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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Paraguay	South Africa	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	1,883,514	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,927,394	16,908,035	2.33%	2.85%
1962	1,973,130	17,418,522	2.37%	3.02%
1963	2,021,909	17,954,564	2.47%	3.08%
1964	2,073,119	18,511,361	2.53%	3.1%
1965	2,125,177	19,089,380	2.51%	3.12%
1966	2,177,584	19,690,087	2.47%	3.15%
1967	2,229,994	20,314,066	2.41%	3.17%
1968	2,282,391	20,957,287	2.35%	3.17%
1969	2,334,992	21,614,676	2.3%	3.14%
1970	2,388,028	22,279,984	2.27%	3.08%
1971	2,442,537	22,942,143	2.28%	2.97%
1972	2,499,881	23,609,456	2.35%	2.91%
1973	2,561,102	24,294,263	2.45%	2.9%
1974	2,625,621	24,989,108	2.52%	2.86%
1975	2,691,648	25,690,940	2.51%	2.81%
1976	2,758,836	26,395,450	2.5%	2.74%
1977	2,827,874	27,118,952	2.5%	2.74%
1978	2,899,269	27,869,507	2.52%	2.77%
1979	2,973,968	28,634,162	2.58%	2.74%
1980	3,053,235	29,518,857	2.67%	3.09%
1981	3,137,604	30,541,044	2.76%	3.46%
1982	3,226,189	31,615,339	2.82%	3.52%
1983	3,318,068	32,739,304	2.85%	3.56%
1984	3,412,936	33,892,788	2.86%	3.52%
1985	3,510,671	35,042,093	2.86%	3.39%
1986	3,611,474	36,180,515	2.87%	3.25%
1987	3,714,889	37,326,190	2.86%	3.17%
1988	3,820,546	38,480,649	2.84%	3.09%
1989	3,927,802	39,628,575	2.81%	2.98%
1990	4,035,747	40,746,268	2.75%	2.82%
1991	4,144,364	41,687,898	2.69%	2.31%
1992	4,253,600	42,443,509	2.64%	1.81%
1993	4,362,696	43,297,156	2.56%	2.01%
1994	4,471,417	44,004,139	2.49%	1.63%
1995	4,579,806	44,541,554	2.42%	1.22%
1996	4,687,543	45,123,018	2.35%	1.31%
1997	4,794,412	45,666,838	2.28%	1.21%
1998	4,900,025	46,223,880	2.2%	1.22%
1999	5,003,135	46,730,335	2.1%	1.1%
2000	5,100,868	47,159,719	1.95%	0.92%
2001	5,187,689	47,566,800	1.7%	0.86%
2002	5,261,328	48,019,415	1.42%	0.95%
2003	5,326,436	48,500,348	1.24%	1%
2004	5,388,175	48,991,421	1.16%	1.01%
2005	5,448,097	49,490,033	1.11%	1.02%
2006	5,505,148	49,998,277	1.05%	1.03%
2007	5,559,386	50,528,584	0.99%	1.06%
2008	5,613,574	51,114,599	0.97%	1.16%
2009	5,671,236	51,728,516	1.03%	1.2%
2010	5,737,971	52,344,051	1.18%	1.19%
2011	5,814,626	52,995,205	1.34%	1.24%
2012	5,897,008	53,782,567	1.42%	1.49%
2013	5,982,445	54,678,791	1.45%	1.67%
2014	6,069,811	55,594,838	1.46%	1.68%
2015	6,159,103	56,723,537	1.47%	2.03%
2016	6,249,126	57,259,551	1.46%	0.94%
2017	6,338,660	57,635,162	1.43%	0.66%
2018	6,427,382	58,613,001	1.4%	1.7%
2019	6,515,058	59,587,885	1.36%	1.66%
2020	6,603,739	60,562,381	1.36%	1.64%
2021	6,684,182	61,502,603	1.22%	1.55%
2022	6,760,464	62,378,410	1.14%	1.42%
2023	6,844,146	63,212,384	1.24%	1.34%
2024	6,929,153	64,007,187	1.24%	1.26%
2025	7,013,079	64,747,317	1.21%	1.16%
2026	7,095,273	65,453,086	1.17%	1.09%
2027	7,175,671	66,143,018	1.13%	1.05%
2028	7,254,526	66,830,384	1.1%	1.04%
2029	7,331,909	67,506,850	1.07%	1.01%
2030	7,407,622	68,161,357	1.03%	0.97%
2031	7,481,641	68,798,574	1%	0.93%
2032	7,554,221	69,426,441	0.97%	0.91%
2033	7,625,459	70,040,484	0.94%	0.88%
2034	7,695,120	70,641,572	0.91%	0.86%
2035	7,763,524	71,234,749	0.89%	0.84%
2036	7,830,885	71,816,372	0.87%	0.82%
2037	7,896,975	72,387,807	0.84%	0.8%
2038	7,961,863	72,949,611	0.82%	0.78%
2039	8,025,487	73,496,152	0.8%	0.75%
2040	8,087,571	74,035,615	0.77%	0.73%
2041	8,148,407	74,575,444	0.75%	0.73%
2042	8,208,318	75,111,899	0.74%	0.72%
2043	8,267,008	75,641,512	0.72%	0.71%
2044	8,324,330	76,164,461	0.69%	0.69%
2045	8,380,533	76,681,448	0.68%	0.68%
2046	8,435,754	77,199,542	0.66%	0.68%
2047	8,489,460	77,716,650	0.64%	0.67%
2048	8,541,342	78,215,323	0.61%	0.64%
2049	8,591,710	78,699,584	0.59%	0.62%
2050	8,640,471	79,177,329	0.57%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Paraguay increased by 711,006 people (a 13.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Paraguay gained 920,000 (a 14.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Paraguay was ranked 107th most populous country in 2005 and is 108th 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) Paraguay's population will grow by 22.1% to 8,640,471 people with a rank change from 108th to 110th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.