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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	South Africa	Belarus	South Africa
1960	8,198,000	16,440,172	-	-
1961	8,271,216	16,908,035	0.89%	2.85%
1962	8,351,928	17,418,522	0.98%	3.02%
1963	8,437,232	17,954,564	1.02%	3.08%
1964	8,524,224	18,511,361	1.03%	3.1%
1965	8,610,000	19,089,380	1.01%	3.12%
1966	8,696,496	19,690,087	1%	3.15%
1967	8,785,648	20,314,066	1.03%	3.17%
1968	8,874,552	20,957,287	1.01%	3.17%
1969	8,960,304	21,614,676	0.97%	3.14%
1970	9,040,000	22,279,984	0.89%	3.08%
1971	9,115,576	22,942,143	0.84%	2.97%
1972	9,188,968	23,609,456	0.81%	2.91%
1973	9,257,272	24,294,263	0.74%	2.9%
1974	9,317,584	24,989,108	0.65%	2.86%
1975	9,367,000	25,690,940	0.53%	2.81%
1976	9,411,000	26,395,450	0.47%	2.74%
1977	9,463,000	27,118,952	0.55%	2.74%
1978	9,525,000	27,869,507	0.66%	2.77%
1979	9,584,000	28,634,162	0.62%	2.74%
1980	9,643,000	29,518,857	0.62%	3.09%
1981	9,710,000	30,541,044	0.69%	3.46%
1982	9,776,000	31,615,339	0.68%	3.52%
1983	9,843,000	32,739,304	0.69%	3.56%
1984	9,910,000	33,892,788	0.68%	3.52%
1985	9,975,000	35,042,093	0.66%	3.39%
1986	10,043,000	36,180,515	0.68%	3.25%
1987	10,111,000	37,326,190	0.68%	3.17%
1988	10,140,000	38,480,649	0.29%	3.09%
1989	10,170,000	39,628,575	0.3%	2.98%
1990	10,189,348	40,746,268	0.19%	2.82%
1991	10,194,050	41,687,898	0.05%	2.31%
1992	10,216,470	42,443,509	0.22%	1.81%
1993	10,239,050	43,297,156	0.22%	2.01%
1994	10,226,955	44,004,139	-0.12%	1.63%
1995	10,193,831	44,541,554	-0.32%	1.22%
1996	10,159,569	45,123,018	-0.34%	1.31%
1997	10,117,433	45,666,838	-0.41%	1.21%
1998	10,071,963	46,223,880	-0.45%	1.22%
1999	10,026,738	46,730,335	-0.45%	1.1%
2000	9,979,610	47,159,719	-0.47%	0.92%
2001	9,928,549	47,566,800	-0.51%	0.86%
2002	9,865,548	48,019,415	-0.63%	0.95%
2003	9,796,749	48,500,348	-0.7%	1%
2004	9,730,146	48,991,421	-0.68%	1.01%
2005	9,663,915	49,490,033	-0.68%	1.02%
2006	9,604,924	49,998,277	-0.61%	1.03%
2007	9,560,953	50,528,584	-0.46%	1.06%
2008	9,527,985	51,114,599	-0.34%	1.16%
2009	9,504,583	51,728,516	-0.25%	1.2%
2010	9,483,836	52,344,051	-0.22%	1.19%
2011	9,461,643	52,995,205	-0.23%	1.24%
2012	9,446,836	53,782,567	-0.16%	1.49%
2013	9,443,211	54,678,791	-0.04%	1.67%
2014	9,448,515	55,594,838	0.06%	1.68%
2015	9,461,076	56,723,537	0.13%	2.03%
2016	9,469,379	57,259,551	0.09%	0.94%
2017	9,458,989	57,635,162	-0.11%	0.66%
2018	9,438,785	58,613,001	-0.21%	1.7%
2019	9,419,758	59,587,885	-0.2%	1.66%
2020	9,379,952	60,562,381	-0.42%	1.64%
2021	9,302,585	61,502,603	-0.82%	1.55%
2022	9,228,071	62,378,410	-0.8%	1.42%
2023	9,178,298	63,212,384	-0.54%	1.34%
2024	9,132,629	64,007,187	-0.5%	1.26%
2025	9,073,036	64,747,317	-0.65%	1.16%
2026	9,011,944	65,453,086	-0.67%	1.09%
2027	8,950,041	66,143,018	-0.69%	1.05%
2028	8,887,762	66,830,384	-0.7%	1.04%
2029	8,824,424	67,506,850	-0.71%	1.01%
2030	8,760,466	68,161,357	-0.72%	0.97%
2031	8,696,768	68,798,574	-0.73%	0.93%
2032	8,633,068	69,426,441	-0.73%	0.91%
2033	8,569,172	70,040,484	-0.74%	0.88%
2034	8,505,555	70,641,572	-0.74%	0.86%
2035	8,442,461	71,234,749	-0.74%	0.84%
2036	8,379,897	71,816,372	-0.74%	0.82%
2037	8,317,831	72,387,807	-0.74%	0.8%
2038	8,255,917	72,949,611	-0.74%	0.78%
2039	8,193,893	73,496,152	-0.75%	0.75%
2040	8,132,083	74,035,615	-0.75%	0.73%
2041	8,070,545	74,575,444	-0.76%	0.73%
2042	8,009,602	75,111,899	-0.76%	0.72%
2043	7,949,312	75,641,512	-0.75%	0.71%
2044	7,889,014	76,164,461	-0.76%	0.69%
2045	7,828,555	76,681,448	-0.77%	0.68%
2046	7,767,902	77,199,542	-0.77%	0.68%
2047	7,706,676	77,716,650	-0.79%	0.67%
2048	7,644,179	78,215,323	-0.81%	0.64%
2049	7,580,508	78,699,584	-0.83%	0.62%
2050	7,516,034	79,177,329	-0.85%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.