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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	South Africa	Egypt	South Africa
1960	26,896,479	16,440,172	-	-
1961	27,600,898	16,908,035	2.62%	2.85%
1962	28,337,013	17,418,522	2.67%	3.02%
1963	29,091,869	17,954,564	2.66%	3.08%
1964	29,858,922	18,511,361	2.64%	3.1%
1965	30,629,174	19,089,380	2.58%	3.12%
1966	31,406,541	19,690,087	2.54%	3.15%
1967	32,196,360	20,314,066	2.51%	3.17%
1968	32,998,319	20,957,287	2.49%	3.17%
1969	33,811,615	21,614,676	2.46%	3.14%
1970	34,623,990	22,279,984	2.4%	3.08%
1971	35,433,368	22,942,143	2.34%	2.97%
1972	36,258,328	23,609,456	2.33%	2.91%
1973	37,102,043	24,294,263	2.33%	2.9%
1974	37,969,667	24,989,108	2.34%	2.86%
1975	38,875,327	25,690,940	2.39%	2.81%
1976	39,795,557	26,395,450	2.37%	2.74%
1977	40,748,870	27,118,952	2.4%	2.74%
1978	41,761,431	27,869,507	2.48%	2.77%
1979	42,818,628	28,634,162	2.53%	2.74%
1980	43,950,413	29,518,857	2.64%	3.09%
1981	45,147,224	30,541,044	2.72%	3.46%
1982	46,407,611	31,615,339	2.79%	3.52%
1983	47,786,402	32,739,304	2.97%	3.56%
1984	49,247,334	33,892,788	3.06%	3.52%
1985	50,734,968	35,042,093	3.02%	3.39%
1986	52,206,295	36,180,515	2.9%	3.25%
1987	53,674,435	37,326,190	2.81%	3.17%
1988	55,187,681	38,480,649	2.82%	3.09%
1989	56,710,642	39,628,575	2.76%	2.98%
1990	58,396,618	40,746,268	2.97%	2.82%
1991	60,028,997	41,687,898	2.8%	2.31%
1992	61,480,660	42,443,509	2.42%	1.81%
1993	62,915,681	43,297,156	2.33%	2.01%
1994	64,285,589	44,004,139	2.18%	1.63%
1995	65,652,622	44,541,554	2.13%	1.22%
1996	67,028,048	45,123,018	2.1%	1.31%
1997	68,431,740	45,666,838	2.09%	1.21%
1998	69,943,294	46,223,880	2.21%	1.22%
1999	71,520,954	46,730,335	2.26%	1.1%
2000	73,083,284	47,159,719	2.18%	0.92%
2001	74,652,029	47,566,800	2.15%	0.86%
2002	76,239,137	48,019,415	2.13%	0.95%
2003	77,853,548	48,500,348	2.12%	1%
2004	79,477,443	48,991,421	2.09%	1.01%
2005	81,101,004	49,490,033	2.04%	1.02%
2006	82,700,403	49,998,277	1.97%	1.03%
2007	84,276,225	50,528,584	1.91%	1.06%
2008	85,864,789	51,114,599	1.88%	1.16%
2009	87,501,636	51,728,516	1.91%	1.2%
2010	89,196,072	52,344,051	1.94%	1.19%
2011	91,093,059	52,995,205	2.13%	1.24%
2012	93,161,001	53,782,567	2.27%	1.49%
2013	95,333,553	54,678,791	2.33%	1.67%
2014	97,528,654	55,594,838	2.3%	1.68%
2015	99,597,342	56,723,537	2.12%	2.03%
2016	101,644,589	57,259,551	2.06%	0.94%
2017	103,696,057	57,635,162	2.02%	0.66%
2018	105,682,094	58,613,001	1.92%	1.7%
2019	107,553,158	59,587,885	1.77%	1.66%
2020	109,315,124	60,562,381	1.64%	1.64%
2021	110,957,008	61,502,603	1.5%	1.55%
2022	112,618,250	62,378,410	1.5%	1.42%
2023	114,535,772	63,212,384	1.7%	1.34%
2024	116,538,258	64,007,187	1.75%	1.26%
2025	118,365,997	64,747,317	1.57%	1.16%
2026	120,101,181	65,453,086	1.47%	1.09%
2027	121,847,622	66,143,018	1.45%	1.05%
2028	123,608,457	66,830,384	1.45%	1.04%
2029	125,373,058	67,506,850	1.43%	1.01%
2030	127,139,323	68,161,357	1.41%	0.97%
2031	128,912,256	68,798,574	1.39%	0.93%
2032	130,695,084	69,426,441	1.38%	0.91%
2033	132,485,612	70,040,484	1.37%	0.88%
2034	134,287,838	70,641,572	1.36%	0.86%
2035	136,097,214	71,234,749	1.35%	0.84%
2036	137,913,263	71,816,372	1.33%	0.82%
2037	139,738,699	72,387,807	1.32%	0.8%
2038	141,565,835	72,949,611	1.31%	0.78%
2039	143,393,267	73,496,152	1.29%	0.75%
2040	145,213,662	74,035,615	1.27%	0.73%
2041	147,018,554	74,575,444	1.24%	0.73%
2042	148,800,785	75,111,899	1.21%	0.72%
2043	150,547,655	75,641,512	1.17%	0.71%
2044	152,255,332	76,164,461	1.13%	0.69%
2045	153,919,190	76,681,448	1.09%	0.68%
2046	155,535,951	77,199,542	1.05%	0.68%
2047	157,114,404	77,716,650	1.01%	0.67%
2048	158,657,392	78,215,323	0.98%	0.64%
2049	160,161,615	78,699,584	0.95%	0.62%
2050	161,630,197	79,177,329	0.92%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.