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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	South Africa	Australia	South Africa
1960	10,276,477	16,440,172	-	-
1961	10,483,000	16,908,035	2.01%	2.85%
1962	10,742,000	17,418,522	2.47%	3.02%
1963	10,950,000	17,954,564	1.94%	3.08%
1964	11,167,000	18,511,361	1.98%	3.1%
1965	11,388,000	19,089,380	1.98%	3.12%
1966	11,651,000	19,690,087	2.31%	3.15%
1967	11,799,000	20,314,066	1.27%	3.17%
1968	12,009,000	20,957,287	1.78%	3.17%
1969	12,263,000	21,614,676	2.12%	3.14%
1970	12,507,000	22,279,984	1.99%	3.08%
1971	12,937,000	22,942,143	3.44%	2.97%
1972	13,177,000	23,609,456	1.86%	2.91%
1973	13,380,000	24,294,263	1.54%	2.9%
1974	13,723,000	24,989,108	2.56%	2.86%
1975	13,893,000	25,690,940	1.24%	2.81%
1976	14,033,000	26,395,450	1.01%	2.74%
1977	14,192,000	27,118,952	1.13%	2.74%
1978	14,358,000	27,869,507	1.17%	2.77%
1979	14,514,000	28,634,162	1.09%	2.74%
1980	14,692,000	29,518,857	1.23%	3.09%
1981	14,923,260	30,541,044	1.57%	3.46%
1982	15,184,247	31,615,339	1.75%	3.52%
1983	15,393,472	32,739,304	1.38%	3.56%
1984	15,579,391	33,892,788	1.21%	3.52%
1985	15,788,312	35,042,093	1.34%	3.39%
1986	16,018,350	36,180,515	1.46%	3.25%
1987	16,263,874	37,326,190	1.53%	3.17%
1988	16,532,164	38,480,649	1.65%	3.09%
1989	16,814,416	39,628,575	1.71%	2.98%
1990	17,065,128	40,746,268	1.49%	2.82%
1991	17,284,036	41,687,898	1.28%	2.31%
1992	17,478,635	42,443,509	1.13%	1.81%
1993	17,634,808	43,297,156	0.89%	2.01%
1994	17,805,468	44,004,139	0.97%	1.63%
1995	18,004,882	44,541,554	1.12%	1.22%
1996	18,224,767	45,123,018	1.22%	1.31%
1997	18,423,037	45,666,838	1.09%	1.21%
1998	18,607,584	46,223,880	1%	1.22%
1999	18,812,264	46,730,335	1.1%	1.1%
2000	19,028,802	47,159,719	1.15%	0.92%
2001	19,274,701	47,566,800	1.29%	0.86%
2002	19,495,210	48,019,415	1.14%	0.95%
2003	19,720,737	48,500,348	1.16%	1%
2004	19,932,722	48,991,421	1.07%	1.01%
2005	20,176,844	49,490,033	1.22%	1.02%
2006	20,450,966	49,998,277	1.36%	1.03%
2007	20,827,622	50,528,584	1.84%	1.06%
2008	21,249,199	51,114,599	2.02%	1.16%
2009	21,691,653	51,728,516	2.08%	1.2%
2010	22,031,750	52,344,051	1.57%	1.19%
2011	22,340,024	52,995,205	1.4%	1.24%
2012	22,733,465	53,782,567	1.76%	1.49%
2013	23,128,129	54,678,791	1.74%	1.67%
2014	23,475,686	55,594,838	1.5%	1.68%
2015	23,815,995	56,723,537	1.45%	2.03%
2016	24,190,907	57,259,551	1.57%	0.94%
2017	24,592,588	57,635,162	1.66%	0.66%
2018	24,963,258	58,613,001	1.51%	1.7%
2019	25,334,826	59,587,885	1.49%	1.66%
2020	25,649,248	60,562,381	1.24%	1.64%
2021	25,685,412	61,502,603	0.14%	1.55%
2022	26,014,399	62,378,410	1.28%	1.42%
2023	26,652,777	63,212,384	2.45%	1.34%
2024	27,204,809	64,007,187	2.07%	1.26%
2025	27,470,426	64,747,317	0.98%	1.16%
2026	27,728,157	65,453,086	0.94%	1.09%
2027	27,979,877	66,143,018	0.91%	1.05%
2028	28,228,958	66,830,384	0.89%	1.04%
2029	28,471,054	67,506,850	0.86%	1.01%
2030	28,707,292	68,161,357	0.83%	0.97%
2031	28,940,769	68,798,574	0.81%	0.93%
2032	29,169,013	69,426,441	0.79%	0.91%
2033	29,392,748	70,040,484	0.77%	0.88%
2034	29,614,137	70,641,572	0.75%	0.86%
2035	29,835,307	71,234,749	0.75%	0.84%
2036	30,056,752	71,816,372	0.74%	0.82%
2037	30,273,692	72,387,807	0.72%	0.8%
2038	30,488,994	72,949,611	0.71%	0.78%
2039	30,703,245	73,496,152	0.7%	0.75%
2040	30,916,122	74,035,615	0.69%	0.73%
2041	31,132,858	74,575,444	0.7%	0.73%
2042	31,352,893	75,111,899	0.71%	0.72%
2043	31,572,750	75,641,512	0.7%	0.71%
2044	31,790,565	76,164,461	0.69%	0.69%
2045	32,009,555	76,681,448	0.69%	0.68%
2046	32,232,946	77,199,542	0.7%	0.68%
2047	32,452,651	77,716,650	0.68%	0.67%
2048	32,672,016	78,215,323	0.68%	0.64%
2049	32,891,546	78,699,584	0.67%	0.62%
2050	33,105,190	79,177,329	0.65%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.