Population in East Timor compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	South Africa	East Timor	South Africa
1960	468,118	16,440,172	-	-
1961	475,291	16,908,035	1.53%	2.85%
1962	482,774	17,418,522	1.57%	3.02%
1963	490,564	17,954,564	1.61%	3.08%
1964	498,659	18,511,361	1.65%	3.1%
1965	507,034	19,089,380	1.68%	3.12%
1966	515,696	19,690,087	1.71%	3.15%
1967	524,648	20,314,066	1.74%	3.17%
1968	533,875	20,957,287	1.76%	3.17%
1969	543,356	21,614,676	1.78%	3.14%
1970	553,069	22,279,984	1.79%	3.08%
1971	562,966	22,942,143	1.79%	2.97%
1972	572,962	23,609,456	1.78%	2.91%
1973	582,855	24,294,263	1.73%	2.9%
1974	590,827	24,989,108	1.37%	2.86%
1975	598,158	25,690,940	1.24%	2.81%
1976	607,620	26,395,450	1.58%	2.74%
1977	618,315	27,118,952	1.76%	2.74%
1978	628,775	27,869,507	1.69%	2.77%
1979	638,719	28,634,162	1.58%	2.74%
1980	649,871	29,518,857	1.75%	3.09%
1981	660,493	30,541,044	1.63%	3.46%
1982	669,149	31,615,339	1.31%	3.52%
1983	677,707	32,739,304	1.28%	3.56%
1984	686,777	33,892,788	1.34%	3.52%
1985	696,665	35,042,093	1.44%	3.39%
1986	707,185	36,180,515	1.51%	3.25%
1987	718,476	37,326,190	1.6%	3.17%
1988	730,745	38,480,649	1.71%	3.09%
1989	744,856	39,628,575	1.93%	2.98%
1990	760,345	40,746,268	2.08%	2.82%
1991	778,278	41,687,898	2.36%	2.31%
1992	799,318	42,443,509	2.7%	1.81%
1993	821,437	43,297,156	2.77%	2.01%
1994	844,493	44,004,139	2.81%	1.63%
1995	868,146	44,541,554	2.8%	1.22%
1996	892,282	45,123,018	2.78%	1.31%
1997	917,184	45,666,838	2.79%	1.21%
1998	942,530	46,223,880	2.76%	1.22%
1999	834,697	46,730,335	-11.4%	1.1%
2000	745,088	47,159,719	-10.7%	0.92%
2001	812,249	47,566,800	9.01%	0.86%
2002	879,159	48,019,415	8.24%	0.95%
2003	916,878	48,500,348	4.29%	1%
2004	929,074	48,991,421	1.33%	1.01%
2005	948,311	49,490,033	2.07%	1.02%
2006	976,597	49,998,277	2.98%	1.03%
2007	1,004,889	50,528,584	2.9%	1.06%
2008	1,032,429	51,114,599	2.74%	1.16%
2009	1,058,782	51,728,516	2.55%	1.2%
2010	1,084,679	52,344,051	2.45%	1.19%
2011	1,110,207	52,995,205	2.35%	1.24%
2012	1,134,885	53,782,567	2.22%	1.49%
2013	1,158,695	54,678,791	2.1%	1.67%
2014	1,181,903	55,594,838	2%	1.68%
2015	1,205,131	56,723,537	1.97%	2.03%
2016	1,228,312	57,259,551	1.92%	0.94%
2017	1,251,703	57,635,162	1.9%	0.66%
2018	1,275,959	58,613,001	1.94%	1.7%
2019	1,300,945	59,587,885	1.96%	1.66%
2020	1,326,053	60,562,381	1.93%	1.64%
2021	1,350,139	61,502,603	1.82%	1.55%
2022	1,369,295	62,378,410	1.42%	1.42%
2023	1,384,286	63,212,384	1.09%	1.34%
2024	1,400,638	64,007,187	1.18%	1.26%
2025	1,418,519	64,747,317	1.28%	1.16%
2026	1,436,934	65,453,086	1.3%	1.09%
2027	1,456,334	66,143,018	1.35%	1.05%
2028	1,476,850	66,830,384	1.41%	1.04%
2029	1,498,119	67,506,850	1.44%	1.01%
2030	1,519,802	68,161,357	1.45%	0.97%
2031	1,540,659	68,798,574	1.37%	0.93%
2032	1,559,710	69,426,441	1.24%	0.91%
2033	1,578,114	70,040,484	1.18%	0.88%
2034	1,597,444	70,641,572	1.22%	0.86%
2035	1,618,799	71,234,749	1.34%	0.84%
2036	1,639,721	71,816,372	1.29%	0.82%
2037	1,659,327	72,387,807	1.2%	0.8%
2038	1,678,953	72,949,611	1.18%	0.78%
2039	1,698,891	73,496,152	1.19%	0.75%
2040	1,718,249	74,035,615	1.14%	0.73%
2041	1,736,476	74,575,444	1.06%	0.73%
2042	1,755,847	75,111,899	1.12%	0.72%
2043	1,776,066	75,641,512	1.15%	0.71%
2044	1,793,758	76,164,461	1%	0.69%
2045	1,809,637	76,681,448	0.89%	0.68%
2046	1,825,551	77,199,542	0.88%	0.68%
2047	1,841,558	77,716,650	0.88%	0.67%
2048	1,858,311	78,215,323	0.91%	0.64%
2049	1,873,846	78,699,584	0.84%	0.62%
2050	1,889,246	79,177,329	0.82%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.