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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ecuador	South Africa	Ecuador	South Africa
1960	4,590,891	16,440,172	-	-
1961	4,722,331	16,908,035	2.86%	2.85%
1962	4,859,269	17,418,522	2.9%	3.02%
1963	5,001,716	17,954,564	2.93%	3.08%
1964	5,149,918	18,511,361	2.96%	3.1%
1965	5,303,963	19,089,380	2.99%	3.12%
1966	5,463,748	19,690,087	3.01%	3.15%
1967	5,629,057	20,314,066	3.03%	3.17%
1968	5,799,680	20,957,287	3.03%	3.17%
1969	5,975,236	21,614,676	3.03%	3.14%
1970	6,155,387	22,279,984	3.01%	3.08%
1971	6,340,052	22,942,143	3%	2.97%
1972	6,529,034	23,609,456	2.98%	2.91%
1973	6,722,033	24,294,263	2.96%	2.9%
1974	6,918,573	24,989,108	2.92%	2.86%
1975	7,118,251	25,690,940	2.89%	2.81%
1976	7,320,912	26,395,450	2.85%	2.74%
1977	7,526,819	27,118,952	2.81%	2.74%
1978	7,736,167	27,869,507	2.78%	2.77%
1979	7,948,869	28,634,162	2.75%	2.74%
1980	8,165,877	29,518,857	2.73%	3.09%
1981	8,386,910	30,541,044	2.71%	3.46%
1982	8,611,298	31,615,339	2.68%	3.52%
1983	8,840,417	32,739,304	2.66%	3.56%
1984	9,074,782	33,892,788	2.65%	3.52%
1985	9,311,154	35,042,093	2.6%	3.39%
1986	9,545,998	36,180,515	2.52%	3.25%
1987	9,779,290	37,326,190	2.44%	3.17%
1988	10,010,808	38,480,649	2.37%	3.09%
1989	10,241,852	39,628,575	2.31%	2.98%
1990	10,473,673	40,746,268	2.26%	2.82%
1991	10,702,380	41,687,898	2.18%	2.31%
1992	10,930,128	42,443,509	2.13%	1.81%
1993	11,154,274	43,297,156	2.05%	2.01%
1994	11,372,197	44,004,139	1.95%	1.63%
1995	11,590,514	44,541,554	1.92%	1.22%
1996	11,810,950	45,123,018	1.9%	1.31%
1997	12,031,127	45,666,838	1.86%	1.21%
1998	12,251,184	46,223,880	1.83%	1.22%
1999	12,470,795	46,730,335	1.79%	1.1%
2000	12,689,206	47,159,719	1.75%	0.92%
2001	12,910,740	47,566,800	1.75%	0.86%
2002	13,138,472	48,019,415	1.76%	0.95%
2003	13,372,306	48,500,348	1.78%	1%
2004	13,608,701	48,991,421	1.77%	1.01%
2005	13,846,163	49,490,033	1.74%	1.02%
2006	14,086,131	49,998,277	1.73%	1.03%
2007	14,328,773	50,528,584	1.72%	1.06%
2008	14,575,202	51,114,599	1.72%	1.16%
2009	14,825,954	51,728,516	1.72%	1.2%
2010	15,076,695	52,344,051	1.69%	1.19%
2011	15,326,227	52,995,205	1.66%	1.24%
2012	15,572,194	53,782,567	1.6%	1.49%
2013	15,807,128	54,678,791	1.51%	1.67%
2014	16,035,124	55,594,838	1.44%	1.68%
2015	16,266,225	56,723,537	1.44%	2.03%
2016	16,505,139	57,259,551	1.47%	0.94%
2017	16,759,519	57,635,162	1.54%	0.66%
2018	17,049,547	58,613,001	1.73%	1.7%
2019	17,340,021	59,587,885	1.7%	1.66%
2020	17,546,065	60,562,381	1.19%	1.64%
2021	17,682,454	61,502,603	0.78%	1.55%
2022	17,823,897	62,378,410	0.8%	1.42%
2023	17,980,083	63,212,384	0.88%	1.34%
2024	18,135,478	64,007,187	0.86%	1.26%
2025	18,289,898	64,747,317	0.85%	1.16%
2026	18,444,505	65,453,086	0.85%	1.09%
2027	18,600,319	66,143,018	0.84%	1.05%
2028	18,757,228	66,830,384	0.84%	1.04%
2029	18,914,103	67,506,850	0.84%	1.01%
2030	19,069,715	68,161,357	0.82%	0.97%
2031	19,222,817	68,798,574	0.8%	0.93%
2032	19,372,495	69,426,441	0.78%	0.91%
2033	19,518,750	70,040,484	0.75%	0.88%
2034	19,661,347	70,641,572	0.73%	0.86%
2035	19,800,128	71,234,749	0.71%	0.84%
2036	19,935,162	71,816,372	0.68%	0.82%
2037	20,066,382	72,387,807	0.66%	0.8%
2038	20,193,573	72,949,611	0.63%	0.78%
2039	20,316,268	73,496,152	0.61%	0.75%
2040	20,434,223	74,035,615	0.58%	0.73%
2041	20,547,455	74,575,444	0.55%	0.73%
2042	20,655,763	75,111,899	0.53%	0.72%
2043	20,759,127	75,641,512	0.5%	0.71%
2044	20,857,468	76,164,461	0.47%	0.69%
2045	20,950,629	76,681,448	0.45%	0.68%
2046	21,038,532	77,199,542	0.42%	0.68%
2047	21,121,169	77,716,650	0.39%	0.67%
2048	21,198,613	78,215,323	0.37%	0.64%
2049	21,270,658	78,699,584	0.34%	0.62%
2050	21,337,231	79,177,329	0.31%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st 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) Ecuador's population will grow by 15.9% to 21,337,231 people with a rank change from 71st to 74th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.