India
Leads 10 of 15 metrics
vs
South Africa
Leads 5 of 15 metrics
30×
India has 30× the
defense budget of South Africa
24×
India has 24× the
population of South Africa
20×
India has 20× the
active military of South Africa
India
Tale of the tape
South Africa
1.42B
Population
IND
24×
59.3M
3.29M km²
Land Area
IND
2.7×
1.22M km²
$3.74T
GDP (nominal)
IND
8.9×
$420B
$2,637
GDP per Capita
ZAF
2.7×
$7,080
70.8 yrs
Life Expectancy
IND
1.1×
64.9 yrs
0.633
HDI
ZAF
1.1×
0.709
74.4%
Literacy Rate
ZAF
1.2×
87.0%
47.0%
Internet Users
ZAF
1.5×
68.2%
1.45M
Active Military
IND
20×
74K
$86B
Defense Budget
IND
30×
$3B
$827B
Exports
IND
6.5×
$128B
$918B
Imports
IND
7.7×
$120B
41
Olympic Medals
ZAF
2.4×
97
876 t
Gold Reserves
IND
7.0×
125 t
25.0
Cost of Living Index
IND
1.6×
lower
40.2
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
India
South Africa
New Delhi
Capital
Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Indian Rupee (INR)
Currency
South African Rand (ZAR)
Hindi and English (official), 21 other scheduled languages
Language
11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Zulu
Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic