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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Thailand	South Africa	Thailand
1960	16,440,172	26,851,747	-	-
1961	16,908,035	27,650,334	2.85%	2.97%
1962	17,418,522	28,481,040	3.02%	3%
1963	17,954,564	29,342,322	3.08%	3.02%
1964	18,511,361	30,232,141	3.1%	3.03%
1965	19,089,380	31,149,337	3.12%	3.03%
1966	19,690,087	32,086,071	3.15%	3.01%
1967	20,314,066	33,037,801	3.17%	2.97%
1968	20,957,287	34,002,560	3.17%	2.92%
1969	21,614,676	34,973,782	3.14%	2.86%
1970	22,279,984	35,954,408	3.08%	2.8%
1971	22,942,143	36,937,387	2.97%	2.73%
1972	23,609,456	37,933,929	2.91%	2.7%
1973	24,294,263	38,947,787	2.9%	2.67%
1974	24,989,108	39,952,891	2.86%	2.58%
1975	25,690,940	40,940,005	2.81%	2.47%
1976	26,395,450	41,896,504	2.74%	2.34%
1977	27,118,952	42,843,974	2.74%	2.26%
1978	27,869,507	43,788,976	2.77%	2.21%
1979	28,634,162	44,718,434	2.74%	2.12%
1980	29,518,857	45,650,022	3.09%	2.08%
1981	30,541,044	46,575,855	3.46%	2.03%
1982	31,615,339	47,494,577	3.52%	1.97%
1983	32,739,304	48,423,309	3.56%	1.96%
1984	33,892,788	49,351,708	3.52%	1.92%
1985	35,042,093	50,270,753	3.39%	1.86%
1986	36,180,515	51,177,834	3.25%	1.8%
1987	37,326,190	52,074,105	3.17%	1.75%
1988	38,480,649	52,969,595	3.09%	1.72%
1989	39,628,575	53,848,956	2.98%	1.66%
1990	40,746,268	54,738,329	2.82%	1.65%
1991	41,687,898	55,637,434	2.31%	1.64%
1992	42,443,509	56,528,834	1.81%	1.6%
1993	43,297,156	57,408,198	2.01%	1.56%
1994	44,004,139	58,260,854	1.63%	1.49%
1995	44,541,554	59,098,232	1.22%	1.44%
1996	45,123,018	59,920,064	1.31%	1.39%
1997	45,666,838	60,724,584	1.21%	1.34%
1998	46,223,880	61,522,630	1.22%	1.31%
1999	46,730,335	62,299,043	1.1%	1.26%
2000	47,159,719	63,007,815	0.92%	1.14%
2001	47,566,800	63,651,141	0.86%	1.02%
2002	48,019,415	64,266,437	0.95%	0.97%
2003	48,500,348	64,868,166	1%	0.94%
2004	48,991,421	65,452,047	1.01%	0.9%
2005	49,490,033	66,017,420	1.02%	0.86%
2006	49,998,277	66,567,687	1.03%	0.83%
2007	50,528,584	67,102,394	1.06%	0.8%
2008	51,114,599	67,619,830	1.16%	0.77%
2009	51,728,516	68,121,080	1.2%	0.74%
2010	52,344,051	68,579,447	1.19%	0.67%
2011	52,995,205	69,007,208	1.24%	0.62%
2012	53,782,567	69,436,098	1.49%	0.62%
2013	54,678,791	69,845,114	1.67%	0.59%
2014	55,594,838	70,216,367	1.68%	0.53%
2015	56,723,537	70,540,795	2.03%	0.46%
2016	57,259,551	70,859,841	0.94%	0.45%
2017	57,635,162	71,160,187	0.66%	0.42%
2018	58,613,001	71,376,079	1.7%	0.3%
2019	59,587,885	71,522,271	1.66%	0.2%
2020	60,562,381	71,641,484	1.64%	0.17%
2021	61,502,603	71,727,332	1.55%	0.12%
2022	62,378,410	71,735,329	1.42%	0.01%
2023	63,212,384	71,702,435	1.34%	-0.05%
2024	64,007,187	71,668,011	1.26%	-0.05%
2025	64,747,317	71,619,867	1.16%	-0.07%
2026	65,453,086	71,559,621	1.09%	-0.08%
2027	66,143,018	71,488,156	1.05%	-0.1%
2028	66,830,384	71,406,996	1.04%	-0.11%
2029	67,506,850	71,316,195	1.01%	-0.13%
2030	68,161,357	71,215,017	0.97%	-0.14%
2031	68,798,574	71,104,025	0.93%	-0.16%
2032	69,426,441	70,982,286	0.91%	-0.17%
2033	70,040,484	70,847,947	0.88%	-0.19%
2034	70,641,572	70,701,651	0.86%	-0.21%
2035	71,234,749	70,540,884	0.84%	-0.23%
2036	71,816,372	70,366,496	0.82%	-0.25%
2037	72,387,807	70,180,031	0.8%	-0.26%
2038	72,949,611	69,979,034	0.78%	-0.29%
2039	73,496,152	69,763,928	0.75%	-0.31%
2040	74,035,615	69,535,003	0.73%	-0.33%
2041	74,575,444	69,288,477	0.73%	-0.35%
2042	75,111,899	69,025,348	0.72%	-0.38%
2043	75,641,512	68,748,075	0.71%	-0.4%
2044	76,164,461	68,456,533	0.69%	-0.42%
2045	76,681,448	68,150,148	0.68%	-0.45%
2046	77,199,542	67,827,309	0.68%	-0.47%
2047	77,716,650	67,489,358	0.67%	-0.5%
2048	78,215,323	67,136,737	0.64%	-0.52%
2049	78,699,584	66,767,316	0.62%	-0.55%
2050	79,177,329	66,382,732	0.61%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.