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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	South Africa	Germany	South Africa
1960	72,814,900	16,440,172	-	-
1961	73,377,632	16,908,035	0.77%	2.85%
1962	74,025,784	17,418,522	0.88%	3.02%
1963	74,714,353	17,954,564	0.93%	3.08%
1964	75,318,337	18,511,361	0.81%	3.1%
1965	75,963,695	19,089,380	0.86%	3.12%
1966	76,600,311	19,690,087	0.84%	3.15%
1967	76,951,336	20,314,066	0.46%	3.17%
1968	77,294,314	20,957,287	0.45%	3.17%
1969	77,909,682	21,614,676	0.8%	3.14%
1970	78,169,289	22,279,984	0.33%	3.08%
1971	78,312,842	22,942,143	0.18%	2.97%
1972	78,688,452	23,609,456	0.48%	2.91%
1973	78,936,666	24,294,263	0.32%	2.9%
1974	78,967,433	24,989,108	0.04%	2.86%
1975	78,673,554	25,690,940	-0.37%	2.81%
1976	78,336,950	26,395,450	-0.43%	2.74%
1977	78,159,814	27,118,952	-0.23%	2.74%
1978	78,091,820	27,869,507	-0.09%	2.77%
1979	78,126,350	28,634,162	0.04%	2.74%
1980	78,288,576	29,518,857	0.21%	3.09%
1981	78,407,907	30,541,044	0.15%	3.46%
1982	78,333,366	31,615,339	-0.1%	3.52%
1983	78,128,282	32,739,304	-0.26%	3.56%
1984	77,858,685	33,892,788	-0.35%	3.52%
1985	77,684,873	35,042,093	-0.22%	3.39%
1986	77,720,436	36,180,515	0.05%	3.25%
1987	77,839,920	37,326,190	0.15%	3.17%
1988	78,144,619	38,480,649	0.39%	3.09%
1989	78,751,283	39,628,575	0.78%	2.98%
1990	79,433,029	40,746,268	0.87%	2.82%
1991	80,013,896	41,687,898	0.73%	2.31%
1992	80,624,598	42,443,509	0.76%	1.81%
1993	81,156,363	43,297,156	0.66%	2.01%
1994	81,438,348	44,004,139	0.35%	1.63%
1995	81,678,051	44,541,554	0.29%	1.22%
1996	81,914,831	45,123,018	0.29%	1.31%
1997	82,034,771	45,666,838	0.15%	1.21%
1998	82,047,195	46,223,880	0.02%	1.22%
1999	82,100,243	46,730,335	0.06%	1.1%
2000	82,211,508	47,159,719	0.14%	0.92%
2001	82,349,925	47,566,800	0.17%	0.86%
2002	82,488,495	48,019,415	0.17%	0.95%
2003	82,534,176	48,500,348	0.06%	1%
2004	82,516,260	48,991,421	-0.02%	1.01%
2005	82,469,422	49,490,033	-0.06%	1.02%
2006	82,376,451	49,998,277	-0.11%	1.03%
2007	82,266,372	50,528,584	-0.13%	1.06%
2008	82,110,097	51,114,599	-0.19%	1.16%
2009	81,902,307	51,728,516	-0.25%	1.2%
2010	81,776,930	52,344,051	-0.15%	1.19%
2011	80,274,983	52,995,205	-1.84%	1.24%
2012	80,425,823	53,782,567	0.19%	1.49%
2013	80,645,605	54,678,791	0.27%	1.67%
2014	80,982,500	55,594,838	0.42%	1.68%
2015	81,686,611	56,723,537	0.87%	2.03%
2016	82,348,669	57,259,551	0.81%	0.94%
2017	82,657,002	57,635,162	0.37%	0.66%
2018	82,905,782	58,613,001	0.3%	1.7%
2019	83,092,962	59,587,885	0.23%	1.66%
2020	83,160,871	60,562,381	0.08%	1.64%
2021	83,196,078	61,502,603	0.04%	1.55%
2022	83,177,813	62,378,410	-0.02%	1.42%
2023	83,287,273	63,212,384	0.13%	1.34%
2024	83,516,593	64,007,187	0.28%	1.26%
2025	83,045,276	64,747,317	-0.56%	1.16%
2026	82,619,736	65,453,086	-0.51%	1.09%
2027	82,420,656	66,143,018	-0.24%	1.05%
2028	82,209,650	66,830,384	-0.26%	1.04%
2029	81,988,746	67,506,850	-0.27%	1.01%
2030	81,767,011	68,161,357	-0.27%	0.97%
2031	81,541,291	68,798,574	-0.28%	0.93%
2032	81,315,327	69,426,441	-0.28%	0.91%
2033	81,094,150	70,040,484	-0.27%	0.88%
2034	80,879,704	70,641,572	-0.26%	0.86%
2035	80,669,570	71,234,749	-0.26%	0.84%
2036	80,445,835	71,816,372	-0.28%	0.82%
2037	80,222,108	72,387,807	-0.28%	0.8%
2038	80,001,936	72,949,611	-0.27%	0.78%
2039	79,780,699	73,496,152	-0.28%	0.75%
2040	79,565,092	74,035,615	-0.27%	0.73%
2041	79,361,541	74,575,444	-0.26%	0.73%
2042	79,167,400	75,111,899	-0.24%	0.72%
2043	78,962,964	75,641,512	-0.26%	0.71%
2044	78,743,160	76,164,461	-0.28%	0.69%
2045	78,518,131	76,681,448	-0.29%	0.68%
2046	78,293,579	77,199,542	-0.29%	0.68%
2047	78,066,226	77,716,650	-0.29%	0.67%
2048	77,826,011	78,215,323	-0.31%	0.64%
2049	77,578,876	78,699,584	-0.32%	0.62%
2050	77,335,610	79,177,329	-0.31%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.