South Africa vs Zambia statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 24th vs. 37th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

South Africa and Zambia: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Zambia economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Zambia
1960	$8,748,596,501	$698,739,721
1961	$9,225,996,310	$682,359,727
1962	$9,813,996,074	$679,279,729
1963	$10,854,195,658	$704,339,719
1964	$11,955,995,218	$822,639,671
1965	$13,068,994,772	$1,061,199,576
1966	$14,211,394,315	$1,238,999,505
1967	$15,821,393,671	$1,340,639,464
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,573,739,371
1969	$19,256,992,297	$1,926,399,230
1970	$21,218,391,513	$1,788,779,285
1971	$23,411,076,638	$1,653,259,341
1972	$24,515,919,217	$1,872,416,680
1973	$33,262,772,008	$2,434,255,237
1974	$41,389,186,095	$2,910,981,262
1975	$42,906,905,672	$2,442,672,141
1976	$41,150,460,288	$2,742,859,263
1977	$45,328,411,332	$2,515,296,940
1978	$51,607,412,902	$2,811,032,473
1979	$63,038,658,089	$3,353,445,378
1980	$89,411,864,402	$3,884,530,854
1981	$93,141,472,164	$4,008,126,497
1982	$85,904,057,409	$3,871,117,093
1983	$96,204,110,942	$3,321,048,451
1984	$84,870,163,366	$2,719,518,933
1985	$64,459,376,087	$2,252,454,500
1986	$73,354,771,399	$1,664,413,508
1987	$96,535,763,418	$2,265,250,972
1988	$103,976,831,871	$3,728,878,149
1989	$108,055,624,082	$3,994,673,161
1990	$126,048,140,142	$3,288,381,797
1991	$135,203,698,238	$3,376,806,697
1992	$146,956,150,987	$3,182,810,841
1993	$147,194,747,566	$3,273,505,344
1994	$153,512,712,382	$3,656,806,166
1995	$171,735,933,897	$3,806,983,413
1996	$163,234,925,381	$3,597,220,962
1997	$168,978,057,328	$4,303,288,480
1998	$152,982,984,557	$3,537,741,942
1999	$151,516,957,079	$3,404,284,891
2000	$151,752,757,215	$3,600,632,111
2001	$135,429,905,923	$4,094,441,301
2002	$129,087,556,612	$4,193,850,445
2003	$197,018,965,309	$4,901,869,764
2004	$255,806,908,595	$6,221,110,219
2005	$288,867,217,197	$8,331,870,169
2006	$303,858,675,364	$12,756,858,899
2007	$333,077,117,254	$14,056,957,976
2008	$316,131,258,616	$17,910,858,638
2009	$329,754,060,647	$15,328,342,304
2010	$417,363,822,802	$20,265,559,484
2011	$458,199,494,831	$23,459,515,276
2012	$434,400,545,086	$25,503,060,420
2013	$400,886,013,596	$28,037,239,463
2014	$381,198,869,776	$27,141,023,558
2015	$346,709,790,459	$21,251,216,799
2016	$323,585,509,674	$20,958,412,538
2017	$381,448,814,653	$25,873,601,261
2018	$405,260,723,893	$26,311,507,274
2019	$389,330,032,224	$23,308,667,781
2020	$337,974,655,408	$18,137,764,931
2021	$420,886,877,629	$22,096,416,932
2022	$406,920,004,594	$29,163,782,140
2023	$380,699,271,816	$27,577,956,471
2024	$400,260,724,226	$26,325,775,287

South Africa and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Zambia
1960	$532	$221.6
1961	$546	$209.7
1962	$563	$202.3
1963	$605	$203.2
1964	$646	$230
1965	$685	$287.4
1966	$722	$325
1967	$779	$341
1968	$817	$387
1969	$891	$459
1970	$952	$414
1971	$1,020	$372
1972	$1,038	$410
1973	$1,369	$518
1974	$1,656	$601
1975	$1,670	$490
1976	$1,559	$533
1977	$1,671	$474
1978	$1,852	$514
1979	$2,202	$595
1980	$3,029	$669
1981	$3,050	$670
1982	$2,717	$627
1983	$2,938	$520
1984	$2,504	$413
1985	$1,839	$332
1986	$2,027	$238.2
1987	$2,586	$315
1988	$2,702	$504
1989	$2,727	$526
1990	$3,093	$422
1991	$3,243	$423
1992	$3,462	$389
1993	$3,400	$391
1994	$3,489	$426
1995	$3,856	$433
1996	$3,618	$400
1997	$3,700	$466
1998	$3,310	$373
1999	$3,242	$350
2000	$3,218	$359
2001	$2,847	$397
2002	$2,688	$394
2003	$4,062	$446
2004	$5,221	$549
2005	$5,837	$711
2006	$6,077	$1,052
2007	$6,592	$1,119
2008	$6,185	$1,376
2009	$6,375	$1,136
2010	$7,973	$1,451
2011	$8,646	$1,625
2012	$8,077	$1,710
2013	$7,332	$1,821
2014	$6,857	$1,707
2015	$6,112	$1,296
2016	$5,651	$1,239
2017	$6,618	$1,483
2018	$6,914	$1,464
2019	$6,534	$1,259
2020	$5,581	$952
2021	$6,843	$1,127
2022	$6,523	$1,447
2023	$6,023	$1,331
2024	$6,253	$1,235

