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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Grenada	South Africa	Grenada	South Africa
1960	94,058	16,440,172	-	-
1961	95,335	16,908,035	1.36%	2.85%
1962	96,375	17,418,522	1.09%	3.02%
1963	97,195	17,954,564	0.85%	3.08%
1964	97,760	18,511,361	0.58%	3.1%
1965	98,067	19,089,380	0.31%	3.12%
1966	98,121	19,690,087	0.06%	3.15%
1967	98,066	20,314,066	-0.06%	3.17%
1968	98,078	20,957,287	0.01%	3.17%
1969	98,204	21,614,676	0.13%	3.14%
1970	98,414	22,279,984	0.21%	3.08%
1971	98,648	22,942,143	0.24%	2.97%
1972	98,777	23,609,456	0.13%	2.91%
1973	98,709	24,294,263	-0.07%	2.9%
1974	98,486	24,989,108	-0.23%	2.86%
1975	98,126	25,690,940	-0.37%	2.81%
1976	97,632	26,395,450	-0.5%	2.74%
1977	97,017	27,118,952	-0.63%	2.74%
1978	96,305	27,869,507	-0.73%	2.77%
1979	95,490	28,634,162	-0.85%	2.74%
1980	94,538	29,518,857	-1%	3.09%
1981	94,052	30,541,044	-0.51%	3.46%
1982	94,383	31,615,339	0.35%	3.52%
1983	94,948	32,739,304	0.6%	3.56%
1984	95,498	33,892,788	0.58%	3.52%
1985	96,111	35,042,093	0.64%	3.39%
1986	96,790	36,180,515	0.71%	3.25%
1987	97,526	37,326,190	0.76%	3.17%
1988	98,308	38,480,649	0.8%	3.09%
1989	99,121	39,628,575	0.83%	2.98%
1990	99,957	40,746,268	0.84%	2.82%
1991	100,793	41,687,898	0.84%	2.31%
1992	101,602	42,443,509	0.8%	1.81%
1993	102,382	43,297,156	0.77%	2.01%
1994	103,138	44,004,139	0.74%	1.63%
1995	103,869	44,541,554	0.71%	1.22%
1996	104,584	45,123,018	0.69%	1.31%
1997	105,293	45,666,838	0.68%	1.21%
1998	106,009	46,223,880	0.68%	1.22%
1999	106,727	46,730,335	0.68%	1.1%
2000	107,451	47,159,719	0.68%	0.92%
2001	107,987	47,566,800	0.5%	0.86%
2002	108,404	48,019,415	0.39%	0.95%
2003	108,884	48,500,348	0.44%	1%
2004	109,323	48,991,421	0.4%	1.01%
2005	109,734	49,490,033	0.38%	1.02%
2006	110,135	49,998,277	0.37%	1.03%
2007	110,522	50,528,584	0.35%	1.06%
2008	110,896	51,114,599	0.34%	1.16%
2009	111,254	51,728,516	0.32%	1.2%
2010	111,586	52,344,051	0.3%	1.19%
2011	112,079	52,995,205	0.44%	1.24%
2012	112,775	53,782,567	0.62%	1.49%
2013	113,487	54,678,791	0.63%	1.67%
2014	114,132	55,594,838	0.57%	1.68%
2015	114,676	56,723,537	0.48%	2.03%
2016	115,130	57,259,551	0.4%	0.94%
2017	115,438	57,635,162	0.27%	0.66%
2018	115,691	58,613,001	0.22%	1.7%
2019	115,981	59,587,885	0.25%	1.66%
2020	116,341	60,562,381	0.31%	1.64%
2021	116,688	61,502,603	0.3%	1.55%
2022	116,913	62,378,410	0.19%	1.42%
2023	117,081	63,212,384	0.14%	1.34%
2024	117,207	64,007,187	0.11%	1.26%
2025	117,304	64,747,317	0.08%	1.16%
2026	117,361	65,453,086	0.05%	1.09%
2027	117,400	66,143,018	0.03%	1.05%
2028	117,430	66,830,384	0.03%	1.04%
2029	117,446	67,506,850	0.01%	1.01%
2030	117,465	68,161,357	0.02%	0.97%
2031	117,475	68,798,574	0.009%	0.93%
2032	117,456	69,426,441	-0.02%	0.91%
2033	117,406	70,040,484	-0.04%	0.88%
2034	117,334	70,641,572	-0.06%	0.86%
2035	117,245	71,234,749	-0.08%	0.84%
2036	117,141	71,816,372	-0.09%	0.82%
2037	117,001	72,387,807	-0.12%	0.8%
2038	116,869	72,949,611	-0.11%	0.78%
2039	116,702	73,496,152	-0.14%	0.75%
2040	116,496	74,035,615	-0.18%	0.73%
2041	116,265	74,575,444	-0.2%	0.73%
2042	116,015	75,111,899	-0.22%	0.72%
2043	115,730	75,641,512	-0.25%	0.71%
2044	115,443	76,164,461	-0.25%	0.69%
2045	115,122	76,681,448	-0.28%	0.68%
2046	114,771	77,199,542	-0.3%	0.68%
2047	114,407	77,716,650	-0.32%	0.67%
2048	114,032	78,215,323	-0.33%	0.64%
2049	113,654	78,699,584	-0.33%	0.62%
2050	113,245	79,177,329	-0.36%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Grenada increased by 4,942 people (a 4.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Grenada gained 2,673 (a 2.33% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Grenada was ranked 181st most populous country in 2005 and is 182nd 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) Grenada's population will shrink by 3.5% to 113,245 people and will still be ranked 182nd. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.