Population in Saint Lucia compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saint Lucia	South Africa	Saint Lucia	South Africa
1960	92,585	16,440,172	-	-
1961	93,490	16,908,035	0.98%	2.85%
1962	94,505	17,418,522	1.09%	3.02%
1963	95,519	17,954,564	1.07%	3.08%
1964	96,505	18,511,361	1.03%	3.1%
1965	97,493	19,089,380	1.02%	3.12%
1966	98,463	19,690,087	0.99%	3.15%
1967	99,504	20,314,066	1.06%	3.17%
1968	100,675	20,957,287	1.18%	3.17%
1969	101,879	21,614,676	1.2%	3.14%
1970	103,165	22,279,984	1.26%	3.08%
1971	104,564	22,942,143	1.36%	2.97%
1972	106,002	23,609,456	1.38%	2.91%
1973	107,498	24,294,263	1.41%	2.9%
1974	109,076	24,989,108	1.47%	2.86%
1975	110,725	25,690,940	1.51%	2.81%
1976	112,425	26,395,450	1.54%	2.74%
1977	114,135	27,118,952	1.52%	2.74%
1978	115,834	27,869,507	1.49%	2.77%
1979	117,528	28,634,162	1.46%	2.74%
1980	119,290	29,518,857	1.5%	3.09%
1981	121,166	30,541,044	1.57%	3.46%
1982	123,087	31,615,339	1.59%	3.52%
1983	125,044	32,739,304	1.59%	3.56%
1984	127,067	33,892,788	1.62%	3.52%
1985	129,159	35,042,093	1.65%	3.39%
1986	131,239	36,180,515	1.61%	3.25%
1987	133,227	37,326,190	1.51%	3.17%
1988	135,000	38,480,649	1.33%	3.09%
1989	136,512	39,628,575	1.12%	2.98%
1990	137,857	40,746,268	0.99%	2.82%
1991	139,520	41,687,898	1.21%	2.31%
1992	141,617	42,443,509	1.5%	1.81%
1993	143,726	43,297,156	1.49%	2.01%
1994	145,890	44,004,139	1.51%	1.63%
1995	148,208	44,541,554	1.59%	1.22%
1996	150,436	45,123,018	1.5%	1.31%
1997	152,569	45,666,838	1.42%	1.21%
1998	154,677	46,223,880	1.38%	1.22%
1999	156,702	46,730,335	1.31%	1.1%
2000	158,616	47,159,719	1.22%	0.92%
2001	160,237	47,566,800	1.02%	0.86%
2002	161,641	48,019,415	0.88%	0.95%
2003	162,976	48,500,348	0.83%	1%
2004	164,239	48,991,421	0.77%	1.01%
2005	165,450	49,490,033	0.74%	1.02%
2006	166,639	49,998,277	0.72%	1.03%
2007	167,758	50,528,584	0.67%	1.06%
2008	168,808	51,114,599	0.63%	1.16%
2009	169,869	51,728,516	0.63%	1.2%
2010	170,906	52,344,051	0.61%	1.19%
2011	171,801	52,995,205	0.52%	1.24%
2012	172,587	53,782,567	0.46%	1.49%
2013	173,369	54,678,791	0.45%	1.67%
2014	174,138	55,594,838	0.44%	1.68%
2015	174,905	56,723,537	0.44%	2.03%
2016	175,646	57,259,551	0.42%	0.94%
2017	176,342	57,635,162	0.4%	0.66%
2018	177,017	58,613,001	0.38%	1.7%
2019	177,661	59,587,885	0.36%	1.66%
2020	178,250	60,562,381	0.33%	1.64%
2021	178,522	61,502,603	0.15%	1.55%
2022	178,781	62,378,410	0.15%	1.42%
2023	179,285	63,212,384	0.28%	1.34%
2024	179,744	64,007,187	0.26%	1.26%
2025	180,148	64,747,317	0.23%	1.16%
2026	180,489	65,453,086	0.19%	1.09%
2027	180,771	66,143,018	0.16%	1.05%
2028	181,003	66,830,384	0.13%	1.04%
2029	181,198	67,506,850	0.11%	1.01%
2030	181,360	68,161,357	0.09%	0.97%
2031	181,463	68,798,574	0.06%	0.93%
2032	181,495	69,426,441	0.02%	0.91%
2033	181,458	70,040,484	-0.02%	0.88%
2034	181,354	70,641,572	-0.06%	0.86%
2035	181,177	71,234,749	-0.1%	0.84%
2036	180,948	71,816,372	-0.13%	0.82%
2037	180,636	72,387,807	-0.17%	0.8%
2038	180,230	72,949,611	-0.22%	0.78%
2039	179,781	73,496,152	-0.25%	0.75%
2040	179,296	74,035,615	-0.27%	0.73%
2041	178,760	74,575,444	-0.3%	0.73%
2042	178,187	75,111,899	-0.32%	0.72%
2043	177,593	75,641,512	-0.33%	0.71%
2044	176,937	76,164,461	-0.37%	0.69%
2045	176,243	76,681,448	-0.39%	0.68%
2046	175,520	77,199,542	-0.41%	0.68%
2047	174,726	77,716,650	-0.45%	0.67%
2048	173,877	78,215,323	-0.49%	0.64%
2049	172,991	78,699,584	-0.51%	0.62%
2050	172,081	79,177,329	-0.53%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saint Lucia increased by 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saint Lucia gained 5,516 (a 3.15% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Saint Lucia was ranked 177th most populous country in 2005 and is 178th 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 Lucia's population will shrink by 4.62% to 172,081 people with a rank change from 178th to 179th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.