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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Tunisia	South Africa	Tunisia
1960	16,440,172	4,267,288	-	-
1961	16,908,035	4,316,278	2.85%	1.15%
1962	17,418,522	4,369,136	3.02%	1.22%
1963	17,954,564	4,427,131	3.08%	1.33%
1964	18,511,361	4,489,869	3.1%	1.42%
1965	19,089,380	4,561,385	3.12%	1.59%
1966	19,690,087	4,652,287	3.15%	1.99%
1967	20,314,066	4,760,970	3.17%	2.34%
1968	20,957,287	4,879,899	3.17%	2.5%
1969	21,614,676	5,004,697	3.14%	2.56%
1970	22,279,984	5,131,396	3.08%	2.53%
1971	22,942,143	5,261,658	2.97%	2.54%
1972	23,609,456	5,396,557	2.91%	2.56%
1973	24,294,263	5,537,242	2.9%	2.61%
1974	24,989,108	5,684,674	2.86%	2.66%
1975	25,690,940	5,839,262	2.81%	2.72%
1976	26,395,450	5,996,994	2.74%	2.7%
1977	27,118,952	6,155,931	2.74%	2.65%
1978	27,869,507	6,309,390	2.77%	2.49%
1979	28,634,162	6,456,419	2.74%	2.33%
1980	29,518,857	6,606,195	3.09%	2.32%
1981	30,541,044	6,758,284	3.46%	2.3%
1982	31,615,339	6,908,642	3.52%	2.22%
1983	32,739,304	7,053,800	3.56%	2.1%
1984	33,892,788	7,220,044	3.52%	2.36%
1985	35,042,093	7,409,903	3.39%	2.63%
1986	36,180,515	7,600,301	3.25%	2.57%
1987	37,326,190	7,789,987	3.17%	2.5%
1988	38,480,649	7,974,440	3.09%	2.37%
1989	39,628,575	8,151,660	2.98%	2.22%
1990	40,746,268	8,324,509	2.82%	2.12%
1991	41,687,898	8,501,827	2.31%	2.13%
1992	42,443,509	8,682,512	1.81%	2.13%
1993	43,297,156	8,857,910	2.01%	2.02%
1994	44,004,139	9,018,448	1.63%	1.81%
1995	44,541,554	9,161,258	1.22%	1.58%
1996	45,123,018	9,294,432	1.31%	1.45%
1997	45,666,838	9,421,270	1.21%	1.36%
1998	46,223,880	9,541,667	1.22%	1.28%
1999	46,730,335	9,655,963	1.1%	1.2%
2000	47,159,719	9,764,935	0.92%	1.13%
2001	47,566,800	9,869,677	0.86%	1.07%
2002	48,019,415	9,971,515	0.95%	1.03%
2003	48,500,348	10,071,632	1%	1%
2004	48,991,421	10,166,163	1.01%	0.94%
2005	49,490,033	10,255,472	1.02%	0.88%
2006	49,998,277	10,346,410	1.03%	0.89%
2007	50,528,584	10,441,702	1.06%	0.92%
2008	51,114,599	10,542,635	1.16%	0.97%
2009	51,728,516	10,650,681	1.2%	1.02%
2010	52,344,051	10,765,980	1.19%	1.08%
2011	52,995,205	10,886,035	1.24%	1.12%
2012	53,782,567	11,009,647	1.49%	1.14%
2013	54,678,791	11,141,361	1.67%	1.2%
2014	55,594,838	11,274,288	1.68%	1.19%
2015	56,723,537	11,402,264	2.03%	1.14%
2016	57,259,551	11,528,674	0.94%	1.11%
2017	57,635,162	11,650,498	0.66%	1.06%
2018	58,613,001	11,765,514	1.7%	0.99%
2019	59,587,885	11,875,081	1.66%	0.93%
2020	60,562,381	11,974,057	1.64%	0.83%
2021	61,502,603	12,048,622	1.55%	0.62%
2022	62,378,410	12,119,334	1.42%	0.59%
2023	63,212,384	12,200,431	1.34%	0.67%
2024	64,007,187	12,277,109	1.26%	0.63%
2025	64,747,317	12,348,580	1.16%	0.58%
2026	65,453,086	12,415,147	1.09%	0.54%
2027	66,143,018	12,476,105	1.05%	0.49%
2028	66,830,384	12,531,994	1.04%	0.45%
2029	67,506,850	12,582,709	1.01%	0.4%
2030	68,161,357	12,628,154	0.97%	0.36%
2031	68,798,574	12,669,925	0.93%	0.33%
2032	69,426,441	12,709,155	0.91%	0.31%
2033	70,040,484	12,746,538	0.88%	0.29%
2034	70,641,572	12,781,017	0.86%	0.27%
2035	71,234,749	12,812,275	0.84%	0.24%
2036	71,816,372	12,842,495	0.82%	0.24%
2037	72,387,807	12,872,063	0.8%	0.23%
2038	72,949,611	12,900,190	0.78%	0.22%
2039	73,496,152	12,927,314	0.75%	0.21%
2040	74,035,615	12,953,871	0.73%	0.21%
2041	74,575,444	12,979,696	0.73%	0.2%
2042	75,111,899	13,005,242	0.72%	0.2%
2043	75,641,512	13,030,307	0.71%	0.19%
2044	76,164,461	13,054,103	0.69%	0.18%
2045	76,681,448	13,076,097	0.68%	0.17%
2046	77,199,542	13,095,748	0.68%	0.15%
2047	77,716,650	13,113,228	0.67%	0.13%
2048	78,215,323	13,127,662	0.64%	0.11%
2049	78,699,584	13,138,151	0.62%	0.08%
2050	79,177,329	13,145,144	0.61%	0.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 999,787 (a 8.77% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2005 and ranked 80th 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.99% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 80th to 89th.