South Africa vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Zambia
1950	43.1	46.8
1951	44.1	47.2
1952	45	47.6
1953	46.1	48
1954	47.1	48.4
1955	48.2	48.8
1956	49.2	49.1
1957	50.2	49.5
1958	51.1	49.9
1959	51.9	50.3
1960	52.6	50.6
1961	53.1	51
1962	53.6	51.3
1963	53.9	51.6
1964	54.2	51.2
1965	54.4	52.1
1966	54.7	52.3
1967	55	52.5
1968	55.2	52.7
1969	55.4	53
1970	55.7	53.4
1971	56	53.9
1972	56.4	54.4
1973	56.7	54.9
1974	57.1	55.4
1975	57.6	55.7
1976	58	56.1
1977	58.5	56.3
1978	59	56.3
1979	59.5	56
1980	60	55.5
1981	60.4	55
1982	60.9	54.4
1983	61.4	53.7
1984	61.8	52.9
1985	62.2	52
1986	62.4	51.1
1987	62.7	50.4
1988	62.9	49.7
1989	63	48.9
1990	62.9	48.2
1991	63	47.4
1992	62.8	47
1993	62.6	46.7
1994	62.1	46.3
1995	61.6	46.1
1996	61.1	45.8
1997	60.5	45.7
1998	59.9	45.7
1999	59.2	45.9
2000	58.4	46.6
2001	57.2	47.4
2002	55.6	48.5
2003	54.2	49.6
2004	54	50.5
2005	53.9	51.6
2006	54.2	52.7
2007	54.9	53.7
2008	56	54.8
2009	57.4	55.9
2010	58.9	56.9
2011	60.6	57.8
2012	61.7	58.7
2013	62.4	59.4
2014	63.2	60.1
2015	64.1	60.7
2016	64.7	61.1
2017	65.4	61.6
2018	65.7	62.1
2019	66.1	62.9
2020	65.2	63.4
2021	62	62.4
2022	65.5	65.3
2023	66.1	66.3
2024	66.3	66.5
2025	66.5	66.7

South Africa and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Zambia
1960	16,440,172	3,153,729
1961	16,908,035	3,254,086
1962	17,418,522	3,358,099
1963	17,954,564	3,465,907
1964	18,511,361	3,577,017
1965	19,089,380	3,692,086
1966	19,690,087	3,812,003
1967	20,314,066	3,936,343
1968	20,957,287	4,065,593
1969	21,614,676	4,197,116
1970	22,279,984	4,321,718
1971	22,942,143	4,442,525
1972	23,609,456	4,569,309
1973	24,294,263	4,702,693
1974	24,989,108	4,842,746
1975	25,690,940	4,990,086
1976	26,395,450	5,143,842
1977	27,118,952	5,302,480
1978	27,869,507	5,465,374
1979	28,634,162	5,631,728
1980	29,518,857	5,802,833
1981	30,541,044	5,983,289
1982	31,615,339	6,178,637
1983	32,739,304	6,381,038
1984	33,892,788	6,580,490
1985	35,042,093	6,780,953
1986	36,180,515	6,986,471
1987	37,326,190	7,191,282
1988	38,480,649	7,391,440
1989	39,628,575	7,589,216
1990	40,746,268	7,786,169
1991	41,687,898	7,981,650
1992	42,443,509	8,176,680
1993	43,297,156	8,373,921
1994	44,004,139	8,576,269
1995	44,541,554	8,785,763
1996	45,123,018	9,004,053
1997	45,666,838	9,237,063
1998	46,223,880	9,482,408
1999	46,730,335	9,740,005
2000	47,159,719	10,017,631
2001	47,566,800	10,325,185
2002	48,019,415	10,647,949
2003	48,500,348	10,983,595
2004	48,991,421	11,338,198
2005	49,490,033	11,718,819
2006	49,998,277	12,129,553
2007	50,528,584	12,565,085
2008	51,114,599	13,021,324
2009	51,728,516	13,490,389
2010	52,344,051	13,965,594
2011	52,995,205	14,437,796
2012	53,782,567	14,913,629
2013	54,678,791	15,398,997
2014	55,594,838	15,895,315
2015	56,723,537	16,399,089
2016	57,259,551	16,914,423
2017	57,635,162	17,441,320
2018	58,613,001	17,973,569
2019	59,587,885	18,513,839
2020	60,562,381	19,059,395
2021	61,502,603	19,603,607
2022	62,378,410	20,152,938
2023	63,212,384	20,723,965
2024	64,007,187	21,314,956

