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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Tanzania	South Africa	Tanzania
1960	16,440,172	9,901,419	-	-
1961	16,908,035	10,187,886	2.85%	2.89%
1962	17,418,522	10,487,756	3.02%	2.94%
1963	17,954,564	10,799,528	3.08%	2.97%
1964	18,511,361	11,127,826	3.1%	3.04%
1965	19,089,380	11,470,728	3.12%	3.08%
1966	19,690,087	11,827,459	3.15%	3.11%
1967	20,314,066	12,200,109	3.17%	3.15%
1968	20,957,287	12,602,076	3.17%	3.29%
1969	21,614,676	13,036,700	3.14%	3.45%
1970	22,279,984	13,492,677	3.08%	3.5%
1971	22,942,143	13,971,451	2.97%	3.55%
1972	23,609,456	14,479,308	2.91%	3.63%
1973	24,294,263	15,010,101	2.9%	3.67%
1974	24,989,108	15,561,630	2.86%	3.67%
1975	25,690,940	16,138,361	2.81%	3.71%
1976	26,395,450	16,736,211	2.74%	3.7%
1977	27,118,952	17,352,929	2.74%	3.68%
1978	27,869,507	17,976,566	2.77%	3.59%
1979	28,634,162	18,592,038	2.74%	3.42%
1980	29,518,857	19,189,769	3.09%	3.21%
1981	30,541,044	19,784,703	3.46%	3.1%
1982	31,615,339	20,398,571	3.52%	3.1%
1983	32,739,304	21,079,874	3.56%	3.34%
1984	33,892,788	21,779,066	3.52%	3.32%
1985	35,042,093	22,501,693	3.39%	3.32%
1986	36,180,515	23,258,959	3.25%	3.37%
1987	37,326,190	24,030,378	3.17%	3.32%
1988	38,480,649	24,769,686	3.09%	3.08%
1989	39,628,575	25,438,759	2.98%	2.7%
1990	40,746,268	26,110,207	2.82%	2.64%
1991	41,687,898	26,780,436	2.31%	2.57%
1992	42,443,509	27,457,588	1.81%	2.53%
1993	43,297,156	28,332,692	2.01%	3.19%
1994	44,004,139	29,442,356	1.63%	3.92%
1995	44,541,554	30,383,497	1.22%	3.2%
1996	45,123,018	30,945,762	1.31%	1.85%
1997	45,666,838	31,578,089	1.21%	2.04%
1998	46,223,880	32,420,458	1.22%	2.67%
1999	46,730,335	33,300,330	1.1%	2.71%
2000	47,159,719	34,260,139	0.92%	2.88%
2001	47,566,800	35,198,299	0.86%	2.74%
2002	48,019,415	36,121,304	0.95%	2.62%
2003	48,500,348	37,089,555	1%	2.68%
2004	48,991,421	38,109,668	1.01%	2.75%
2005	49,490,033	39,182,076	1.02%	2.81%
2006	49,998,277	40,294,902	1.03%	2.84%
2007	50,528,584	41,435,512	1.06%	2.83%
2008	51,114,599	42,570,728	1.16%	2.74%
2009	51,728,516	43,633,982	1.2%	2.5%
2010	52,344,051	44,758,488	1.19%	2.58%
2011	52,995,205	46,029,367	1.24%	2.84%
2012	53,782,567	47,374,260	1.49%	2.92%
2013	54,678,791	48,824,128	1.67%	3.06%
2014	55,594,838	50,351,512	1.68%	3.13%
2015	56,723,537	52,020,962	2.03%	3.32%
2016	57,259,551	53,824,013	0.94%	3.47%
2017	57,635,162	55,652,890	0.66%	3.4%
2018	58,613,001	57,437,145	1.7%	3.21%
2019	59,587,885	59,174,891	1.66%	3.03%
2020	60,562,381	60,972,798	1.64%	3.04%
2021	61,502,603	62,830,412	1.55%	3.05%
2022	62,378,410	64,711,821	1.42%	2.99%
2023	63,212,384	66,617,606	1.34%	2.95%
2024	64,007,187	68,560,157	1.26%	2.92%
2025	64,747,317	70,545,858	1.16%	2.9%
2026	65,453,086	72,563,773	1.09%	2.86%
2027	66,143,018	74,604,804	1.05%	2.81%
2028	66,830,384	76,670,483	1.04%	2.77%
2029	67,506,850	78,773,192	1.01%	2.74%
2030	68,161,357	80,913,118	0.97%	2.72%
2031	68,798,574	83,087,927	0.93%	2.69%
2032	69,426,441	85,293,126	0.91%	2.65%
2033	70,040,484	87,520,491	0.88%	2.61%
2034	70,641,572	89,788,673	0.86%	2.59%
2035	71,234,749	92,091,418	0.84%	2.56%
2036	71,816,372	94,420,808	0.82%	2.53%
2037	72,387,807	96,775,766	0.8%	2.49%
2038	72,949,611	99,156,465	0.78%	2.46%
2039	73,496,152	101,567,525	0.75%	2.43%
2040	74,035,615	103,999,350	0.73%	2.39%
2041	74,575,444	106,448,475	0.73%	2.35%
2042	75,111,899	108,926,272	0.72%	2.33%
2043	75,641,512	111,433,788	0.71%	2.3%
2044	76,164,461	113,966,263	0.69%	2.27%
2045	76,681,448	116,525,463	0.68%	2.25%
2046	77,199,542	119,109,670	0.68%	2.22%
2047	77,716,650	121,721,018	0.67%	2.19%
2048	78,215,323	124,351,294	0.64%	2.16%
2049	78,699,584	126,981,394	0.62%	2.12%
2050	79,177,329	129,621,083	0.61%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.