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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chile	South Africa	Chile	South Africa
1960	8,153,350	16,440,172	-	-
1961	8,324,802	16,908,035	2.1%	2.85%
1962	8,497,059	17,418,522	2.07%	3.02%
1963	8,670,144	17,954,564	2.04%	3.08%
1964	8,842,525	18,511,361	1.99%	3.1%
1965	9,012,938	19,089,380	1.93%	3.12%
1966	9,181,722	19,690,087	1.87%	3.15%
1967	9,348,939	20,314,066	1.82%	3.17%
1968	9,514,716	20,957,287	1.77%	3.17%
1969	9,680,282	21,614,676	1.74%	3.14%
1970	9,845,344	22,279,984	1.71%	3.08%
1971	10,009,701	22,942,143	1.67%	2.97%
1972	10,174,678	23,609,456	1.65%	2.91%
1973	10,340,362	24,294,263	1.63%	2.9%
1974	10,505,817	24,989,108	1.6%	2.86%
1975	10,671,559	25,690,940	1.58%	2.81%
1976	10,838,251	26,395,450	1.56%	2.74%
1977	11,005,519	27,118,952	1.54%	2.74%
1978	11,172,695	27,869,507	1.52%	2.77%
1979	11,339,779	28,634,162	1.5%	2.74%
1980	11,508,550	29,518,857	1.49%	3.09%
1981	11,678,717	30,541,044	1.48%	3.46%
1982	11,850,214	31,615,339	1.47%	3.52%
1983	12,026,138	32,739,304	1.48%	3.56%
1984	12,207,733	33,892,788	1.51%	3.52%
1985	12,395,274	35,042,093	1.54%	3.39%
1986	12,588,914	36,180,515	1.56%	3.25%
1987	12,790,150	37,326,190	1.6%	3.17%
1988	12,999,424	38,480,649	1.64%	3.09%
1989	13,215,005	39,628,575	1.66%	2.98%
1990	13,437,176	40,746,268	1.68%	2.82%
1991	13,662,491	41,687,898	1.68%	2.31%
1992	13,884,577	42,443,509	1.63%	1.81%
1993	14,102,276	43,297,156	1.57%	2.01%
1994	14,316,256	44,004,139	1.52%	1.63%
1995	14,527,381	44,541,554	1.47%	1.22%
1996	14,734,046	45,123,018	1.42%	1.31%
1997	14,932,434	45,666,838	1.35%	1.21%
1998	15,127,799	46,223,880	1.31%	1.22%
1999	15,319,313	46,730,335	1.27%	1.1%
2000	15,503,635	47,159,719	1.2%	0.92%
2001	15,683,849	47,566,800	1.16%	0.86%
2002	15,857,925	48,019,415	1.11%	0.95%
2003	16,024,752	48,500,348	1.05%	1%
2004	16,187,322	48,991,421	1.01%	1.01%
2005	16,348,778	49,490,033	1%	1.02%
2006	16,509,195	49,998,277	0.98%	1.03%
2007	16,671,581	50,528,584	0.98%	1.06%
2008	16,838,988	51,114,599	1%	1.16%
2009	17,009,731	51,728,516	1.01%	1.2%
2010	17,181,464	52,344,051	1.01%	1.19%
2011	17,351,816	52,995,205	0.99%	1.24%
2012	17,519,119	53,782,567	0.96%	1.49%
2013	17,687,006	54,678,791	0.96%	1.67%
2014	17,864,195	55,594,838	1%	1.68%
2015	18,047,625	56,723,537	1.03%	2.03%
2016	18,267,221	57,259,551	1.22%	0.94%
2017	18,558,868	57,635,162	1.6%	0.66%
2018	18,893,191	58,613,001	1.8%	1.7%
2019	19,197,744	59,587,885	1.61%	1.66%
2020	19,370,624	60,562,381	0.9%	1.64%
2021	19,456,334	61,502,603	0.44%	1.55%
2022	19,553,036	62,378,410	0.5%	1.42%
2023	19,658,835	63,212,384	0.54%	1.34%
2024	19,764,771	64,007,187	0.54%	1.26%
2025	19,859,915	64,747,317	0.48%	1.16%
2026	19,945,846	65,453,086	0.43%	1.09%
2027	20,026,149	66,143,018	0.4%	1.05%
2028	20,100,930	66,830,384	0.37%	1.04%
2029	20,169,619	67,506,850	0.34%	1.01%
2030	20,233,182	68,161,357	0.32%	0.97%
2031	20,290,979	68,798,574	0.29%	0.93%
2032	20,341,797	69,426,441	0.25%	0.91%
2033	20,385,069	70,040,484	0.21%	0.88%
2034	20,422,546	70,641,572	0.18%	0.86%
2035	20,455,937	71,234,749	0.16%	0.84%
2036	20,485,080	71,816,372	0.14%	0.82%
2037	20,507,949	72,387,807	0.11%	0.8%
2038	20,524,482	72,949,611	0.08%	0.78%
2039	20,535,707	73,496,152	0.05%	0.75%
2040	20,542,096	74,035,615	0.03%	0.73%
2041	20,543,284	74,575,444	0.006%	0.73%
2042	20,539,909	75,111,899	-0.02%	0.72%
2043	20,532,920	75,641,512	-0.03%	0.71%
2044	20,519,677	76,164,461	-0.06%	0.69%
2045	20,499,138	76,681,448	-0.1%	0.68%
2046	20,473,283	77,199,542	-0.13%	0.68%
2047	20,443,720	77,716,650	-0.14%	0.67%
2048	20,408,327	78,215,323	-0.17%	0.64%
2049	20,366,435	78,699,584	-0.21%	0.62%
2050	20,320,302	79,177,329	-0.23%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th 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) Chile's population will grow by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people with a rank change from 67th to 75th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.