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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Indonesia	South Africa	Indonesia	South Africa
1960	88,296,070	16,440,172	-	-
1961	90,791,249	16,908,035	2.83%	2.85%
1962	93,375,850	17,418,522	2.85%	3.02%
1963	96,051,424	17,954,564	2.87%	3.08%
1964	98,833,749	18,511,361	2.9%	3.1%
1965	101,365,130	19,089,380	2.56%	3.12%
1966	103,792,754	19,690,087	2.39%	3.15%
1967	106,526,393	20,314,066	2.63%	3.17%
1968	109,450,006	20,957,287	2.74%	3.17%
1969	112,517,639	21,614,676	2.8%	3.14%
1970	115,657,495	22,279,984	2.79%	3.08%
1971	118,833,702	22,942,143	2.75%	2.97%
1972	122,039,841	23,609,456	2.7%	2.91%
1973	125,288,515	24,294,263	2.66%	2.9%
1974	128,555,045	24,989,108	2.61%	2.86%
1975	131,843,848	25,690,940	2.56%	2.81%
1976	135,173,655	26,395,450	2.53%	2.74%
1977	138,533,541	27,118,952	2.49%	2.74%
1978	141,953,163	27,869,507	2.47%	2.77%
1979	145,434,834	28,634,162	2.45%	2.74%
1980	148,950,540	29,518,857	2.42%	3.09%
1981	152,485,035	30,541,044	2.37%	3.46%
1982	156,052,152	31,615,339	2.34%	3.52%
1983	159,651,381	32,739,304	2.31%	3.56%
1984	163,251,124	33,892,788	2.25%	3.52%
1985	166,776,185	35,042,093	2.16%	3.39%
1986	170,175,065	36,180,515	2.04%	3.25%
1987	173,511,154	37,326,190	1.96%	3.17%
1988	176,855,065	38,480,649	1.93%	3.09%
1989	180,201,630	39,628,575	1.89%	2.98%
1990	183,501,098	40,746,268	1.83%	2.82%
1991	186,778,238	41,687,898	1.79%	2.31%
1992	190,043,744	42,443,509	1.75%	1.81%
1993	193,305,168	43,297,156	1.72%	2.01%
1994	196,591,828	44,004,139	1.7%	1.63%
1995	199,888,057	44,541,554	1.68%	1.22%
1996	203,204,348	45,123,018	1.66%	1.31%
1997	206,536,095	45,666,838	1.64%	1.21%
1998	209,826,788	46,223,880	1.59%	1.22%
1999	213,004,668	46,730,335	1.51%	1.1%
2000	216,077,790	47,159,719	1.44%	0.92%
2001	219,097,902	47,566,800	1.4%	0.86%
2002	222,088,495	48,019,415	1.36%	0.95%
2003	225,048,008	48,500,348	1.33%	1%
2004	227,926,649	48,991,421	1.28%	1.01%
2005	230,871,650	49,490,033	1.29%	1.02%
2006	233,951,652	49,998,277	1.33%	1.03%
2007	237,062,337	50,528,584	1.33%	1.06%
2008	240,157,903	51,114,599	1.31%	1.16%
2009	243,220,028	51,728,516	1.28%	1.2%
2010	246,305,322	52,344,051	1.27%	1.19%
2011	249,470,032	52,995,205	1.28%	1.24%
2012	252,698,525	53,782,567	1.29%	1.49%
2013	255,852,467	54,678,791	1.25%	1.67%
2014	258,877,399	55,594,838	1.18%	1.68%
2015	261,799,249	56,723,537	1.13%	2.03%
2016	264,627,418	57,259,551	1.08%	0.94%
2017	267,346,658	57,635,162	1.03%	0.66%
2018	269,951,846	58,613,001	0.97%	1.7%
2019	272,489,381	59,587,885	0.94%	1.66%
2020	274,814,866	60,562,381	0.85%	1.64%
2021	276,758,053	61,502,603	0.71%	1.55%
2022	278,830,529	62,378,410	0.75%	1.42%
2023	281,190,067	63,212,384	0.85%	1.34%
2024	283,487,931	64,007,187	0.82%	1.26%
2025	285,721,231	64,747,317	0.79%	1.16%
2026	287,886,778	65,453,086	0.76%	1.09%
2027	289,986,520	66,143,018	0.73%	1.05%
2028	292,016,774	66,830,384	0.7%	1.04%
2029	293,978,106	67,506,850	0.67%	1.01%
2030	295,876,644	68,161,357	0.65%	0.97%
2031	297,719,741	68,798,574	0.62%	0.93%
2032	299,510,654	69,426,441	0.6%	0.91%
2033	301,250,975	70,040,484	0.58%	0.88%
2034	302,938,571	70,641,572	0.56%	0.86%
2035	304,566,615	71,234,749	0.54%	0.84%
2036	306,135,097	71,816,372	0.51%	0.82%
2037	307,646,407	72,387,807	0.49%	0.8%
2038	309,096,450	72,949,611	0.47%	0.78%
2039	310,481,116	73,496,152	0.45%	0.75%
2040	311,797,391	74,035,615	0.42%	0.73%
2041	313,041,656	74,575,444	0.4%	0.73%
2042	314,211,278	75,111,899	0.37%	0.72%
2043	315,304,309	75,641,512	0.35%	0.71%
2044	316,318,412	76,164,461	0.32%	0.69%
2045	317,249,609	76,681,448	0.29%	0.68%
2046	318,096,567	77,199,542	0.27%	0.68%
2047	318,862,018	77,716,650	0.24%	0.67%
2048	319,554,646	78,215,323	0.22%	0.64%
2049	320,173,244	78,699,584	0.19%	0.62%
2050	320,712,941	79,177,329	0.17%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Indonesia gained 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2005 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.