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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Suriname	South Africa	Suriname
1960	16,440,172	263,918	-	-
1961	16,908,035	272,791	2.85%	3.36%
1962	17,418,522	283,912	3.02%	4.08%
1963	17,954,564	297,034	3.08%	4.62%
1964	18,511,361	309,041	3.1%	4.04%
1965	19,089,380	320,000	3.12%	3.55%
1966	19,690,087	331,135	3.15%	3.48%
1967	20,314,066	342,679	3.17%	3.49%
1968	20,957,287	354,616	3.17%	3.48%
1969	21,614,676	366,906	3.14%	3.47%
1970	22,279,984	379,442	3.08%	3.42%
1971	22,942,143	391,932	2.97%	3.29%
1972	23,609,456	397,413	2.91%	1.4%
1973	24,294,263	395,772	2.9%	-0.41%
1974	24,989,108	393,676	2.86%	-0.53%
1975	25,690,940	391,170	2.81%	-0.64%
1976	26,395,450	388,289	2.74%	-0.74%
1977	27,118,952	385,067	2.74%	-0.83%
1978	27,869,507	381,502	2.77%	-0.93%
1979	28,634,162	377,602	2.74%	-1.02%
1980	29,518,857	375,377	3.09%	-0.59%
1981	30,541,044	375,459	3.46%	0.02%
1982	31,615,339	376,555	3.52%	0.29%
1983	32,739,304	378,746	3.56%	0.58%
1984	33,892,788	382,193	3.52%	0.91%
1985	35,042,093	386,972	3.39%	1.25%
1986	36,180,515	392,330	3.25%	1.38%
1987	37,326,190	396,911	3.17%	1.17%
1988	38,480,649	402,227	3.09%	1.34%
1989	39,628,575	408,409	2.98%	1.54%
1990	40,746,268	412,493	2.82%	1%
1991	41,687,898	415,013	2.31%	0.61%
1992	42,443,509	417,589	1.81%	0.62%
1993	43,297,156	419,352	2.01%	0.42%
1994	44,004,139	422,375	1.63%	0.72%
1995	44,541,554	429,606	1.22%	1.71%
1996	45,123,018	438,830	1.31%	2.15%
1997	45,666,838	448,067	1.21%	2.1%
1998	46,223,880	457,406	1.22%	2.08%
1999	46,730,335	466,916	1.1%	2.08%
2000	47,159,719	476,643	0.92%	2.08%
2001	47,566,800	486,560	0.86%	2.08%
2002	48,019,415	496,551	0.95%	2.05%
2003	48,500,348	506,414	1%	1.99%
2004	48,991,421	513,923	1.01%	1.48%
2005	49,490,033	519,313	1.02%	1.05%
2006	49,998,277	524,997	1.03%	1.09%
2007	50,528,584	531,016	1.06%	1.15%
2008	51,114,599	537,245	1.16%	1.17%
2009	51,728,516	543,568	1.2%	1.18%
2010	52,344,051	549,923	1.19%	1.17%
2011	52,995,205	556,269	1.24%	1.15%
2012	53,782,567	562,633	1.49%	1.14%
2013	54,678,791	569,020	1.67%	1.14%
2014	55,594,838	575,373	1.68%	1.12%
2015	56,723,537	581,627	2.03%	1.09%
2016	57,259,551	587,757	0.94%	1.05%
2017	57,635,162	593,713	0.66%	1.01%
2018	58,613,001	599,513	1.7%	0.98%
2019	59,587,885	605,768	1.66%	1.04%
2020	60,562,381	612,317	1.64%	1.08%
2021	61,502,603	617,896	1.55%	0.91%
2022	62,378,410	623,164	1.42%	0.85%
2023	63,212,384	628,886	1.34%	0.92%
2024	64,007,187	634,431	1.26%	0.88%
2025	64,747,317	639,852	1.16%	0.85%
2026	65,453,086	645,257	1.09%	0.84%
2027	66,143,018	650,564	1.05%	0.82%
2028	66,830,384	655,783	1.04%	0.8%
2029	67,506,850	660,793	1.01%	0.76%
2030	68,161,357	665,650	0.97%	0.74%
2031	68,798,574	670,421	0.93%	0.72%
2032	69,426,441	675,070	0.91%	0.69%
2033	70,040,484	679,573	0.88%	0.67%
2034	70,641,572	683,911	0.86%	0.64%
2035	71,234,749	688,189	0.84%	0.63%
2036	71,816,372	692,343	0.82%	0.6%
2037	72,387,807	696,213	0.8%	0.56%
2038	72,949,611	699,908	0.78%	0.53%
2039	73,496,152	703,569	0.75%	0.52%
2040	74,035,615	707,156	0.73%	0.51%
2041	74,575,444	710,619	0.73%	0.49%
2042	75,111,899	713,900	0.72%	0.46%
2043	75,641,512	716,999	0.71%	0.43%
2044	76,164,461	719,920	0.69%	0.41%
2045	76,681,448	722,759	0.68%	0.39%
2046	77,199,542	725,322	0.68%	0.35%
2047	77,716,650	727,726	0.67%	0.33%
2048	78,215,323	730,038	0.64%	0.32%
2049	78,699,584	732,021	0.62%	0.27%
2050	79,177,329	733,898	0.61%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) South Africa's population will grow by 21% to 79,177,329 people with a rank change from 24th to 23rd. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.