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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Syria	South Africa	Syria
1960	16,440,172	4,673,500	-	-
1961	16,908,035	4,815,466	2.85%	3.04%
1962	17,418,522	4,959,340	3.02%	2.99%
1963	17,954,564	5,110,467	3.08%	3.05%
1964	18,511,361	5,269,087	3.1%	3.1%
1965	19,089,380	5,435,267	3.12%	3.15%
1966	19,690,087	5,609,047	3.15%	3.2%
1967	20,314,066	5,790,198	3.17%	3.23%
1968	20,957,287	5,978,742	3.17%	3.26%
1969	21,614,676	6,175,166	3.14%	3.29%
1970	22,279,984	6,380,609	3.08%	3.33%
1971	22,942,143	6,598,094	2.97%	3.41%
1972	23,609,456	6,826,024	2.91%	3.45%
1973	24,294,263	7,060,321	2.9%	3.43%
1974	24,989,108	7,302,160	2.86%	3.43%
1975	25,690,940	7,554,364	2.81%	3.45%
1976	26,395,450	7,817,320	2.74%	3.48%
1977	27,118,952	8,090,501	2.74%	3.49%
1978	27,869,507	8,372,759	2.77%	3.49%
1979	28,634,162	8,661,909	2.74%	3.45%
1980	29,518,857	8,957,663	3.09%	3.41%
1981	30,541,044	9,260,189	3.46%	3.38%
1982	31,615,339	9,572,511	3.52%	3.37%
1983	32,739,304	9,904,809	3.56%	3.47%
1984	33,892,788	10,258,398	3.52%	3.57%
1985	35,042,093	10,625,672	3.39%	3.58%
1986	36,180,515	11,002,844	3.25%	3.55%
1987	37,326,190	11,388,923	3.17%	3.51%
1988	38,480,649	11,782,264	3.09%	3.45%
1989	39,628,575	12,179,060	2.98%	3.37%
1990	40,746,268	12,579,208	2.82%	3.29%
1991	41,687,898	12,980,821	2.31%	3.19%
1992	42,443,509	13,385,571	1.81%	3.12%
1993	43,297,156	13,795,686	2.01%	3.06%
1994	44,004,139	14,208,583	1.63%	2.99%
1995	44,541,554	14,616,801	1.22%	2.87%
1996	45,123,018	15,018,104	1.31%	2.75%
1997	45,666,838	15,417,542	1.21%	2.66%
1998	46,223,880	15,820,413	1.22%	2.61%
1999	46,730,335	16,228,061	1.1%	2.58%
2000	47,159,719	16,637,888	0.92%	2.53%
2001	47,566,800	17,051,338	0.86%	2.48%
2002	48,019,415	17,468,332	0.95%	2.45%
2003	48,500,348	17,889,296	1%	2.41%
2004	48,991,421	18,336,875	1.01%	2.5%
2005	49,490,033	18,814,091	1.02%	2.6%
2006	49,998,277	19,637,022	1.03%	4.37%
2007	50,528,584	20,884,125	1.06%	6.35%
2008	51,114,599	21,636,564	1.16%	3.6%
2009	51,728,516	21,976,969	1.2%	1.57%
2010	52,344,051	22,482,421	1.19%	2.3%
2011	52,995,205	22,878,098	1.24%	1.76%
2012	53,782,567	22,759,763	1.49%	-0.52%
2013	54,678,791	21,666,917	1.67%	-4.8%
2014	55,594,838	20,273,659	1.68%	-6.43%
2015	56,723,537	19,424,618	2.03%	-4.19%
2016	57,259,551	19,193,834	0.94%	-1.19%
2017	57,635,162	19,224,668	0.66%	0.16%
2018	58,613,001	19,577,845	1.7%	1.84%
2019	59,587,885	20,353,534	1.66%	3.96%
2020	60,562,381	21,049,429	1.64%	3.42%
2021	61,502,603	21,628,839	1.55%	2.75%
2022	62,378,410	22,462,173	1.42%	3.85%
2023	63,212,384	23,594,623	1.34%	5.04%
2024	64,007,187	24,672,760	1.26%	4.57%
2025	64,747,317	25,620,422	1.16%	3.84%
2026	65,453,086	26,472,499	1.09%	3.33%
2027	66,143,018	27,261,544	1.05%	2.98%
2028	66,830,384	28,006,558	1.04%	2.73%
2029	67,506,850	28,719,309	1.01%	2.54%
2030	68,161,357	29,395,545	0.97%	2.35%
2031	68,798,574	30,029,824	0.93%	2.16%
2032	69,426,441	30,633,661	0.91%	2.01%
2033	70,040,484	31,212,478	0.88%	1.89%
2034	70,641,572	31,768,138	0.86%	1.78%
2035	71,234,749	32,294,792	0.84%	1.66%
2036	71,816,372	32,788,153	0.82%	1.53%
2037	72,387,807	33,258,407	0.8%	1.43%
2038	72,949,611	33,710,718	0.78%	1.36%
2039	73,496,152	34,131,238	0.75%	1.25%
2040	74,035,615	34,533,185	0.73%	1.18%
2041	74,575,444	34,916,936	0.73%	1.11%
2042	75,111,899	35,279,863	0.72%	1.04%
2043	75,641,512	35,623,325	0.71%	0.97%
2044	76,164,461	35,944,394	0.69%	0.9%
2045	76,681,448	36,265,295	0.68%	0.89%
2046	77,199,542	36,583,260	0.68%	0.88%
2047	77,716,650	36,878,640	0.67%	0.81%
2048	78,215,323	37,171,029	0.64%	0.79%
2049	78,699,584	37,477,690	0.62%	0.83%
2050	79,177,329	37,793,378	0.61%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.