135,203,698,238	$9,613,369,520
1992	$146,956,150,987	$9,866,990,236
1993	$147,194,747,566	$13,180,953,598
1994	$153,512,712,382	$16,286,433,533
1995	$171,735,933,897	$20,736,164,459
1996	$163,234,925,381	$24,657,470,575
1997	$168,978,057,328	$26,843,700,442
1998	$152,982,984,557	$27,209,602,050
1999	$151,516,957,079	$28,683,659,007
2000	$151,752,757,215	$31,172,518,403
2001	$135,429,905,923	$32,685,198,809
2002	$129,087,556,612	$35,064,105,501
2003	$197,018,965,309	$39,552,513,232
2004	$255,806,908,595	$45,427,854,693
2005	$288,867,217,197	$57,633,255,738
2006	$303,858,675,364	$66,371,664,817
2007	$333,077,117,254	$77,414,425,532
2008	$316,131,258,616	$99,130,304,099
2009	$329,754,060,647	$106,014,659,565
2010	$417,363,822,802	$147,201,173,197
2011	$458,199,494,831	$172,595,049,184
2012	$434,400,545,086	$195,590,661,129
2013	$400,886,013,596	$213,708,811,665
2014	$381,198,869,776	$233,451,469,643
2015	$346,709,790,459	$239,258,328,382
2016	$323,585,509,674	$257,096,001,178
2017	$381,448,814,653	$281,353,605,987
2018	$405,260,723,893	$310,106,478,395
2019	$389,330,032,224	$334,365,270,497
2020	$337,974,655,408	$346,615,738,538
2021	$420,886,877,629	$366,474,752,771
2022	$406,920,004,594	$413,445,230,669
2023	$380,699,271,816	$433,857,681,378
2024	$400,260,724,226	$476,388,230,307

South Africa and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Vietnam
1960	$532	-
1961	$546	-
1962	$563	-
1963	$605	-
1964	$646	-
1965	$685	-
1966	$722	-
1967	$779	-
1968	$817	-
1969	$891	-
1970	$952	-
1971	$1,020	-
1972	$1,038	-
1973	$1,369	-
1974	$1,656	-
1975	$1,670	-
1976	$1,559	-
1977	$1,671	-
1978	$1,852	-
1979	$2,202	-
1980	$3,029	-
1981	$3,050	-
1982	$2,717	-
1983	$2,938	-
1984	$2,504	-
1985	$1,839	$238.6
1986	$2,027	$436
1987	$2,586	$595
1988	$2,702	$405
1989	$2,727	$98.1
1990	$3,093	$98.8
1991	$3,243	$143.7
1992	$3,462	$144.5
1993	$3,400	$189.4
1994	$3,489	$229.9
1995	$3,856	$287.8
1996	$3,618	$337
1997	$3,700	$362
1998	$3,310	$361
1999	$3,242	$376
2000	$3,218	$404
2001	$2,847	$419
2002	$2,688	$445
2003	$4,062	$497
2004	$5,221	$565
2005	$5,837	$711
2006	$6,077	$808
2007	$6,592	$926
2008	$6,185	$1,164
2009	$6,375	$1,226
2010	$7,973	$1,683
2011	$8,646	$1,951
2012	$8,077	$2,185
2013	$7,332	$2,360
2014	$6,857	$2,546
2015	$6,112	$2,578
2016	$5,651	$2,735
2017	$6,618	$2,956
2018	$6,914	$3,222
2019	$6,534	$3,441
2020	$5,581	$3,534
2021	$6,843	$3,704
2022	$6,523	$4,148
2023	$6,023	$4,323
2024	$6,253	$4,717

