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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	South Africa	Jordan	South Africa
1960	853,471	16,440,172	-	-
1961	897,591	16,908,035	5.17%	2.85%
1962	940,554	17,418,522	4.79%	3.02%
1963	984,714	17,954,564	4.7%	3.08%
1964	1,035,640	18,511,361	5.17%	3.1%
1965	1,099,440	19,089,380	6.16%	3.12%
1966	1,178,360	19,690,087	7.18%	3.15%
1967	1,271,183	20,314,066	7.88%	3.17%
1968	1,372,460	20,957,287	7.97%	3.17%
1969	1,473,100	21,614,676	7.33%	3.14%
1970	1,565,163	22,279,984	6.25%	3.08%
1971	1,645,145	22,942,143	5.11%	2.97%
1972	1,714,555	23,609,456	4.22%	2.91%
1973	1,778,094	24,294,263	3.71%	2.9%
1974	1,839,182	24,989,108	3.44%	2.86%
1975	1,899,055	25,690,940	3.26%	2.81%
1976	1,958,177	26,395,450	3.11%	2.74%
1977	2,019,002	27,118,952	3.11%	2.74%
1978	2,083,595	27,869,507	3.2%	2.77%
1979	2,153,882	28,634,162	3.37%	2.74%
1980	2,234,186	29,518,857	3.73%	3.09%
1981	2,325,517	30,541,044	4.09%	3.46%
1982	2,426,927	31,615,339	4.36%	3.52%
1983	2,537,307	32,739,304	4.55%	3.56%
1984	2,654,688	33,892,788	4.63%	3.52%
1985	2,778,810	35,042,093	4.68%	3.39%
1986	2,909,887	36,180,515	4.72%	3.25%
1987	3,047,634	37,326,190	4.73%	3.17%
1988	3,193,039	38,480,649	4.77%	3.09%
1989	3,349,627	39,628,575	4.9%	2.98%
1990	3,621,908	40,746,268	8.13%	2.82%
1991	3,915,149	41,687,898	8.1%	2.31%
1992	4,127,693	42,443,509	5.43%	1.81%
1993	4,348,020	43,297,156	5.34%	2.01%
1994	4,561,406	44,004,139	4.91%	1.63%
1995	4,752,096	44,541,554	4.18%	1.22%
1996	4,912,516	45,123,018	3.38%	1.31%
1997	5,046,285	45,666,838	2.72%	1.21%
1998	5,164,284	46,223,880	2.34%	1.22%
1999	5,276,444	46,730,335	2.17%	1.1%
2000	5,386,945	47,159,719	2.09%	0.92%
2001	5,498,894	47,566,800	2.08%	0.86%
2002	5,616,066	48,019,415	2.13%	0.95%
2003	5,741,828	48,500,348	2.24%	1%
2004	5,882,061	48,991,421	2.44%	1.01%
2005	6,029,587	49,490,033	2.51%	1.02%
2006	6,427,371	49,998,277	6.6%	1.03%
2007	6,827,227	50,528,584	6.22%	1.06%
2008	6,989,866	51,114,599	2.38%	1.16%
2009	7,141,753	51,728,516	2.17%	1.2%
2010	7,297,043	52,344,051	2.17%	1.19%
2011	7,480,424	52,995,205	2.51%	1.24%
2012	7,587,127	53,782,567	1.43%	1.49%
2013	7,991,809	54,678,791	5.33%	1.67%
2014	8,791,710	55,594,838	10%	1.68%
2015	9,544,729	56,723,537	8.57%	2.03%
2016	10,006,367	57,259,551	4.84%	0.94%
2017	10,234,226	57,635,162	2.28%	0.66%
2018	10,462,306	58,613,001	2.23%	1.7%
2019	10,671,891	59,587,885	2%	1.66%
2020	10,865,228	60,562,381	1.81%	1.64%
2021	11,066,356	61,502,603	1.85%	1.55%
2022	11,256,263	62,378,410	1.72%	1.42%
2023	11,439,213	63,212,384	1.63%	1.34%
2024	11,552,876	64,007,187	0.99%	1.26%
2025	11,520,678	64,747,317	-0.28%	1.16%
2026	11,589,528	65,453,086	0.6%	1.09%
2027	11,819,454	66,143,018	1.98%	1.05%
2028	12,034,459	66,830,384	1.82%	1.04%
2029	12,245,726	67,506,850	1.76%	1.01%
2030	12,448,772	68,161,357	1.66%	0.97%
2031	12,652,545	68,798,574	1.64%	0.93%
2032	12,854,926	69,426,441	1.6%	0.91%
2033	13,050,713	70,040,484	1.52%	0.88%
2034	13,245,158	70,641,572	1.49%	0.86%
2035	13,440,821	71,234,749	1.48%	0.84%
2036	13,638,248	71,816,372	1.47%	0.82%
2037	13,840,237	72,387,807	1.48%	0.8%
2038	14,048,303	72,949,611	1.5%	0.78%
2039	14,256,684	73,496,152	1.48%	0.75%
2040	14,471,288	74,035,615	1.51%	0.73%
2041	14,684,501	74,575,444	1.47%	0.73%
2042	14,883,641	75,111,899	1.36%	0.72%
2043	15,077,789	75,641,512	1.3%	0.71%
2044	15,273,526	76,164,461	1.3%	0.69%
2045	15,471,971	76,681,448	1.3%	0.68%
2046	15,662,312	77,199,542	1.23%	0.68%
2047	15,841,619	77,716,650	1.14%	0.67%
2048	16,021,374	78,215,323	1.13%	0.64%
2049	16,197,518	78,699,584	1.1%	0.62%
2050	16,367,341	79,177,329	1.05%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.