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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Singapore	South Africa	Singapore	South Africa
1960	1,646,400	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,702,400	16,908,035	3.4%	2.85%
1962	1,750,200	17,418,522	2.81%	3.02%
1963	1,795,000	17,954,564	2.56%	3.08%
1964	1,841,600	18,511,361	2.6%	3.1%
1965	1,886,900	19,089,380	2.46%	3.12%
1966	1,934,400	19,690,087	2.52%	3.15%
1967	1,977,600	20,314,066	2.23%	3.17%
1968	2,012,000	20,957,287	1.74%	3.17%
1969	2,042,500	21,614,676	1.52%	3.14%
1970	2,074,507	22,279,984	1.57%	3.08%
1971	2,112,900	22,942,143	1.85%	2.97%
1972	2,152,400	23,609,456	1.87%	2.91%
1973	2,193,000	24,294,263	1.89%	2.9%
1974	2,229,800	24,989,108	1.68%	2.86%
1975	2,262,600	25,690,940	1.47%	2.81%
1976	2,293,300	26,395,450	1.36%	2.74%
1977	2,325,300	27,118,952	1.4%	2.74%
1978	2,353,600	27,869,507	1.22%	2.77%
1979	2,383,500	28,634,162	1.27%	2.74%
1980	2,413,945	29,518,857	1.28%	3.09%
1981	2,532,835	30,541,044	4.93%	3.46%
1982	2,646,466	31,615,339	4.49%	3.52%
1983	2,681,061	32,739,304	1.31%	3.56%
1984	2,732,221	33,892,788	1.91%	3.52%
1985	2,735,957	35,042,093	0.14%	3.39%
1986	2,733,373	36,180,515	-0.09%	3.25%
1987	2,774,789	37,326,190	1.52%	3.17%
1988	2,846,108	38,480,649	2.57%	3.09%
1989	2,930,901	39,628,575	2.98%	2.98%
1990	3,047,132	40,746,268	3.97%	2.82%
1991	3,135,083	41,687,898	2.89%	2.31%
1992	3,230,698	42,443,509	3.05%	1.81%
1993	3,313,471	43,297,156	2.56%	2.01%
1994	3,419,048	44,004,139	3.19%	1.63%
1995	3,524,506	44,541,554	3.08%	1.22%
1996	3,670,704	45,123,018	4.15%	1.31%
1997	3,796,038	45,666,838	3.41%	1.21%
1998	3,927,213	46,223,880	3.46%	1.22%
1999	3,958,723	46,730,335	0.8%	1.1%
2000	4,027,887	47,159,719	1.75%	0.92%
2001	4,138,012	47,566,800	2.73%	0.86%
2002	4,175,950	48,019,415	0.92%	0.95%
2003	4,114,826	48,500,348	-1.46%	1%
2004	4,166,664	48,991,421	1.26%	1.01%
2005	4,265,762	49,490,033	2.38%	1.02%
2006	4,401,365	49,998,277	3.18%	1.03%
2007	4,588,599	50,528,584	4.25%	1.06%
2008	4,839,396	51,114,599	5.47%	1.16%
2009	4,987,573	51,728,516	3.06%	1.2%
2010	5,076,732	52,344,051	1.79%	1.19%
2011	5,183,688	52,995,205	2.11%	1.24%
2012	5,312,437	53,782,567	2.48%	1.49%
2013	5,399,162	54,678,791	1.63%	1.67%
2014	5,469,724	55,594,838	1.31%	1.68%
2015	5,535,002	56,723,537	1.19%	2.03%
2016	5,607,283	57,259,551	1.31%	0.94%
2017	5,612,253	57,635,162	0.09%	0.66%
2018	5,638,676	58,613,001	0.47%	1.7%
2019	5,703,569	59,587,885	1.15%	1.66%
2020	5,685,807	60,562,381	-0.31%	1.64%
2021	5,453,566	61,502,603	-4.08%	1.55%
2022	5,637,022	62,378,410	3.36%	1.42%
2023	5,917,648	63,212,384	4.98%	1.34%
2024	6,036,860	64,007,187	2.01%	1.26%
2025	6,076,565	64,747,317	0.66%	1.16%
2026	6,112,792	65,453,086	0.6%	1.09%
2027	6,147,775	66,143,018	0.57%	1.05%
2028	6,182,764	66,830,384	0.57%	1.04%
2029	6,214,576	67,506,850	0.51%	1.01%
2030	6,242,825	68,161,357	0.45%	0.97%
2031	6,270,800	68,798,574	0.45%	0.93%
2032	6,298,559	69,426,441	0.44%	0.91%
2033	6,325,401	70,040,484	0.43%	0.88%
2034	6,349,852	70,641,572	0.39%	0.86%
2035	6,368,948	71,234,749	0.3%	0.84%
2036	6,383,048	71,816,372	0.22%	0.82%
2037	6,394,813	72,387,807	0.18%	0.8%
2038	6,404,994	72,949,611	0.16%	0.78%
2039	6,411,057	73,496,152	0.09%	0.75%
2040	6,411,962	74,035,615	0.01%	0.73%
2041	6,408,383	74,575,444	-0.06%	0.73%
2042	6,402,235	75,111,899	-0.1%	0.72%
2043	6,394,872	75,641,512	-0.12%	0.71%
2044	6,384,418	76,164,461	-0.16%	0.69%
2045	6,372,013	76,681,448	-0.19%	0.68%
2046	6,358,982	77,199,542	-0.2%	0.68%
2047	6,343,000	77,716,650	-0.25%	0.67%
2048	6,327,523	78,215,323	-0.24%	0.64%
2049	6,312,515	78,699,584	-0.24%	0.62%
2050	6,294,905	79,177,329	-0.28%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Singapore increased by 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Singapore gained 570,663 (a 10.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Singapore was ranked 119th most populous country in 2005 and is 113th 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) Singapore's population will grow by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.