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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mongolia	South Africa	Mongolia	South Africa
1960	977,595	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,009,284	16,908,035	3.24%	2.85%
1962	1,041,444	17,418,522	3.19%	3.02%
1963	1,071,362	17,954,564	2.87%	3.08%
1964	1,100,234	18,511,361	2.69%	3.1%
1965	1,131,177	19,089,380	2.81%	3.12%
1966	1,163,754	19,690,087	2.88%	3.15%
1967	1,196,996	20,314,066	2.86%	3.17%
1968	1,229,930	20,957,287	2.75%	3.17%
1969	1,262,284	21,614,676	2.63%	3.14%
1970	1,295,272	22,279,984	2.61%	3.08%
1971	1,330,071	22,942,143	2.69%	2.97%
1972	1,366,821	23,609,456	2.76%	2.91%
1973	1,405,502	24,294,263	2.83%	2.9%
1974	1,446,050	24,989,108	2.88%	2.86%
1975	1,488,296	25,690,940	2.92%	2.81%
1976	1,531,945	26,395,450	2.93%	2.74%
1977	1,576,245	27,118,952	2.89%	2.74%
1978	1,619,468	27,869,507	2.74%	2.77%
1979	1,660,659	28,634,162	2.54%	2.74%
1980	1,701,335	29,518,857	2.45%	3.09%
1981	1,742,857	30,541,044	2.44%	3.46%
1982	1,785,364	31,615,339	2.44%	3.52%
1983	1,829,092	32,739,304	2.45%	3.56%
1984	1,874,349	33,892,788	2.47%	3.52%
1985	1,921,514	35,042,093	2.52%	3.39%
1986	1,970,965	36,180,515	2.57%	3.25%
1987	2,022,800	37,326,190	2.63%	3.17%
1988	2,076,322	38,480,649	2.65%	3.09%
1989	2,124,185	39,628,575	2.31%	2.98%
1990	2,098,710	40,746,268	-1.2%	2.82%
1991	2,165,342	41,687,898	3.17%	2.31%
1992	2,167,790	42,443,509	0.11%	1.81%
1993	2,165,130	43,297,156	-0.12%	2.01%
1994	2,189,395	44,004,139	1.12%	1.63%
1995	2,224,945	44,541,554	1.62%	1.22%
1996	2,259,507	45,123,018	1.55%	1.31%
1997	2,291,750	45,666,838	1.43%	1.21%
1998	2,323,809	46,223,880	1.4%	1.22%
1999	2,356,813	46,730,335	1.42%	1.1%
2000	2,388,299	47,159,719	1.34%	0.92%
2001	2,417,751	47,566,800	1.23%	0.86%
2002	2,449,027	48,019,415	1.29%	0.95%
2003	2,480,374	48,500,348	1.28%	1%
2004	2,508,412	48,991,421	1.13%	1.01%
2005	2,536,407	49,490,033	1.12%	1.02%
2006	2,567,168	49,998,277	1.21%	1.03%
2007	2,601,850	50,528,584	1.35%	1.06%
2008	2,643,201	51,114,599	1.59%	1.16%
2009	2,691,115	51,728,516	1.81%	1.2%
2010	2,738,622	52,344,051	1.77%	1.19%
2011	2,786,317	52,995,205	1.74%	1.24%
2012	2,839,705	53,782,567	1.92%	1.49%
2013	2,899,011	54,678,791	2.09%	1.67%
2014	2,963,113	55,594,838	2.21%	1.68%
2015	3,026,864	56,723,537	2.15%	2.03%
2016	3,088,856	57,259,551	2.05%	0.94%
2017	3,148,917	57,635,162	1.94%	0.66%
2018	3,208,189	58,613,001	1.88%	1.7%
2019	3,267,673	59,587,885	1.85%	1.66%
2020	3,327,204	60,562,381	1.82%	1.64%
2021	3,383,741	61,502,603	1.7%	1.55%
2022	3,433,748	62,378,410	1.48%	1.42%
2023	3,481,145	63,212,384	1.38%	1.34%
2024	3,524,788	64,007,187	1.25%	1.26%
2025	3,566,934	64,747,317	1.2%	1.16%
2026	3,607,194	65,453,086	1.13%	1.09%
2027	3,646,133	66,143,018	1.08%	1.05%
2028	3,684,133	66,830,384	1.04%	1.04%
2029	3,721,196	67,506,850	1.01%	1.01%
2030	3,757,736	68,161,357	0.98%	0.97%
2031	3,793,979	68,798,574	0.96%	0.93%
2032	3,830,403	69,426,441	0.96%	0.91%
2033	3,867,674	70,040,484	0.97%	0.88%
2034	3,905,872	70,641,572	0.99%	0.86%
2035	3,944,896	71,234,749	1%	0.84%
2036	3,984,836	71,816,372	1.01%	0.82%
2037	4,025,966	72,387,807	1.03%	0.8%
2038	4,067,894	72,949,611	1.04%	0.78%
2039	4,110,455	73,496,152	1.05%	0.75%
2040	4,153,587	74,035,615	1.05%	0.73%
2041	4,197,027	74,575,444	1.05%	0.73%
2042	4,240,723	75,111,899	1.04%	0.72%
2043	4,284,073	75,641,512	1.02%	0.71%
2044	4,327,016	76,164,461	1%	0.69%
2045	4,369,833	76,681,448	0.99%	0.68%
2046	4,411,717	77,199,542	0.96%	0.68%
2047	4,452,180	77,716,650	0.92%	0.67%
2048	4,491,289	78,215,323	0.88%	0.64%
2049	4,529,071	78,699,584	0.84%	0.62%
2050	4,565,277	79,177,329	0.8%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mongolia increased by 521,688 people (a 20.3% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mongolia gained 518,763 (a 16.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Mongolia was ranked 137th most populous country in 2006 and is 132nd 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) Mongolia's population will grow by 26.5% to 4,565,277 people with a rank change from 132nd to 130th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.