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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Spain	South Africa	Spain
1960	16,440,172	30,455,000	-	-
1961	16,908,035	30,739,250	2.85%	0.93%
1962	17,418,522	31,023,366	3.02%	0.92%
1963	17,954,564	31,296,651	3.08%	0.88%
1964	18,511,361	31,609,195	3.1%	1%
1965	19,089,380	31,954,292	3.12%	1.09%
1966	19,690,087	32,283,194	3.15%	1.03%
1967	20,314,066	32,682,947	3.17%	1.24%
1968	20,957,287	33,113,134	3.17%	1.32%
1969	21,614,676	33,441,054	3.14%	0.99%
1970	22,279,984	33,814,531	3.08%	1.12%
1971	22,942,143	34,224,490	2.97%	1.21%
1972	23,609,456	34,604,469	2.91%	1.11%
1973	24,294,263	34,988,947	2.9%	1.11%
1974	24,989,108	35,373,335	2.86%	1.1%
1975	25,690,940	35,757,900	2.81%	1.09%
1976	26,395,450	36,137,812	2.74%	1.06%
1977	27,118,952	36,511,638	2.74%	1.03%
1978	27,869,507	36,864,898	2.77%	0.97%
1979	28,634,162	37,191,330	2.74%	0.89%
1980	29,518,857	37,491,165	3.09%	0.81%
1981	30,541,044	37,758,631	3.46%	0.71%
1982	31,615,339	37,986,012	3.52%	0.6%
1983	32,739,304	38,171,525	3.56%	0.49%
1984	33,892,788	38,330,364	3.52%	0.42%
1985	35,042,093	38,469,512	3.39%	0.36%
1986	36,180,515	38,584,624	3.25%	0.3%
1987	37,326,190	38,684,815	3.17%	0.26%
1988	38,480,649	38,766,939	3.09%	0.21%
1989	39,628,575	38,827,764	2.98%	0.16%
1990	40,746,268	38,867,322	2.82%	0.1%
1991	41,687,898	38,966,376	2.31%	0.25%
1992	42,443,509	39,157,685	1.81%	0.49%
1993	43,297,156	39,361,262	2.01%	0.52%
1994	44,004,139	39,549,108	1.63%	0.48%
1995	44,541,554	39,724,050	1.22%	0.44%
1996	45,123,018	39,889,852	1.31%	0.42%
1997	45,666,838	40,057,389	1.21%	0.42%
1998	46,223,880	40,223,509	1.22%	0.41%
1999	46,730,335	40,386,875	1.1%	0.41%
2000	47,159,719	40,567,864	0.92%	0.45%
2001	47,566,800	40,850,412	0.86%	0.7%
2002	48,019,415	41,431,558	0.95%	1.42%
2003	48,500,348	42,187,645	1%	1.82%
2004	48,991,421	42,921,895	1.01%	1.74%
2005	49,490,033	43,653,155	1.02%	1.7%
2006	49,998,277	44,397,319	1.03%	1.7%
2007	50,528,584	45,226,803	1.06%	1.87%
2008	51,114,599	45,954,106	1.16%	1.61%
2009	51,728,516	46,362,946	1.2%	0.89%
2010	52,344,051	46,576,897	1.19%	0.46%
2011	52,995,205	46,742,697	1.24%	0.36%
2012	53,782,567	46,773,055	1.49%	0.06%
2013	54,678,791	46,604,197	1.67%	-0.36%
2014	55,594,838	46,460,733	1.68%	-0.31%
2015	56,723,537	46,422,303	2.03%	-0.08%
2016	57,259,551	46,458,139	0.94%	0.08%
2017	57,635,162	46,571,232	0.66%	0.24%
2018	58,613,001	46,782,011	1.7%	0.45%
2019	59,587,885	47,118,501	1.66%	0.72%
2020	60,562,381	47,359,424	1.64%	0.51%
2021	61,502,603	47,443,821	1.55%	0.18%
2022	62,378,410	47,786,102	1.42%	0.72%
2023	63,212,384	48,347,910	1.34%	1.18%
2024	64,007,187	48,807,137	1.26%	0.95%
2025	64,747,317	48,786,181	1.16%	-0.04%
2026	65,453,086	48,746,279	1.09%	-0.08%
2027	66,143,018	48,696,847	1.05%	-0.1%
2028	66,830,384	48,642,132	1.04%	-0.11%
2029	67,506,850	48,578,166	1.01%	-0.13%
2030	68,161,357	48,501,513	0.97%	-0.16%
2031	68,798,574	48,412,854	0.93%	-0.18%
2032	69,426,441	48,321,195	0.91%	-0.19%
2033	70,040,484	48,230,054	0.88%	-0.19%
2034	70,641,572	48,136,421	0.86%	-0.19%
2035	71,234,749	48,036,650	0.84%	-0.21%
2036	71,816,372	47,929,957	0.82%	-0.22%
2037	72,387,807	47,819,257	0.8%	-0.23%
2038	72,949,611	47,706,580	0.78%	-0.24%
2039	73,496,152	47,588,878	0.75%	-0.25%
2040	74,035,615	47,463,597	0.73%	-0.26%
2041	74,575,444	47,332,618	0.73%	-0.28%
2042	75,111,899	47,194,588	0.72%	-0.29%
2043	75,641,512	47,052,293	0.71%	-0.3%
2044	76,164,461	46,902,636	0.69%	-0.32%
2045	76,681,448	46,738,565	0.68%	-0.35%
2046	77,199,542	46,564,383	0.68%	-0.37%
2047	77,716,650	46,381,681	0.67%	-0.39%
2048	78,215,323	46,190,642	0.64%	-0.41%
2049	78,699,584	45,985,428	0.62%	-0.44%
2050	79,177,329	45,769,362	0.61%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.