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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Armenia	South Africa	Armenia	South Africa
1960	1,863,705	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,927,484	16,908,035	3.42%	2.85%
1962	1,991,689	17,418,522	3.33%	3.02%
1963	2,056,023	17,954,564	3.23%	3.08%
1964	2,120,135	18,511,361	3.12%	3.1%
1965	2,183,635	19,089,380	3%	3.12%
1966	2,246,159	19,690,087	2.86%	3.15%
1967	2,307,492	20,314,066	2.73%	3.17%
1968	2,367,319	20,957,287	2.59%	3.17%
1969	2,424,030	21,614,676	2.4%	3.14%
1970	2,475,633	22,279,984	2.13%	3.08%
1971	2,525,345	22,942,143	2.01%	2.97%
1972	2,577,079	23,609,456	2.05%	2.91%
1973	2,630,860	24,294,263	2.09%	2.9%
1974	2,686,445	24,989,108	2.11%	2.86%
1975	2,743,660	25,690,940	2.13%	2.81%
1976	2,818,165	26,395,450	2.72%	2.74%
1977	2,912,827	27,118,952	3.36%	2.74%
1978	3,012,807	27,869,507	3.43%	2.77%
1979	3,078,501	28,634,162	2.18%	2.74%
1980	3,107,415	29,518,857	0.94%	3.09%
1981	3,135,349	30,541,044	0.9%	3.46%
1982	3,163,144	31,615,339	0.89%	3.52%
1983	3,191,539	32,739,304	0.9%	3.56%
1984	3,224,547	33,892,788	1.03%	3.52%
1985	3,260,432	35,042,093	1.11%	3.39%
1986	3,294,847	36,180,515	1.06%	3.25%
1987	3,328,520	37,326,190	1.02%	3.17%
1988	3,355,125	38,480,649	0.8%	3.09%
1989	3,443,100	39,628,575	2.62%	2.98%
1990	3,552,128	40,746,268	3.17%	2.82%
1991	3,613,977	41,687,898	1.74%	2.31%
1992	3,571,861	42,443,509	-1.17%	1.81%
1993	3,453,332	43,297,156	-3.32%	2.01%
1994	3,364,610	44,004,139	-2.57%	1.63%
1995	3,307,581	44,541,554	-1.69%	1.22%
1996	3,278,735	45,123,018	-0.87%	1.31%
1997	3,246,289	45,666,838	-0.99%	1.21%
1998	3,208,401	46,223,880	-1.17%	1.22%
1999	3,167,286	46,730,335	-1.28%	1.1%
2000	3,221,100	47,159,719	1.7%	0.92%
2001	3,211,800	47,566,800	-0.29%	0.86%
2002	3,199,800	48,019,415	-0.37%	0.95%
2003	3,182,500	48,500,348	-0.54%	1%
2004	3,164,900	48,991,421	-0.55%	1.01%
2005	3,146,400	49,490,033	-0.58%	1.02%
2006	3,127,100	49,998,277	-0.61%	1.03%
2007	3,107,400	50,528,584	-0.63%	1.06%
2008	3,087,100	51,114,599	-0.65%	1.16%
2009	3,066,000	51,728,516	-0.68%	1.2%
2010	3,044,800	52,344,051	-0.69%	1.19%
2011	3,027,900	52,995,205	-0.56%	1.24%
2012	3,024,100	53,782,567	-0.13%	1.49%
2013	3,022,000	54,678,791	-0.07%	1.67%
2014	3,013,800	55,594,838	-0.27%	1.68%
2015	3,004,600	56,723,537	-0.31%	2.03%
2016	2,992,300	57,259,551	-0.41%	0.94%
2017	2,979,400	57,635,162	-0.43%	0.66%
2018	2,969,000	58,613,001	-0.35%	1.7%
2019	2,962,500	59,587,885	-0.22%	1.66%
2020	2,961,500	60,562,381	-0.03%	1.64%
2021	2,962,300	61,502,603	0.03%	1.55%
2022	2,969,200	62,378,410	0.23%	1.42%
2023	2,964,300	63,212,384	-0.17%	1.34%
2024	3,033,500	64,007,187	2.33%	1.26%
2025	3,011,581	64,747,317	-0.72%	1.16%
2026	2,989,711	65,453,086	-0.73%	1.09%
2027	2,968,880	66,143,018	-0.7%	1.05%
2028	2,948,800	66,830,384	-0.68%	1.04%
2029	2,928,602	67,506,850	-0.68%	1.01%
2030	2,908,489	68,161,357	-0.69%	0.97%
2031	2,888,640	68,798,574	-0.68%	0.93%
2032	2,869,219	69,426,441	-0.67%	0.91%
2033	2,850,085	70,040,484	-0.67%	0.88%
2034	2,831,031	70,641,572	-0.67%	0.86%
2035	2,812,033	71,234,749	-0.67%	0.84%
2036	2,793,100	71,816,372	-0.67%	0.82%
2037	2,774,500	72,387,807	-0.67%	0.8%
2038	2,756,170	72,949,611	-0.66%	0.78%
2039	2,737,660	73,496,152	-0.67%	0.75%
2040	2,718,999	74,035,615	-0.68%	0.73%
2041	2,700,831	74,575,444	-0.67%	0.73%
2042	2,682,880	75,111,899	-0.66%	0.72%
2043	2,665,115	75,641,512	-0.66%	0.71%
2044	2,647,900	76,164,461	-0.65%	0.69%
2045	2,630,963	76,681,448	-0.64%	0.68%
2046	2,613,917	77,199,542	-0.65%	0.68%
2047	2,596,764	77,716,650	-0.66%	0.67%
2048	2,579,572	78,215,323	-0.66%	0.64%
2049	2,562,377	78,699,584	-0.67%	0.62%
2050	2,545,255	79,177,329	-0.67%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Armenia decreased by 141,800 people (a 4.51% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Armenia gained 6,981 (a 0.23% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Armenia was ranked 131st most populous country in 2005 and is 136th 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) Armenia's population will shrink by 15.5% to 2,545,255 people with a rank change from 136th to 142nd. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.