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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	South Africa	India	South Africa
1960	435,990,338	16,440,172	-	-
1961	446,564,729	16,908,035	2.43%	2.85%
1962	457,283,090	17,418,522	2.4%	3.02%
1963	468,138,575	17,954,564	2.37%	3.08%
1964	479,229,598	18,511,361	2.37%	3.1%
1965	490,140,146	19,089,380	2.28%	3.12%
1966	500,740,247	19,690,087	2.16%	3.15%
1967	511,606,372	20,314,066	2.17%	3.17%
1968	522,716,889	20,957,287	2.17%	3.17%
1969	533,880,544	21,614,676	2.14%	3.14%
1970	545,864,268	22,279,984	2.24%	3.08%
1971	558,096,387	22,942,143	2.24%	2.97%
1972	570,482,142	23,609,456	2.22%	2.91%
1973	583,465,598	24,294,263	2.28%	2.9%
1974	597,041,391	24,989,108	2.33%	2.86%
1975	611,309,535	25,690,940	2.39%	2.81%
1976	625,861,883	26,395,450	2.38%	2.74%
1977	640,801,103	27,118,952	2.39%	2.74%
1978	655,728,229	27,869,507	2.33%	2.77%
1979	671,155,747	28,634,162	2.35%	2.74%
1980	687,354,025	29,518,857	2.41%	3.09%
1981	703,696,250	30,541,044	2.38%	3.46%
1982	720,313,473	31,615,339	2.36%	3.52%
1983	737,372,681	32,739,304	2.37%	3.56%
1984	754,875,449	33,892,788	2.37%	3.52%
1985	772,647,793	35,042,093	2.35%	3.39%
1986	790,689,978	36,180,515	2.34%	3.25%
1987	808,931,270	37,326,190	2.31%	3.17%
1988	827,342,990	38,480,649	2.28%	3.09%
1989	846,039,529	39,628,575	2.26%	2.98%
1990	864,972,221	40,746,268	2.24%	2.82%
1991	883,927,600	41,687,898	2.19%	2.31%
1992	902,957,070	42,443,509	2.15%	1.81%
1993	922,118,387	43,297,156	2.12%	2.01%
1994	941,163,767	44,004,139	2.07%	1.63%
1995	960,301,044	44,541,554	2.03%	1.22%
1996	979,678,458	45,123,018	2.02%	1.31%
1997	999,133,762	45,666,838	1.99%	1.21%
1998	1,018,665,080	46,223,880	1.95%	1.22%
1999	1,038,225,823	46,730,335	1.92%	1.1%
2000	1,057,922,733	47,159,719	1.9%	0.92%
2001	1,077,898,575	47,566,800	1.89%	0.86%
2002	1,097,600,380	48,019,415	1.83%	0.95%
2003	1,116,803,006	48,500,348	1.75%	1%
2004	1,135,991,513	48,991,421	1.72%	1.01%
2005	1,154,676,322	49,490,033	1.64%	1.02%
2006	1,172,878,890	49,998,277	1.58%	1.03%
2007	1,190,676,021	50,528,584	1.52%	1.06%
2008	1,207,930,964	51,114,599	1.45%	1.16%
2009	1,225,524,753	51,728,516	1.46%	1.2%
2010	1,243,481,564	52,344,051	1.47%	1.19%
2011	1,261,224,954	52,995,205	1.43%	1.24%
2012	1,278,674,502	53,782,567	1.38%	1.49%
2013	1,295,829,511	54,678,791	1.34%	1.67%
2014	1,312,277,191	55,594,838	1.27%	1.68%
2015	1,328,024,498	56,723,537	1.2%	2.03%
2016	1,343,944,296	57,259,551	1.2%	0.94%
2017	1,359,657,400	57,635,162	1.17%	0.66%
2018	1,374,659,064	58,613,001	1.1%	1.7%
2019	1,389,030,312	59,587,885	1.05%	1.66%
2020	1,402,617,695	60,562,381	0.98%	1.64%
2021	1,414,203,896	61,502,603	0.83%	1.55%
2022	1,425,423,212	62,378,410	0.79%	1.42%
2023	1,438,069,596	63,212,384	0.89%	1.34%
2024	1,450,935,791	64,007,187	0.89%	1.26%
2025	1,463,865,531	64,747,317	0.89%	1.16%
2026	1,476,625,576	65,453,086	0.87%	1.09%
2027	1,489,164,679	66,143,018	0.85%	1.05%
2028	1,501,432,748	66,830,384	0.82%	1.04%
2029	1,513,423,737	67,506,850	0.8%	1.01%
2030	1,525,138,852	68,161,357	0.77%	0.97%
2031	1,536,540,604	68,798,574	0.75%	0.93%
2032	1,547,607,126	69,426,441	0.72%	0.91%
2033	1,558,324,087	70,040,484	0.69%	0.88%
2034	1,568,688,356	70,641,572	0.67%	0.86%
2035	1,578,694,799	71,234,749	0.64%	0.84%
2036	1,588,325,366	71,816,372	0.61%	0.82%
2037	1,597,537,009	72,387,807	0.58%	0.8%
2038	1,606,300,646	72,949,611	0.55%	0.78%
2039	1,614,639,243	73,496,152	0.52%	0.75%
2040	1,622,580,052	74,035,615	0.49%	0.73%
2041	1,630,119,374	74,575,444	0.46%	0.73%
2042	1,637,235,363	75,111,899	0.44%	0.72%
2043	1,643,915,269	75,641,512	0.41%	0.71%
2044	1,650,186,610	76,164,461	0.38%	0.69%
2045	1,656,067,585	76,681,448	0.36%	0.68%
2046	1,661,548,400	77,199,542	0.33%	0.68%
2047	1,666,628,151	77,716,650	0.31%	0.67%
2048	1,671,309,727	78,215,323	0.28%	0.64%
2049	1,675,619,893	78,699,584	0.26%	0.62%
2050	1,679,589,268	79,177,329	0.24%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.