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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	South Africa	Pakistan	South Africa
1960	45,709,310	16,440,172	-	-
1961	46,921,277	16,908,035	2.65%	2.85%
1962	48,156,128	17,418,522	2.63%	3.02%
1963	49,447,776	17,954,564	2.68%	3.08%
1964	50,799,999	18,511,361	2.73%	3.1%
1965	52,209,010	19,089,380	2.77%	3.12%
1966	53,678,667	19,690,087	2.81%	3.15%
1967	55,214,768	20,314,066	2.86%	3.17%
1968	56,810,507	20,957,287	2.89%	3.17%
1969	58,460,939	21,614,676	2.91%	3.14%
1970	60,166,719	22,279,984	2.92%	3.08%
1971	61,847,899	22,942,143	2.79%	2.97%
1972	63,583,194	23,609,456	2.81%	2.91%
1973	65,461,912	24,294,263	2.95%	2.9%
1974	67,415,487	24,989,108	2.98%	2.86%
1975	69,461,175	25,690,940	3.03%	2.81%
1976	71,620,254	26,395,450	3.11%	2.74%
1977	73,901,827	27,118,952	3.19%	2.74%
1978	76,307,379	27,869,507	3.26%	2.77%
1979	78,997,039	28,634,162	3.52%	2.74%
1980	82,291,010	29,518,857	4.17%	3.09%
1981	85,802,049	30,541,044	4.27%	3.46%
1982	89,089,246	31,615,339	3.83%	3.52%
1983	92,227,711	32,739,304	3.52%	3.56%
1984	95,164,936	33,892,788	3.18%	3.52%
1985	98,229,285	35,042,093	3.22%	3.39%
1986	101,606,764	36,180,515	3.44%	3.25%
1987	105,130,717	37,326,190	3.47%	3.17%
1988	108,724,739	38,480,649	3.42%	3.09%
1989	112,336,629	39,628,575	3.32%	2.98%
1990	116,155,576	40,746,268	3.4%	2.82%
1991	120,060,406	41,687,898	3.36%	2.31%
1992	123,546,848	42,443,509	2.9%	1.81%
1993	127,020,117	43,297,156	2.81%	2.01%
1994	130,748,083	44,004,139	2.93%	1.63%
1995	134,582,253	44,541,554	2.93%	1.22%
1996	138,557,092	45,123,018	2.95%	1.31%
1997	142,531,804	45,666,838	2.87%	1.21%
1998	146,522,356	46,223,880	2.8%	1.22%
1999	150,565,377	46,730,335	2.76%	1.1%
2000	154,879,127	47,159,719	2.87%	0.92%
2001	159,270,907	47,566,800	2.84%	0.86%
2002	163,222,549	48,019,415	2.48%	0.95%
2003	167,110,248	48,500,348	2.38%	1%
2004	171,286,000	48,991,421	2.5%	1.01%
2005	175,453,212	49,490,033	2.43%	1.02%
2006	179,682,690	49,998,277	2.41%	1.03%
2007	184,493,231	50,528,584	2.68%	1.06%
2008	189,499,113	51,114,599	2.71%	1.16%
2009	194,376,534	51,728,516	2.57%	1.2%
2010	199,239,047	52,344,051	2.5%	1.19%
2011	203,746,065	52,995,205	2.26%	1.24%
2012	207,667,125	53,782,567	1.92%	1.49%
2013	211,073,978	54,678,791	1.64%	1.67%
2014	214,264,647	55,594,838	1.51%	1.68%
2015	217,290,883	56,723,537	1.41%	2.03%
2016	220,138,869	57,259,551	1.31%	0.94%
2017	223,273,967	57,635,162	1.42%	0.66%
2018	226,928,892	58,613,001	1.64%	1.7%
2019	230,800,899	59,587,885	1.71%	1.66%
2020	235,001,746	60,562,381	1.82%	1.64%
2021	239,477,801	61,502,603	1.9%	1.55%
2022	243,700,667	62,378,410	1.76%	1.42%
2023	247,504,495	63,212,384	1.56%	1.34%
2024	251,269,164	64,007,187	1.52%	1.26%
2025	255,219,564	64,747,317	1.57%	1.16%
2026	259,299,796	65,453,086	1.6%	1.09%
2027	263,515,827	66,143,018	1.63%	1.05%
2028	267,881,923	66,830,384	1.66%	1.04%
2029	272,337,520	67,506,850	1.66%	1.01%
2030	276,883,261	68,161,357	1.67%	0.97%
2031	281,528,070	68,798,574	1.68%	0.93%
2032	286,241,141	69,426,441	1.67%	0.91%
2033	291,012,268	70,040,484	1.67%	0.88%
2034	295,820,153	70,641,572	1.65%	0.86%
2035	300,643,518	71,234,749	1.63%	0.84%
2036	305,491,504	71,816,372	1.61%	0.82%
2037	310,353,293	72,387,807	1.59%	0.8%
2038	315,227,709	72,949,611	1.57%	0.78%
2039	320,105,882	73,496,152	1.55%	0.75%
2040	324,937,703	74,035,615	1.51%	0.73%
2041	329,746,478	74,575,444	1.48%	0.73%
2042	334,551,874	75,111,899	1.46%	0.72%
2043	339,334,851	75,641,512	1.43%	0.71%
2044	344,095,467	76,164,461	1.4%	0.69%
2045	348,837,732	76,681,448	1.38%	0.68%
2046	353,552,859	77,199,542	1.35%	0.68%
2047	358,207,159	77,716,650	1.32%	0.67%
2048	362,796,532	78,215,323	1.28%	0.64%
2049	367,344,429	78,699,584	1.25%	0.62%
2050	371,863,804	79,177,329	1.23%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Pakistan increased by 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Pakistan gained 41,206,244 (a 19% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2005 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.