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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Sweden	South Africa	Sweden
1960	16,440,172	7,484,656	-	-
1961	16,908,035	7,519,998	2.85%	0.47%
1962	17,418,522	7,561,588	3.02%	0.55%
1963	17,954,564	7,604,328	3.08%	0.57%
1964	18,511,361	7,661,354	3.1%	0.75%
1965	19,089,380	7,733,853	3.12%	0.95%
1966	19,690,087	7,807,797	3.15%	0.96%
1967	20,314,066	7,867,931	3.17%	0.77%
1968	20,957,287	7,912,273	3.17%	0.56%
1969	21,614,676	7,968,072	3.14%	0.71%
1970	22,279,984	8,042,801	3.08%	0.94%
1971	22,942,143	8,098,334	2.97%	0.69%
1972	23,609,456	8,122,300	2.91%	0.3%
1973	24,294,263	8,136,312	2.9%	0.17%
1974	24,989,108	8,159,955	2.86%	0.29%
1975	25,690,940	8,192,437	2.81%	0.4%
1976	26,395,450	8,222,286	2.74%	0.36%
1977	27,118,952	8,251,540	2.74%	0.36%
1978	27,869,507	8,275,599	2.77%	0.29%
1979	28,634,162	8,293,678	2.74%	0.22%
1980	29,518,857	8,310,531	3.09%	0.2%
1981	30,541,044	8,320,503	3.46%	0.12%
1982	31,615,339	8,325,263	3.52%	0.06%
1983	32,739,304	8,329,033	3.56%	0.05%
1984	33,892,788	8,336,605	3.52%	0.09%
1985	35,042,093	8,350,386	3.39%	0.17%
1986	36,180,515	8,369,829	3.25%	0.23%
1987	37,326,190	8,397,804	3.17%	0.33%
1988	38,480,649	8,436,489	3.09%	0.46%
1989	39,628,575	8,492,964	2.98%	0.67%
1990	40,746,268	8,558,835	2.82%	0.78%
1991	41,687,898	8,617,375	2.31%	0.68%
1992	42,443,509	8,668,067	1.81%	0.59%
1993	43,297,156	8,718,561	2.01%	0.58%
1994	44,004,139	8,780,745	1.63%	0.71%
1995	44,541,554	8,826,939	1.22%	0.53%
1996	45,123,018	8,840,998	1.31%	0.16%
1997	45,666,838	8,846,062	1.21%	0.06%
1998	46,223,880	8,850,974	1.22%	0.06%
1999	46,730,335	8,857,874	1.1%	0.08%
2000	47,159,719	8,872,109	0.92%	0.16%
2001	47,566,800	8,895,960	0.86%	0.27%
2002	48,019,415	8,924,958	0.95%	0.33%
2003	48,500,348	8,958,229	1%	0.37%
2004	48,991,421	8,993,531	1.01%	0.39%
2005	49,490,033	9,029,572	1.02%	0.4%
2006	49,998,277	9,080,505	1.03%	0.56%
2007	50,528,584	9,148,092	1.06%	0.74%
2008	51,114,599	9,219,637	1.16%	0.78%
2009	51,728,516	9,298,515	1.2%	0.86%
2010	52,344,051	9,378,126	1.19%	0.86%
2011	52,995,205	9,449,213	1.24%	0.76%
2012	53,782,567	9,519,374	1.49%	0.74%
2013	54,678,791	9,600,379	1.67%	0.85%
2014	55,594,838	9,696,110	1.68%	1%
2015	56,723,537	9,799,186	2.03%	1.06%
2016	57,259,551	9,923,085	0.94%	1.26%
2017	57,635,162	10,057,698	0.66%	1.36%
2018	58,613,001	10,175,214	1.7%	1.17%
2019	59,587,885	10,278,887	1.66%	1.02%
2020	60,562,381	10,353,442	1.64%	0.73%
2021	61,502,603	10,415,811	1.55%	0.6%
2022	62,378,410	10,486,941	1.42%	0.68%
2023	63,212,384	10,536,632	1.34%	0.47%
2024	64,007,187	10,569,709	1.26%	0.31%
2025	64,747,317	10,619,177	1.16%	0.47%
2026	65,453,086	10,663,427	1.09%	0.42%
2027	66,143,018	10,703,497	1.05%	0.38%
2028	66,830,384	10,740,420	1.04%	0.34%
2029	67,506,850	10,773,692	1.01%	0.31%
2030	68,161,357	10,803,699	0.97%	0.28%
2031	68,798,574	10,830,583	0.93%	0.25%
2032	69,426,441	10,855,855	0.91%	0.23%
2033	70,040,484	10,880,544	0.88%	0.23%
2034	70,641,572	10,903,924	0.86%	0.21%
2035	71,234,749	10,926,433	0.84%	0.21%
2036	71,816,372	10,949,062	0.82%	0.21%
2037	72,387,807	10,971,259	0.8%	0.2%
2038	72,949,611	10,993,203	0.78%	0.2%
2039	73,496,152	11,015,926	0.75%	0.21%
2040	74,035,615	11,039,663	0.73%	0.22%
2041	74,575,444	11,063,604	0.73%	0.22%
2042	75,111,899	11,088,299	0.72%	0.22%
2043	75,641,512	11,113,927	0.71%	0.23%
2044	76,164,461	11,139,125	0.69%	0.23%
2045	76,681,448	11,163,492	0.68%	0.22%
2046	77,199,542	11,186,803	0.68%	0.21%
2047	77,716,650	11,209,183	0.67%	0.2%
2048	78,215,323	11,230,526	0.64%	0.19%
2049	78,699,584	11,250,663	0.62%	0.18%
2050	79,177,329	11,269,877	0.61%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.