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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	South Africa	Nepal	South Africa
1960	10,123,658	16,440,172	-	-
1961	10,318,396	16,908,035	1.92%	2.85%
1962	10,521,116	17,418,522	1.96%	3.02%
1963	10,729,818	17,954,564	1.98%	3.08%
1964	10,946,392	18,511,361	2.02%	3.1%
1965	11,173,411	19,089,380	2.07%	3.12%
1966	11,408,710	19,690,087	2.11%	3.15%
1967	11,652,716	20,314,066	2.14%	3.17%
1968	11,906,266	20,957,287	2.18%	3.17%
1969	12,167,036	21,614,676	2.19%	3.14%
1970	12,436,190	22,279,984	2.21%	3.08%
1971	12,710,061	22,942,143	2.2%	2.97%
1972	12,989,099	23,609,456	2.2%	2.91%
1973	13,275,239	24,294,263	2.2%	2.9%
1974	13,568,435	24,989,108	2.21%	2.86%
1975	13,870,695	25,690,940	2.23%	2.81%
1976	14,177,649	26,395,450	2.21%	2.74%
1977	14,499,175	27,118,952	2.27%	2.74%
1978	14,839,695	27,869,507	2.35%	2.77%
1979	15,190,590	28,634,162	2.36%	2.74%
1980	15,553,105	29,518,857	2.39%	3.09%
1981	15,922,423	30,541,044	2.37%	3.46%
1982	16,297,987	31,615,339	2.36%	3.52%
1983	16,689,119	32,739,304	2.4%	3.56%
1984	17,085,242	33,892,788	2.37%	3.52%
1985	17,477,692	35,042,093	2.3%	3.39%
1986	17,868,124	36,180,515	2.23%	3.25%
1987	18,250,505	37,326,190	2.14%	3.17%
1988	18,638,661	38,480,649	2.13%	3.09%
1989	19,057,807	39,628,575	2.25%	2.98%
1990	19,524,573	40,746,268	2.45%	2.82%
1991	20,036,500	41,687,898	2.62%	2.31%
1992	20,609,707	42,443,509	2.86%	1.81%
1993	21,180,159	43,297,156	2.77%	2.01%
1994	21,717,479	44,004,139	2.54%	1.63%
1995	22,245,439	44,541,554	2.43%	1.22%
1996	22,741,862	45,123,018	2.23%	1.31%
1997	23,219,463	45,666,838	2.1%	1.21%
1998	23,680,357	46,223,880	1.98%	1.22%
1999	24,125,199	46,730,335	1.88%	1.1%
2000	24,546,509	47,159,719	1.75%	0.92%
2001	24,946,748	47,566,800	1.63%	0.86%
2002	25,328,981	48,019,415	1.53%	0.95%
2003	25,688,758	48,500,348	1.42%	1%
2004	26,016,656	48,991,421	1.28%	1.01%
2005	26,309,458	49,490,033	1.13%	1.02%
2006	26,565,425	49,998,277	0.97%	1.03%
2007	26,788,492	50,528,584	0.84%	1.06%
2008	26,990,037	51,114,599	0.75%	1.16%
2009	27,173,035	51,728,516	0.68%	1.2%
2010	27,341,952	52,344,051	0.62%	1.19%
2011	27,464,494	52,995,205	0.45%	1.24%
2012	27,534,915	53,782,567	0.26%	1.49%
2013	27,589,996	54,678,791	0.2%	1.67%
2014	27,672,370	55,594,838	0.3%	1.68%
2015	27,823,629	56,723,537	0.55%	2.03%
2016	27,955,462	57,259,551	0.47%	0.94%
2017	28,011,258	57,635,162	0.2%	0.66%
2018	28,079,689	58,613,001	0.24%	1.7%
2019	28,414,064	59,587,885	1.19%	1.66%
2020	28,966,574	60,562,381	1.94%	1.64%
2021	29,475,010	61,502,603	1.76%	1.55%
2022	29,715,436	62,378,410	0.82%	1.42%
2023	29,694,614	63,212,384	-0.07%	1.34%
2024	29,651,054	64,007,187	-0.15%	1.26%
2025	29,618,120	64,747,317	-0.11%	1.16%
2026	29,629,406	65,453,086	0.04%	1.09%
2027	29,727,164	66,143,018	0.33%	1.05%
2028	29,947,588	66,830,384	0.74%	1.04%
2029	30,232,115	67,506,850	0.95%	1.01%
2030	30,509,999	68,161,357	0.92%	0.97%
2031	30,780,916	68,798,574	0.89%	0.93%
2032	31,045,411	69,426,441	0.86%	0.91%
2033	31,304,035	70,040,484	0.83%	0.88%
2034	31,555,068	70,641,572	0.8%	0.86%
2035	31,798,003	71,234,749	0.77%	0.84%
2036	32,033,714	71,816,372	0.74%	0.82%
2037	32,262,286	72,387,807	0.71%	0.8%
2038	32,484,801	72,949,611	0.69%	0.78%
2039	32,700,695	73,496,152	0.66%	0.75%
2040	32,909,540	74,035,615	0.64%	0.73%
2041	33,112,254	74,575,444	0.62%	0.73%
2042	33,309,062	75,111,899	0.59%	0.72%
2043	33,499,440	75,641,512	0.57%	0.71%
2044	33,683,331	76,164,461	0.55%	0.69%
2045	33,861,058	76,681,448	0.53%	0.68%
2046	34,032,994	77,199,542	0.51%	0.68%
2047	34,197,261	77,716,650	0.48%	0.67%
2048	34,352,077	78,215,323	0.45%	0.64%
2049	34,500,201	78,699,584	0.43%	0.62%
2050	34,642,021	79,177,329	0.41%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.