South Africa vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 24th vs. 60th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

South Africa and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Zimbabwe
1960	$8,748,596,501	$1,052,990,485
1961	$9,225,996,310	$1,096,646,688
1962	$9,813,996,074	$1,117,601,690
1963	$10,854,195,658	$1,159,511,793
1964	$11,955,995,218	$1,217,138,098
1965	$13,068,994,772	$1,311,435,906
1966	$14,211,394,315	$1,281,749,603
1967	$15,821,393,671	$1,397,002,112
1968	$17,124,793,150	$1,479,600,019
1969	$19,256,992,297	$1,747,998,941
1970	$21,218,391,513	$1,884,206,452
1971	$23,411,076,638	$2,178,716,475
1972	$24,515,919,217	$2,677,729,616
1973	$33,262,772,008	$3,309,353,866
1974	$41,389,186,095	$3,982,161,721
1975	$42,906,905,672	$4,371,301,052
1976	$41,150,460,288	$4,318,372,348
1977	$45,328,411,332	$4,364,382,451
1978	$51,607,412,902	$4,351,600,850
1979	$63,038,658,089	$5,177,459,817
1980	$89,411,864,402	$6,678,868,738
1981	$93,141,472,164	$8,011,374,445
1982	$85,904,057,409	$8,539,701,388
1983	$96,204,110,942	$7,764,067,625
1984	$84,870,163,366	$6,352,126,411
1985	$64,459,376,087	$5,637,259,754
1986	$73,354,771,399	$6,217,524,201
1987	$96,535,763,418	$6,741,215,643
1988	$103,976,831,871	$7,814,784,729
1989	$108,055,624,082	$8,286,323,367
1990	$126,048,140,142	$8,783,817,407
1991	$135,203,698,238	$8,641,482,396
1992	$146,956,150,987	$6,751,472,744
1993	$147,194,747,566	$6,563,813,829
1994	$153,512,712,382	$6,890,675,555
1995	$171,735,933,897	$7,111,271,273
1996	$163,234,925,381	$8,553,147,289
1997	$168,978,057,328	$8,529,572,287
1998	$152,982,984,557	$6,401,968,715
1999	$151,516,957,079	$6,858,013,652
2000	$151,752,757,215	$6,689,958,139
2001	$135,429,905,923	$6,777,385,246
2002	$129,087,556,612	$6,342,116,911
2003	$197,018,965,309	$5,727,592,261
2004	$255,806,908,595	$5,805,598,867
2005	$288,867,217,197	$5,755,215,663
2006	$303,858,675,364	$5,443,896,938
2007	$333,077,117,254	$5,291,950,526
2008	$316,131,258,616	$4,415,703,156
2009	$329,754,060,647	$9,665,815,601
2010	$417,363,822,802	$12,041,602,762
2011	$458,199,494,831	$14,101,801,031
2012	$434,400,545,086	$17,114,762,914
2013	$400,886,013,596	$19,091,004,042
2014	$381,198,869,776	$19,495,547,523
2015	$346,709,790,459	$19,963,058,858
2016	$323,585,509,674	$20,548,759,858
2017	$381,448,814,653	$51,074,726,484
2018	$405,260,723,893	$34,156,057,417
2019	$389,330,032,224	$25,715,657,177
2020	$337,974,655,408	$26,868,564,055
2021	$420,886,877,629	$27,240,507,842
2022	$406,920,004,594	$32,789,657,378
2023	$380,699,271,816	$35,231,369,343
2024	$400,260,724,226	$44,187,704,410

South Africa and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Zimbabwe
1960	$532	$276.4
1961	$546	$279
1962	$563	$275.5
1963	$605	$277
1964	$646	$281.7
1965	$685	$294.1
1966	$722	$278.6
1967	$779	$294.2
1968	$817	$302
1969	$891	$346
1970	$952	$361
1971	$1,020	$405
1972	$1,038	$483
1973	$1,369	$579
1974	$1,656	$674
1975	$1,670	$717
1976	$1,559	$687
1977	$1,671	$677
1978	$1,852	$665
1979	$2,202	$779
1980	$3,029	$949
1981	$3,050	$1,068
1982	$2,717	$1,095
1983	$2,938	$959
1984	$2,504	$757
1985	$1,839	$649
1986	$2,027	$692
1987	$2,586	$726
1988	$2,702	$815
1989	$2,727	$840
1990	$3,093	$866
1991	$3,243	$831
1992	$3,462	$631
1993	$3,400	$604
1994	$3,489	$634
1995	$3,856	$648
1996	$3,618	$767
1997	$3,700	$750
1998	$3,310	$552
1999	$3,242	$582
2000	$3,218	$563
2001	$2,847	$566
2002	$2,688	$525
2003	$4,062	$468
2004	$5,221	$469
2005	$5,837	$461
2006	$6,077	$431
2007	$6,592	$413
2008	$6,185	$341
2009	$6,375	$735
2010	$7,973	$902
2011	$8,646	$1,037
2012	$8,077	$1,239
2013	$7,332	$1,362
2014	$6,857	$1,372
2015	$6,112	$1,386
2016	$5,651	$1,407
2017	$6,618	$3,448
2018	$6,914	$2,272
2019	$6,534	$1,684
2020	$5,581	$1,730
2021	$6,843	$1,724
2022	$6,523	$2,041
2023	$6,023	$2,156
2024	$6,253	$2,656

