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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	South Sudan	South Africa	South Sudan
1960	16,440,172	2,931,559	-	-
1961	16,908,035	2,976,724	2.85%	1.54%
1962	17,418,522	3,024,308	3.02%	1.6%
1963	17,954,564	3,072,669	3.08%	1.6%
1964	18,511,361	3,129,918	3.1%	1.86%
1965	19,089,380	3,189,835	3.12%	1.91%
1966	19,690,087	3,236,423	3.15%	1.46%
1967	20,314,066	3,277,648	3.17%	1.27%
1968	20,957,287	3,321,528	3.17%	1.34%
1969	21,614,676	3,365,533	3.14%	1.32%
1970	22,279,984	3,409,614	3.08%	1.31%
1971	22,942,143	3,468,646	2.97%	1.73%
1972	23,609,456	3,542,497	2.91%	2.13%
1973	24,294,263	3,627,383	2.9%	2.4%
1974	24,989,108	3,723,259	2.86%	2.64%
1975	25,690,940	3,821,494	2.81%	2.64%
1976	26,395,450	3,921,910	2.74%	2.63%
1977	27,118,952	4,024,032	2.74%	2.6%
1978	27,869,507	4,127,657	2.77%	2.58%
1979	28,634,162	4,232,605	2.74%	2.54%
1980	29,518,857	4,339,030	3.09%	2.51%
1981	30,541,044	4,447,272	3.46%	2.49%
1982	31,615,339	4,557,686	3.52%	2.48%
1983	32,739,304	4,661,574	3.56%	2.28%
1984	33,892,788	4,750,627	3.52%	1.91%
1985	35,042,093	4,834,296	3.39%	1.76%
1986	36,180,515	4,921,240	3.25%	1.8%
1987	37,326,190	4,962,395	3.17%	0.84%
1988	38,480,649	4,848,029	3.09%	-2.3%
1989	39,628,575	4,713,229	2.98%	-2.78%
1990	40,746,268	4,737,633	2.82%	0.52%
1991	41,687,898	4,836,677	2.31%	2.09%
1992	42,443,509	4,909,749	1.81%	1.51%
1993	43,297,156	4,956,002	2.01%	0.94%
1994	44,004,139	5,071,184	1.63%	2.32%
1995	44,541,554	5,225,836	1.22%	3.05%
1996	45,123,018	5,356,925	1.31%	2.51%
1997	45,666,838	5,509,136	1.21%	2.84%
1998	46,223,880	5,620,068	1.22%	2.01%
1999	46,730,335	5,771,628	1.1%	2.7%
2000	47,159,719	6,032,267	0.92%	4.52%
2001	47,566,800	6,308,391	0.86%	4.58%
2002	48,019,415	6,596,806	0.95%	4.57%
2003	48,500,348	6,903,127	1%	4.64%
2004	48,991,421	7,233,041	1.01%	4.78%
2005	49,490,033	7,590,143	1.02%	4.94%
2006	49,998,277	7,976,526	1.03%	5.09%
2007	50,528,584	8,388,788	1.06%	5.17%
2008	51,114,599	8,817,647	1.16%	5.11%
2009	51,728,516	9,243,556	1.2%	4.83%
2010	52,344,051	9,745,953	1.19%	5.44%
2011	52,995,205	10,288,109	1.24%	5.56%
2012	53,782,567	10,756,240	1.49%	4.55%
2013	54,678,791	11,166,275	1.67%	3.81%
2014	55,594,838	11,235,073	1.68%	0.62%
2015	56,723,537	11,107,561	2.03%	-1.13%
2016	57,259,551	10,830,102	0.94%	-2.5%
2017	57,635,162	10,259,154	0.66%	-5.27%
2018	58,613,001	10,122,977	1.7%	-1.33%
2019	59,587,885	10,423,384	1.66%	2.97%
2020	60,562,381	10,698,467	1.64%	2.64%
2021	61,502,603	10,865,780	1.55%	1.56%
2022	62,378,410	11,021,177	1.42%	1.43%
2023	63,212,384	11,483,374	1.34%	4.19%
2024	64,007,187	11,943,408	1.26%	4.01%
2025	64,747,317	12,188,793	1.16%	2.05%
2026	65,453,086	12,436,036	1.09%	2.03%
2027	66,143,018	12,687,301	1.05%	2.02%
2028	66,830,384	12,941,503	1.04%	2%
2029	67,506,850	13,198,080	1.01%	1.98%
2030	68,161,357	13,457,446	0.97%	1.97%
2031	68,798,574	13,725,413	0.93%	1.99%
2032	69,426,441	13,996,343	0.91%	1.97%
2033	70,040,484	14,261,762	0.88%	1.9%
2034	70,641,572	14,527,550	0.86%	1.86%
2035	71,234,749	14,798,602	0.84%	1.87%
2036	71,816,372	15,070,098	0.82%	1.83%
2037	72,387,807	15,335,700	0.8%	1.76%
2038	72,949,611	15,595,968	0.78%	1.7%
2039	73,496,152	15,850,696	0.75%	1.63%
2040	74,035,615	16,101,470	0.73%	1.58%
2041	74,575,444	16,350,149	0.73%	1.54%
2042	75,111,899	16,593,361	0.72%	1.49%
2043	75,641,512	16,829,209	0.71%	1.42%
2044	76,164,461	17,060,176	0.69%	1.37%
2045	76,681,448	17,286,412	0.68%	1.33%
2046	77,199,542	17,509,693	0.68%	1.29%
2047	77,716,650	17,728,331	0.67%	1.25%
2048	78,215,323	17,938,437	0.64%	1.19%
2049	78,699,584	18,142,893	0.62%	1.14%
2050	79,177,329	18,341,968	0.61%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.