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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kyrgyzstan was 7,224,614 in 2024 vs 64,007,187 people in South Africa in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kyrgyzstan's population is 7,419,369 people compared to 65,314,246 in South Africa.

Population statistics:

  • South Africa's population is 8.8 times bigger than Kyrgyzstan's.
  • Kyrgyzstan is ranked the 106th most populous country in the world, while South Africa is the 24th.
  • The countries together account for 0.88% of the world: 0.09% for Kyrgyzstan vs 0.79% for South Africa.
  • For the last 10 years, Kyrgyzstan has had an average growth rate of +2.05% per year vs +1.44% in South Africa.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kyrgyzstan has increased from 5.16M people to 7.42M (43.7% growth), while South Africa has grown from 49.5M to 65.3M (32% growth).
  • Kyrgyzstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.8M people compared to the peak of 94.3M people in 2100 for South Africa.

Kyrgyzstan vs South Africa: live population counter

Kyrgyzstan South Africa
Current population
7419369
65314246
Population rank 106/197 24/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 0.79%
One net population change
4.21 minutes
39.7 seconds
One birth every
3.59 minutes
26.6 seconds
One death every
16.8 minutes
54 seconds
One migration net change every
2.4 hours
3.15 minutes
Annual migration change +3,645 +166,972
Daily growth/decline +342 +2,178
Annual growth/decline +124,864 +794,803
Annual growth/decline rate +1.76% +1.26%
Population growth rate rank 65/197 87/197

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

Kyrgyzstan
Population

Growth rate
South Africa
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kyrgyzstan South Africa Kyrgyzstan South Africa
1960 2,172,300 16,440,172 - -
1961 2,255,900 16,908,035 3.85% 2.85%
1962 2,333,400 17,418,522 3.44% 3.02%
1963 2,413,700 17,954,564 3.44% 3.08%
1964 2,495,300 18,511,361 3.38% 3.1%
1965 2,573,300 19,089,380 3.13% 3.12%
1966 2,655,300 19,690,087 3.19% 3.15%
1967 2,736,500 20,314,066 3.06% 3.17%
1968 2,818,300 20,957,287 2.99% 3.17%
1969 2,894,800 21,614,676 2.71% 3.14%
1970 2,959,900 22,279,984 2.25% 3.08%
1971 3,022,300 22,942,143 2.11% 2.97%
1972 3,088,200 23,609,456 2.18% 2.91%
1973 3,153,800 24,294,263 2.12% 2.9%
1974 3,223,900 24,989,108 2.22% 2.86%
1975 3,292,400 25,690,940 2.12% 2.81%
1976 3,358,700 26,395,450 2.01% 2.74%
1977 3,423,900 27,118,952 1.94% 2.74%
1978 3,487,100 27,869,507 1.85% 2.77%
1979 3,552,000 28,634,162 1.86% 2.74%
1980 3,617,400 29,518,857 1.84% 3.09%
1981 3,685,800 30,541,044 1.89% 3.46%
1982 3,759,300 31,615,339 1.99% 3.52%
1983 3,838,300 32,739,304 2.1% 3.56%
1984 3,916,400 33,892,788 2.03% 3.52%
1985 3,990,300 35,042,093 1.89% 3.39%
1986 4,066,500 36,180,515 1.91% 3.25%
1987 4,144,600 37,326,190 1.92% 3.17%
1988 4,218,400 38,480,649 1.78% 3.09%
1989 4,307,500 39,628,575 2.11% 2.98%
1990 4,391,236 40,746,268 1.94% 2.82%
1991 4,463,634 41,687,898 1.65% 2.31%
1992 4,515,400 42,443,509 1.16% 1.81%
1993 4,516,777 43,297,156 0.03% 2.01%
1994 4,515,069 44,004,139 -0.04% 1.63%
1995 4,560,454 44,541,554 1.01% 1.22%
1996 4,628,438 45,123,018 1.49% 1.31%
1997 4,696,421 45,666,838 1.47% 1.21%
1998 4,769,015 46,223,880 1.55% 1.22%
1999 4,840,422 46,730,335 1.5% 1.1%
2000 4,898,362 47,159,719 1.2% 0.92%
2001 4,945,073 47,566,800 0.95% 0.86%
2002 4,990,704 48,019,415 0.92% 0.95%
2003 5,043,308 48,500,348 1.05% 1%
2004 5,104,713 48,991,421 1.22% 1.01%
2005 5,162,640 49,490,033 1.13% 1.02%
2006 5,218,373 49,998,277 1.08% 1.03%
2007 5,268,385 50,528,584 0.96% 1.06%
2008 5,318,729 51,114,599 0.96% 1.16%
2009 5,389,643 51,728,516 1.33% 1.2%
2010 5,467,059 52,344,051 1.44% 1.19%
2011 5,546,587 52,995,205 1.45% 1.24%
2012 5,652,076 53,782,567 1.9% 1.49%
2013 5,777,150 54,678,791 2.21% 1.67%
2014 5,905,848 55,594,838 2.23% 1.68%
2015 6,040,036 56,723,537 2.27% 2.03%
2016 6,175,338 57,259,551 2.24% 0.94%
2017 6,306,696 57,635,162 2.13% 0.66%
2018 6,444,079 58,613,001 2.18% 1.7%
2019 6,590,211 59,587,885 2.27% 1.66%
2020 6,726,596 60,562,381 2.07% 1.64%
2021 6,851,224 61,502,603 1.85% 1.55%
2022 6,975,220 62,378,410 1.81% 1.42%
2023 7,099,750 63,212,384 1.79% 1.34%
2024 7,224,614 64,007,187 1.76% 1.26%
2025 7,334,223 64,747,317 1.52% 1.16%
2026 7,440,222 65,453,086 1.45% 1.09%
2027 7,543,995 66,143,018 1.39% 1.05%
2028 7,645,839 66,830,384 1.35% 1.04%
2029 7,745,986 67,506,850 1.31% 1.01%
2030 7,845,540 68,161,357 1.29% 0.97%
2031 7,944,084 68,798,574 1.26% 0.93%
2032 8,040,993 69,426,441 1.22% 0.91%
2033 8,136,719 70,040,484 1.19% 0.88%
2034 8,232,011 70,641,572 1.17% 0.86%
2035 8,326,908 71,234,749 1.15% 0.84%
2036 8,421,691 71,816,372 1.14% 0.82%
2037 8,516,263 72,387,807 1.12% 0.8%
2038 8,611,560 72,949,611 1.12% 0.78%
2039 8,708,006 73,496,152 1.12% 0.75%
2040 8,804,747 74,035,615 1.11% 0.73%
2041 8,901,001 74,575,444 1.09% 0.73%
2042 8,995,794 75,111,899 1.06% 0.72%
2043 9,089,322 75,641,512 1.04% 0.71%
2044 9,181,434 76,164,461 1.01% 0.69%
2045 9,271,647 76,681,448 0.98% 0.68%
2046 9,359,344 77,199,542 0.95% 0.68%
2047 9,444,940 77,716,650 0.91% 0.67%
2048 9,529,839 78,215,323 0.9% 0.64%
2049 9,613,240 78,699,584 0.88% 0.62%
2050 9,694,747 79,177,329 0.85% 0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 877,396 people (a 17% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,379,333 (a 22.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2005 and is 106th 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) Kyrgyzstan's population will grow by 30.7% to 9,694,747 people with a rank change from 106th to 100th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.

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