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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Montenegro	South Africa	Montenegro	South Africa
1960	480,579	16,440,172	-	-
1961	491,140	16,908,035	2.2%	2.85%
1962	502,558	17,418,522	2.32%	3.02%
1963	513,409	17,954,564	2.16%	3.08%
1964	521,753	18,511,361	1.63%	3.1%
1965	526,327	19,089,380	0.88%	3.12%
1966	526,419	19,690,087	0.02%	3.15%
1967	522,796	20,314,066	-0.69%	3.17%
1968	517,481	20,957,287	-1.02%	3.17%
1969	513,340	21,614,676	-0.8%	3.14%
1970	512,407	22,279,984	-0.18%	3.08%
1971	515,449	22,942,143	0.59%	2.97%
1972	521,785	23,609,456	1.23%	2.91%
1973	530,220	24,294,263	1.62%	2.9%
1974	538,902	24,989,108	1.64%	2.86%
1975	546,487	25,690,940	1.41%	2.81%
1976	552,562	26,395,450	1.11%	2.74%
1977	557,576	27,118,952	0.91%	2.74%
1978	562,065	27,869,507	0.81%	2.77%
1979	566,888	28,634,162	0.86%	2.74%
1980	572,608	29,518,857	1.01%	3.09%
1981	579,445	30,541,044	1.19%	3.46%
1982	587,001	31,615,339	1.3%	3.52%
1983	594,506	32,739,304	1.28%	3.56%
1984	600,884	33,892,788	1.07%	3.52%
1985	605,398	35,042,093	0.75%	3.39%
1986	607,711	36,180,515	0.38%	3.25%
1987	608,144	37,326,190	0.07%	3.17%
1988	607,413	38,480,649	-0.12%	3.09%
1989	606,571	39,628,575	-0.14%	2.98%
1990	606,372	40,746,268	-0.03%	2.82%
1991	607,105	41,687,898	0.12%	2.31%
1992	608,516	42,443,509	0.23%	1.81%
1993	610,170	43,297,156	0.27%	2.01%
1994	611,389	44,004,139	0.2%	1.63%
1995	611,712	44,541,554	0.05%	1.22%
1996	611,003	45,123,018	-0.12%	1.31%
1997	609,520	45,666,838	-0.24%	1.21%
1998	607,662	46,223,880	-0.3%	1.22%
1999	606,001	46,730,335	-0.27%	1.1%
2000	604,950	47,159,719	-0.17%	0.92%
2001	607,389	47,566,800	0.4%	0.86%
2002	609,828	48,019,415	0.4%	0.95%
2003	612,267	48,500,348	0.4%	1%
2004	613,353	48,991,421	0.18%	1.01%
2005	614,261	49,490,033	0.15%	1.02%
2006	615,025	49,998,277	0.12%	1.03%
2007	615,875	50,528,584	0.14%	1.06%
2008	616,969	51,114,599	0.18%	1.16%
2009	618,294	51,728,516	0.21%	1.2%
2010	619,428	52,344,051	0.18%	1.19%
2011	620,345	52,995,205	0.15%	1.24%
2012	621,418	53,782,567	0.17%	1.49%
2013	622,587	54,678,791	0.19%	1.67%
2014	623,744	55,594,838	0.19%	1.68%
2015	624,651	56,723,537	0.15%	2.03%
2016	625,353	57,259,551	0.11%	0.94%
2017	625,982	57,635,162	0.1%	0.66%
2018	626,438	58,613,001	0.07%	1.7%
2019	626,753	59,587,885	0.05%	1.66%
2020	626,590	60,562,381	-0.03%	1.64%
2021	625,053	61,502,603	-0.25%	1.55%
2022	623,591	62,378,410	-0.23%	1.42%
2023	623,529	63,212,384	-0.01%	1.34%
2024	623,831	64,007,187	0.05%	1.26%
2025	618,209	64,747,317	-0.9%	1.16%
2026	611,868	65,453,086	-1.03%	1.09%
2027	608,570	66,143,018	-0.54%	1.05%
2028	605,281	66,830,384	-0.54%	1.04%
2029	601,917	67,506,850	-0.56%	1.01%
2030	598,501	68,161,357	-0.57%	0.97%
2031	595,047	68,798,574	-0.58%	0.93%
2032	591,507	69,426,441	-0.59%	0.91%
2033	587,900	70,040,484	-0.61%	0.88%
2034	584,230	70,641,572	-0.62%	0.86%
2035	580,502	71,234,749	-0.64%	0.84%
2036	576,713	71,816,372	-0.65%	0.82%
2037	572,889	72,387,807	-0.66%	0.8%
2038	569,027	72,949,611	-0.67%	0.78%
2039	565,147	73,496,152	-0.68%	0.75%
2040	561,254	74,035,615	-0.69%	0.73%
2041	557,345	74,575,444	-0.7%	0.73%
2042	553,430	75,111,899	-0.7%	0.72%
2043	549,485	75,641,512	-0.71%	0.71%
2044	545,508	76,164,461	-0.72%	0.69%
2045	541,510	76,681,448	-0.73%	0.68%
2046	537,487	77,199,542	-0.74%	0.68%
2047	533,411	77,716,650	-0.76%	0.67%
2048	529,311	78,215,323	-0.77%	0.64%
2049	525,208	78,699,584	-0.78%	0.62%
2050	521,056	79,177,329	-0.79%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Montenegro lost -6,442 (a 1.03% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2005 and is 166th 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) Montenegro's population will shrink by 15.7% to 521,056 people with a rank change from 166th to 170th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.