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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	South Africa	Japan	South Africa
1960	93,216,000	16,440,172	-	-
1961	94,055,000	16,908,035	0.9%	2.85%
1962	94,933,000	17,418,522	0.93%	3.02%
1963	95,900,000	17,954,564	1.02%	3.08%
1964	96,903,000	18,511,361	1.05%	3.1%
1965	97,952,000	19,089,380	1.08%	3.12%
1966	98,851,000	19,690,087	0.92%	3.15%
1967	99,879,000	20,314,066	1.04%	3.17%
1968	101,011,000	20,957,287	1.13%	3.17%
1969	102,219,000	21,614,676	1.2%	3.14%
1970	103,403,000	22,279,984	1.16%	3.08%
1971	105,697,000	22,942,143	2.22%	2.97%
1972	107,188,000	23,609,456	1.41%	2.91%
1973	108,707,000	24,294,263	1.42%	2.9%
1974	110,162,000	24,989,108	1.34%	2.86%
1975	111,573,000	25,690,940	1.28%	2.81%
1976	112,775,000	26,395,450	1.08%	2.74%
1977	113,872,000	27,118,952	0.97%	2.74%
1978	114,913,000	27,869,507	0.91%	2.77%
1979	115,890,000	28,634,162	0.85%	2.74%
1980	116,807,000	29,518,857	0.79%	3.09%
1981	117,661,000	30,541,044	0.73%	3.46%
1982	118,480,000	31,615,339	0.7%	3.52%
1983	119,307,000	32,739,304	0.7%	3.56%
1984	120,083,000	33,892,788	0.65%	3.52%
1985	120,837,000	35,042,093	0.63%	3.39%
1986	121,482,000	36,180,515	0.53%	3.25%
1987	122,069,000	37,326,190	0.48%	3.17%
1988	122,578,000	38,480,649	0.42%	3.09%
1989	123,069,000	39,628,575	0.4%	2.98%
1990	123,478,000	40,746,268	0.33%	2.82%
1991	123,964,000	41,687,898	0.39%	2.31%
1992	124,425,000	42,443,509	0.37%	1.81%
1993	124,829,000	43,297,156	0.32%	2.01%
1994	125,178,000	44,004,139	0.28%	1.63%
1995	125,472,000	44,541,554	0.23%	1.22%
1996	125,757,000	45,123,018	0.23%	1.31%
1997	126,057,000	45,666,838	0.24%	1.21%
1998	126,400,000	46,223,880	0.27%	1.22%
1999	126,631,000	46,730,335	0.18%	1.1%
2000	126,843,000	47,159,719	0.17%	0.92%
2001	127,149,000	47,566,800	0.24%	0.86%
2002	127,445,000	48,019,415	0.23%	0.95%
2003	127,718,000	48,500,348	0.21%	1%
2004	127,761,000	48,991,421	0.03%	1.01%
2005	127,773,000	49,490,033	0.009%	1.02%
2006	127,854,000	49,998,277	0.06%	1.03%
2007	128,001,000	50,528,584	0.11%	1.06%
2008	128,063,000	51,114,599	0.05%	1.16%
2009	128,047,000	51,728,516	-0.01%	1.2%
2010	128,070,000	52,344,051	0.02%	1.19%
2011	127,833,000	52,995,205	-0.19%	1.24%
2012	127,629,000	53,782,567	-0.16%	1.49%
2013	127,445,000	54,678,791	-0.14%	1.67%
2014	127,276,000	55,594,838	-0.13%	1.68%
2015	127,141,000	56,723,537	-0.11%	2.03%
2016	127,076,000	57,259,551	-0.05%	0.94%
2017	126,972,000	57,635,162	-0.08%	0.66%
2018	126,811,000	58,613,001	-0.13%	1.7%
2019	126,633,000	59,587,885	-0.14%	1.66%
2020	126,261,000	60,562,381	-0.29%	1.64%
2021	125,681,593	61,502,603	-0.46%	1.55%
2022	125,124,989	62,378,410	-0.44%	1.42%
2023	124,516,650	63,212,384	-0.49%	1.34%
2024	123,975,371	64,007,187	-0.43%	1.26%
2025	123,324,642	64,747,317	-0.52%	1.16%
2026	122,647,678	65,453,086	-0.55%	1.09%
2027	121,951,038	66,143,018	-0.57%	1.05%
2028	121,241,776	66,830,384	-0.58%	1.04%
2029	120,524,230	67,506,850	-0.59%	1.01%
2030	119,798,959	68,161,357	-0.6%	0.97%
2031	119,065,610	68,798,574	-0.61%	0.93%
2032	118,326,333	69,426,441	-0.62%	0.91%
2033	117,583,337	70,040,484	-0.63%	0.88%
2034	116,836,274	70,641,572	-0.64%	0.86%
2035	116,084,328	71,234,749	-0.64%	0.84%
2036	115,332,395	71,816,372	-0.65%	0.82%
2037	114,582,890	72,387,807	-0.65%	0.8%
2038	113,837,760	72,949,611	-0.65%	0.78%
2039	113,097,352	73,496,152	-0.65%	0.75%
2040	112,359,802	74,035,615	-0.65%	0.73%
2041	111,622,622	74,575,444	-0.66%	0.73%
2042	110,891,223	75,111,899	-0.66%	0.72%
2043	110,169,955	75,641,512	-0.65%	0.71%
2044	109,455,823	76,164,461	-0.65%	0.69%
2045	108,747,012	76,681,448	-0.65%	0.68%
2046	108,044,346	77,199,542	-0.65%	0.68%
2047	107,350,486	77,716,650	-0.64%	0.67%
2048	106,665,616	78,215,323	-0.64%	0.64%
2049	105,986,908	78,699,584	-0.64%	0.62%
2050	105,312,022	79,177,329	-0.64%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th 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) Japan's population will shrink by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people with a rank change from 12th to 17th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.