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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Croatia	South Africa	Croatia	South Africa
1960	4,140,181	16,440,172	-	-
1961	4,167,292	16,908,035	0.65%	2.85%
1962	4,196,712	17,418,522	0.71%	3.02%
1963	4,225,675	17,954,564	0.69%	3.08%
1964	4,252,876	18,511,361	0.64%	3.1%
1965	4,280,923	19,089,380	0.66%	3.12%
1966	4,310,701	19,690,087	0.7%	3.15%
1967	4,338,683	20,314,066	0.65%	3.17%
1968	4,365,628	20,957,287	0.62%	3.17%
1969	4,391,490	21,614,676	0.59%	3.14%
1970	4,412,252	22,279,984	0.47%	3.08%
1971	4,431,275	22,942,143	0.43%	2.97%
1972	4,450,564	23,609,456	0.44%	2.91%
1973	4,470,161	24,294,263	0.44%	2.9%
1974	4,490,660	24,989,108	0.46%	2.86%
1975	4,512,082	25,690,940	0.48%	2.81%
1976	4,535,934	26,395,450	0.53%	2.74%
1977	4,559,571	27,118,952	0.52%	2.74%
1978	4,581,085	27,869,507	0.47%	2.77%
1979	4,594,778	28,634,162	0.3%	2.74%
1980	4,599,782	29,518,857	0.11%	3.09%
1981	4,611,509	30,541,044	0.25%	3.46%
1982	4,634,234	31,615,339	0.49%	3.52%
1983	4,658,254	32,739,304	0.52%	3.56%
1984	4,680,285	33,892,788	0.47%	3.52%
1985	4,701,417	35,042,093	0.45%	3.39%
1986	4,721,446	36,180,515	0.43%	3.25%
1987	4,739,745	37,326,190	0.39%	3.17%
1988	4,755,207	38,480,649	0.33%	3.09%
1989	4,767,260	39,628,575	0.25%	2.98%
1990	4,777,368	40,746,268	0.21%	2.82%
1991	4,689,022	41,687,898	-1.85%	2.31%
1992	4,575,818	42,443,509	-2.41%	1.81%
1993	4,600,463	43,297,156	0.54%	2.01%
1994	4,652,024	44,004,139	1.12%	1.63%
1995	4,620,030	44,541,554	-0.69%	1.22%
1996	4,557,097	45,123,018	-1.36%	1.31%
1997	4,534,920	45,666,838	-0.49%	1.21%
1998	4,532,135	46,223,880	-0.06%	1.22%
1999	4,512,597	46,730,335	-0.43%	1.1%
2000	4,468,302	47,159,719	-0.98%	0.92%
2001	4,299,642	47,566,800	-3.77%	0.86%
2002	4,302,174	48,019,415	0.06%	0.95%
2003	4,303,399	48,500,348	0.03%	1%
2004	4,304,600	48,991,421	0.03%	1.01%
2005	4,310,145	49,490,033	0.13%	1.02%
2006	4,311,159	49,998,277	0.02%	1.03%
2007	4,310,217	50,528,584	-0.02%	1.06%
2008	4,309,705	51,114,599	-0.01%	1.16%
2009	4,305,181	51,728,516	-0.1%	1.2%
2010	4,295,427	52,344,051	-0.23%	1.19%
2011	4,280,622	52,995,205	-0.34%	1.24%
2012	4,260,368	53,782,567	-0.47%	1.49%
2013	4,233,922	54,678,791	-0.62%	1.67%
2014	4,201,598	55,594,838	-0.76%	1.68%
2015	4,151,725	56,723,537	-1.19%	2.03%
2016	4,106,867	57,259,551	-1.08%	0.94%
2017	4,041,407	57,635,162	-1.59%	0.66%
2018	3,988,775	58,613,001	-1.3%	1.7%
2019	3,949,390	59,587,885	-0.99%	1.66%
2020	3,914,206	60,562,381	-0.89%	1.64%
2021	3,878,981	61,502,603	-0.9%	1.55%
2022	3,855,641	62,378,410	-0.6%	1.42%
2023	3,859,686	63,212,384	0.1%	1.34%
2024	3,866,300	64,007,187	0.17%	1.26%
2025	3,839,202	64,747,317	-0.7%	1.16%
2026	3,813,444	65,453,086	-0.67%	1.09%
2027	3,788,509	66,143,018	-0.65%	1.05%
2028	3,764,509	66,830,384	-0.63%	1.04%
2029	3,740,864	67,506,850	-0.63%	1.01%
2030	3,717,091	68,161,357	-0.64%	0.97%
2031	3,693,060	68,798,574	-0.65%	0.93%
2032	3,668,891	69,426,441	-0.65%	0.91%
2033	3,645,252	70,040,484	-0.64%	0.88%
2034	3,621,822	70,641,572	-0.64%	0.86%
2035	3,598,817	71,234,749	-0.64%	0.84%
2036	3,576,022	71,816,372	-0.63%	0.82%
2037	3,552,470	72,387,807	-0.66%	0.8%
2038	3,528,382	72,949,611	-0.68%	0.78%
2039	3,504,319	73,496,152	-0.68%	0.75%
2040	3,480,182	74,035,615	-0.69%	0.73%
2041	3,455,709	74,575,444	-0.7%	0.73%
2042	3,430,926	75,111,899	-0.72%	0.72%
2043	3,406,019	75,641,512	-0.73%	0.71%
2044	3,380,680	76,164,461	-0.74%	0.69%
2045	3,355,131	76,681,448	-0.76%	0.68%
2046	3,329,736	77,199,542	-0.76%	0.68%
2047	3,304,173	77,716,650	-0.77%	0.67%
2048	3,278,352	78,215,323	-0.78%	0.64%
2049	3,252,533	78,699,584	-0.79%	0.62%
2050	3,226,623	79,177,329	-0.8%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.