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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Taiwan	South Africa	Taiwan
1960	16,440,172	-	-	-
1961	16,908,035	11,030,385	2.85%	-
1962	17,418,522	11,392,513	3.02%	3.28%
1963	17,954,564	11,762,101	3.08%	3.24%
1964	18,511,361	12,137,143	3.1%	3.19%
1965	19,089,380	12,511,863	3.12%	3.09%
1966	19,690,087	12,874,153	3.15%	2.9%
1967	20,314,066	13,210,344	3.17%	2.61%
1968	20,957,287	13,548,537	3.17%	2.56%
1969	21,614,676	14,068,984	3.14%	3.84%
1970	22,279,984	14,582,944	3.08%	3.65%
1971	22,942,143	14,913,564	2.97%	2.27%
1972	23,609,456	15,220,495	2.91%	2.06%
1973	24,294,263	15,505,121	2.9%	1.87%
1974	24,989,108	15,784,817	2.86%	1.8%
1975	25,690,940	16,075,128	2.81%	1.84%
1976	26,395,450	16,401,413	2.74%	2.03%
1977	27,118,952	16,730,895	2.74%	2.01%
1978	27,869,507	17,042,272	2.77%	1.86%
1979	28,634,162	17,372,779	2.74%	1.94%
1980	29,518,857	17,704,538	3.09%	1.91%
1981	30,541,044	18,029,982	3.46%	1.84%
1982	31,615,339	18,354,855	3.52%	1.8%
1983	32,739,304	18,653,146	3.56%	1.63%
1984	33,892,788	18,929,866	3.52%	1.48%
1985	35,042,093	19,191,510	3.39%	1.38%
1986	36,180,515	19,411,454	3.25%	1.15%
1987	37,326,190	19,617,046	3.17%	1.06%
1988	38,480,649	19,839,704	3.09%	1.14%
1989	39,628,575	20,055,492	2.98%	1.09%
1990	40,746,268	20,278,946	2.82%	1.11%
1991	41,687,898	20,503,568	2.31%	1.11%
1992	42,443,509	20,704,227	1.81%	0.98%
1993	43,297,156	20,899,019	2.01%	0.94%
1994	44,004,139	21,086,645	1.63%	0.9%
1995	44,541,554	21,267,653	1.22%	0.86%
1996	45,123,018	21,441,432	1.31%	0.82%
1997	45,666,838	21,634,124	1.21%	0.9%
1998	46,223,880	21,835,703	1.22%	0.93%
1999	46,730,335	22,010,489	1.1%	0.8%
2000	47,159,719	22,184,530	0.92%	0.79%
2001	47,566,800	22,341,120	0.86%	0.71%
2002	48,019,415	22,463,172	0.95%	0.55%
2003	48,500,348	22,562,663	1%	0.44%
2004	48,991,421	22,646,836	1.01%	0.37%
2005	49,490,033	22,729,753	1.02%	0.37%
2006	49,998,277	22,823,455	1.03%	0.41%
2007	50,528,584	22,917,444	1.06%	0.41%
2008	51,114,599	22,997,696	1.16%	0.35%
2009	51,728,516	23,078,402	1.2%	0.35%
2010	52,344,051	23,140,948	1.19%	0.27%
2011	52,995,205	23,193,518	1.24%	0.23%
2012	53,782,567	23,270,367	1.49%	0.33%
2013	54,678,791	23,344,670	1.67%	0.32%
2014	55,594,838	23,403,635	1.68%	0.25%
2015	56,723,537	23,462,914	2.03%	0.25%
2016	57,259,551	23,515,945	0.94%	0.23%
2017	57,635,162	23,555,522	0.66%	0.17%
2018	58,613,001	23,580,080	1.7%	0.1%
2019	59,587,885	23,596,027	1.66%	0.07%
2020	60,562,381	23,582,179	1.64%	-0.06%
2021	61,502,603	23,468,275	1.55%	-0.48%
2022	62,378,410	23,319,977	1.42%	-0.63%
2023	63,212,384	23,342,541	1.34%	0.1%
2024	64,007,187	23,410,331	1.26%	0.29%
2025	64,747,317	23,308,308	1.16%	-0.44%
2026	65,453,086	23,205,944	1.09%	-0.44%
2027	66,143,018	23,102,120	1.05%	-0.45%
2028	66,830,384	22,996,693	1.04%	-0.46%
2029	67,506,850	22,890,335	1.01%	-0.46%
2030	68,161,357	22,781,040	0.97%	-0.48%
2031	68,798,574	22,667,327	0.93%	-0.5%
2032	69,426,441	22,549,689	0.91%	-0.52%
2033	70,040,484	22,428,721	0.88%	-0.54%
2034	70,641,572	22,302,402	0.86%	-0.56%
2035	71,234,749	22,170,689	0.84%	-0.59%
2036	71,816,372	22,034,775	0.82%	-0.61%
2037	72,387,807	21,893,029	0.8%	-0.64%
2038	72,949,611	21,746,001	0.78%	-0.67%
2039	73,496,152	21,594,236	0.75%	-0.7%
2040	74,035,615	21,436,947	0.73%	-0.73%
2041	74,575,444	21,274,187	0.73%	-0.76%
2042	75,111,899	21,105,682	0.72%	-0.79%
2043	75,641,512	20,932,105	0.71%	-0.82%
2044	76,164,461	20,754,623	0.69%	-0.85%
2045	76,681,448	20,571,741	0.68%	-0.88%
2046	77,199,542	20,384,903	0.68%	-0.91%
2047	77,716,650	20,194,425	0.67%	-0.93%
2048	78,215,323	19,999,753	0.64%	-0.96%
2049	78,699,584	19,801,293	0.62%	-0.99%
2050	79,177,329	19,598,997	0.61%	-1.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.