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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kazakhstan	South Africa	Kazakhstan	South Africa
1960	9,429,981	16,440,172	-	-
1961	9,742,085	16,908,035	3.31%	2.85%
1962	10,058,928	17,418,522	3.25%	3.02%
1963	10,377,466	17,954,564	3.17%	3.08%
1964	10,690,309	18,511,361	3.01%	3.1%
1965	10,993,183	19,089,380	2.83%	3.12%
1966	11,288,989	19,690,087	2.69%	3.15%
1967	11,584,428	20,314,066	2.62%	3.17%
1968	11,879,182	20,957,287	2.54%	3.17%
1969	12,156,212	21,614,676	2.33%	3.14%
1970	12,419,057	22,279,984	2.16%	3.08%
1971	12,684,813	22,942,143	2.14%	2.97%
1972	12,951,798	23,609,456	2.1%	2.91%
1973	13,208,121	24,294,263	1.98%	2.9%
1974	13,454,570	24,989,108	1.87%	2.86%
1975	13,700,843	25,690,940	1.83%	2.81%
1976	13,998,738	26,395,450	2.17%	2.74%
1977	14,353,265	27,118,952	2.53%	2.74%
1978	14,711,497	27,869,507	2.5%	2.77%
1979	14,978,696	28,634,162	1.82%	2.74%
1980	15,152,949	29,518,857	1.16%	3.09%
1981	15,323,082	30,541,044	1.12%	3.46%
1982	15,492,595	31,615,339	1.11%	3.52%
1983	15,665,551	32,739,304	1.12%	3.56%
1984	15,844,621	33,892,788	1.14%	3.52%
1985	16,031,090	35,042,093	1.18%	3.39%
1986	16,262,702	36,180,515	1.44%	3.25%
1987	16,527,715	37,326,190	1.63%	3.17%
1988	16,781,168	38,480,649	1.53%	3.09%
1989	16,997,013	39,628,575	1.29%	2.98%
1990	17,154,054	40,746,268	0.92%	2.82%
1991	17,278,600	41,687,898	0.73%	2.31%
1992	17,332,625	42,443,509	0.31%	1.81%
1993	17,274,487	43,297,156	-0.34%	2.01%
1994	17,043,771	44,004,139	-1.34%	1.63%
1995	16,730,536	44,541,554	-1.84%	1.22%
1996	16,416,027	45,123,018	-1.88%	1.31%
1997	16,043,251	45,666,838	-2.27%	1.21%
1998	15,647,785	46,223,880	-2.46%	1.22%
1999	15,455,874	46,730,335	-1.23%	1.1%
2000	15,501,103	47,159,719	0.29%	0.92%
2001	15,575,550	47,566,800	0.48%	0.86%
2002	15,656,677	48,019,415	0.52%	0.95%
2003	15,747,380	48,500,348	0.58%	1%
2004	15,850,159	48,991,421	0.65%	1.01%
2005	15,968,117	49,490,033	0.74%	1.02%
2006	16,103,716	49,998,277	0.85%	1.03%
2007	16,257,214	50,528,584	0.95%	1.06%
2008	16,426,525	51,114,599	1.04%	1.16%
2009	16,619,846	51,728,516	1.18%	1.2%
2010	16,836,810	52,344,051	1.31%	1.19%
2011	17,066,002	52,995,205	1.36%	1.24%
2012	17,306,106	53,782,567	1.41%	1.49%
2013	17,556,502	54,678,791	1.45%	1.67%
2014	17,816,285	55,594,838	1.48%	1.68%
2015	18,084,169	56,723,537	1.5%	2.03%
2016	18,363,600	57,259,551	1.55%	0.94%
2017	18,651,931	57,635,162	1.57%	0.66%
2018	18,932,727	58,613,001	1.51%	1.7%
2019	19,209,555	59,587,885	1.46%	1.66%
2020	19,482,117	60,562,381	1.42%	1.64%
2021	19,743,603	61,502,603	1.34%	1.55%
2022	20,034,609	62,378,410	1.47%	1.42%
2023	20,330,104	63,212,384	1.47%	1.34%
2024	20,592,571	64,007,187	1.29%	1.26%
2025	20,843,753	64,747,317	1.22%	1.16%
2026	21,083,619	65,453,086	1.15%	1.09%
2027	21,316,177	66,143,018	1.1%	1.05%
2028	21,547,638	66,830,384	1.09%	1.04%
2029	21,777,008	67,506,850	1.06%	1.01%
2030	22,003,192	68,161,357	1.04%	0.97%
2031	22,227,045	68,798,574	1.02%	0.93%
2032	22,452,639	69,426,441	1.01%	0.91%
2033	22,679,377	70,040,484	1.01%	0.88%
2034	22,903,209	70,641,572	0.99%	0.86%
2035	23,125,951	71,234,749	0.97%	0.84%
2036	23,349,072	71,816,372	0.96%	0.82%
2037	23,571,233	72,387,807	0.95%	0.8%
2038	23,793,387	72,949,611	0.94%	0.78%
2039	24,017,887	73,496,152	0.94%	0.75%
2040	24,246,822	74,035,615	0.95%	0.73%
2041	24,477,612	74,575,444	0.95%	0.73%
2042	24,707,974	75,111,899	0.94%	0.72%
2043	24,941,020	75,641,512	0.94%	0.71%
2044	25,175,225	76,164,461	0.94%	0.69%
2045	25,409,749	76,681,448	0.93%	0.68%
2046	25,642,870	77,199,542	0.92%	0.68%
2047	25,875,743	77,716,650	0.91%	0.67%
2048	26,106,834	78,215,323	0.89%	0.64%
2049	26,328,898	78,699,584	0.85%	0.62%
2050	26,544,261	79,177,329	0.82%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,259,884 people (a 14% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kazakhstan gained 2,722,560 (a 14.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2006 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 25.9% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.