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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Turkey	South Africa	Turkey
1960	16,440,172	28,329,898	-	-
1961	16,908,035	29,119,238	2.85%	2.79%
1962	17,418,522	29,916,147	3.02%	2.74%
1963	17,954,564	30,726,841	3.08%	2.71%
1964	18,511,361	31,543,072	3.1%	2.66%
1965	19,089,380	32,345,220	3.12%	2.54%
1966	19,690,087	33,177,672	3.15%	2.57%
1967	20,314,066	34,050,421	3.17%	2.63%
1968	20,957,287	34,921,684	3.17%	2.56%
1969	21,614,676	35,787,774	3.14%	2.48%
1970	22,279,984	36,638,465	3.08%	2.38%
1971	22,942,143	37,518,611	2.97%	2.4%
1972	23,609,456	38,430,221	2.91%	2.43%
1973	24,294,263	39,329,533	2.9%	2.34%
1974	24,989,108	40,210,234	2.86%	2.24%
1975	25,690,940	41,053,126	2.81%	2.1%
1976	26,395,450	41,899,984	2.74%	2.06%
1977	27,118,952	42,773,298	2.74%	2.08%
1978	27,869,507	43,645,306	2.77%	2.04%
1979	28,634,162	44,510,429	2.74%	1.98%
1980	29,518,857	45,408,815	3.09%	2.02%
1981	30,541,044	46,321,190	3.46%	2.01%
1982	31,615,339	47,322,096	3.52%	2.16%
1983	32,739,304	48,447,410	3.56%	2.38%
1984	33,892,788	49,574,069	3.52%	2.33%
1985	35,042,093	50,687,115	3.39%	2.25%
1986	36,180,515	51,777,772	3.25%	2.15%
1987	37,326,190	52,843,670	3.17%	2.06%
1988	38,480,649	53,909,626	3.09%	2.02%
1989	39,628,575	54,976,723	2.98%	1.98%
1990	40,746,268	56,015,628	2.82%	1.89%
1991	41,687,898	57,009,887	2.31%	1.77%
1992	42,443,509	57,990,118	1.81%	1.72%
1993	43,297,156	58,999,167	2.01%	1.74%
1994	44,004,139	60,033,836	1.63%	1.75%
1995	44,541,554	61,024,503	1.22%	1.65%
1996	45,123,018	61,951,134	1.31%	1.52%
1997	45,666,838	62,852,966	1.21%	1.46%
1998	46,223,880	63,734,383	1.22%	1.4%
1999	46,730,335	64,591,923	1.1%	1.35%
2000	47,159,719	65,425,961	0.92%	1.29%
2001	47,566,800	66,245,128	0.86%	1.25%
2002	48,019,415	67,048,795	0.95%	1.21%
2003	48,500,348	67,831,730	1%	1.17%
2004	48,991,421	68,592,617	1.01%	1.12%
2005	49,490,033	69,329,557	1.02%	1.07%
2006	49,998,277	70,045,349	1.03%	1.03%
2007	50,528,584	70,158,112	1.06%	0.16%
2008	51,114,599	71,051,678	1.16%	1.27%
2009	51,728,516	72,039,206	1.2%	1.39%
2010	52,344,051	73,142,150	1.19%	1.53%
2011	52,995,205	74,223,629	1.24%	1.48%
2012	53,782,567	75,175,827	1.49%	1.28%
2013	54,678,791	76,147,624	1.67%	1.29%
2014	55,594,838	77,181,884	1.68%	1.36%
2015	56,723,537	78,218,479	2.03%	1.34%
2016	57,259,551	79,277,962	0.94%	1.35%
2017	57,635,162	80,312,698	0.66%	1.31%
2018	58,613,001	81,407,204	1.7%	1.36%
2019	59,587,885	82,579,440	1.66%	1.44%
2020	60,562,381	83,384,680	1.64%	0.98%
2021	61,502,603	84,147,318	1.55%	0.91%
2022	62,378,410	84,979,913	1.42%	0.99%
2023	63,212,384	85,325,965	1.34%	0.41%
2024	64,007,187	85,518,661	1.26%	0.23%
2025	64,747,317	85,725,557	1.16%	0.24%
2026	65,453,086	85,960,835	1.09%	0.27%
2027	66,143,018	86,227,115	1.05%	0.31%
2028	66,830,384	86,502,744	1.04%	0.32%
2029	67,506,850	86,771,652	1.01%	0.31%
2030	68,161,357	87,037,680	0.97%	0.31%
2031	68,798,574	87,297,191	0.93%	0.3%
2032	69,426,441	87,537,075	0.91%	0.27%
2033	70,040,484	87,762,403	0.88%	0.26%
2034	70,641,572	87,974,138	0.86%	0.24%
2035	71,234,749	88,172,739	0.84%	0.23%
2036	71,816,372	88,364,318	0.82%	0.22%
2037	72,387,807	88,545,669	0.8%	0.21%
2038	72,949,611	88,707,268	0.78%	0.18%
2039	73,496,152	88,849,956	0.75%	0.16%
2040	74,035,615	88,975,510	0.73%	0.14%
2041	74,575,444	89,083,304	0.73%	0.12%
2042	75,111,899	89,177,769	0.72%	0.11%
2043	75,641,512	89,254,147	0.71%	0.09%
2044	76,164,461	89,311,458	0.69%	0.06%
2045	76,681,448	89,349,806	0.68%	0.04%
2046	77,199,542	89,375,429	0.68%	0.03%
2047	77,716,650	89,383,765	0.67%	0.009%
2048	78,215,323	89,361,174	0.64%	-0.03%
2049	78,699,584	89,306,566	0.62%	-0.06%
2050	79,177,329	89,218,346	0.61%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.