Fertility rates in South Africa and Zambia

Fertility rate

South Africa

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Zambia
1960	6.11	6.95
1961	6.08	6.98
1962	6.05	7.01
1963	6.01	7.06
1964	5.96	7.09
1965	5.89	7.12
1966	5.91	7.14
1967	5.85	7.15
1968	5.78	7.18
1969	5.72	7.18
1970	5.63	7.22
1971	5.57	7.26
1972	5.49	7.3
1973	5.41	7.34
1974	5.3	7.36
1975	5.19	7.42
1976	5.07	7.39
1977	4.94	7.35
1978	4.85	7.29
1979	4.82	7.22
1980	4.78	7.14
1981	4.71	7.07
1982	4.7	7.04
1983	4.63	7.01
1984	4.57	6.97
1985	4.5	6.93
1986	4.41	6.87
1987	4.35	6.8
1988	4.18	6.7
1989	3.98	6.64
1990	3.72	6.57
1991	3.62	6.46
1992	3.48	6.35
1993	3.37	6.3
1994	3.26	6.26
1995	3.17	6.23
1996	2.99	6.18
1997	2.73	6.12
1998	2.63	6.07
1999	2.56	6
2000	2.41	5.92
2001	2.37	5.85
2002	2.32	5.77
2003	2.36	5.71
2004	2.44	5.7
2005	2.51	5.7
2006	2.55	5.68
2007	2.55	5.61
2008	2.68	5.53
2009	2.5	5.45
2010	2.44	5.36
2011	2.44	5.26
2012	2.45	5.14
2013	2.43	5.01
2014	2.42	4.89
2015	2.36	4.78
2016	2.26	4.67
2017	2.28	4.57
2018	2.27	4.49
2019	2.26	4.42
2020	2.26	4.32
2021	2.25	4.25
2022	2.23	4.18
2023	2.22	4.1

South Africa and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Zambia
1960	19	17
1961	19	16.9
1962	18.9	16.8
1963	18.9	16.7
1964	18.9	16.6
1965	18.8	16.6
1966	18.8	16.5
1967	18.8	16.5
1968	18.8	16.4
1969	18.8	16.4
1970	18.8	16.2
1971	18.8	16.1
1972	18.8	15.9
1973	18.8	15.8
1974	18.9	15.7
1975	18.9	15.5
1976	19	15.4
1977	19.1	15.4
1978	19.2	15.3
1979	19.3	15.3
1980	19.4	15.2
1981	19.6	15.3
1982	19.8	15.3
1983	20	15.4
1984	20.2	15.4
1985	20.4	15.5
1986	20.5	15.5
1987	20.7	15.6
1988	20.9	15.6
1989	21.1	15.7
1990	21.3	15.7
1991	21.5	15.7
1992	21.5	15.8
1993	21.9	15.8
1994	22	15.8
1995	21.5	15.8
1996	21.2	15.8
1997	21.2	15.8
1998	21.4	15.8
1999	21.6	15.8
2000	21.9	15.9
2001	22.2	15.9
2002	22.4	16
2003	22.8	16.1
2004	23.1	16.2
2005	23.3	16.3
2006	23.5	16.3
2007	23.8	16.4
2008	24	16.5
2009	24.3	16.6
2010	24.6	16.7
2011	25	16.8
2012	25.3	16.9
2013	25.7	17
2014	26	17.1
2015	26.4	17.2
2016	26.7	17.4
2017	27	17.5
2018	27.5	17.7
2019	27.9	17.9
2020	28.3	18
2021	28.6	18.2
2022	28.9	18.4
2023	29.2	18.6
2024	29.5	18.8

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