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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	South Africa	Denmark	South Africa
1960	4,579,603	16,440,172	-	-
1961	4,611,687	16,908,035	0.7%	2.85%
1962	4,647,727	17,418,522	0.78%	3.02%
1963	4,684,483	17,954,564	0.79%	3.08%
1964	4,722,072	18,511,361	0.8%	3.1%
1965	4,759,012	19,089,380	0.78%	3.12%
1966	4,797,381	19,690,087	0.81%	3.15%
1967	4,835,354	20,314,066	0.79%	3.17%
1968	4,864,883	20,957,287	0.61%	3.17%
1969	4,891,860	21,614,676	0.55%	3.14%
1970	4,928,757	22,279,984	0.75%	3.08%
1971	4,963,126	22,942,143	0.7%	2.97%
1972	4,991,596	23,609,456	0.57%	2.91%
1973	5,021,861	24,294,263	0.61%	2.9%
1974	5,045,297	24,989,108	0.47%	2.86%
1975	5,059,862	25,690,940	0.29%	2.81%
1976	5,072,596	26,395,450	0.25%	2.74%
1977	5,088,419	27,118,952	0.31%	2.74%
1978	5,104,248	27,869,507	0.31%	2.77%
1979	5,116,801	28,634,162	0.25%	2.74%
1980	5,123,027	29,518,857	0.12%	3.09%
1981	5,121,572	30,541,044	-0.03%	3.46%
1982	5,117,810	31,615,339	-0.07%	3.52%
1983	5,114,297	32,739,304	-0.07%	3.56%
1984	5,111,619	33,892,788	-0.05%	3.52%
1985	5,113,691	35,042,093	0.04%	3.39%
1986	5,120,534	36,180,515	0.13%	3.25%
1987	5,127,024	37,326,190	0.13%	3.17%
1988	5,129,516	38,480,649	0.05%	3.09%
1989	5,132,594	39,628,575	0.06%	2.98%
1990	5,140,939	40,746,268	0.16%	2.82%
1991	5,154,298	41,687,898	0.26%	2.31%
1992	5,171,370	42,443,509	0.33%	1.81%
1993	5,188,628	43,297,156	0.33%	2.01%
1994	5,206,180	44,004,139	0.34%	1.63%
1995	5,233,373	44,541,554	0.52%	1.22%
1996	5,263,074	45,123,018	0.57%	1.31%
1997	5,284,991	45,666,838	0.42%	1.21%
1998	5,304,219	46,223,880	0.36%	1.22%
1999	5,321,799	46,730,335	0.33%	1.1%
2000	5,339,616	47,159,719	0.33%	0.92%
2001	5,358,783	47,566,800	0.36%	0.86%
2002	5,375,931	48,019,415	0.32%	0.95%
2003	5,390,574	48,500,348	0.27%	1%
2004	5,404,523	48,991,421	0.26%	1.01%
2005	5,419,432	49,490,033	0.28%	1.02%
2006	5,437,272	49,998,277	0.33%	1.03%
2007	5,461,438	50,528,584	0.44%	1.06%
2008	5,493,621	51,114,599	0.59%	1.16%
2009	5,523,095	51,728,516	0.54%	1.2%
2010	5,547,683	52,344,051	0.45%	1.19%
2011	5,570,572	52,995,205	0.41%	1.24%
2012	5,591,572	53,782,567	0.38%	1.49%
2013	5,614,932	54,678,791	0.42%	1.67%
2014	5,643,475	55,594,838	0.51%	1.68%
2015	5,683,483	56,723,537	0.71%	2.03%
2016	5,728,010	57,259,551	0.78%	0.94%
2017	5,764,980	57,635,162	0.65%	0.66%
2018	5,793,636	58,613,001	0.5%	1.7%
2019	5,814,422	59,587,885	0.36%	1.66%
2020	5,831,404	60,562,381	0.29%	1.64%
2021	5,856,733	61,502,603	0.43%	1.55%
2022	5,903,037	62,378,410	0.79%	1.42%
2023	5,946,952	63,212,384	0.74%	1.34%
2024	5,976,992	64,007,187	0.51%	1.26%
2025	6,002,090	64,747,317	0.42%	1.16%
2026	6,023,091	65,453,086	0.35%	1.09%
2027	6,041,010	66,143,018	0.3%	1.05%
2028	6,056,755	66,830,384	0.26%	1.04%
2029	6,070,186	67,506,850	0.22%	1.01%
2030	6,081,559	68,161,357	0.19%	0.97%
2031	6,091,513	68,798,574	0.16%	0.93%
2032	6,099,943	69,426,441	0.14%	0.91%
2033	6,107,156	70,040,484	0.12%	0.88%
2034	6,113,785	70,641,572	0.11%	0.86%
2035	6,119,365	71,234,749	0.09%	0.84%
2036	6,123,874	71,816,372	0.07%	0.82%
2037	6,127,386	72,387,807	0.06%	0.8%
2038	6,130,437	72,949,611	0.05%	0.78%
2039	6,132,752	73,496,152	0.04%	0.75%
2040	6,134,223	74,035,615	0.02%	0.73%
2041	6,135,120	74,575,444	0.01%	0.73%
2042	6,135,315	75,111,899	0.003%	0.72%
2043	6,135,244	75,641,512	-0.001%	0.71%
2044	6,134,789	76,164,461	-0.007%	0.69%
2045	6,134,218	76,681,448	-0.009%	0.68%
2046	6,133,182	77,199,542	-0.02%	0.68%
2047	6,131,427	77,716,650	-0.03%	0.67%
2048	6,129,548	78,215,323	-0.03%	0.64%
2049	6,127,293	78,699,584	-0.04%	0.62%
2050	6,124,397	79,177,329	-0.05%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.