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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	South Africa	Russia	South Africa
1960	119,897,000	16,440,172	-	-
1961	121,236,000	16,908,035	1.12%	2.85%
1962	122,591,000	17,418,522	1.12%	3.02%
1963	123,960,000	17,954,564	1.12%	3.08%
1964	125,345,000	18,511,361	1.12%	3.1%
1965	126,745,000	19,089,380	1.12%	3.12%
1966	127,468,000	19,690,087	0.57%	3.15%
1967	128,196,000	20,314,066	0.57%	3.17%
1968	128,928,000	20,957,287	0.57%	3.17%
1969	129,664,000	21,614,676	0.57%	3.14%
1970	130,404,000	22,279,984	0.57%	3.08%
1971	131,155,000	22,942,143	0.58%	2.97%
1972	131,909,000	23,609,456	0.57%	2.91%
1973	132,669,000	24,294,263	0.58%	2.9%
1974	133,432,000	24,989,108	0.58%	2.86%
1975	134,200,000	25,690,940	0.58%	2.81%
1976	135,147,000	26,395,450	0.71%	2.74%
1977	136,100,000	27,118,952	0.71%	2.74%
1978	137,060,000	27,869,507	0.71%	2.77%
1979	138,027,000	28,634,162	0.71%	2.74%
1980	139,010,000	29,518,857	0.71%	3.09%
1981	139,941,000	30,541,044	0.67%	3.46%
1982	140,823,000	31,615,339	0.63%	3.52%
1983	141,668,000	32,739,304	0.6%	3.56%
1984	142,745,000	33,892,788	0.76%	3.52%
1985	143,858,000	35,042,093	0.78%	3.39%
1986	144,894,000	36,180,515	0.72%	3.25%
1987	145,908,000	37,326,190	0.7%	3.17%
1988	146,857,000	38,480,649	0.65%	3.09%
1989	147,721,000	39,628,575	0.59%	2.98%
1990	147,969,406	40,746,268	0.17%	2.82%
1991	148,394,216	41,687,898	0.29%	2.31%
1992	148,538,197	42,443,509	0.1%	1.81%
1993	148,458,777	43,297,156	-0.05%	2.01%
1994	148,407,912	44,004,139	-0.03%	1.63%
1995	148,375,787	44,541,554	-0.02%	1.22%
1996	148,160,129	45,123,018	-0.15%	1.31%
1997	147,915,361	45,666,838	-0.17%	1.21%
1998	147,670,784	46,223,880	-0.17%	1.22%
1999	147,214,776	46,730,335	-0.31%	1.1%
2000	146,596,869	47,159,719	-0.42%	0.92%
2001	145,976,482	47,566,800	-0.42%	0.86%
2002	145,306,497	48,019,415	-0.46%	0.95%
2003	144,648,618	48,500,348	-0.45%	1%
2004	144,067,316	48,991,421	-0.4%	1.01%
2005	143,518,814	49,490,033	-0.38%	1.02%
2006	143,049,637	49,998,277	-0.33%	1.03%
2007	142,805,114	50,528,584	-0.17%	1.06%
2008	142,742,366	51,114,599	-0.04%	1.16%
2009	142,785,348	51,728,516	0.03%	1.2%
2010	142,849,468	52,344,051	0.04%	1.19%
2011	143,018,195	52,995,205	0.12%	1.24%
2012	143,378,447	53,782,567	0.25%	1.49%
2013	143,805,638	54,678,791	0.3%	1.67%
2014	144,237,223	55,594,838	0.3%	1.68%
2015	144,640,716	56,723,537	0.28%	2.03%
2016	145,015,460	57,259,551	0.26%	0.94%
2017	145,293,260	57,635,162	0.19%	0.66%
2018	145,398,106	58,613,001	0.07%	1.7%
2019	145,453,291	59,587,885	0.04%	1.66%
2020	145,245,148	60,562,381	-0.14%	1.64%
2021	144,746,762	61,502,603	-0.34%	1.55%
2022	144,236,933	62,378,410	-0.35%	1.42%
2023	143,826,130	63,212,384	-0.28%	1.34%
2024	143,533,851	64,007,187	-0.2%	1.26%
2025	142,718,132	64,747,317	-0.57%	1.16%
2026	142,120,553	65,453,086	-0.42%	1.09%
2027	141,773,330	66,143,018	-0.24%	1.05%
2028	141,402,326	66,830,384	-0.26%	1.04%
2029	141,021,009	67,506,850	-0.27%	1.01%
2030	140,628,883	68,161,357	-0.28%	0.97%
2031	140,218,596	68,798,574	-0.29%	0.93%
2032	139,807,207	69,426,441	-0.29%	0.91%
2033	139,414,947	70,040,484	-0.28%	0.88%
2034	139,034,543	70,641,572	-0.27%	0.86%
2035	138,666,694	71,234,749	-0.26%	0.84%
2036	138,311,757	71,816,372	-0.26%	0.82%
2037	137,968,177	72,387,807	-0.25%	0.8%
2038	137,643,032	72,949,611	-0.24%	0.78%
2039	137,336,299	73,496,152	-0.22%	0.75%
2040	137,053,347	74,035,615	-0.21%	0.73%
2041	136,795,588	74,575,444	-0.19%	0.73%
2042	136,558,692	75,111,899	-0.17%	0.72%
2043	136,335,849	75,641,512	-0.16%	0.71%
2044	136,124,845	76,164,461	-0.15%	0.69%
2045	135,933,758	76,681,448	-0.14%	0.68%
2046	135,756,848	77,199,542	-0.13%	0.68%
2047	135,574,181	77,716,650	-0.13%	0.67%
2048	135,372,557	78,215,323	-0.15%	0.64%
2049	135,156,911	78,699,584	-0.16%	0.62%
2050	134,923,391	79,177,329	-0.17%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th 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) Russia's population will shrink by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people with a rank change from 9th to 13th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.