South Africa vs United Kingdom

This page compares South Africa and United Kingdom across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator	South Africa	United Kingdom	Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	9.24	9.70	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	18.48	9.89	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	8.24M	5.80M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	48.67	49.24	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	36.31	16.76	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	353.70	90.74	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	62.78	79.54	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	1.42	1.17	Compare →
Population, male	31.15M	34.09M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	43.16M	43.83M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	9.92	30.80	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	5.31	18.06	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	67.43	63.32	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	1.65M	6.16M	Compare →
Urban population	40.77M	57.63M	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	234.18	56.40	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	51.33	50.76	Compare →
Rural population	23.24M	11.60M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	4.28M	13.50M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	38.39	27.14	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	67.97	64.05	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	25.09	16.50	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.04	1.06	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	52.80	87.07	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	69.79	83.33	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	2.21	1.55	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	63.69	83.24	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	16.57M	11.90M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	8.00	20.90	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	67.72	91.60	Compare →
Population, total	64.01M	69.23M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	48.31	57.94	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	1.25	1.07	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	66.91	62.61	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	26.72	17.90	Compare →
Population, female	32.85M	35.14M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	2.63M	7.34M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	21.98M	22.00M	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	66.31	81.39	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	8.32M	6.10M	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	51.84	7.82	Compare →
Net migration	146,370.00	389,911.00	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	21.17M	21.83M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	6.69	19.50	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	25.88	17.19	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	4.10	17.10	Compare →

Environment

Indicator	South Africa	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	52.11	283.11	Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator	South Africa	United Kingdom	Detail
Surface area (sq. km)	1.22M	243,610.00	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)	1,292.93	8,983.56	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)	0.11	3.72	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.