South Africa vs Yemen statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 24th vs. 49th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

South Africa and Yemen: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Yemen economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Yemen
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	-
1986	$73,354,771,399	-
1987	$96,535,763,418	-
1988	$103,976,831,871	-
1989	$108,055,624,082	-
1990	$126,048,140,142	$12,643,821,569
1991	$135,203,698,238	$14,665,445,462
1992	$146,956,150,987	$17,959,367,194
1993	$147,194,747,566	$21,736,802,664
1994	$153,512,712,382	$28,019,483,764
1995	$171,735,933,897	$12,796,345,679
1996	$163,234,925,381	$6,496,163,616
1997	$168,978,057,328	$6,838,298,531
1998	$152,982,984,557	$6,322,175,566
1999	$151,516,957,079	$7,639,325,296
2000	$151,752,757,215	$9,679,316,770
2001	$135,429,905,923	$9,852,990,693
2002	$129,087,556,612	$10,693,430,511
2003	$197,018,965,309	$11,777,532,662
2004	$255,806,908,595	$13,867,634,371
2005	$288,867,217,197	$16,731,566,717
2006	$303,858,675,364	$19,063,143,370
2007	$333,077,117,254	$21,650,528,674
2008	$316,131,258,616	$26,910,855,807
2009	$329,754,060,647	$25,130,278,213
2010	$417,363,822,802	$30,906,749,533
2011	$458,199,494,831	$32,726,417,878
2012	$434,400,545,086	$35,401,331,609
2013	$400,886,013,596	$40,415,233,436
2014	$381,198,869,776	$43,228,585,321
2015	$346,709,790,459	$42,444,490,074
2016	$323,585,509,674	$31,317,825,274
2017	$381,448,814,653	$26,842,229,045
2018	$405,260,723,893	$21,606,160,663
2019	$389,330,032,224	-
2020	$337,974,655,408	-
2021	$420,886,877,629	-
2022	$406,920,004,594	-
2023	$380,699,271,816	-
2024	$400,260,724,226	-

South Africa and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Yemen
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	-
1986	$2,027	-
1987	$2,586	-
1988	$2,702	-
1989	$2,727	-
1990	$3,093	$910
1991	$3,243	$1,016
1992	$3,462	$1,198
1993	$3,400	$1,397
1994	$3,489	$1,735
1995	$3,856	$764
1996	$3,618	$375
1997	$3,700	$383
1998	$3,310	$343
1999	$3,242	$401
2000	$3,218	$493
2001	$2,847	$487
2002	$2,688	$513
2003	$4,062	$549
2004	$5,221	$628
2005	$5,837	$734
2006	$6,077	$810
2007	$6,592	$890
2008	$6,185	$1,072
2009	$6,375	$969
2010	$7,973	$1,155
2011	$8,646	$1,186
2012	$8,077	$1,245
2013	$7,332	$1,379
2014	$6,857	$1,430
2015	$6,112	$1,362
2016	$5,651	$975
2017	$6,618	$811
2018	$6,914	$634
2019	$6,534	-
2020	$5,581	-
2021	$6,843	-
2022	$6,523	-
2023	$6,023	-
2024	$6,253	-

South Africa vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Yemen

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Yemen
1950	43.1	28.9
1951	44.1	29.3
1952	45	29.6
1953	46.1	30
1954	47.1	30.4
1955	48.2	30.8
1956	49.2	31.3
1957	50.2	31.8
1958	51.1	32.4
1959	51.9	32.9
1960	52.6	33.5
1961	53.1	34.1
1962	53.6	33.7
1963	53.9	33.4
1964	54.2	34.9
1965	54.4	35.6
1966	54.7	36.3
1967	55	37.1
1968	55.2	38
1969	55.4	39.6
1970	55.7	40.6
1971	56	41.8
1972	56.4	42.7
1973	56.7	43.6
1974	57.1	44.5
1975	57.6	45.5
1976	58	46.4
1977	58.5	47.4
1978	59	48.5
1979	59.5	49.5
1980	60	50.6
1981	60.4	51.7
1982	60.9	52.4
1983	61.4	53.6
1984	61.8	54.6
1985	62.2	55.4
1986	62.4	54
1987	62.7	56.8
1988	62.9	57.4
1989	63	58
1990	62.9	58.5
1991	63	58.8
1992	62.8	59.3
1993	62.6	59.7
1994	62.1	59.8
1995	61.6	60.5
1996	61.1	60.9
1997	60.5	61.3
1998	59.9	61.8
1999	59.2	62.3
2000	58.4	62.8
2001	57.2	63.3
2002	55.6	63.8
2003	54.2	64.4
2004	54	64.9
2005	53.9	65.4
2006	54.2	65.8
2007	54.9	66.2
2008	56	66.6
2009	57.4	66.9
2010	58.9	67.2
2011	60.6	67.4
2012	61.7	67.6
2013	62.4	68
2014	63.2	68
2015	64.1	66.8
2016	64.7	67.1
2017	65.4	67.1
2018	65.7	65.9
2019	66.1	66.6
2020	65.2	66.4
2021	62	66
2022	65.5	68
2023	66.1	69.3
2024	66.3	69.4
2025	66.5	69.6

