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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brazil	South Africa	Brazil	South Africa
1960	72,388,126	16,440,172	-	-
1961	74,605,447	16,908,035	3.06%	2.85%
1962	76,865,323	17,418,522	3.03%	3.02%
1963	79,164,235	17,954,564	2.99%	3.08%
1964	81,488,595	18,511,361	2.94%	3.1%
1965	83,817,583	19,089,380	2.86%	3.12%
1966	86,139,359	19,690,087	2.77%	3.15%
1967	88,446,124	20,314,066	2.68%	3.17%
1968	90,741,240	20,957,287	2.59%	3.17%
1969	93,045,777	21,614,676	2.54%	3.14%
1970	95,375,651	22,279,984	2.5%	3.08%
1971	97,739,273	22,942,143	2.48%	2.97%
1972	100,146,797	23,609,456	2.46%	2.91%
1973	102,600,976	24,294,263	2.45%	2.9%
1974	105,089,675	24,989,108	2.43%	2.86%
1975	107,619,565	25,690,940	2.41%	2.81%
1976	110,213,349	26,395,450	2.41%	2.74%
1977	112,875,292	27,118,952	2.42%	2.74%
1978	115,600,942	27,869,507	2.41%	2.77%
1979	118,380,821	28,634,162	2.4%	2.74%
1980	121,207,461	29,518,857	2.39%	3.09%
1981	124,063,109	30,541,044	2.36%	3.46%
1982	126,923,155	31,615,339	2.31%	3.52%
1983	129,790,077	32,739,304	2.26%	3.56%
1984	132,658,864	33,892,788	2.21%	3.52%
1985	135,515,595	35,042,093	2.15%	3.39%
1986	138,336,370	36,180,515	2.08%	3.25%
1987	141,104,944	37,326,190	2%	3.17%
1988	143,826,357	38,480,649	1.93%	3.09%
1989	146,502,972	39,628,575	1.86%	2.98%
1990	149,143,223	40,746,268	1.8%	2.82%
1991	151,724,256	41,687,898	1.73%	2.31%
1992	154,275,079	42,443,509	1.68%	1.81%
1993	156,794,577	43,297,156	1.63%	2.01%
1994	159,265,006	44,004,139	1.58%	1.63%
1995	161,735,073	44,541,554	1.55%	1.22%
1996	164,202,549	45,123,018	1.53%	1.31%
1997	166,661,659	45,666,838	1.5%	1.21%
1998	169,159,655	46,223,880	1.5%	1.22%
1999	171,641,543	46,730,335	1.47%	1.1%
2000	174,018,282	47,159,719	1.38%	0.92%
2001	176,301,203	47,566,800	1.31%	0.86%
2002	178,503,484	48,019,415	1.25%	0.95%
2003	180,622,688	48,500,348	1.19%	1%
2004	182,675,143	48,991,421	1.14%	1.01%
2005	184,688,101	49,490,033	1.1%	1.02%
2006	186,653,106	49,998,277	1.06%	1.03%
2007	188,552,320	50,528,584	1.02%	1.06%
2008	190,367,302	51,114,599	0.96%	1.16%
2009	192,079,951	51,728,516	0.9%	1.2%
2010	193,701,929	52,344,051	0.84%	1.19%
2011	195,284,734	52,995,205	0.82%	1.24%
2012	196,876,111	53,782,567	0.81%	1.49%
2013	198,478,299	54,678,791	0.81%	1.67%
2014	200,085,127	55,594,838	0.81%	1.68%
2015	201,675,532	56,723,537	0.79%	2.03%
2016	203,218,114	57,259,551	0.76%	0.94%
2017	204,703,445	57,635,162	0.73%	0.66%
2018	206,107,261	58,613,001	0.69%	1.7%
2019	207,455,459	59,587,885	0.65%	1.66%
2020	208,660,842	60,562,381	0.58%	1.64%
2021	209,550,294	61,502,603	0.43%	1.55%
2022	210,306,415	62,378,410	0.36%	1.42%
2023	211,140,729	63,212,384	0.4%	1.34%
2024	211,998,573	64,007,187	0.41%	1.26%
2025	212,812,405	64,747,317	0.38%	1.16%
2026	213,562,674	65,453,086	0.35%	1.09%
2027	214,261,037	66,143,018	0.33%	1.05%
2028	214,911,388	66,830,384	0.3%	1.04%
2029	215,515,178	67,506,850	0.28%	1.01%
2030	216,074,424	68,161,357	0.26%	0.97%
2031	216,587,355	68,798,574	0.24%	0.93%
2032	217,055,392	69,426,441	0.22%	0.91%
2033	217,479,394	70,040,484	0.2%	0.88%
2034	217,860,892	70,641,572	0.18%	0.86%
2035	218,199,715	71,234,749	0.16%	0.84%
2036	218,495,215	71,816,372	0.14%	0.82%
2037	218,747,246	72,387,807	0.12%	0.8%
2038	218,955,573	72,949,611	0.1%	0.78%
2039	219,118,385	73,496,152	0.07%	0.75%
2040	219,237,085	74,035,615	0.05%	0.73%
2041	219,307,158	74,575,444	0.03%	0.73%
2042	219,319,771	75,111,899	0.006%	0.72%
2043	219,276,528	75,641,512	-0.02%	0.71%
2044	219,179,002	76,164,461	-0.04%	0.69%
2045	219,026,208	76,681,448	-0.07%	0.68%
2046	218,821,045	77,199,542	-0.09%	0.68%
2047	218,565,379	77,716,650	-0.12%	0.67%
2048	218,258,225	78,215,323	-0.14%	0.64%
2049	217,897,833	78,699,584	-0.17%	0.62%
2050	217,489,309	79,177,329	-0.19%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.