South Africa vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Zimbabwe
1950	43.1	49.4
1951	44.1	49.8
1952	45	50.2
1953	46.1	50.6
1954	47.1	51
1955	48.2	51.4
1956	49.2	51.8
1957	50.2	52.2
1958	51.1	52.6
1959	51.9	53
1960	52.6	53.5
1961	53.1	54
1962	53.6	54.5
1963	53.9	54.9
1964	54.2	55.4
1965	54.4	55.9
1966	54.7	56.4
1967	55	56.8
1968	55.2	57.1
1969	55.4	57.5
1970	55.7	57.8
1971	56	58
1972	56.4	58.2
1973	56.7	58.1
1974	57.1	58.2
1975	57.6	58.2
1976	58	57.6
1977	58.5	57
1978	59	54.7
1979	59.5	54.9
1980	60	59.1
1981	60.4	59.4
1982	60.9	59.9
1983	61.4	60
1984	61.8	60.6
1985	62.2	60.9
1986	62.4	61
1987	62.7	60.7
1988	62.9	60.2
1989	63	59.4
1990	62.9	58.3
1991	63	57
1992	62.8	55.6
1993	62.6	54
1994	62.1	52.5
1995	61.6	51.1
1996	61.1	49
1997	60.5	48.5
1998	59.9	47.6
1999	59.2	46.4
2000	58.4	46
2001	57.2	44.5
2002	55.6	45.9
2003	54.2	45.4
2004	54	46
2005	53.9	46.6
2006	54.2	47.1
2007	54.9	47.6
2008	56	48.5
2009	57.4	49.7
2010	58.9	51.9
2011	60.6	53.9
2012	61.7	55.4
2013	62.4	56.8
2014	63.2	58.1
2015	64.1	59
2016	64.7	59.8
2017	65.4	60.3
2018	65.7	60.9
2019	66.1	61.1
2020	65.2	61.5
2021	62	60.1
2022	65.5	62.4
2023	66.1	62.8
2024	66.3	63.1
2025	66.5	63.3

South Africa and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Zimbabwe
1960	16,440,172	3,809,389
1961	16,908,035	3,930,401
1962	17,418,522	4,055,959
1963	17,954,564	4,185,877
1964	18,511,361	4,320,006
1965	19,089,380	4,458,462
1966	19,690,087	4,601,217
1967	20,314,066	4,748,307
1968	20,957,287	4,900,440
1969	21,614,676	5,058,181
1970	22,279,984	5,215,918
1971	22,942,143	5,374,712
1972	23,609,456	5,542,445
1973	24,294,263	5,720,404
1974	24,989,108	5,908,328
1975	25,690,940	6,098,658
1976	26,395,450	6,287,105
1977	27,118,952	6,449,512
1978	27,869,507	6,543,575
1979	28,634,162	6,647,556
1980	29,518,857	7,041,303
1981	30,541,044	7,498,635
1982	31,615,339	7,796,496
1983	32,739,304	8,098,404
1984	33,892,788	8,391,488
1985	35,042,093	8,686,813
1986	36,180,515	8,982,578
1987	37,326,190	9,284,644
1988	38,480,649	9,583,094
1989	39,628,575	9,864,798
1990	40,746,268	10,137,281
1991	41,687,898	10,404,816
1992	42,443,509	10,702,700
1993	43,297,156	10,860,288
1994	44,004,139	10,873,148
1995	44,541,554	10,974,599
1996	45,123,018	11,158,360
1997	45,666,838	11,369,827
1998	46,223,880	11,594,297
1999	46,730,335	11,783,458
2000	47,159,719	11,892,055
2001	47,566,800	11,971,901
2002	48,019,415	12,087,653
2003	48,500,348	12,232,323
2004	48,991,421	12,365,896
2005	49,490,033	12,483,432
2006	49,998,277	12,636,445
2007	50,528,584	12,804,058
2008	51,114,599	12,959,149
2009	51,728,516	13,142,790
2010	52,344,051	13,356,548
2011	52,995,205	13,595,424
2012	53,782,567	13,817,887
2013	54,678,791	14,013,808
2014	55,594,838	14,207,359
2015	56,723,537	14,399,013
2016	57,259,551	14,600,294
2017	57,635,162	14,812,482
2018	58,613,001	15,034,452
2019	59,587,885	15,271,368
2020	60,562,381	15,526,888
2021	61,502,603	15,797,210
2022	62,378,410	16,069,056
2023	63,212,384	16,340,822
2024	64,007,187	16,634,373

