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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	South Africa	Mali	South Africa
1960	5,402,550	16,440,172	-	-
1961	5,482,283	16,908,035	1.48%	2.85%
1962	5,563,917	17,418,522	1.49%	3.02%
1963	5,646,605	17,954,564	1.49%	3.08%
1964	5,730,125	18,511,361	1.48%	3.1%
1965	5,815,487	19,089,380	1.49%	3.12%
1966	5,902,204	19,690,087	1.49%	3.15%
1967	5,990,906	20,314,066	1.5%	3.17%
1968	6,082,979	20,957,287	1.54%	3.17%
1969	6,177,704	21,614,676	1.56%	3.14%
1970	6,276,472	22,279,984	1.6%	3.08%
1971	6,377,944	22,942,143	1.62%	2.97%
1972	6,483,726	23,609,456	1.66%	2.91%
1973	6,597,106	24,294,263	1.75%	2.9%
1974	6,715,436	24,989,108	1.79%	2.86%
1975	6,837,261	25,690,940	1.81%	2.81%
1976	6,960,979	26,395,450	1.81%	2.74%
1977	7,090,979	27,118,952	1.87%	2.74%
1978	7,229,651	27,869,507	1.96%	2.77%
1979	7,375,266	28,634,162	2.01%	2.74%
1980	7,530,515	29,518,857	2.1%	3.09%
1981	7,692,766	30,541,044	2.15%	3.46%
1982	7,860,194	31,615,339	2.18%	3.52%
1983	8,034,400	32,739,304	2.22%	3.56%
1984	8,208,599	33,892,788	2.17%	3.52%
1985	8,374,663	35,042,093	2.02%	3.39%
1986	8,531,277	36,180,515	1.87%	3.25%
1987	8,681,164	37,326,190	1.76%	3.17%
1988	8,833,996	38,480,649	1.76%	3.09%
1989	8,999,938	39,628,575	1.88%	2.98%
1990	9,178,830	40,746,268	1.99%	2.82%
1991	9,362,888	41,687,898	2.01%	2.31%
1992	9,553,540	42,443,509	2.04%	1.81%
1993	9,754,786	43,297,156	2.11%	2.01%
1994	9,967,031	44,004,139	2.18%	1.63%
1995	10,185,365	44,541,554	2.19%	1.22%
1996	10,407,278	45,123,018	2.18%	1.31%
1997	10,646,495	45,666,838	2.3%	1.21%
1998	10,919,573	46,223,880	2.56%	1.22%
1999	11,227,415	46,730,335	2.82%	1.1%
2000	11,559,290	47,159,719	2.96%	0.92%
2001	11,912,158	47,566,800	3.05%	0.86%
2002	12,288,050	48,019,415	3.16%	0.95%
2003	12,684,955	48,500,348	3.23%	1%
2004	13,102,409	48,991,421	3.29%	1.01%
2005	13,538,647	49,490,033	3.33%	1.02%
2006	13,990,139	49,998,277	3.33%	1.03%
2007	14,457,775	50,528,584	3.34%	1.06%
2008	14,940,782	51,114,599	3.34%	1.16%
2009	15,435,539	51,728,516	3.31%	1.2%
2010	15,945,198	52,344,051	3.3%	1.19%
2011	16,469,049	52,995,205	3.29%	1.24%
2012	16,957,033	53,782,567	2.96%	1.49%
2013	17,459,615	54,678,791	2.96%	1.67%
2014	18,020,267	55,594,838	3.21%	1.68%
2015	18,593,022	56,723,537	3.18%	2.03%
2016	19,191,289	57,259,551	3.22%	0.94%
2017	19,813,011	57,635,162	3.24%	0.66%
2018	20,442,030	58,613,001	3.17%	1.7%
2019	21,068,405	59,587,885	3.06%	1.66%
2020	21,713,836	60,562,381	3.06%	1.64%
2021	22,388,630	61,502,603	3.11%	1.55%
2022	23,072,640	62,378,410	3.06%	1.42%
2023	23,769,127	63,212,384	3.02%	1.34%
2024	24,478,595	64,007,187	2.98%	1.26%
2025	25,198,817	64,747,317	2.94%	1.16%
2026	25,932,275	65,453,086	2.91%	1.09%
2027	26,679,171	66,143,018	2.88%	1.05%
2028	27,440,613	66,830,384	2.85%	1.04%
2029	28,215,513	67,506,850	2.82%	1.01%
2030	29,002,864	68,161,357	2.79%	0.97%
2031	29,804,545	68,798,574	2.76%	0.93%
2032	30,618,893	69,426,441	2.73%	0.91%
2033	31,442,801	70,040,484	2.69%	0.88%
2034	32,276,672	70,641,572	2.65%	0.86%
2035	33,118,344	71,234,749	2.61%	0.84%
2036	33,967,889	71,816,372	2.57%	0.82%
2037	34,823,450	72,387,807	2.52%	0.8%
2038	35,685,576	72,949,611	2.48%	0.78%
2039	36,549,487	73,496,152	2.42%	0.75%
2040	37,413,641	74,035,615	2.36%	0.73%
2041	38,280,868	74,575,444	2.32%	0.73%
2042	39,151,280	75,111,899	2.27%	0.72%
2043	40,026,317	75,641,512	2.24%	0.71%
2044	40,902,500	76,164,461	2.19%	0.69%
2045	41,778,984	76,681,448	2.14%	0.68%
2046	42,655,642	77,199,542	2.1%	0.68%
2047	43,530,852	77,716,650	2.05%	0.67%
2048	44,405,715	78,215,323	2.01%	0.64%
2049	45,279,772	78,699,584	1.97%	0.62%
2050	46,154,079	79,177,329	1.93%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th 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) Mali's population will grow by 79% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.