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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Switzerland	South Africa	Switzerland
1960	16,440,172	5,327,827	-	-
1961	16,908,035	5,434,294	2.85%	2%
1962	17,418,522	5,573,815	3.02%	2.57%
1963	17,954,564	5,694,247	3.08%	2.16%
1964	18,511,361	5,789,228	3.1%	1.67%
1965	19,089,380	5,856,472	3.12%	1.16%
1966	19,690,087	5,918,002	3.15%	1.05%
1967	20,314,066	5,991,785	3.17%	1.25%
1968	20,957,287	6,067,714	3.17%	1.27%
1969	21,614,676	6,136,387	3.14%	1.13%
1970	22,279,984	6,180,877	3.08%	0.73%
1971	22,942,143	6,213,399	2.97%	0.53%
1972	23,609,456	6,260,956	2.91%	0.77%
1973	24,294,263	6,307,347	2.9%	0.74%
1974	24,989,108	6,341,405	2.86%	0.54%
1975	25,690,940	6,338,632	2.81%	-0.04%
1976	26,395,450	6,302,504	2.74%	-0.57%
1977	27,118,952	6,281,174	2.74%	-0.34%
1978	27,869,507	6,281,738	2.77%	0.009%
1979	28,634,162	6,294,365	2.74%	0.2%
1980	29,518,857	6,319,408	3.09%	0.4%
1981	30,541,044	6,354,074	3.46%	0.55%
1982	31,615,339	6,391,309	3.52%	0.59%
1983	32,739,304	6,418,773	3.56%	0.43%
1984	33,892,788	6,441,865	3.52%	0.36%
1985	35,042,093	6,470,365	3.39%	0.44%
1986	36,180,515	6,504,124	3.25%	0.52%
1987	37,326,190	6,545,106	3.17%	0.63%
1988	38,480,649	6,593,386	3.09%	0.74%
1989	39,628,575	6,646,912	2.98%	0.81%
1990	40,746,268	6,715,519	2.82%	1.03%
1991	41,687,898	6,799,978	2.31%	1.26%
1992	42,443,509	6,875,364	1.81%	1.11%
1993	43,297,156	6,938,265	2.01%	0.91%
1994	44,004,139	6,993,795	1.63%	0.8%
1995	44,541,554	7,040,687	1.22%	0.67%
1996	45,123,018	7,071,850	1.31%	0.44%
1997	45,666,838	7,088,906	1.21%	0.24%
1998	46,223,880	7,110,001	1.22%	0.3%
1999	46,730,335	7,143,991	1.1%	0.48%
2000	47,159,719	7,184,250	0.92%	0.56%
2001	47,566,800	7,229,854	0.86%	0.63%
2002	48,019,415	7,284,753	0.95%	0.76%
2003	48,500,348	7,339,001	1%	0.74%
2004	48,991,421	7,389,625	1.01%	0.69%
2005	49,490,033	7,437,115	1.02%	0.64%
2006	49,998,277	7,483,934	1.03%	0.63%
2007	50,528,584	7,551,117	1.06%	0.9%
2008	51,114,599	7,647,675	1.16%	1.28%
2009	51,728,516	7,743,831	1.2%	1.26%
2010	52,344,051	7,824,909	1.19%	1.05%
2011	52,995,205	7,912,398	1.24%	1.12%
2012	53,782,567	7,996,861	1.49%	1.07%
2013	54,678,791	8,089,346	1.67%	1.16%
2014	55,594,838	8,188,649	1.68%	1.23%
2015	56,723,537	8,282,396	2.03%	1.14%
2016	57,259,551	8,373,338	0.94%	1.1%
2017	57,635,162	8,451,840	0.66%	0.94%
2018	58,613,001	8,514,329	1.7%	0.74%
2019	59,587,885	8,575,280	1.66%	0.72%
2020	60,562,381	8,638,167	1.64%	0.73%
2021	61,502,603	8,704,546	1.55%	0.77%
2022	62,378,410	8,777,088	1.42%	0.83%
2023	63,212,384	8,888,093	1.34%	1.26%
2024	64,007,187	9,034,102	1.26%	1.64%
2025	64,747,317	9,080,106	1.16%	0.51%
2026	65,453,086	9,120,994	1.09%	0.45%
2027	66,143,018	9,157,559	1.05%	0.4%
2028	66,830,384	9,190,572	1.04%	0.36%
2029	67,506,850	9,219,373	1.01%	0.31%
2030	68,161,357	9,245,030	0.97%	0.28%
2031	68,798,574	9,269,063	0.93%	0.26%
2032	69,426,441	9,289,991	0.91%	0.23%
2033	70,040,484	9,307,909	0.88%	0.19%
2034	70,641,572	9,324,938	0.86%	0.18%
2035	71,234,749	9,340,145	0.84%	0.16%
2036	71,816,372	9,352,822	0.82%	0.14%
2037	72,387,807	9,364,126	0.8%	0.12%
2038	72,949,611	9,373,988	0.78%	0.11%
2039	73,496,152	9,382,808	0.75%	0.09%
2040	74,035,615	9,392,748	0.73%	0.11%
2041	74,575,444	9,401,829	0.73%	0.1%
2042	75,111,899	9,410,286	0.72%	0.09%
2043	75,641,512	9,418,963	0.71%	0.09%
2044	76,164,461	9,426,166	0.69%	0.08%
2045	76,681,448	9,432,561	0.68%	0.07%
2046	77,199,542	9,438,518	0.68%	0.06%
2047	77,716,650	9,445,091	0.67%	0.07%
2048	78,215,323	9,452,109	0.64%	0.07%
2049	78,699,584	9,457,335	0.62%	0.06%
2050	79,177,329	9,459,997	0.61%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.