Fertility rates in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Zimbabwe
1960	6.11	7.2
1961	6.08	7.21
1962	6.05	7.23
1963	6.01	7.23
1964	5.96	7.23
1965	5.89	7.23
1966	5.91	7.2
1967	5.85	7.16
1968	5.78	7.11
1969	5.72	7.04
1970	5.63	6.98
1971	5.57	6.94
1972	5.49	6.94
1973	5.41	6.94
1974	5.3	6.88
1975	5.19	6.83
1976	5.07	6.77
1977	4.94	6.71
1978	4.85	6.66
1979	4.82	6.59
1980	4.78	6.52
1981	4.71	6.45
1982	4.7	6.33
1983	4.63	6.2
1984	4.57	6.04
1985	4.5	5.87
1986	4.41	5.69
1987	4.35	5.5
1988	4.18	5.28
1989	3.98	5.07
1990	3.72	4.88
1991	3.62	4.72
1992	3.48	4.57
1993	3.37	4.39
1994	3.26	4.28
1995	3.17	4.15
1996	2.99	4.11
1997	2.73	4.08
1998	2.63	4.07
1999	2.56	4.06
2000	2.41	4.01
2001	2.37	3.98
2002	2.32	3.93
2003	2.36	3.86
2004	2.44	3.78
2005	2.51	3.69
2006	2.55	3.64
2007	2.55	3.68
2008	2.68	3.78
2009	2.5	3.95
2010	2.44	4.04
2011	2.44	4.13
2012	2.45	4.13
2013	2.43	4.11
2014	2.42	4.01
2015	2.36	3.91
2016	2.26	3.83
2017	2.28	3.77
2018	2.27	3.74
2019	2.26	3.75
2020	2.26	3.75
2021	2.25	3.77
2022	2.23	3.77
2023	2.22	3.72

South Africa and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Zimbabwe
1960	19	16.4
1961	19	16.2
1962	18.9	16
1963	18.9	15.8
1964	18.9	15.7
1965	18.8	15.7
1966	18.8	15.7
1967	18.8	15.7
1968	18.8	15.7
1969	18.8	15.7
1970	18.8	15.7
1971	18.8	15.8
1972	18.8	15.8
1973	18.8	15.8
1974	18.9	15.9
1975	18.9	15.9
1976	19	15.8
1977	19.1	15.8
1978	19.2	15.7
1979	19.3	15.6
1980	19.4	15.6
1981	19.6	15.7
1982	19.8	15.8
1983	20	15.8
1984	20.2	15.8
1985	20.4	15.9
1986	20.5	15.9
1987	20.7	15.9
1988	20.9	15.9
1989	21.1	16.1
1990	21.3	16.3
1991	21.5	16.5
1992	21.5	16.4
1993	21.9	16.3
1994	22	16.4
1995	21.5	16.6
1996	21.2	16.9
1997	21.2	17.2
1998	21.4	17.5
1999	21.6	17.7
2000	21.9	17.8
2001	22.2	18
2002	22.4	18.1
2003	22.8	18.2
2004	23.1	18.3
2005	23.3	18.3
2006	23.5	18.5
2007	23.8	18.5
2008	24	18.5
2009	24.3	18.4
2010	24.6	18.3
2011	25	18.2
2012	25.3	18.1
2013	25.7	18
2014	26	18
2015	26.4	18
2016	26.7	18
2017	27	18.1
2018	27.5	18.2
2019	27.9	18.3
2020	28.3	18.5
2021	28.6	18.6
2022	28.9	18.7
2023	29.2	18.9
2024	29.5	19

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