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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	South Africa	Fiji	South Africa
1960	404,887	16,440,172	-	-
1961	417,406	16,908,035	3.09%	2.85%
1962	430,536	17,418,522	3.15%	3.02%
1963	444,276	17,954,564	3.19%	3.08%
1964	458,324	18,511,361	3.16%	3.1%
1965	472,575	19,089,380	3.11%	3.12%
1966	486,487	19,690,087	2.94%	3.15%
1967	498,873	20,314,066	2.55%	3.17%
1968	510,002	20,957,287	2.23%	3.17%
1969	520,797	21,614,676	2.12%	3.14%
1970	531,188	22,279,984	2%	3.08%
1971	541,121	22,942,143	1.87%	2.97%
1972	550,499	23,609,456	1.73%	2.91%
1973	559,222	24,294,263	1.58%	2.9%
1974	567,489	24,989,108	1.48%	2.86%
1975	575,906	25,690,940	1.48%	2.81%
1976	585,534	26,395,450	1.67%	2.74%
1977	597,805	27,118,952	2.1%	2.74%
1978	612,091	27,869,507	2.39%	2.77%
1979	626,862	28,634,162	2.41%	2.74%
1980	641,975	29,518,857	2.41%	3.09%
1981	657,471	30,541,044	2.41%	3.46%
1982	673,414	31,615,339	2.42%	3.52%
1983	689,835	32,739,304	2.44%	3.56%
1984	706,716	33,892,788	2.45%	3.52%
1985	723,761	35,042,093	2.41%	3.39%
1986	739,306	36,180,515	2.15%	3.25%
1987	750,540	37,326,190	1.52%	3.17%
1988	758,697	38,480,649	1.09%	3.09%
1989	766,321	39,628,575	1%	2.98%
1990	773,316	40,746,268	0.91%	2.82%
1991	779,656	41,687,898	0.82%	2.31%
1992	785,346	42,443,509	0.73%	1.81%
1993	790,369	43,297,156	0.64%	2.01%
1994	794,771	44,004,139	0.56%	1.63%
1995	798,746	44,541,554	0.5%	1.22%
1996	803,789	45,123,018	0.63%	1.31%
1997	812,139	45,666,838	1.04%	1.21%
1998	822,258	46,223,880	1.25%	1.22%
1999	831,828	46,730,335	1.16%	1.1%
2000	840,909	47,159,719	1.09%	0.92%
2001	849,596	47,566,800	1.03%	0.86%
2002	858,049	48,019,415	0.99%	0.95%
2003	866,286	48,500,348	0.96%	1%
2004	874,366	48,991,421	0.93%	1.01%
2005	882,379	49,490,033	0.92%	1.02%
2006	890,365	49,998,277	0.91%	1.03%
2007	897,832	50,528,584	0.84%	1.06%
2008	903,399	51,114,599	0.62%	1.16%
2009	907,239	51,728,516	0.43%	1.2%
2010	910,419	52,344,051	0.35%	1.19%
2011	912,989	52,995,205	0.28%	1.24%
2012	914,918	53,782,567	0.21%	1.49%
2013	916,352	54,678,791	0.16%	1.67%
2014	917,585	55,594,838	0.13%	1.68%
2015	918,578	56,723,537	0.11%	2.03%
2016	919,166	57,259,551	0.06%	0.94%
2017	918,759	57,635,162	-0.04%	0.66%
2018	917,180	58,613,001	-0.17%	1.7%
2019	914,899	59,587,885	-0.25%	1.66%
2020	914,963	60,562,381	0.007%	1.64%
2021	916,711	61,502,603	0.19%	1.55%
2022	919,422	62,378,410	0.3%	1.42%
2023	924,145	63,212,384	0.51%	1.34%
2024	928,784	64,007,187	0.5%	1.26%
2025	933,141	64,747,317	0.47%	1.16%
2026	937,268	65,453,086	0.44%	1.09%
2027	941,304	66,143,018	0.43%	1.05%
2028	945,347	66,830,384	0.43%	1.04%
2029	949,269	67,506,850	0.41%	1.01%
2030	953,095	68,161,357	0.4%	0.97%
2031	956,685	68,798,574	0.38%	0.93%
2032	960,056	69,426,441	0.35%	0.91%
2033	963,339	70,040,484	0.34%	0.88%
2034	966,516	70,641,572	0.33%	0.86%
2035	969,613	71,234,749	0.32%	0.84%
2036	972,641	71,816,372	0.31%	0.82%
2037	975,643	72,387,807	0.31%	0.8%
2038	978,533	72,949,611	0.3%	0.78%
2039	981,270	73,496,152	0.28%	0.75%
2040	983,842	74,035,615	0.26%	0.73%
2041	986,409	74,575,444	0.26%	0.73%
2042	988,810	75,111,899	0.24%	0.72%
2043	990,851	75,641,512	0.21%	0.71%
2044	992,731	76,164,461	0.19%	0.69%
2045	994,437	76,681,448	0.17%	0.68%
2046	995,957	77,199,542	0.15%	0.68%
2047	997,319	77,716,650	0.14%	0.67%
2048	998,544	78,215,323	0.12%	0.64%
2049	999,530	78,699,584	0.1%	0.62%
2050	1,000,244	79,177,329	0.07%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.