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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Slovakia	South Africa	Slovakia	South Africa
1960	4,068,095	16,440,172	-	-
1961	4,191,667	16,908,035	3.04%	2.85%
1962	4,238,188	17,418,522	1.11%	3.02%
1963	4,282,017	17,954,564	1.03%	3.08%
1964	4,327,341	18,511,361	1.06%	3.1%
1965	4,370,983	19,089,380	1.01%	3.12%
1966	4,411,666	19,690,087	0.93%	3.15%
1967	4,449,367	20,314,066	0.85%	3.17%
1968	4,483,915	20,957,287	0.78%	3.17%
1969	4,518,607	21,614,676	0.77%	3.14%
1970	4,538,223	22,279,984	0.43%	3.08%
1971	4,557,449	22,942,143	0.42%	2.97%
1972	4,596,622	23,609,456	0.86%	2.91%
1973	4,641,445	24,294,263	0.98%	2.9%
1974	4,689,623	24,989,108	1.04%	2.86%
1975	4,739,105	25,690,940	1.06%	2.81%
1976	4,789,507	26,395,450	1.06%	2.74%
1977	4,840,501	27,118,952	1.06%	2.74%
1978	4,890,125	27,869,507	1.03%	2.77%
1979	4,938,973	28,634,162	1%	2.74%
1980	4,979,815	29,518,857	0.83%	3.09%
1981	5,016,105	30,541,044	0.73%	3.46%
1982	5,055,099	31,615,339	0.78%	3.52%
1983	5,091,971	32,739,304	0.73%	3.56%
1984	5,127,097	33,892,788	0.69%	3.52%
1985	5,161,768	35,042,093	0.68%	3.39%
1986	5,193,838	36,180,515	0.62%	3.25%
1987	5,222,840	37,326,190	0.56%	3.17%
1988	5,250,596	38,480,649	0.53%	3.09%
1989	5,275,942	39,628,575	0.48%	2.98%
1990	5,299,187	40,746,268	0.44%	2.82%
1991	5,303,294	41,687,898	0.08%	2.31%
1992	5,305,016	42,443,509	0.03%	1.81%
1993	5,325,305	43,297,156	0.38%	2.01%
1994	5,346,331	44,004,139	0.39%	1.63%
1995	5,361,999	44,541,554	0.29%	1.22%
1996	5,373,361	45,123,018	0.21%	1.31%
1997	5,383,291	45,666,838	0.18%	1.21%
1998	5,390,516	46,223,880	0.13%	1.22%
1999	5,396,020	46,730,335	0.1%	1.1%
2000	5,388,720	47,159,719	-0.14%	0.92%
2001	5,378,867	47,566,800	-0.18%	0.86%
2002	5,376,912	48,019,415	-0.04%	0.95%
2003	5,373,374	48,500,348	-0.07%	1%
2004	5,372,280	48,991,421	-0.02%	1.01%
2005	5,372,807	49,490,033	0.01%	1.02%
2006	5,373,054	49,998,277	0.005%	1.03%
2007	5,374,622	50,528,584	0.03%	1.06%
2008	5,379,233	51,114,599	0.09%	1.16%
2009	5,386,406	51,728,516	0.13%	1.2%
2010	5,391,428	52,344,051	0.09%	1.19%
2011	5,398,384	52,995,205	0.13%	1.24%
2012	5,407,579	53,782,567	0.17%	1.49%
2013	5,413,393	54,678,791	0.11%	1.67%
2014	5,418,649	55,594,838	0.1%	1.68%
2015	5,423,801	56,723,537	0.1%	2.03%
2016	5,430,798	57,259,551	0.13%	0.94%
2017	5,439,232	57,635,162	0.16%	0.66%
2018	5,446,771	58,613,001	0.14%	1.7%
2019	5,454,147	59,587,885	0.14%	1.66%
2020	5,458,827	60,562,381	0.09%	1.64%
2021	5,447,247	61,502,603	-0.21%	1.55%
2022	5,431,752	62,378,410	-0.28%	1.42%
2023	5,426,740	63,212,384	-0.09%	1.34%
2024	5,422,069	64,007,187	-0.09%	1.26%
2025	5,390,674	64,747,317	-0.58%	1.16%
2026	5,367,504	65,453,086	-0.43%	1.09%
2027	5,357,756	66,143,018	-0.18%	1.05%
2028	5,346,292	66,830,384	-0.21%	1.04%
2029	5,333,135	67,506,850	-0.25%	1.01%
2030	5,318,323	68,161,357	-0.28%	0.97%
2031	5,302,079	68,798,574	-0.31%	0.93%
2032	5,284,585	69,426,441	-0.33%	0.91%
2033	5,265,970	70,040,484	-0.35%	0.88%
2034	5,246,341	70,641,572	-0.37%	0.86%
2035	5,225,725	71,234,749	-0.39%	0.84%
2036	5,204,191	71,816,372	-0.41%	0.82%
2037	5,181,996	72,387,807	-0.43%	0.8%
2038	5,159,193	72,949,611	-0.44%	0.78%
2039	5,135,906	73,496,152	-0.45%	0.75%
2040	5,112,164	74,035,615	-0.46%	0.73%
2041	5,088,002	74,575,444	-0.47%	0.73%
2042	5,063,600	75,111,899	-0.48%	0.72%
2043	5,038,933	75,641,512	-0.49%	0.71%
2044	5,014,014	76,164,461	-0.49%	0.69%
2045	4,988,989	76,681,448	-0.5%	0.68%
2046	4,963,847	77,199,542	-0.5%	0.68%
2047	4,938,476	77,716,650	-0.51%	0.67%
2048	4,912,885	78,215,323	-0.52%	0.64%
2049	4,886,923	78,699,584	-0.53%	0.62%
2050	4,860,572	79,177,329	-0.54%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovakia increased by 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovakia lost -33,127 (a 0.61% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Slovakia was ranked 109th most populous country in 2005 and is 125th 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) Slovakia's population will shrink by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people with a rank change from 125th to 129th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.