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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Comoros	South Africa	Comoros	South Africa
1960	197,700	16,440,172	-	-
1961	201,201	16,908,035	1.77%	2.85%
1962	204,702	17,418,522	1.74%	3.02%
1963	208,185	17,954,564	1.7%	3.08%
1964	211,644	18,511,361	1.66%	3.1%
1965	214,967	19,089,380	1.57%	3.12%
1966	218,663	19,690,087	1.72%	3.15%
1967	223,859	20,314,066	2.38%	3.17%
1968	230,244	20,957,287	2.85%	3.17%
1969	237,001	21,614,676	2.93%	3.14%
1970	244,185	22,279,984	3.03%	3.08%
1971	251,865	22,942,143	3.15%	2.97%
1972	260,077	23,609,456	3.26%	2.91%
1973	268,820	24,294,263	3.36%	2.9%
1974	278,075	24,989,108	3.44%	2.86%
1975	287,692	25,690,940	3.46%	2.81%
1976	297,538	26,395,450	3.42%	2.74%
1977	307,579	27,118,952	3.37%	2.74%
1978	317,688	27,869,507	3.29%	2.77%
1979	327,791	28,634,162	3.18%	2.74%
1980	337,721	29,518,857	3.03%	3.09%
1981	347,382	30,541,044	2.86%	3.46%
1982	357,139	31,615,339	2.81%	3.52%
1983	367,233	32,739,304	2.83%	3.56%
1984	377,637	33,892,788	2.83%	3.52%
1985	388,352	35,042,093	2.84%	3.39%
1986	399,318	36,180,515	2.82%	3.25%
1987	410,439	37,326,190	2.78%	3.17%
1988	421,687	38,480,649	2.74%	3.09%
1989	433,103	39,628,575	2.71%	2.98%
1990	444,596	40,746,268	2.65%	2.82%
1991	455,556	41,687,898	2.47%	2.31%
1992	465,113	42,443,509	2.1%	1.81%
1993	473,682	43,297,156	1.84%	2.01%
1994	482,142	44,004,139	1.79%	1.63%
1995	490,586	44,541,554	1.75%	1.22%
1996	499,107	45,123,018	1.74%	1.31%
1997	507,777	45,666,838	1.74%	1.21%
1998	516,597	46,223,880	1.74%	1.22%
1999	525,886	46,730,335	1.8%	1.1%
2000	536,080	47,159,719	1.94%	0.92%
2001	547,220	47,566,800	2.08%	0.86%
2002	558,923	48,019,415	2.14%	0.95%
2003	569,798	48,500,348	1.95%	1%
2004	580,704	48,991,421	1.91%	1.01%
2005	592,677	49,490,033	2.06%	1.02%
2006	604,753	49,998,277	2.04%	1.03%
2007	616,927	50,528,584	2.01%	1.06%
2008	629,307	51,114,599	2.01%	1.16%
2009	641,947	51,728,516	2.01%	1.2%
2010	654,836	52,344,051	2.01%	1.19%
2011	668,056	52,995,205	2.02%	1.24%
2012	681,630	53,782,567	2.03%	1.49%
2013	696,192	54,678,791	2.14%	1.67%
2014	711,503	55,594,838	2.2%	1.68%
2015	726,682	56,723,537	2.13%	2.03%
2016	741,741	57,259,551	2.07%	0.94%
2017	756,669	57,635,162	2.01%	0.66%
2018	771,590	58,613,001	1.97%	1.7%
2019	786,578	59,587,885	1.94%	1.66%
2020	802,163	60,562,381	1.98%	1.64%
2021	818,174	61,502,603	2%	1.55%
2022	834,188	62,378,410	1.96%	1.42%
2023	850,387	63,212,384	1.94%	1.34%
2024	866,628	64,007,187	1.91%	1.26%
2025	882,845	64,747,317	1.87%	1.16%
2026	899,008	65,453,086	1.83%	1.09%
2027	915,176	66,143,018	1.8%	1.05%
2028	931,430	66,830,384	1.78%	1.04%
2029	947,803	67,506,850	1.76%	1.01%
2030	964,266	68,161,357	1.74%	0.97%
2031	980,769	68,798,574	1.71%	0.93%
2032	997,341	69,426,441	1.69%	0.91%
2033	1,014,064	70,040,484	1.68%	0.88%
2034	1,030,864	70,641,572	1.66%	0.86%
2035	1,047,760	71,234,749	1.64%	0.84%
2036	1,064,847	71,816,372	1.63%	0.82%
2037	1,081,999	72,387,807	1.61%	0.8%
2038	1,099,147	72,949,611	1.58%	0.78%
2039	1,116,418	73,496,152	1.57%	0.75%
2040	1,133,776	74,035,615	1.55%	0.73%
2041	1,151,146	74,575,444	1.53%	0.73%
2042	1,168,504	75,111,899	1.51%	0.72%
2043	1,185,954	75,641,512	1.49%	0.71%
2044	1,203,535	76,164,461	1.48%	0.69%
2045	1,221,066	76,681,448	1.46%	0.68%
2046	1,238,454	77,199,542	1.42%	0.68%
2047	1,255,711	77,716,650	1.39%	0.67%
2048	1,273,035	78,215,323	1.38%	0.64%
2049	1,290,365	78,699,584	1.36%	0.62%
2050	1,307,552	79,177,329	1.33%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Comoros increased by 134,005 people (a 22.6% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Comoros gained 169,146 (a 23.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2005 and is 160th 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) Comoros' population will grow by 46% to 1,307,552 people with a rank change from 160th to 157th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.