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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	South Africa	Iceland	South Africa
1960	175,574	16,440,172	-	-
1961	179,029	16,908,035	1.97%	2.85%
1962	182,378	17,418,522	1.87%	3.02%
1963	185,653	17,954,564	1.8%	3.08%
1964	188,983	18,511,361	1.79%	3.1%
1965	192,286	19,089,380	1.75%	3.12%
1966	195,570	19,690,087	1.71%	3.15%
1967	198,751	20,314,066	1.63%	3.17%
1968	201,488	20,957,287	1.38%	3.17%
1969	203,369	21,614,676	0.93%	3.14%
1970	204,438	22,279,984	0.53%	3.08%
1971	206,098	22,942,143	0.81%	2.97%
1972	209,137	23,609,456	1.47%	2.91%
1973	212,317	24,294,263	1.52%	2.9%
1974	215,209	24,989,108	1.36%	2.86%
1975	217,979	25,690,940	1.29%	2.81%
1976	220,154	26,395,450	1%	2.74%
1977	221,799	27,118,952	0.75%	2.74%
1978	223,537	27,869,507	0.78%	2.77%
1979	225,735	28,634,162	0.98%	2.74%
1980	228,138	29,518,857	1.06%	3.09%
1981	230,755	30,541,044	1.15%	3.46%
1982	233,860	31,615,339	1.35%	3.52%
1983	236,977	32,739,304	1.33%	3.56%
1984	239,511	33,892,788	1.07%	3.52%
1985	241,405	35,042,093	0.79%	3.39%
1986	243,180	36,180,515	0.74%	3.25%
1987	245,859	37,326,190	1.1%	3.17%
1988	249,740	38,480,649	1.58%	3.09%
1989	252,852	39,628,575	1.25%	2.98%
1990	254,826	40,746,268	0.78%	2.82%
1991	257,797	41,687,898	1.17%	2.31%
1992	261,057	42,443,509	1.26%	1.81%
1993	263,725	43,297,156	1.02%	2.01%
1994	266,021	44,004,139	0.87%	1.63%
1995	267,468	44,541,554	0.54%	1.22%
1996	268,916	45,123,018	0.54%	1.31%
1997	271,128	45,666,838	0.82%	1.21%
1998	274,047	46,223,880	1.08%	1.22%
1999	277,381	46,730,335	1.22%	1.1%
2000	281,205	47,159,719	1.38%	0.92%
2001	284,968	47,566,800	1.34%	0.86%
2002	287,523	48,019,415	0.9%	0.95%
2003	289,521	48,500,348	0.69%	1%
2004	292,074	48,991,421	0.88%	1.01%
2005	296,734	49,490,033	1.6%	1.02%
2006	303,782	49,998,277	2.38%	1.03%
2007	311,566	50,528,584	2.56%	1.06%
2008	317,414	51,114,599	1.88%	1.16%
2009	318,499	51,728,516	0.34%	1.2%
2010	318,041	52,344,051	-0.14%	1.19%
2011	319,014	52,995,205	0.31%	1.24%
2012	320,716	53,782,567	0.53%	1.49%
2013	323,764	54,678,791	0.95%	1.67%
2014	327,386	55,594,838	1.12%	1.68%
2015	330,815	56,723,537	1.05%	2.03%
2016	335,439	57,259,551	1.4%	0.94%
2017	343,400	57,635,162	2.37%	0.66%
2018	352,721	58,613,001	2.71%	1.7%
2019	360,563	59,587,885	2.22%	1.66%
2020	366,463	60,562,381	1.64%	1.64%
2021	372,520	61,502,603	1.65%	1.55%
2022	382,003	62,378,410	2.55%	1.42%
2023	393,349	63,212,384	2.97%	1.34%
2024	404,610	64,007,187	2.86%	1.26%
2025	409,614	64,747,317	1.24%	1.16%
2026	413,792	65,453,086	1.02%	1.09%
2027	417,406	66,143,018	0.87%	1.05%
2028	420,691	66,830,384	0.79%	1.04%
2029	423,592	67,506,850	0.69%	1.01%
2030	426,158	68,161,357	0.61%	0.97%
2031	428,479	68,798,574	0.54%	0.93%
2032	430,544	69,426,441	0.48%	0.91%
2033	432,406	70,040,484	0.43%	0.88%
2034	434,083	70,641,572	0.39%	0.86%
2035	435,646	71,234,749	0.36%	0.84%
2036	437,132	71,816,372	0.34%	0.82%
2037	438,466	72,387,807	0.31%	0.8%
2038	439,670	72,949,611	0.27%	0.78%
2039	440,754	73,496,152	0.25%	0.75%
2040	441,687	74,035,615	0.21%	0.73%
2041	442,487	74,575,444	0.18%	0.73%
2042	443,200	75,111,899	0.16%	0.72%
2043	443,884	75,641,512	0.15%	0.71%
2044	444,457	76,164,461	0.13%	0.69%
2045	444,812	76,681,448	0.08%	0.68%
2046	445,028	77,199,542	0.05%	0.68%
2047	445,183	77,716,650	0.03%	0.67%
2048	445,283	78,215,323	0.02%	0.64%
2049	445,335	78,699,584	0.01%	0.62%
2050	445,330	79,177,329	-0.001%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.