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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Argentina	South Africa	Argentina	South Africa
1960	20,386,045	16,440,172	-	-
1961	20,726,276	16,908,035	1.67%	2.85%
1962	21,072,538	17,418,522	1.67%	3.02%
1963	21,421,705	17,954,564	1.66%	3.08%
1964	21,769,453	18,511,361	1.62%	3.1%
1965	22,112,629	19,089,380	1.58%	3.12%
1966	22,453,893	19,690,087	1.54%	3.15%
1967	22,799,059	20,314,066	1.54%	3.17%
1968	23,150,583	20,957,287	1.54%	3.17%
1969	23,508,711	21,614,676	1.55%	3.14%
1970	23,878,327	22,279,984	1.57%	3.08%
1971	24,257,208	22,942,143	1.59%	2.97%
1972	24,644,328	23,609,456	1.6%	2.91%
1973	25,046,005	24,294,263	1.63%	2.9%
1974	25,461,351	24,989,108	1.66%	2.86%
1975	25,874,107	25,690,940	1.62%	2.81%
1976	26,282,283	26,395,450	1.58%	2.74%
1977	26,701,805	27,118,952	1.6%	2.74%
1978	27,132,158	27,869,507	1.61%	2.77%
1979	27,568,895	28,634,162	1.61%	2.74%
1980	28,011,596	29,518,857	1.61%	3.09%
1981	28,463,959	30,541,044	1.61%	3.46%
1982	28,924,262	31,615,339	1.62%	3.52%
1983	29,391,332	32,739,304	1.61%	3.56%
1984	29,863,093	33,892,788	1.61%	3.52%
1985	30,336,441	35,042,093	1.59%	3.39%
1986	30,811,980	36,180,515	1.57%	3.25%
1987	31,291,762	37,326,190	1.56%	3.17%
1988	31,780,532	38,480,649	1.56%	3.09%
1989	32,270,948	39,628,575	1.54%	2.98%
1990	32,755,901	40,746,268	1.5%	2.82%
1991	33,230,294	41,687,898	1.45%	2.31%
1992	33,693,527	42,443,509	1.39%	1.81%
1993	34,152,717	43,297,156	1.36%	2.01%
1994	34,613,491	44,004,139	1.35%	1.63%
1995	35,070,020	44,541,554	1.32%	1.22%
1996	35,513,793	45,123,018	1.27%	1.31%
1997	35,947,791	45,666,838	1.22%	1.21%
1998	36,372,860	46,223,880	1.18%	1.22%
1999	36,794,682	46,730,335	1.16%	1.1%
2000	37,213,984	47,159,719	1.14%	0.92%
2001	37,624,825	47,566,800	1.1%	0.86%
2002	38,029,349	48,019,415	1.08%	0.95%
2003	38,424,282	48,500,348	1.04%	1%
2004	38,815,916	48,991,421	1.02%	1.01%
2005	39,216,789	49,490,033	1.03%	1.02%
2006	39,622,115	49,998,277	1.03%	1.03%
2007	40,016,763	50,528,584	1%	1.06%
2008	40,424,148	51,114,599	1.02%	1.16%
2009	40,854,831	51,728,516	1.07%	1.2%
2010	41,288,694	52,344,051	1.06%	1.19%
2011	41,730,660	52,995,205	1.07%	1.24%
2012	42,161,721	53,782,567	1.03%	1.49%
2013	42,582,455	54,678,791	1%	1.67%
2014	43,024,071	55,594,838	1.04%	1.68%
2015	43,477,012	56,723,537	1.05%	2.03%
2016	43,900,313	57,259,551	0.97%	0.94%
2017	44,288,894	57,635,162	0.89%	0.66%
2018	44,654,882	58,613,001	0.83%	1.7%
2019	44,973,465	59,587,885	0.71%	1.66%
2020	45,191,965	60,562,381	0.49%	1.64%
2021	45,312,281	61,502,603	0.27%	1.55%
2022	45,407,904	62,378,410	0.21%	1.42%
2023	45,538,401	63,212,384	0.29%	1.34%
2024	45,696,159	64,007,187	0.35%	1.26%
2025	45,851,384	64,747,317	0.34%	1.16%
2026	46,003,737	65,453,086	0.33%	1.09%
2027	46,153,348	66,143,018	0.33%	1.05%
2028	46,299,948	66,830,384	0.32%	1.04%
2029	46,443,774	67,506,850	0.31%	1.01%
2030	46,585,029	68,161,357	0.3%	0.97%
2031	46,723,742	68,798,574	0.3%	0.93%
2032	46,859,882	69,426,441	0.29%	0.91%
2033	46,993,528	70,040,484	0.29%	0.88%
2034	47,124,543	70,641,572	0.28%	0.86%
2035	47,251,997	71,234,749	0.27%	0.84%
2036	47,375,364	71,816,372	0.26%	0.82%
2037	47,494,519	72,387,807	0.25%	0.8%
2038	47,608,792	72,949,611	0.24%	0.78%
2039	47,716,834	73,496,152	0.23%	0.75%
2040	47,817,648	74,035,615	0.21%	0.73%
2041	47,910,494	74,575,444	0.19%	0.73%
2042	47,994,515	75,111,899	0.18%	0.72%
2043	48,069,559	75,641,512	0.16%	0.71%
2044	48,135,530	76,164,461	0.14%	0.69%
2045	48,191,844	76,681,448	0.12%	0.68%
2046	48,237,681	77,199,542	0.1%	0.68%
2047	48,272,493	77,716,650	0.07%	0.67%
2048	48,296,034	78,215,323	0.05%	0.64%
2049	48,308,275	78,699,584	0.03%	0.62%
2050	48,308,953	79,177,329	0.001%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Argentina increased by 4,260,223 people (a 10.9% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Argentina gained 2,496,753 (a 5.74% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Argentina was ranked 30th most populous country in 2005 and is 35th 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) Argentina's population will grow by 5.08% to 48,308,953 people with a rank change from 35th to 44th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.