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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Georgia	South Africa	Georgia	South Africa
1960	3,645,600	16,440,172	-	-
1961	3,703,600	16,908,035	1.59%	2.85%
1962	3,760,300	17,418,522	1.53%	3.02%
1963	3,816,100	17,954,564	1.48%	3.08%
1964	3,870,300	18,511,361	1.42%	3.1%
1965	3,921,600	19,089,380	1.33%	3.12%
1966	3,966,700	19,690,087	1.15%	3.15%
1967	4,005,800	20,314,066	0.99%	3.17%
1968	4,042,300	20,957,287	0.91%	3.17%
1969	4,080,300	21,614,676	0.94%	3.14%
1970	4,119,900	22,279,984	0.97%	3.08%
1971	4,163,000	22,942,143	1.05%	2.97%
1972	4,205,300	23,609,456	1.02%	2.91%
1973	4,242,500	24,294,263	0.88%	2.9%
1974	4,279,500	24,989,108	0.87%	2.86%
1975	4,311,200	25,690,940	0.74%	2.81%
1976	4,342,400	26,395,450	0.72%	2.74%
1977	4,372,100	27,118,952	0.68%	2.74%
1978	4,397,700	27,869,507	0.59%	2.77%
1979	4,430,200	28,634,162	0.74%	2.74%
1980	4,467,700	29,518,857	0.85%	3.09%
1981	4,504,500	30,541,044	0.82%	3.46%
1982	4,542,800	31,615,339	0.85%	3.52%
1983	4,582,900	32,739,304	0.88%	3.56%
1984	4,622,200	33,892,788	0.86%	3.52%
1985	4,662,900	35,042,093	0.88%	3.39%
1986	4,704,500	36,180,515	0.89%	3.25%
1987	4,743,500	37,326,190	0.83%	3.17%
1988	4,790,700	38,480,649	1%	3.09%
1989	4,803,300	39,628,575	0.26%	2.98%
1990	4,802,000	40,746,268	-0.03%	2.82%
1991	4,835,900	41,687,898	0.71%	2.31%
1992	4,873,500	42,443,509	0.78%	1.81%
1993	4,911,100	43,297,156	0.77%	2.01%
1994	4,836,076	44,004,139	-1.53%	1.63%
1995	4,657,722	44,541,554	-3.69%	1.22%
1996	4,491,699	45,123,018	-3.56%	1.31%
1997	4,349,913	45,666,838	-3.16%	1.21%
1998	4,243,607	46,223,880	-2.44%	1.22%
1999	4,157,192	46,730,335	-2.04%	1.1%
2000	4,077,131	47,159,719	-1.93%	0.92%
2001	4,014,373	47,566,800	-1.54%	0.86%
2002	3,978,515	48,019,415	-0.89%	0.95%
2003	3,951,736	48,500,348	-0.67%	1%
2004	3,927,340	48,991,421	-0.62%	1.01%
2005	3,902,469	49,490,033	-0.63%	1.02%
2006	3,880,347	49,998,277	-0.57%	1.03%
2007	3,860,158	50,528,584	-0.52%	1.06%
2008	3,848,449	51,114,599	-0.3%	1.16%
2009	3,814,419	51,728,516	-0.88%	1.2%
2010	3,786,695	52,344,051	-0.73%	1.19%
2011	3,756,441	52,995,205	-0.8%	1.24%
2012	3,728,874	53,782,567	-0.73%	1.49%
2013	3,717,668	54,678,791	-0.3%	1.67%
2014	3,719,414	55,594,838	0.05%	1.68%
2015	3,725,276	56,723,537	0.16%	2.03%
2016	3,727,505	57,259,551	0.06%	0.94%
2017	3,728,004	57,635,162	0.01%	0.66%
2018	3,726,549	58,613,001	-0.04%	1.7%
2019	3,720,161	59,587,885	-0.17%	1.66%
2020	3,722,716	60,562,381	0.07%	1.64%
2021	3,708,610	61,502,603	-0.38%	1.55%
2022	3,712,502	62,378,410	0.1%	1.42%
2023	3,715,483	63,212,384	0.08%	1.34%
2024	3,699,557	64,007,187	-0.43%	1.26%
2025	3,698,586	64,747,317	-0.03%	1.16%
2026	3,696,618	65,453,086	-0.05%	1.09%
2027	3,693,885	66,143,018	-0.07%	1.05%
2028	3,690,857	66,830,384	-0.08%	1.04%
2029	3,687,259	67,506,850	-0.1%	1.01%
2030	3,682,920	68,161,357	-0.12%	0.97%
2031	3,678,026	68,798,574	-0.13%	0.93%
2032	3,673,036	69,426,441	-0.14%	0.91%
2033	3,668,310	70,040,484	-0.13%	0.88%
2034	3,663,031	70,641,572	-0.14%	0.86%
2035	3,657,325	71,234,749	-0.16%	0.84%
2036	3,651,079	71,816,372	-0.17%	0.82%
2037	3,644,546	72,387,807	-0.18%	0.8%
2038	3,638,348	72,949,611	-0.17%	0.78%
2039	3,632,643	73,496,152	-0.16%	0.75%
2040	3,626,873	74,035,615	-0.16%	0.73%
2041	3,621,276	74,575,444	-0.15%	0.73%
2042	3,616,274	75,111,899	-0.14%	0.72%
2043	3,610,906	75,641,512	-0.15%	0.71%
2044	3,605,178	76,164,461	-0.16%	0.69%
2045	3,598,834	76,681,448	-0.18%	0.68%
2046	3,591,534	77,199,542	-0.2%	0.68%
2047	3,583,899	77,716,650	-0.21%	0.67%
2048	3,576,091	78,215,323	-0.22%	0.64%
2049	3,568,192	78,699,584	-0.22%	0.62%
2050	3,559,980	79,177,329	-0.23%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Georgia decreased by 152,842 people (a 3.94% decline), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Georgia lost -30,887 (a 0.83% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Georgia was ranked 124th most populous country in 2006 and is 130th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Georgia's population will shrink by 3.7% to 3,559,980 people with a rank change from 130th to 135th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.