Population in the Philippines compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Philippines and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Philippines	South Africa	Philippines	South Africa
1960	27,891,897	16,440,172	-	-
1961	28,792,621	16,908,035	3.23%	2.85%
1962	29,723,536	17,418,522	3.23%	3.02%
1963	30,674,731	17,954,564	3.2%	3.08%
1964	31,643,032	18,511,361	3.16%	3.1%
1965	32,625,316	19,089,380	3.1%	3.12%
1966	33,617,170	19,690,087	3.04%	3.15%
1967	34,621,320	20,314,066	2.99%	3.17%
1968	35,638,342	20,957,287	2.94%	3.17%
1969	36,660,799	21,614,676	2.87%	3.14%
1970	37,622,204	22,279,984	2.62%	3.08%
1971	38,518,659	22,942,143	2.38%	2.97%
1972	39,408,560	23,609,456	2.31%	2.91%
1973	40,294,130	24,294,263	2.25%	2.9%
1974	41,174,341	24,989,108	2.18%	2.86%
1975	42,120,826	25,690,940	2.3%	2.81%
1976	43,201,488	26,395,450	2.57%	2.74%
1977	44,367,962	27,118,952	2.7%	2.74%
1978	45,575,281	27,869,507	2.72%	2.77%
1979	46,807,103	28,634,162	2.7%	2.74%
1980	48,043,740	29,518,857	2.64%	3.09%
1981	49,311,727	30,541,044	2.64%	3.46%
1982	50,695,707	31,615,339	2.81%	3.52%
1983	52,194,620	32,739,304	2.96%	3.56%
1984	53,726,181	33,892,788	2.93%	3.52%
1985	55,213,006	35,042,093	2.77%	3.39%
1986	56,645,077	36,180,515	2.59%	3.25%
1987	58,157,496	37,326,190	2.67%	3.17%
1988	59,739,052	38,480,649	2.72%	3.09%
1989	61,265,260	39,628,575	2.55%	2.98%
1990	62,854,666	40,746,268	2.59%	2.82%
1991	64,382,249	41,687,898	2.43%	2.31%
1992	65,926,125	42,443,509	2.4%	1.81%
1993	67,530,621	43,297,156	2.43%	2.01%
1994	69,019,291	44,004,139	2.2%	1.63%
1995	70,546,246	44,541,554	2.21%	1.22%
1996	72,190,242	45,123,018	2.33%	1.31%
1997	73,908,810	45,666,838	2.38%	1.21%
1998	75,791,024	46,223,880	2.55%	1.22%
1999	77,753,257	46,730,335	2.59%	1.1%
2000	79,625,397	47,159,719	2.41%	0.92%
2001	81,401,488	47,566,800	2.23%	0.86%
2002	83,068,889	48,019,415	2.05%	0.95%
2003	84,731,835	48,500,348	2%	1%
2004	86,394,504	48,991,421	1.96%	1.01%
2005	88,015,962	49,490,033	1.88%	1.02%
2006	89,508,986	49,998,277	1.7%	1.03%
2007	91,075,184	50,528,584	1.75%	1.06%
2008	92,699,095	51,114,599	1.78%	1.16%
2009	94,384,250	51,728,516	1.82%	1.2%
2010	96,337,125	52,344,051	2.07%	1.19%
2011	98,248,614	52,995,205	1.98%	1.24%
2012	100,175,512	53,782,567	1.96%	1.49%
2013	102,076,336	54,678,791	1.9%	1.67%
2014	103,767,130	55,594,838	1.66%	1.68%
2015	105,312,992	56,723,537	1.49%	2.03%
2016	106,735,719	57,259,551	1.35%	0.94%
2017	108,119,693	57,635,162	1.3%	0.66%
2018	109,465,287	58,613,001	1.24%	1.7%
2019	110,804,683	59,587,885	1.22%	1.66%
2020	112,081,264	60,562,381	1.15%	1.64%
2021	113,100,950	61,502,603	0.91%	1.55%
2022	113,964,338	62,378,410	0.76%	1.42%
2023	114,891,199	63,212,384	0.81%	1.34%
2024	115,843,670	64,007,187	0.83%	1.26%
2025	116,786,968	64,747,317	0.81%	1.16%
2026	117,724,479	65,453,086	0.8%	1.09%
2027	118,656,426	66,143,018	0.79%	1.05%
2028	119,583,984	66,830,384	0.78%	1.04%
2029	120,502,132	67,506,850	0.77%	1.01%
2030	121,408,897	68,161,357	0.75%	0.97%
2031	122,301,606	68,798,574	0.74%	0.93%
2032	123,180,341	69,426,441	0.72%	0.91%
2033	124,049,036	70,040,484	0.71%	0.88%
2034	124,904,124	70,641,572	0.69%	0.86%
2035	125,740,977	71,234,749	0.67%	0.84%
2036	126,558,232	71,816,372	0.65%	0.82%
2037	127,352,607	72,387,807	0.63%	0.8%
2038	128,118,535	72,949,611	0.6%	0.78%
2039	128,850,047	73,496,152	0.57%	0.75%
2040	129,546,666	74,035,615	0.54%	0.73%
2041	130,209,810	74,575,444	0.51%	0.73%
2042	130,837,005	75,111,899	0.48%	0.72%
2043	131,427,404	75,641,512	0.45%	0.71%
2044	131,979,673	76,164,461	0.42%	0.69%
2045	132,492,038	76,681,448	0.39%	0.68%
2046	132,962,001	77,199,542	0.35%	0.68%
2047	133,385,290	77,716,650	0.32%	0.67%
2048	133,759,436	78,215,323	0.28%	0.64%
2049	134,089,011	78,699,584	0.25%	0.62%
2050	134,373,439	79,177,329	0.21%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Philippines increased by 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Philippines gained 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The Philippines was ranked 12th most populous country in 2005 and is 14th 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) the Philippines' population will grow by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.