South Africa vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Vietnam
1950	43.1	48
1951	44.1	48.7
1952	45	49.4
1953	46.1	50
1954	47.1	52
1955	48.2	54.8
1956	49.2	55.5
1957	50.2	56.2
1958	51.1	56.8
1959	51.9	57.4
1960	52.6	58
1961	53.1	58.5
1962	53.6	58.2
1963	53.9	56.9
1964	54.2	57.5
1965	54.4	57
1966	54.7	56.9
1967	55	56.7
1968	55.2	52.7
1969	55.4	54.8
1970	55.7	54.9
1971	56	55.6
1972	56.4	51.9
1973	56.7	55.7
1974	57.1	54.8
1975	57.6	61.9
1976	58	63.7
1977	58.5	64.1
1978	59	64.5
1979	59.5	65
1980	60	65.3
1981	60.4	65.8
1982	60.9	66.2
1983	61.4	66.5
1984	61.8	66.9
1985	62.2	67.2
1986	62.4	67.6
1987	62.7	68
1988	62.9	68.6
1989	63	68.8
1990	62.9	69
1991	63	69.3
1992	62.8	69.6
1993	62.6	70
1994	62.1	70.4
1995	61.6	70.9
1996	61.1	71.3
1997	60.5	71.7
1998	59.9	72.3
1999	59.2	72.6
2000	58.4	72.7
2001	57.2	73
2002	55.6	73.1
2003	54.2	73.2
2004	54	73.1
2005	53.9	73.2
2006	54.2	73.3
2007	54.9	73.4
2008	56	73.5
2009	57.4	73.5
2010	58.9	73.6
2011	60.6	73.7
2012	61.7	73.8
2013	62.4	73.8
2014	63.2	73.9
2015	64.1	74
2016	64.7	74
2017	65.4	74
2018	65.7	74.1
2019	66.1	74.2
2020	65.2	75.4
2021	62	74.1
2022	65.5	74.5
2023	66.1	74.6
2024	66.3	74.7
2025	66.5	74.9

South Africa and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Vietnam
1960	16,440,172	32,531,933
1961	16,908,035	33,409,059
1962	17,418,522	34,288,560
1963	17,954,564	35,249,101
1964	18,511,361	36,201,563
1965	19,089,380	37,129,656
1966	19,690,087	38,024,836
1967	20,314,066	38,895,080
1968	20,957,287	39,734,609
1969	21,614,676	40,582,096
1970	22,279,984	41,475,230
1971	22,942,143	42,449,276
1972	23,609,456	43,429,168
1973	24,294,263	44,409,861
1974	24,989,108	45,413,537
1975	25,690,940	46,482,903
1976	26,395,450	47,684,931
1977	27,118,952	48,954,872
1978	27,869,507	50,249,552
1979	28,634,162	51,378,211
1980	29,518,857	52,490,101
1981	30,541,044	53,738,141
1982	31,615,339	55,011,289
1983	32,739,304	56,337,921
1984	33,892,788	57,706,067
1985	35,042,093	59,060,622
1986	36,180,515	60,347,048
1987	37,326,190	61,584,651
1988	38,480,649	62,843,228
1989	39,628,575	64,147,348
1990	40,746,268	65,504,552
1991	41,687,898	66,891,775
1992	42,443,509	68,260,337
1993	43,297,156	69,586,384
1994	44,004,139	70,854,391
1995	44,541,554	72,049,940
1996	45,123,018	73,156,447
1997	45,666,838	74,226,889
1998	46,223,880	75,299,660
1999	46,730,335	76,287,452
2000	47,159,719	77,154,011
2001	47,566,800	77,969,361
2002	48,019,415	78,772,224
2003	48,500,348	79,563,777
2004	48,991,421	80,338,971
2005	49,490,033	81,088,313
2006	49,998,277	82,167,897
2007	50,528,584	83,633,375
2008	51,114,599	85,175,788
2009	51,728,516	86,460,018
2010	52,344,051	87,455,152
2011	52,995,205	88,468,314
2012	53,782,567	89,510,356
2013	54,678,791	90,573,104
2014	55,594,838	91,679,578
2015	56,723,537	92,823,254
2016	57,259,551	94,000,117
2017	57,635,162	95,176,977
2018	58,613,001	96,237,319
2019	59,587,885	97,173,776
2020	60,562,381	98,079,191
2021	61,502,603	98,935,098
2022	62,378,410	99,680,655
2023	63,212,384	100,352,192
2024	64,007,187	100,987,686

