Population in Saint Kitts and Nevis compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Saint Kitts and Nevis and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saint Kitts	South Africa	Saint Kitts	South Africa
1960	55,810	16,440,172	-	-
1961	55,334	16,908,035	-0.85%	2.85%
1962	54,461	17,418,522	-1.58%	3.02%
1963	53,441	17,954,564	-1.87%	3.08%
1964	52,326	18,511,361	-2.09%	3.1%
1965	51,139	19,089,380	-2.27%	3.12%
1966	49,898	19,690,087	-2.43%	3.15%
1967	48,605	20,314,066	-2.59%	3.17%
1968	47,245	20,957,287	-2.8%	3.17%
1969	45,731	21,614,676	-3.2%	3.14%
1970	44,606	22,279,984	-2.46%	3.08%
1971	44,206	22,942,143	-0.9%	2.97%
1972	44,033	23,609,456	-0.39%	2.91%
1973	43,880	24,294,263	-0.35%	2.9%
1974	43,738	24,989,108	-0.32%	2.86%
1975	43,606	25,690,940	-0.3%	2.81%
1976	43,482	26,395,450	-0.28%	2.74%
1977	43,358	27,118,952	-0.29%	2.74%
1978	43,217	27,869,507	-0.33%	2.77%
1979	43,033	28,634,162	-0.43%	2.74%
1980	42,850	29,518,857	-0.43%	3.09%
1981	42,698	30,541,044	-0.35%	3.46%
1982	42,532	31,615,339	-0.39%	3.52%
1983	42,334	32,739,304	-0.47%	3.56%
1984	42,113	33,892,788	-0.52%	3.52%
1985	41,874	35,042,093	-0.57%	3.39%
1986	41,618	36,180,515	-0.61%	3.25%
1987	41,348	37,326,190	-0.65%	3.17%
1988	41,062	38,480,649	-0.69%	3.09%
1989	40,758	39,628,575	-0.74%	2.98%
1990	40,432	40,746,268	-0.8%	2.82%
1991	40,358	41,687,898	-0.18%	2.31%
1992	40,715	42,443,509	0.88%	1.81%
1993	41,242	43,297,156	1.29%	2.01%
1994	41,776	44,004,139	1.29%	1.63%
1995	42,326	44,541,554	1.32%	1.22%
1996	42,877	45,123,018	1.3%	1.31%
1997	43,428	45,666,838	1.29%	1.21%
1998	43,998	46,223,880	1.31%	1.22%
1999	44,601	46,730,335	1.37%	1.1%
2000	45,248	47,159,719	1.45%	0.92%
2001	45,761	47,566,800	1.13%	0.86%
2002	46,020	48,019,415	0.57%	0.95%
2003	46,176	48,500,348	0.34%	1%
2004	46,315	48,991,421	0.3%	1.01%
2005	46,437	49,490,033	0.26%	1.02%
2006	46,569	49,998,277	0.28%	1.03%
2007	46,706	50,528,584	0.29%	1.06%
2008	46,835	51,114,599	0.28%	1.16%
2009	46,916	51,728,516	0.17%	1.2%
2010	46,846	52,344,051	-0.15%	1.19%
2011	46,886	52,995,205	0.09%	1.24%
2012	47,033	53,782,567	0.31%	1.49%
2013	47,069	54,678,791	0.08%	1.67%
2014	47,089	55,594,838	0.04%	1.68%
2015	47,087	56,723,537	-0.004%	2.03%
2016	47,075	57,259,551	-0.03%	0.94%
2017	47,050	57,635,162	-0.05%	0.66%
2018	47,008	58,613,001	-0.09%	1.7%
2019	46,952	59,587,885	-0.12%	1.66%
2020	46,870	60,562,381	-0.17%	1.64%
2021	46,763	61,502,603	-0.23%	1.55%
2022	46,709	62,378,410	-0.12%	1.42%
2023	46,758	63,212,384	0.1%	1.34%
2024	46,843	64,007,187	0.18%	1.26%
2025	46,920	64,747,317	0.17%	1.16%
2026	46,992	65,453,086	0.15%	1.09%
2027	47,049	66,143,018	0.12%	1.05%
2028	47,093	66,830,384	0.09%	1.04%
2029	47,112	67,506,850	0.04%	1.01%
2030	47,132	68,161,357	0.04%	0.97%
2031	47,125	68,798,574	-0.01%	0.93%
2032	47,105	69,426,441	-0.04%	0.91%
2033	47,066	70,040,484	-0.08%	0.88%
2034	47,007	70,641,572	-0.13%	0.86%
2035	46,930	71,234,749	-0.16%	0.84%
2036	46,825	71,816,372	-0.23%	0.82%
2037	46,717	72,387,807	-0.23%	0.8%
2038	46,594	72,949,611	-0.26%	0.78%
2039	46,463	73,496,152	-0.28%	0.75%
2040	46,315	74,035,615	-0.32%	0.73%
2041	46,154	74,575,444	-0.35%	0.73%
2042	45,983	75,111,899	-0.37%	0.72%
2043	45,783	75,641,512	-0.43%	0.71%
2044	45,579	76,164,461	-0.45%	0.69%
2045	45,362	76,681,448	-0.48%	0.68%
2046	45,147	77,199,542	-0.47%	0.68%
2047	44,925	77,716,650	-0.49%	0.67%
2048	44,699	78,215,323	-0.51%	0.64%
2049	44,478	78,699,584	-0.49%	0.62%
2050	44,251	79,177,329	-0.51%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis increased by 650 people (a 1.4% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saint Kitts and Nevis lost -110 (a 0.23% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Saint Kitts and Nevis was ranked 190th most populous country in 2005 and is 189th 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) Saint Kitts and Nevis' population will shrink by 5.8% to 44,251 people and will still be ranked 189th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.