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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Austria	South Africa	Austria	South Africa
1960	7,047,539	16,440,172	-	-
1961	7,086,299	16,908,035	0.55%	2.85%
1962	7,129,864	17,418,522	0.61%	3.02%
1963	7,175,811	17,954,564	0.64%	3.08%
1964	7,223,801	18,511,361	0.67%	3.1%
1965	7,270,889	19,089,380	0.65%	3.12%
1966	7,322,066	19,690,087	0.7%	3.15%
1967	7,376,998	20,314,066	0.75%	3.17%
1968	7,415,403	20,957,287	0.52%	3.17%
1969	7,441,055	21,614,676	0.35%	3.14%
1970	7,467,086	22,279,984	0.35%	3.08%
1971	7,500,482	22,942,143	0.45%	2.97%
1972	7,544,201	23,609,456	0.58%	2.91%
1973	7,586,115	24,294,263	0.56%	2.9%
1974	7,599,038	24,989,108	0.17%	2.86%
1975	7,578,903	25,690,940	-0.26%	2.81%
1976	7,565,525	26,395,450	-0.18%	2.74%
1977	7,568,430	27,118,952	0.04%	2.74%
1978	7,562,305	27,869,507	-0.08%	2.77%
1979	7,549,425	28,634,162	-0.17%	2.74%
1980	7,549,433	29,518,857	0%	3.09%
1981	7,568,710	30,541,044	0.26%	3.46%
1982	7,574,140	31,615,339	0.07%	3.52%
1983	7,561,910	32,739,304	-0.16%	3.56%
1984	7,561,434	33,892,788	-0.006%	3.52%
1985	7,564,985	35,042,093	0.05%	3.39%
1986	7,569,794	36,180,515	0.06%	3.25%
1987	7,574,586	37,326,190	0.06%	3.17%
1988	7,585,317	38,480,649	0.14%	3.09%
1989	7,619,567	39,628,575	0.45%	2.98%
1990	7,677,850	40,746,268	0.76%	2.82%
1991	7,754,891	41,687,898	1%	2.31%
1992	7,840,709	42,443,509	1.11%	1.81%
1993	7,905,633	43,297,156	0.83%	2.01%
1994	7,936,118	44,004,139	0.39%	1.63%
1995	7,948,278	44,541,554	0.15%	1.22%
1996	7,959,017	45,123,018	0.14%	1.31%
1997	7,968,041	45,666,838	0.11%	1.21%
1998	7,976,789	46,223,880	0.11%	1.22%
1999	7,992,324	46,730,335	0.19%	1.1%
2000	8,011,566	47,159,719	0.24%	0.92%
2001	8,042,293	47,566,800	0.38%	0.86%
2002	8,081,957	48,019,415	0.49%	0.95%
2003	8,121,423	48,500,348	0.49%	1%
2004	8,171,966	48,991,421	0.62%	1.01%
2005	8,227,829	49,490,033	0.68%	1.02%
2006	8,268,641	49,998,277	0.5%	1.03%
2007	8,295,487	50,528,584	0.32%	1.06%
2008	8,321,496	51,114,599	0.31%	1.16%
2009	8,343,323	51,728,516	0.26%	1.2%
2010	8,363,404	52,344,051	0.24%	1.19%
2011	8,391,643	52,995,205	0.34%	1.24%
2012	8,429,991	53,782,567	0.46%	1.49%
2013	8,479,823	54,678,791	0.59%	1.67%
2014	8,546,356	55,594,838	0.78%	1.68%
2015	8,642,699	56,723,537	1.13%	2.03%
2016	8,736,668	57,259,551	1.09%	0.94%
2017	8,797,566	57,635,162	0.7%	0.66%
2018	8,840,521	58,613,001	0.49%	1.7%
2019	8,879,920	59,587,885	0.45%	1.66%
2020	8,916,864	60,562,381	0.42%	1.64%
2021	8,955,797	61,502,603	0.44%	1.55%
2022	9,041,851	62,378,410	0.96%	1.42%
2023	9,131,761	63,212,384	0.99%	1.34%
2024	9,178,482	64,007,187	0.51%	1.26%
2025	9,171,198	64,747,317	-0.08%	1.16%
2026	9,164,846	65,453,086	-0.07%	1.09%
2027	9,159,036	66,143,018	-0.06%	1.05%
2028	9,153,783	66,830,384	-0.06%	1.04%
2029	9,147,235	67,506,850	-0.07%	1.01%
2030	9,137,754	68,161,357	-0.1%	0.97%
2031	9,126,423	68,798,574	-0.12%	0.93%
2032	9,113,762	69,426,441	-0.14%	0.91%
2033	9,100,660	70,040,484	-0.14%	0.88%
2034	9,086,498	70,641,572	-0.16%	0.86%
2035	9,071,197	71,234,749	-0.17%	0.84%
2036	9,056,140	71,816,372	-0.17%	0.82%
2037	9,039,487	72,387,807	-0.18%	0.8%
2038	9,023,097	72,949,611	-0.18%	0.78%
2039	9,007,376	73,496,152	-0.17%	0.75%
2040	8,990,550	74,035,615	-0.19%	0.73%
2041	8,973,934	74,575,444	-0.18%	0.73%
2042	8,956,944	75,111,899	-0.19%	0.72%
2043	8,939,342	75,641,512	-0.2%	0.71%
2044	8,920,544	76,164,461	-0.21%	0.69%
2045	8,900,652	76,681,448	-0.22%	0.68%
2046	8,879,996	77,199,542	-0.23%	0.68%
2047	8,857,554	77,716,650	-0.25%	0.67%
2048	8,833,340	78,215,323	-0.27%	0.64%
2049	8,807,087	78,699,584	-0.3%	0.62%
2050	8,779,494	79,177,329	-0.31%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Austria increased by 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Austria gained 528,499 (a 6.11% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2005 and is 99th 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) Austria's population will shrink by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.