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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	South Africa	Liberia	South Africa
1960	1,139,522	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,167,717	16,908,035	2.47%	2.85%
1962	1,197,039	17,418,522	2.51%	3.02%
1963	1,227,414	17,954,564	2.54%	3.08%
1964	1,258,745	18,511,361	2.55%	3.1%
1965	1,291,156	19,089,380	2.57%	3.12%
1966	1,324,383	19,690,087	2.57%	3.15%
1967	1,358,435	20,314,066	2.57%	3.17%
1968	1,393,530	20,957,287	2.58%	3.17%
1969	1,429,605	21,614,676	2.59%	3.14%
1970	1,466,676	22,279,984	2.59%	3.08%
1971	1,504,077	22,942,143	2.55%	2.97%
1972	1,542,670	23,609,456	2.57%	2.91%
1973	1,583,588	24,294,263	2.65%	2.9%
1974	1,626,362	24,989,108	2.7%	2.86%
1975	1,670,913	25,690,940	2.74%	2.81%
1976	1,717,060	26,395,450	2.76%	2.74%
1977	1,766,019	27,118,952	2.85%	2.74%
1978	1,818,247	27,869,507	2.96%	2.77%
1979	1,872,713	28,634,162	3%	2.74%
1980	1,929,253	29,518,857	3.02%	3.09%
1981	1,986,867	30,541,044	2.99%	3.46%
1982	2,045,073	31,615,339	2.93%	3.52%
1983	2,107,113	32,739,304	3.03%	3.56%
1984	2,173,312	33,892,788	3.14%	3.52%
1985	2,240,539	35,042,093	3.09%	3.39%
1986	2,308,511	36,180,515	3.03%	3.25%
1987	2,377,229	37,326,190	2.98%	3.17%
1988	2,446,941	38,480,649	2.93%	3.09%
1989	2,517,858	39,628,575	2.9%	2.98%
1990	2,223,667	40,746,268	-11.7%	2.82%
1991	1,956,518	41,687,898	-12%	2.31%
1992	2,072,461	42,443,509	5.93%	1.81%
1993	2,155,126	43,297,156	3.99%	2.01%
1994	2,149,928	44,004,139	-0.24%	1.63%
1995	2,169,162	44,541,554	0.89%	1.22%
1996	2,232,289	45,123,018	2.91%	1.31%
1997	2,412,989	45,666,838	8.09%	1.21%
1998	2,670,124	46,223,880	10.7%	1.22%
1999	2,821,684	46,730,335	5.68%	1.1%
2000	2,928,117	47,159,719	3.77%	0.92%
2001	3,015,338	47,566,800	2.98%	0.86%
2002	3,094,782	48,019,415	2.63%	0.95%
2003	3,119,532	48,500,348	0.8%	1%
2004	3,156,892	48,991,421	1.2%	1.01%
2005	3,301,015	49,490,033	4.57%	1.02%
2006	3,490,787	49,998,277	5.75%	1.03%
2007	3,669,050	50,528,584	5.11%	1.06%
2008	3,821,003	51,114,599	4.14%	1.16%
2009	3,943,028	51,728,516	3.19%	1.2%
2010	4,058,890	52,344,051	2.94%	1.19%
2011	4,221,178	52,995,205	4%	1.24%
2012	4,373,043	53,782,567	3.6%	1.49%
2013	4,470,239	54,678,791	2.22%	1.67%
2014	4,564,293	55,594,838	2.1%	1.68%
2015	4,659,431	56,723,537	2.08%	2.03%
2016	4,755,608	57,259,551	2.06%	0.94%
2017	4,848,925	57,635,162	1.96%	0.66%
2018	4,944,726	58,613,001	1.98%	1.7%
2019	5,043,721	59,587,885	2%	1.66%
2020	5,149,463	60,562,381	2.1%	1.64%
2021	5,259,323	61,502,603	2.13%	1.55%
2022	5,373,294	62,378,410	2.17%	1.42%
2023	5,493,031	63,212,384	2.23%	1.34%
2024	5,612,817	64,007,187	2.18%	1.26%
2025	5,731,211	64,747,317	2.11%	1.16%
2026	5,853,958	65,453,086	2.14%	1.09%
2027	5,986,805	66,143,018	2.27%	1.05%
2028	6,118,769	66,830,384	2.2%	1.04%
2029	6,245,093	67,506,850	2.06%	1.01%
2030	6,366,293	68,161,357	1.94%	0.97%
2031	6,486,749	68,798,574	1.89%	0.93%
2032	6,614,257	69,426,441	1.97%	0.91%
2033	6,744,927	70,040,484	1.98%	0.88%
2034	6,873,688	70,641,572	1.91%	0.86%
2035	7,003,567	71,234,749	1.89%	0.84%
2036	7,142,326	71,816,372	1.98%	0.82%
2037	7,278,759	72,387,807	1.91%	0.8%
2038	7,408,720	72,949,611	1.79%	0.78%
2039	7,545,510	73,496,152	1.85%	0.75%
2040	7,681,693	74,035,615	1.8%	0.73%
2041	7,817,089	74,575,444	1.76%	0.73%
2042	7,954,182	75,111,899	1.75%	0.72%
2043	8,077,173	75,641,512	1.55%	0.71%
2044	8,194,136	76,164,461	1.45%	0.69%
2045	8,310,657	76,681,448	1.42%	0.68%
2046	8,428,924	77,199,542	1.42%	0.68%
2047	8,552,033	77,716,650	1.46%	0.67%
2048	8,673,963	78,215,323	1.43%	0.64%
2049	8,795,838	78,699,584	1.41%	0.62%
2050	8,910,539	79,177,329	1.3%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.