Fertility rates in South Africa and Vietnam

Fertility rate

South Africa

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Vietnam
1960	6.11	6.27
1961	6.08	5.48
1962	6.05	6.26
1963	6.01	6.39
1964	5.96	6.29
1965	5.89	6.16
1966	5.91	5.97
1967	5.85	5.88
1968	5.78	6.03
1969	5.72	6.01
1970	5.63	6.02
1971	5.57	6.07
1972	5.49	6.1
1973	5.41	6.11
1974	5.3	5.78
1975	5.19	5.62
1976	5.07	5.46
1977	4.94	5.29
1978	4.85	5.1
1979	4.82	4.94
1980	4.78	4.8
1981	4.71	4.67
1982	4.7	4.59
1983	4.63	4.52
1984	4.57	4.41
1985	4.5	4.21
1986	4.41	3.96
1987	4.35	3.72
1988	4.18	3.62
1989	3.98	3.64
1990	3.72	3.6
1991	3.62	3.52
1992	3.48	3.35
1993	3.37	3.17
1994	3.26	2.94
1995	3.17	2.7
1996	2.99	2.47
1997	2.73	2.27
1998	2.63	2.1
1999	2.56	2
2000	2.41	2.03
2001	2.37	2.02
2002	2.32	2.01
2003	2.36	2
2004	2.44	1.97
2005	2.51	1.89
2006	2.55	1.87
2007	2.55	1.91
2008	2.68	1.93
2009	2.5	1.92
2010	2.44	1.91
2011	2.44	1.93
2012	2.45	1.97
2013	2.43	1.98
2014	2.42	2.09
2015	2.36	2.1
2016	2.26	2
2017	2.28	1.99
2018	2.27	1.88
2019	2.26	1.94
2020	2.26	1.96
2021	2.25	1.94
2022	2.23	1.93
2023	2.22	1.91

South Africa and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Vietnam
1960	19	21.2
1961	19	20.7
1962	18.9	20.2
1963	18.9	19.7
1964	18.9	19.2
1965	18.8	18.9
1966	18.8	18.7
1967	18.8	18.5
1968	18.8	18.4
1969	18.8	18.4
1970	18.8	18.4
1971	18.8	18.4
1972	18.8	18.5
1973	18.8	18.5
1974	18.9	18.6
1975	18.9	18.7
1976	19	18.8
1977	19.1	19
1978	19.2	19.1
1979	19.3	19.3
1980	19.4	19.4
1981	19.6	19.5
1982	19.8	19.6
1983	20	19.7
1984	20.2	19.8
1985	20.4	19.9
1986	20.5	20
1987	20.7	20.1
1988	20.9	20.2
1989	21.1	20.4
1990	21.3	20.5
1991	21.5	20.7
1992	21.5	20.9
1993	21.9	21.1
1994	22	21.4
1995	21.5	21.7
1996	21.2	22
1997	21.2	22.4
1998	21.4	22.9
1999	21.6	23.3
2000	21.9	23.7
2001	22.2	24.2
2002	22.4	24.6
2003	22.8	25
2004	23.1	25.4
2005	23.3	25.8
2006	23.5	26.3
2007	23.8	26.9
2008	24	27.4
2009	24.3	27.9
2010	24.6	28.3
2011	25	28.7
2012	25.3	29
2013	25.7	29.4
2014	26	29.8
2015	26.4	30.2
2016	26.7	30.5
2017	27	30.8
2018	27.5	31.2
2019	27.9	31.6
2020	28.3	32.1
2021	28.6	32.5
2022	28.9	33
2023	29.2	33.4
2024	29.5	33.9

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