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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	South Africa	Palestine	South Africa
1960	-	16,440,172	-	-
1961	-	16,908,035	-	2.85%
1962	-	17,418,522	-	3.02%
1963	-	17,954,564	-	3.08%
1964	-	18,511,361	-	3.1%
1965	-	19,089,380	-	3.12%
1966	-	19,690,087	-	3.15%
1967	-	20,314,066	-	3.17%
1968	-	20,957,287	-	3.17%
1969	-	21,614,676	-	3.14%
1970	-	22,279,984	-	3.08%
1971	-	22,942,143	-	2.97%
1972	-	23,609,456	-	2.91%
1973	-	24,294,263	-	2.9%
1974	-	24,989,108	-	2.86%
1975	-	25,690,940	-	2.81%
1976	-	26,395,450	-	2.74%
1977	-	27,118,952	-	2.74%
1978	-	27,869,507	-	2.77%
1979	-	28,634,162	-	2.74%
1980	-	29,518,857	-	3.09%
1981	-	30,541,044	-	3.46%
1982	-	31,615,339	-	3.52%
1983	-	32,739,304	-	3.56%
1984	-	33,892,788	-	3.52%
1985	-	35,042,093	-	3.39%
1986	-	36,180,515	-	3.25%
1987	-	37,326,190	-	3.17%
1988	-	38,480,649	-	3.09%
1989	-	39,628,575	-	2.98%
1990	1,978,248	40,746,268	-	2.82%
1991	2,068,845	41,687,898	4.58%	2.31%
1992	2,163,591	42,443,509	4.58%	1.81%
1993	2,262,676	43,297,156	4.58%	2.01%
1994	2,366,298	44,004,139	4.58%	1.63%
1995	2,474,666	44,541,554	4.58%	1.22%
1996	2,587,997	45,123,018	4.58%	1.31%
1997	2,706,518	45,666,838	4.58%	1.21%
1998	2,776,568	46,223,880	2.59%	1.22%
1999	2,848,431	46,730,335	2.59%	1.1%
2000	2,922,153	47,159,719	2.59%	0.92%
2001	2,997,784	47,566,800	2.59%	0.86%
2002	3,075,373	48,019,415	2.59%	0.95%
2003	3,154,969	48,500,348	2.59%	1%
2004	3,236,626	48,991,421	2.59%	1.01%
2005	3,320,396	49,490,033	2.59%	1.02%
2006	3,406,334	49,998,277	2.59%	1.03%
2007	3,494,496	50,528,584	2.59%	1.06%
2008	3,591,977	51,114,599	2.79%	1.16%
2009	3,689,099	51,728,516	2.7%	1.2%
2010	3,786,161	52,344,051	2.63%	1.19%
2011	3,882,986	52,995,205	2.56%	1.24%
2012	3,979,998	53,782,567	2.5%	1.49%
2013	4,076,708	54,678,791	2.43%	1.67%
2014	4,173,398	55,594,838	2.37%	1.68%
2015	4,270,092	56,723,537	2.32%	2.03%
2016	4,367,088	57,259,551	2.27%	0.94%
2017	4,454,805	57,635,162	2.01%	0.66%
2018	4,569,087	58,613,001	2.57%	1.7%
2019	4,685,306	59,587,885	2.54%	1.66%
2020	4,803,269	60,562,381	2.52%	1.64%
2021	4,922,749	61,502,603	2.49%	1.55%
2022	5,043,612	62,378,410	2.46%	1.42%
2023	5,165,775	63,212,384	2.42%	1.34%
2024	5,289,152	64,007,187	2.39%	1.26%
2025	5,379,801	64,747,317	1.71%	1.16%
2026	5,479,090	65,453,086	1.85%	1.09%
2027	5,582,345	66,143,018	1.88%	1.05%
2028	5,684,855	66,830,384	1.84%	1.04%
2029	5,787,948	67,506,850	1.81%	1.01%
2030	5,892,492	68,161,357	1.81%	0.97%
2031	5,998,645	68,798,574	1.8%	0.93%
2032	6,106,047	69,426,441	1.79%	0.91%
2033	6,215,922	70,040,484	1.8%	0.88%
2034	6,327,947	70,641,572	1.8%	0.86%
2035	6,441,493	71,234,749	1.79%	0.84%
2036	6,555,481	71,816,372	1.77%	0.82%
2037	6,669,212	72,387,807	1.73%	0.8%
2038	6,783,431	72,949,611	1.71%	0.78%
2039	6,899,866	73,496,152	1.72%	0.75%
2040	7,018,099	74,035,615	1.71%	0.73%
2041	7,135,825	74,575,444	1.68%	0.73%
2042	7,253,328	75,111,899	1.65%	0.72%
2043	7,369,647	75,641,512	1.6%	0.71%
2044	7,484,632	76,164,461	1.56%	0.69%
2045	7,598,729	76,681,448	1.52%	0.68%
2046	7,710,259	77,199,542	1.47%	0.68%
2047	7,818,786	77,716,650	1.41%	0.67%
2048	7,925,101	78,215,323	1.36%	0.64%
2049	8,029,929	78,699,584	1.32%	0.62%
2050	8,134,618	79,177,329	1.3%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palestine increased by 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palestine gained 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2005 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 49% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.