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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	South Africa	Lithuania	South Africa
1960	2,778,550	16,440,172	-	-
1961	2,823,550	16,908,035	1.62%	2.85%
1962	2,863,350	17,418,522	1.41%	3.02%
1963	2,898,950	17,954,564	1.24%	3.08%
1964	2,935,200	18,511,361	1.25%	3.1%
1965	2,971,450	19,089,380	1.24%	3.12%
1966	3,008,050	19,690,087	1.23%	3.15%
1967	3,044,400	20,314,066	1.21%	3.17%
1968	3,078,850	20,957,287	1.13%	3.17%
1969	3,107,321	21,614,676	0.92%	3.14%
1970	3,139,689	22,279,984	1.04%	3.08%
1971	3,179,041	22,942,143	1.25%	2.97%
1972	3,213,622	23,609,456	1.09%	2.91%
1973	3,244,438	24,294,263	0.96%	2.9%
1974	3,273,894	24,989,108	0.91%	2.86%
1975	3,301,652	25,690,940	0.85%	2.81%
1976	3,328,664	26,395,450	0.82%	2.74%
1977	3,355,036	27,118,952	0.79%	2.74%
1978	3,379,514	27,869,507	0.73%	2.77%
1979	3,397,842	28,634,162	0.54%	2.74%
1980	3,413,202	29,518,857	0.45%	3.09%
1981	3,432,947	30,541,044	0.58%	3.46%
1982	3,457,179	31,615,339	0.71%	3.52%
1983	3,485,192	32,739,304	0.81%	3.56%
1984	3,514,205	33,892,788	0.83%	3.52%
1985	3,544,543	35,042,093	0.86%	3.39%
1986	3,578,914	36,180,515	0.97%	3.25%
1987	3,616,367	37,326,190	1.05%	3.17%
1988	3,655,049	38,480,649	1.07%	3.09%
1989	3,684,255	39,628,575	0.8%	2.98%
1990	3,697,838	40,746,268	0.37%	2.82%
1991	3,704,134	41,687,898	0.17%	2.31%
1992	3,700,114	42,443,509	-0.11%	1.81%
1993	3,682,613	43,297,156	-0.47%	2.01%
1994	3,657,144	44,004,139	-0.69%	1.63%
1995	3,629,102	44,541,554	-0.77%	1.22%
1996	3,601,613	45,123,018	-0.76%	1.31%
1997	3,575,137	45,666,838	-0.74%	1.21%
1998	3,549,331	46,223,880	-0.72%	1.22%
1999	3,524,238	46,730,335	-0.71%	1.1%
2000	3,499,536	47,159,719	-0.7%	0.92%
2001	3,470,818	47,566,800	-0.82%	0.86%
2002	3,443,067	48,019,415	-0.8%	0.95%
2003	3,415,213	48,500,348	-0.81%	1%
2004	3,377,075	48,991,421	-1.12%	1.01%
2005	3,322,528	49,490,033	-1.62%	1.02%
2006	3,269,909	49,998,277	-1.58%	1.03%
2007	3,231,294	50,528,584	-1.18%	1.06%
2008	3,198,231	51,114,599	-1.02%	1.16%
2009	3,162,916	51,728,516	-1.1%	1.2%
2010	3,097,282	52,344,051	-2.08%	1.19%
2011	3,028,115	52,995,205	-2.23%	1.24%
2012	2,989,139	53,782,567	-1.29%	1.49%
2013	2,961,250	54,678,791	-0.93%	1.67%
2014	2,937,253	55,594,838	-0.81%	1.68%
2015	2,911,109	56,723,537	-0.89%	2.03%
2016	2,877,325	57,259,551	-1.16%	0.94%
2017	2,842,639	57,635,162	-1.21%	0.66%
2018	2,819,200	58,613,001	-0.82%	1.7%
2019	2,811,089	59,587,885	-0.29%	1.66%
2020	2,810,369	60,562,381	-0.03%	1.64%
2021	2,808,380	61,502,603	-0.07%	1.55%
2022	2,831,639	62,378,410	0.83%	1.42%
2023	2,871,585	63,212,384	1.41%	1.34%
2024	2,888,278	64,007,187	0.58%	1.26%
2025	2,859,019	64,747,317	-1.01%	1.16%
2026	2,825,872	65,453,086	-1.16%	1.09%
2027	2,802,522	66,143,018	-0.83%	1.05%
2028	2,779,241	66,830,384	-0.83%	1.04%
2029	2,756,374	67,506,850	-0.82%	1.01%
2030	2,733,965	68,161,357	-0.81%	0.97%
2031	2,711,850	68,798,574	-0.81%	0.93%
2032	2,689,971	69,426,441	-0.81%	0.91%
2033	2,668,091	70,040,484	-0.81%	0.88%
2034	2,645,992	70,641,572	-0.83%	0.86%
2035	2,623,885	71,234,749	-0.84%	0.84%
2036	2,601,771	71,816,372	-0.84%	0.82%
2037	2,579,132	72,387,807	-0.87%	0.8%
2038	2,556,278	72,949,611	-0.89%	0.78%
2039	2,533,153	73,496,152	-0.9%	0.75%
2040	2,510,186	74,035,615	-0.91%	0.73%
2041	2,487,576	74,575,444	-0.9%	0.73%
2042	2,464,721	75,111,899	-0.92%	0.72%
2043	2,441,596	75,641,512	-0.94%	0.71%
2044	2,418,754	76,164,461	-0.94%	0.69%
2045	2,396,338	76,681,448	-0.93%	0.68%
2046	2,373,879	77,199,542	-0.94%	0.68%
2047	2,350,981	77,716,650	-0.96%	0.67%
2048	2,327,866	78,215,323	-0.98%	0.64%
2049	2,305,016	78,699,584	-0.98%	0.62%
2050	2,281,808	79,177,329	-1.01%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th 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) Lithuania's population will shrink by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people with a rank change from 140th to 145th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.