South Africa and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Yemen

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Yemen
1960	16,440,172	5,532,301
1961	16,908,035	5,655,232
1962	17,418,522	5,782,221
1963	17,954,564	5,911,135
1964	18,511,361	6,048,006
1965	19,089,380	6,195,593
1966	19,690,087	6,351,494
1967	20,314,066	6,516,444
1968	20,957,287	6,690,524
1969	21,614,676	6,875,859
1970	22,279,984	7,065,279
1971	22,942,143	7,257,462
1972	23,609,456	7,460,068
1973	24,294,263	7,672,796
1974	24,989,108	7,896,783
1975	25,690,940	8,133,598
1976	26,395,450	8,384,113
1977	27,118,952	8,648,222
1978	27,869,507	8,926,586
1979	28,634,162	9,224,194
1980	29,518,857	9,543,358
1981	30,541,044	9,882,362
1982	31,615,339	10,241,006
1983	32,739,304	10,621,499
1984	33,892,788	11,025,597
1985	35,042,093	11,453,825
1986	36,180,515	11,901,040
1987	37,326,190	12,369,912
1988	38,480,649	12,859,708
1989	39,628,575	13,364,174
1990	40,746,268	13,887,862
1991	41,687,898	14,430,201
1992	42,443,509	14,989,494
1993	43,297,156	15,563,914
1994	44,004,139	16,149,147
1995	44,541,554	16,740,058
1996	45,123,018	17,313,177
1997	45,666,838	17,873,936
1998	46,223,880	18,446,013
1999	46,730,335	19,029,420
2000	47,159,719	19,624,141
2001	47,566,800	20,226,147
2002	48,019,415	20,835,086
2003	48,500,348	21,456,379
2004	48,991,421	22,095,167
2005	49,490,033	22,790,085
2006	49,998,277	23,543,083
2007	50,528,584	24,318,082
2008	51,114,599	25,111,941
2009	51,728,516	25,927,724
2010	52,344,051	26,754,387
2011	52,995,205	27,582,897
2012	53,782,567	28,433,647
2013	54,678,791	29,312,952
2014	55,594,838	30,226,309
2015	56,723,537	31,159,379
2016	57,259,551	32,109,010
2017	57,635,162	33,090,921
2018	58,613,001	34,085,182
2019	59,587,885	35,111,408
2020	60,562,381	36,134,863
2021	61,502,603	37,140,230
2022	62,378,410	38,222,876
2023	63,212,384	39,390,799
2024	64,007,187	40,583,164

Fertility rates in South Africa and Yemen

Fertility rate

South Africa

Yemen

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Yemen
1960	6.11	7.99
1961	6.08	8
1962	6.05	8.01
1963	6.01	8.03
1964	5.96	8.07
1965	5.89	8.1
1966	5.91	8.14
1967	5.85	8.17
1968	5.78	8.19
1969	5.72	8.22
1970	5.63	8.23
1971	5.57	8.26
1972	5.49	8.27
1973	5.41	8.29
1974	5.3	8.33
1975	5.19	8.37
1976	5.07	8.42
1977	4.94	8.47
1978	4.85	8.5
1979	4.82	8.67
1980	4.78	8.71
1981	4.71	8.75
1982	4.7	8.79
1983	4.63	8.83
1984	4.57	8.85
1985	4.5	8.86
1986	4.41	8.86
1987	4.35	8.83
1988	4.18	8.79
1989	3.98	8.71
1990	3.72	8.61
1991	3.62	8.46
1992	3.48	8.27
1993	3.37	8.05
1994	3.26	7.8
1995	3.17	7.53
1996	2.99	7
1997	2.73	6.82
1998	2.63	6.64
1999	2.56	6.49
2000	2.41	6.32
2001	2.37	6.14
2002	2.32	5.97
2003	2.36	5.84
2004	2.44	5.71
2005	2.51	5.56
2006	2.55	5.41
2007	2.55	5.26
2008	2.68	5.11
2009	2.5	5
2010	2.44	4.81
2011	2.44	4.63
2012	2.45	4.63
2013	2.43	4.62
2014	2.42	4.62
2015	2.36	4.62
2016	2.26	4.61
2017	2.28	4.61
2018	2.27	4.61
2019	2.26	4.6
2020	2.26	4.6
2021	2.25	4.6
2022	2.23	4.59
2023	2.22	4.59

South Africa and Yemen demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Yemen

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Yemen
1960	19	19.7
1961	19	19.6
1962	18.9	19.6
1963	18.9	19.5
1964	18.9	19.4
1965	18.8	19.3
1966	18.8	19.2
1967	18.8	19.1
1968	18.8	18.9
1969	18.8	18.7
1970	18.8	18.4
1971	18.8	18.1
1972	18.8	17.8
1973	18.8	17.6
1974	18.9	17.3
1975	18.9	17
1976	19	16.8
1977	19.1	16.6
1978	19.2	16.3
1979	19.3	16.1
1980	19.4	15.9
1981	19.6	15.7
1982	19.8	15.5
1983	20	15.3
1984	20.2	15.1
1985	20.4	15
1986	20.5	14.9
1987	20.7	14.8
1988	20.9	14.7
1989	21.1	14.6
1990	21.3	14.6
1991	21.5	14.6
1992	21.5	14.6
1993	21.9	14.6
1994	22	14.6
1995	21.5	14.7
1996	21.2	14.8
1997	21.2	14.9
1998	21.4	15
1999	21.6	15.2
2000	21.9	15.4
2001	22.2	15.6
2002	22.4	15.8
2003	22.8	16
2004	23.1	16.2
2005	23.3	16.4
2006	23.5	16.7
2007	23.8	16.9
2008	24	17.2
2009	24.3	17.4
2010	24.6	17.7
2011	25	17.9
2012	25.3	18.1
2013	25.7	18.3
2014	26	18.5
2015	26.4	18.7
2016	26.7	18.8
2017	27	18.9
2018	27.5	19
2019	27.9	19.1
2020	28.3	19.1
2021	28.6	19.1
2022	28.9	19.2
2023	29.2	19.2
2024	29.5	19.3

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