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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	South Korea	South Africa	South Korea
1960	16,440,172	25,012,374	-	-
1961	16,908,035	25,765,673	2.85%	3.01%
1962	17,418,522	26,513,030	3.02%	2.9%
1963	17,954,564	27,261,747	3.08%	2.82%
1964	18,511,361	27,984,155	3.1%	2.65%
1965	19,089,380	28,704,674	3.12%	2.57%
1966	19,690,087	29,435,571	3.15%	2.55%
1967	20,314,066	30,130,983	3.17%	2.36%
1968	20,957,287	30,838,302	3.17%	2.35%
1969	21,614,676	31,544,266	3.14%	2.29%
1970	22,279,984	32,240,827	3.08%	2.21%
1971	22,942,143	32,882,704	2.97%	1.99%
1972	23,609,456	33,505,406	2.91%	1.89%
1973	24,294,263	34,103,149	2.9%	1.78%
1974	24,989,108	34,692,266	2.86%	1.73%
1975	25,690,940	35,280,725	2.81%	1.7%
1976	26,395,450	35,848,523	2.74%	1.61%
1977	27,118,952	36,411,795	2.74%	1.57%
1978	27,869,507	36,969,185	2.77%	1.53%
1979	28,634,162	37,534,236	2.74%	1.53%
1980	29,518,857	38,123,775	3.09%	1.57%
1981	30,541,044	38,723,248	3.46%	1.57%
1982	31,615,339	39,326,352	3.52%	1.56%
1983	32,739,304	39,910,403	3.56%	1.49%
1984	33,892,788	40,405,956	3.52%	1.24%
1985	35,042,093	40,805,744	3.39%	0.99%
1986	36,180,515	41,213,674	3.25%	1%
1987	37,326,190	41,621,690	3.17%	0.99%
1988	38,480,649	42,031,247	3.09%	0.98%
1989	39,628,575	42,449,038	2.98%	0.99%
1990	40,746,268	42,869,283	2.82%	0.99%
1991	41,687,898	43,295,704	2.31%	0.99%
1992	42,443,509	43,747,962	1.81%	1.04%
1993	43,297,156	44,194,628	2.01%	1.02%
1994	44,004,139	44,641,540	1.63%	1.01%
1995	44,541,554	45,092,991	1.22%	1.01%
1996	45,123,018	45,524,681	1.31%	0.96%
1997	45,666,838	45,953,580	1.21%	0.94%
1998	46,223,880	46,286,503	1.22%	0.72%
1999	46,730,335	46,616,677	1.1%	0.71%
2000	47,159,719	47,008,111	0.92%	0.84%
2001	47,566,800	47,370,164	0.86%	0.77%
2002	48,019,415	47,644,736	0.95%	0.58%
2003	48,500,348	47,892,330	1%	0.52%
2004	48,991,421	48,082,519	1.01%	0.4%
2005	49,490,033	48,184,561	1.02%	0.21%
2006	49,998,277	48,438,292	1.03%	0.53%
2007	50,528,584	48,683,638	1.06%	0.51%
2008	51,114,599	49,054,708	1.16%	0.76%
2009	51,728,516	49,307,835	1.2%	0.52%
2010	52,344,051	49,554,112	1.19%	0.5%
2011	52,995,205	49,936,638	1.24%	0.77%
2012	53,782,567	50,199,853	1.49%	0.53%
2013	54,678,791	50,428,893	1.67%	0.46%
2014	55,594,838	50,746,659	1.68%	0.63%
2015	56,723,537	51,014,947	2.03%	0.53%
2016	57,259,551	51,217,803	0.94%	0.4%
2017	57,635,162	51,361,911	0.66%	0.28%
2018	58,613,001	51,585,058	1.7%	0.43%
2019	59,587,885	51,764,822	1.66%	0.35%
2020	60,562,381	51,836,239	1.64%	0.14%
2021	61,502,603	51,769,539	1.55%	-0.13%
2022	62,378,410	51,672,569	1.42%	-0.19%
2023	63,212,384	51,712,619	1.34%	0.08%
2024	64,007,187	51,751,065	1.26%	0.07%
2025	64,747,317	51,700,480	1.16%	-0.1%
2026	65,453,086	51,633,793	1.09%	-0.13%
2027	66,143,018	51,552,198	1.05%	-0.16%
2028	66,830,384	51,456,707	1.04%	-0.19%
2029	67,506,850	51,347,230	1.01%	-0.21%
2030	68,161,357	51,221,713	0.97%	-0.24%
2031	68,798,574	51,081,220	0.93%	-0.27%
2032	69,426,441	50,924,233	0.91%	-0.31%
2033	70,040,484	50,747,132	0.88%	-0.35%
2034	70,641,572	50,549,508	0.86%	-0.39%
2035	71,234,749	50,333,286	0.84%	-0.43%
2036	71,816,372	50,098,951	0.82%	-0.47%
2037	72,387,807	49,845,669	0.8%	-0.51%
2038	72,949,611	49,573,234	0.78%	-0.55%
2039	73,496,152	49,283,770	0.75%	-0.58%
2040	74,035,615	48,980,369	0.73%	-0.62%
2041	74,575,444	48,661,905	0.73%	-0.65%
2042	75,111,899	48,331,004	0.72%	-0.68%
2043	75,641,512	47,990,085	0.71%	-0.71%
2044	76,164,461	47,634,183	0.69%	-0.74%
2045	76,681,448	47,263,526	0.68%	-0.78%
2046	77,199,542	46,881,228	0.68%	-0.81%
2047	77,716,650	46,482,133	0.67%	-0.85%
2048	78,215,323	46,063,595	0.64%	-0.9%
2049	78,699,584	45,626,805	0.62%	-0.95%
2050	79,177,329	45,172,356	0.61%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) South Africa's population will grow by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people with a rank change from 24th to 23rd. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.