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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liechtenstein	South Africa	Liechtenstein	South Africa
1960	16,451	16,440,172	-	-
1961	16,877	16,908,035	2.59%	2.85%
1962	17,443	17,418,522	3.35%	3.02%
1963	18,093	17,954,564	3.73%	3.08%
1964	18,755	18,511,361	3.66%	3.1%
1965	19,195	19,089,380	2.35%	3.12%
1966	19,610	19,690,087	2.16%	3.15%
1967	20,175	20,314,066	2.88%	3.17%
1968	20,835	20,957,287	3.27%	3.17%
1969	21,084	21,614,676	1.2%	3.14%
1970	21,140	22,279,984	0.27%	3.08%
1971	21,600	22,942,143	2.18%	2.97%
1972	22,132	23,609,456	2.46%	2.91%
1973	22,785	24,294,263	2.95%	2.9%
1974	23,451	24,989,108	2.92%	2.86%
1975	23,846	25,690,940	1.68%	2.81%
1976	24,058	26,395,450	0.89%	2.74%
1977	24,442	27,118,952	1.6%	2.74%
1978	25,028	27,869,507	2.4%	2.77%
1979	25,575	28,634,162	2.19%	2.74%
1980	25,512	29,518,857	-0.25%	3.09%
1981	25,673	30,541,044	0.63%	3.46%
1982	26,255	31,615,339	2.27%	3.52%
1983	26,446	32,739,304	0.73%	3.56%
1984	26,596	33,892,788	0.57%	3.52%
1985	26,878	35,042,093	1.06%	3.39%
1986	27,238	36,180,515	1.34%	3.25%
1987	27,557	37,326,190	1.17%	3.17%
1988	27,948	38,480,649	1.42%	3.09%
1989	28,317	39,628,575	1.32%	2.98%
1990	28,742	40,746,268	1.5%	2.82%
1991	29,209	41,687,898	1.62%	2.31%
1992	29,627	42,443,509	1.43%	1.81%
1993	30,089	43,297,156	1.56%	2.01%
1994	30,470	44,004,139	1.27%	1.63%
1995	30,776	44,541,554	1%	1.22%
1996	31,033	45,123,018	0.84%	1.31%
1997	31,232	45,666,838	0.64%	1.21%
1998	31,668	46,223,880	1.4%	1.22%
1999	32,221	46,730,335	1.75%	1.1%
2000	32,645	47,159,719	1.32%	0.92%
2001	33,194	47,566,800	1.68%	0.86%
2002	33,694	48,019,415	1.51%	0.95%
2003	34,079	48,500,348	1.14%	1%
2004	34,447	48,991,421	1.08%	1.01%
2005	34,753	49,490,033	0.89%	1.02%
2006	35,037	49,998,277	0.82%	1.03%
2007	35,262	50,528,584	0.64%	1.06%
2008	35,473	51,114,599	0.6%	1.16%
2009	35,742	51,728,516	0.76%	1.2%
2010	36,022	52,344,051	0.78%	1.19%
2011	36,312	52,995,205	0.81%	1.24%
2012	36,657	53,782,567	0.95%	1.49%
2013	36,984	54,678,791	0.89%	1.67%
2014	37,248	55,594,838	0.71%	1.68%
2015	37,494	56,723,537	0.66%	2.03%
2016	37,716	57,259,551	0.59%	0.94%
2017	37,962	57,635,162	0.65%	0.66%
2018	38,246	58,613,001	0.75%	1.7%
2019	38,563	59,587,885	0.83%	1.66%
2020	38,901	60,562,381	0.88%	1.64%
2021	39,182	61,502,603	0.72%	1.55%
2022	39,493	62,378,410	0.79%	1.42%
2023	39,846	63,212,384	0.89%	1.34%
2024	40,450	64,007,187	1.52%	1.26%
2025	40,712	64,747,317	0.65%	1.16%
2026	40,949	65,453,086	0.58%	1.09%
2027	41,185	66,143,018	0.57%	1.05%
2028	41,396	66,830,384	0.51%	1.04%
2029	41,602	67,506,850	0.5%	1.01%
2030	41,799	68,161,357	0.47%	0.97%
2031	41,992	68,798,574	0.46%	0.93%
2032	42,165	69,426,441	0.41%	0.91%
2033	42,323	70,040,484	0.38%	0.88%
2034	42,470	70,641,572	0.35%	0.86%
2035	42,613	71,234,749	0.34%	0.84%
2036	42,736	71,816,372	0.29%	0.82%
2037	42,844	72,387,807	0.25%	0.8%
2038	42,957	72,949,611	0.26%	0.78%
2039	43,058	73,496,152	0.24%	0.75%
2040	43,147	74,035,615	0.2%	0.73%
2041	43,228	74,575,444	0.19%	0.73%
2042	43,302	75,111,899	0.17%	0.72%
2043	43,370	75,641,512	0.16%	0.71%
2044	43,427	76,164,461	0.13%	0.69%
2045	43,474	76,681,448	0.11%	0.68%
2046	43,516	77,199,542	0.1%	0.68%
2047	43,556	77,716,650	0.09%	0.67%
2048	43,584	78,215,323	0.06%	0.64%
2049	43,608	78,699,584	0.06%	0.62%
2050	43,622	79,177,329	0.03%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liechtenstein increased by 2,679 people (a 7.65% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liechtenstein gained 3,235 (a 8.58% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Liechtenstein was ranked 191st most populous country in 2006 and is 190th 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) Liechtenstein's population will grow by 6.52% to 43,622 people and will still be ranked 190th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.