Population in Algeria compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	South Africa	Algeria	South Africa
1960	11,424,922	16,440,172	-	-
1961	11,628,883	16,908,035	1.79%	2.85%
1962	11,800,771	17,418,522	1.48%	3.02%
1963	11,982,118	17,954,564	1.54%	3.08%
1964	12,179,813	18,511,361	1.65%	3.1%
1965	12,365,976	19,089,380	1.53%	3.12%
1966	12,590,069	19,690,087	1.81%	3.15%
1967	12,876,118	20,314,066	2.27%	3.17%
1968	13,172,614	20,957,287	2.3%	3.17%
1969	13,475,960	21,614,676	2.3%	3.14%
1970	13,783,719	22,279,984	2.28%	3.08%
1971	14,098,936	22,942,143	2.29%	2.97%
1972	14,427,072	23,609,456	2.33%	2.91%
1973	14,771,147	24,294,263	2.38%	2.9%
1974	15,133,502	24,989,108	2.45%	2.86%
1975	15,678,596	25,690,940	3.6%	2.81%
1976	16,409,170	26,395,450	4.66%	2.74%
1977	17,015,994	27,118,952	3.7%	2.74%
1978	17,506,974	27,869,507	2.89%	2.77%
1979	18,036,655	28,634,162	3.03%	2.74%
1980	18,607,174	29,518,857	3.16%	3.09%
1981	19,220,704	30,541,044	3.3%	3.46%
1982	19,872,348	31,615,339	3.39%	3.52%
1983	20,558,115	32,739,304	3.45%	3.56%
1984	21,271,969	33,892,788	3.47%	3.52%
1985	22,008,544	35,042,093	3.46%	3.39%
1986	22,745,499	36,180,515	3.35%	3.25%
1987	23,443,624	37,326,190	3.07%	3.17%
1988	24,109,536	38,480,649	2.84%	3.09%
1989	24,754,485	39,628,575	2.68%	2.98%
1990	25,375,810	40,746,268	2.51%	2.82%
1991	25,987,928	41,687,898	2.41%	2.31%
1992	26,628,568	42,443,509	2.47%	1.81%
1993	27,277,048	43,297,156	2.44%	2.01%
1994	27,887,279	44,004,139	2.24%	1.63%
1995	28,470,191	44,541,554	2.09%	1.22%
1996	29,033,044	45,123,018	1.98%	1.31%
1997	29,579,301	45,666,838	1.88%	1.21%
1998	30,054,133	46,223,880	1.61%	1.22%
1999	30,474,354	46,730,335	1.4%	1.1%
2000	30,903,893	47,159,719	1.41%	0.92%
2001	31,331,221	47,566,800	1.38%	0.86%
2002	31,750,835	48,019,415	1.34%	0.95%
2003	32,175,818	48,500,348	1.34%	1%
2004	32,628,286	48,991,421	1.41%	1.01%
2005	33,109,249	49,490,033	1.47%	1.02%
2006	33,623,506	49,998,277	1.55%	1.03%
2007	34,189,416	50,528,584	1.68%	1.06%
2008	34,816,961	51,114,599	1.84%	1.16%
2009	35,490,445	51,728,516	1.93%	1.2%
2010	36,188,236	52,344,051	1.97%	1.19%
2011	36,903,376	52,995,205	1.98%	1.24%
2012	37,646,166	53,782,567	2.01%	1.49%
2013	38,414,171	54,678,791	2.04%	1.67%
2014	39,205,031	55,594,838	2.06%	1.68%
2015	40,019,529	56,723,537	2.08%	2.03%
2016	40,850,721	57,259,551	2.08%	0.94%
2017	41,689,299	57,635,162	2.05%	0.66%
2018	42,505,035	58,613,001	1.96%	1.7%
2019	43,294,546	59,587,885	1.86%	1.66%
2020	44,042,091	60,562,381	1.73%	1.64%
2021	44,761,099	61,502,603	1.63%	1.55%
2022	45,477,389	62,378,410	1.6%	1.42%
2023	46,164,219	63,212,384	1.51%	1.34%
2024	46,814,308	64,007,187	1.41%	1.26%
2025	47,435,316	64,747,317	1.33%	1.16%
2026	48,028,344	65,453,086	1.25%	1.09%
2027	48,593,419	66,143,018	1.18%	1.05%
2028	49,135,532	66,830,384	1.12%	1.04%
2029	49,655,386	67,506,850	1.06%	1.01%
2030	50,154,168	68,161,357	1%	0.97%
2031	50,637,369	68,798,574	0.96%	0.93%
2032	51,113,505	69,426,441	0.94%	0.91%
2033	51,584,249	70,040,484	0.92%	0.88%
2034	52,048,009	70,641,572	0.9%	0.86%
2035	52,516,794	71,234,749	0.9%	0.84%
2036	52,986,277	71,816,372	0.89%	0.82%
2037	53,452,788	72,387,807	0.88%	0.8%
2038	53,921,847	72,949,611	0.88%	0.78%
2039	54,396,263	73,496,152	0.88%	0.75%
2040	54,873,482	74,035,615	0.88%	0.73%
2041	55,351,998	74,575,444	0.87%	0.73%
2042	55,834,554	75,111,899	0.87%	0.72%
2043	56,319,606	75,641,512	0.87%	0.71%
2044	56,806,185	76,164,461	0.86%	0.69%
2045	57,290,162	76,681,448	0.85%	0.68%
2046	57,767,681	77,199,542	0.83%	0.68%
2047	58,234,183	77,716,650	0.81%	0.67%
2048	58,690,893	78,215,323	0.78%	0.64%
2049	59,136,165	78,699,584	0.76%	0.62%
2050	59,565,558	79,177,329	0.73%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.