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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Serbia	South Africa	Serbia	South Africa
1960	6,638,992	16,440,172	-	-
1961	6,689,077	16,908,035	0.75%	2.85%
1962	6,740,264	17,418,522	0.77%	3.02%
1963	6,787,950	17,954,564	0.71%	3.08%
1964	6,832,855	18,511,361	0.66%	3.1%
1965	6,876,624	19,089,380	0.64%	3.12%
1966	6,927,969	19,690,087	0.75%	3.15%
1967	6,966,522	20,314,066	0.56%	3.17%
1968	7,007,586	20,957,287	0.59%	3.17%
1969	7,123,249	21,614,676	1.65%	3.14%
1970	7,164,993	22,279,984	0.59%	3.08%
1971	7,211,716	22,942,143	0.65%	2.97%
1972	7,252,012	23,609,456	0.56%	2.91%
1973	7,283,902	24,294,263	0.44%	2.9%
1974	7,326,043	24,989,108	0.58%	2.86%
1975	7,368,717	25,690,940	0.58%	2.81%
1976	7,418,973	26,395,450	0.68%	2.74%
1977	7,462,783	27,118,952	0.59%	2.74%
1978	7,504,017	27,869,507	0.55%	2.77%
1979	7,541,997	28,634,162	0.51%	2.74%
1980	7,709,544	29,518,857	2.22%	3.09%
1981	7,736,787	30,541,044	0.35%	3.46%
1982	7,763,335	31,615,339	0.34%	3.52%
1983	7,788,100	32,739,304	0.32%	3.56%
1984	7,813,549	33,892,788	0.33%	3.52%
1985	7,835,902	35,042,093	0.29%	3.39%
1986	7,853,824	36,180,515	0.23%	3.25%
1987	7,868,027	37,326,190	0.18%	3.17%
1988	7,884,218	38,480,649	0.21%	3.09%
1989	7,893,787	39,628,575	0.12%	2.98%
1990	7,897,937	40,746,268	0.05%	2.82%
1991	7,595,636	41,687,898	-3.83%	2.31%
1992	7,604,063	42,443,509	0.11%	1.81%
1993	7,614,328	43,297,156	0.13%	2.01%
1994	7,622,711	44,004,139	0.11%	1.63%
1995	7,628,264	44,541,554	0.07%	1.22%
1996	7,622,185	45,123,018	-0.08%	1.31%
1997	7,598,538	45,666,838	-0.31%	1.21%
1998	7,567,745	46,223,880	-0.41%	1.22%
1999	7,540,401	46,730,335	-0.36%	1.1%
2000	7,516,346	47,159,719	-0.32%	0.92%
2001	7,503,433	47,566,800	-0.17%	0.86%
2002	7,500,031	48,019,415	-0.05%	0.95%
2003	7,480,591	48,500,348	-0.26%	1%
2004	7,463,157	48,991,421	-0.23%	1.01%
2005	7,440,769	49,490,033	-0.3%	1.02%
2006	7,411,569	49,998,277	-0.39%	1.03%
2007	7,381,579	50,528,584	-0.4%	1.06%
2008	7,350,222	51,114,599	-0.42%	1.16%
2009	7,320,807	51,728,516	-0.4%	1.2%
2010	7,291,436	52,344,051	-0.4%	1.19%
2011	7,236,519	52,995,205	-0.75%	1.24%
2012	7,201,497	53,782,567	-0.48%	1.49%
2013	7,166,553	54,678,791	-0.49%	1.67%
2014	7,131,787	55,594,838	-0.49%	1.68%
2015	7,095,383	56,723,537	-0.51%	2.03%
2016	7,058,322	57,259,551	-0.52%	0.94%
2017	7,020,858	57,635,162	-0.53%	0.66%
2018	6,982,604	58,613,001	-0.54%	1.7%
2019	6,945,235	59,587,885	-0.54%	1.66%
2020	6,899,126	60,562,381	-0.66%	1.64%
2021	6,834,326	61,502,603	-0.94%	1.55%
2022	6,664,449	62,378,410	-2.49%	1.42%
2023	6,623,183	63,212,384	-0.62%	1.34%
2024	6,587,202	64,007,187	-0.54%	1.26%
2025	6,541,064	64,747,317	-0.7%	1.16%
2026	6,495,033	65,453,086	-0.7%	1.09%
2027	6,451,587	66,143,018	-0.67%	1.05%
2028	6,407,523	66,830,384	-0.68%	1.04%
2029	6,363,135	67,506,850	-0.69%	1.01%
2030	6,318,273	68,161,357	-0.71%	0.97%
2031	6,272,974	68,798,574	-0.72%	0.93%
2032	6,227,395	69,426,441	-0.73%	0.91%
2033	6,181,396	70,040,484	-0.74%	0.88%
2034	6,135,163	70,641,572	-0.75%	0.86%
2035	6,088,832	71,234,749	-0.76%	0.84%
2036	6,042,364	71,816,372	-0.76%	0.82%
2037	5,995,710	72,387,807	-0.77%	0.8%
2038	5,948,872	72,949,611	-0.78%	0.78%
2039	5,901,891	73,496,152	-0.79%	0.75%
2040	5,855,009	74,035,615	-0.79%	0.73%
2041	5,808,317	74,575,444	-0.8%	0.73%
2042	5,761,829	75,111,899	-0.8%	0.72%
2043	5,715,931	75,641,512	-0.8%	0.71%
2044	5,670,687	76,164,461	-0.79%	0.69%
2045	5,625,991	76,681,448	-0.79%	0.68%
2046	5,581,867	77,199,542	-0.78%	0.68%
2047	5,538,323	77,716,650	-0.78%	0.67%
2048	5,495,303	78,215,323	-0.78%	0.64%
2049	5,452,676	78,699,584	-0.78%	0.62%
2050	5,410,466	79,177,329	-0.77%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Serbia decreased by 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Serbia lost -554,319 (a 7.81% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Serbia was ranked 96th most populous country in 2005 and is 110th 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) Serbia's population will shrink by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people with a rank change from 110th to 125th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.