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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	South Africa	Colombia	South Africa
1960	15,606,209	16,440,172	-	-
1961	16,095,203	16,908,035	3.13%	2.85%
1962	16,599,029	17,418,522	3.13%	3.02%
1963	17,113,823	17,954,564	3.1%	3.08%
1964	17,637,411	18,511,361	3.06%	3.1%
1965	18,169,050	19,089,380	3.01%	3.12%
1966	18,702,688	19,690,087	2.94%	3.15%
1967	19,235,618	20,314,066	2.85%	3.17%
1968	19,766,796	20,957,287	2.76%	3.17%
1969	20,291,942	21,614,676	2.66%	3.14%
1970	20,811,782	22,279,984	2.56%	3.08%
1971	21,319,096	22,942,143	2.44%	2.97%
1972	21,819,563	23,609,456	2.35%	2.91%
1973	22,325,374	24,294,263	2.32%	2.9%
1974	22,833,469	24,989,108	2.28%	2.86%
1975	23,344,644	25,690,940	2.24%	2.81%
1976	23,858,810	26,395,450	2.2%	2.74%
1977	24,393,494	27,118,952	2.24%	2.74%
1978	24,950,337	27,869,507	2.28%	2.77%
1979	25,515,626	28,634,162	2.27%	2.74%
1980	26,104,498	29,518,857	2.31%	3.09%
1981	26,713,267	30,541,044	2.33%	3.46%
1982	27,338,331	31,615,339	2.34%	3.52%
1983	27,988,173	32,739,304	2.38%	3.56%
1984	28,642,690	33,892,788	2.34%	3.52%
1985	29,268,470	35,042,093	2.18%	3.39%
1986	29,879,112	36,180,515	2.09%	3.25%
1987	30,499,467	37,326,190	2.08%	3.17%
1988	31,130,524	38,480,649	2.07%	3.09%
1989	31,776,279	39,628,575	2.07%	2.98%
1990	32,440,069	40,746,268	2.09%	2.82%
1991	33,098,372	41,687,898	2.03%	2.31%
1992	33,760,571	42,443,509	2%	1.81%
1993	34,441,473	43,297,156	2.02%	2.01%
1994	35,127,410	44,004,139	1.99%	1.63%
1995	35,804,662	44,541,554	1.93%	1.22%
1996	36,462,745	45,123,018	1.84%	1.31%
1997	37,121,149	45,666,838	1.81%	1.21%
1998	37,792,165	46,223,880	1.81%	1.22%
1999	38,454,863	46,730,335	1.75%	1.1%
2000	39,089,934	47,159,719	1.65%	0.92%
2001	39,709,262	47,566,800	1.58%	0.86%
2002	40,324,680	48,019,415	1.55%	0.95%
2003	40,937,429	48,500,348	1.52%	1%
2004	41,543,171	48,991,421	1.48%	1.01%
2005	42,128,977	49,490,033	1.41%	1.02%
2006	42,691,084	49,998,277	1.33%	1.03%
2007	43,235,374	50,528,584	1.27%	1.06%
2008	43,758,808	51,114,599	1.21%	1.16%
2009	44,271,541	51,728,516	1.17%	1.2%
2010	44,777,319	52,344,051	1.14%	1.19%
2011	45,259,614	52,995,205	1.08%	1.24%
2012	45,715,810	53,782,567	1.01%	1.49%
2013	46,151,584	54,678,791	0.95%	1.67%
2014	46,565,429	55,594,838	0.9%	1.68%
2015	46,969,940	56,723,537	0.87%	2.03%
2016	47,437,512	57,259,551	1%	0.94%
2017	48,131,078	57,635,162	1.46%	0.66%
2018	49,024,465	58,613,001	1.86%	1.7%
2019	49,907,985	59,587,885	1.8%	1.66%
2020	50,629,997	60,562,381	1.45%	1.64%
2021	51,188,173	61,502,603	1.1%	1.55%
2022	51,737,944	62,378,410	1.07%	1.42%
2023	52,321,152	63,212,384	1.13%	1.34%
2024	52,886,363	64,007,187	1.08%	1.26%
2025	53,425,632	64,747,317	1.02%	1.16%
2026	53,936,234	65,453,086	0.96%	1.09%
2027	54,422,275	66,143,018	0.9%	1.05%
2028	54,885,123	66,830,384	0.85%	1.04%
2029	55,322,627	67,506,850	0.8%	1.01%
2030	55,736,477	68,161,357	0.75%	0.97%
2031	56,125,966	68,798,574	0.7%	0.93%
2032	56,490,496	69,426,441	0.65%	0.91%
2033	56,832,264	70,040,484	0.61%	0.88%
2034	57,151,619	70,641,572	0.56%	0.86%
2035	57,445,755	71,234,749	0.51%	0.84%
2036	57,716,869	71,816,372	0.47%	0.82%
2037	57,965,300	72,387,807	0.43%	0.8%
2038	58,190,082	72,949,611	0.39%	0.78%
2039	58,394,310	73,496,152	0.35%	0.75%
2040	58,576,452	74,035,615	0.31%	0.73%
2041	58,736,886	74,575,444	0.27%	0.73%
2042	58,878,126	75,111,899	0.24%	0.72%
2043	59,000,362	75,641,512	0.21%	0.71%
2044	59,104,592	76,164,461	0.18%	0.69%
2045	59,190,826	76,681,448	0.15%	0.68%
2046	59,259,758	77,199,542	0.12%	0.68%
2047	59,313,132	77,716,650	0.09%	0.67%
2048	59,351,262	78,215,323	0.06%	0.64%
2049	59,375,012	78,699,584	0.04%	0.62%
2050	59,385,355	79,177,329	0.02%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.