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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	South Africa	Oman	South Africa
1960	530,485	16,440,172	-	-
1961	539,854	16,908,035	1.77%	2.85%
1962	549,941	17,418,522	1.87%	3.02%
1963	560,827	17,954,564	1.98%	3.08%
1964	572,577	18,511,361	2.1%	3.1%
1965	585,236	19,089,380	2.21%	3.12%
1966	598,804	19,690,087	2.32%	3.15%
1967	613,318	20,314,066	2.42%	3.17%
1968	628,798	20,957,287	2.52%	3.17%
1969	645,255	21,614,676	2.62%	3.14%
1970	662,680	22,279,984	2.7%	3.08%
1971	681,119	22,942,143	2.78%	2.97%
1972	700,593	23,609,456	2.86%	2.91%
1973	721,179	24,294,263	2.94%	2.9%
1974	746,988	24,989,108	3.58%	2.86%
1975	778,864	25,690,940	4.27%	2.81%
1976	814,701	26,395,450	4.6%	2.74%
1977	855,314	27,118,952	4.99%	2.74%
1978	900,304	27,869,507	5.26%	2.77%
1979	949,116	28,634,162	5.42%	2.74%
1980	1,001,248	29,518,857	5.49%	3.09%
1981	1,057,320	30,541,044	5.6%	3.46%
1982	1,117,678	31,615,339	5.71%	3.52%
1983	1,181,459	32,739,304	5.71%	3.56%
1984	1,247,716	33,892,788	5.61%	3.52%
1985	1,325,480	35,042,093	6.23%	3.39%
1986	1,413,419	36,180,515	6.63%	3.25%
1987	1,500,996	37,326,190	6.2%	3.17%
1988	1,588,568	38,480,649	5.83%	3.09%
1989	1,676,228	39,628,575	5.52%	2.98%
1990	1,763,954	40,746,268	5.23%	2.82%
1991	1,851,473	41,687,898	4.96%	2.31%
1992	1,938,238	42,443,509	4.69%	1.81%
1993	2,021,675	43,297,156	4.3%	2.01%
1994	2,081,834	44,004,139	2.98%	1.63%
1995	2,120,528	44,541,554	1.86%	1.22%
1996	2,156,926	45,123,018	1.72%	1.31%
1997	2,190,720	45,666,838	1.57%	1.21%
1998	2,222,489	46,223,880	1.45%	1.22%
1999	2,252,909	46,730,335	1.37%	1.1%
2000	2,282,131	47,159,719	1.3%	0.92%
2001	2,310,217	47,566,800	1.23%	0.86%
2002	2,337,140	48,019,415	1.17%	0.95%
2003	2,363,796	48,500,348	1.14%	1%
2004	2,404,821	48,991,421	1.74%	1.01%
2005	2,459,802	49,490,033	2.29%	1.02%
2006	2,514,795	49,998,277	2.24%	1.03%
2007	2,570,174	50,528,584	2.2%	1.06%
2008	2,626,529	51,114,599	2.19%	1.16%
2009	2,684,659	51,728,516	2.21%	1.2%
2010	2,757,446	52,344,051	2.71%	1.19%
2011	3,076,763	52,995,205	11.6%	1.24%
2012	3,547,106	53,782,567	15.3%	1.49%
2013	3,833,913	54,678,791	8.09%	1.67%
2014	4,002,439	55,594,838	4.4%	1.68%
2015	4,184,895	56,723,537	4.56%	2.03%
2016	4,390,877	57,259,551	4.92%	0.94%
2017	4,537,396	57,635,162	3.34%	0.66%
2018	4,597,877	58,613,001	1.33%	1.7%
2019	4,591,241	59,587,885	-0.14%	1.66%
2020	4,522,497	60,562,381	-1.5%	1.64%
2021	4,500,424	61,502,603	-0.49%	1.55%
2022	4,730,226	62,378,410	5.11%	1.42%
2023	5,049,269	63,212,384	6.74%	1.34%
2024	5,281,538	64,007,187	4.6%	1.26%
2025	5,494,693	64,747,317	4.04%	1.16%
2026	5,671,451	65,453,086	3.22%	1.09%
2027	5,814,719	66,143,018	2.53%	1.05%
2028	5,929,317	66,830,384	1.97%	1.04%
2029	6,026,178	67,506,850	1.63%	1.01%
2030	6,112,708	68,161,357	1.44%	0.97%
2031	6,194,366	68,798,574	1.34%	0.93%
2032	6,275,465	69,426,441	1.31%	0.91%
2033	6,356,248	70,040,484	1.29%	0.88%
2034	6,436,919	70,641,572	1.27%	0.86%
2035	6,517,799	71,234,749	1.26%	0.84%
2036	6,599,101	71,816,372	1.25%	0.82%
2037	6,681,041	72,387,807	1.24%	0.8%
2038	6,763,781	72,949,611	1.24%	0.78%
2039	6,847,380	73,496,152	1.24%	0.75%
2040	6,931,970	74,035,615	1.24%	0.73%
2041	7,017,684	74,575,444	1.24%	0.73%
2042	7,104,475	75,111,899	1.24%	0.72%
2043	7,192,217	75,641,512	1.24%	0.71%
2044	7,280,846	76,164,461	1.23%	0.69%
2045	7,370,221	76,681,448	1.23%	0.68%
2046	7,460,268	77,199,542	1.22%	0.68%
2047	7,550,973	77,716,650	1.22%	0.67%
2048	7,642,323	78,215,323	1.21%	0.64%
2049	7,734,352	78,699,584	1.2%	0.62%
2050	7,826,991	79,177,329	1.2%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th 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) Oman's population will grow by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people with a rank change from 120th to 113th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.