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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Ukraine	South Africa	Ukraine
1960	16,440,172	42,824,093	-	-
1961	16,908,035	43,399,766	2.85%	1.34%
1962	17,418,522	43,943,674	3.02%	1.25%
1963	17,954,564	44,462,372	3.08%	1.18%
1964	18,511,361	44,951,156	3.1%	1.1%
1965	19,089,380	45,386,892	3.12%	0.97%
1966	19,690,087	45,802,519	3.15%	0.92%
1967	20,314,066	46,215,988	3.17%	0.9%
1968	20,957,287	46,614,325	3.17%	0.86%
1969	21,614,676	46,976,256	3.14%	0.78%
1970	22,279,984	47,261,306	3.08%	0.61%
1971	22,942,143	47,573,287	2.97%	0.66%
1972	23,609,456	47,946,893	2.91%	0.79%
1973	24,294,263	48,277,121	2.9%	0.69%
1974	24,989,108	48,576,570	2.86%	0.62%
1975	25,690,940	48,865,229	2.81%	0.59%
1976	26,395,450	49,120,842	2.74%	0.52%
1977	27,118,952	49,336,481	2.74%	0.44%
1978	27,869,507	49,521,243	2.77%	0.37%
1979	28,634,162	49,721,381	2.74%	0.4%
1980	29,518,857	49,955,152	3.09%	0.47%
1981	30,541,044	50,189,281	3.46%	0.47%
1982	31,615,339	50,402,724	3.52%	0.43%
1983	32,739,304	50,637,029	3.56%	0.46%
1984	33,892,788	50,887,599	3.52%	0.49%
1985	35,042,093	51,108,770	3.39%	0.43%
1986	36,180,515	51,318,745	3.25%	0.41%
1987	37,326,190	51,515,732	3.17%	0.38%
1988	38,480,649	51,724,853	3.09%	0.41%
1989	39,628,575	51,917,817	2.98%	0.37%
1990	40,746,268	52,054,092	2.82%	0.26%
1991	41,687,898	52,170,961	2.31%	0.22%
1992	42,443,509	52,323,671	1.81%	0.29%
1993	43,297,156	52,350,126	2.01%	0.05%
1994	44,004,139	52,075,998	1.63%	-0.52%
1995	44,541,554	51,665,539	1.22%	-0.79%
1996	45,123,018	51,226,109	1.31%	-0.85%
1997	45,666,838	50,786,885	1.21%	-0.86%
1998	46,223,880	50,379,731	1.22%	-0.8%
1999	46,730,335	49,976,446	1.1%	-0.8%
2000	47,159,719	49,556,660	0.92%	-0.84%
2001	47,566,800	49,106,855	0.86%	-0.91%
2002	48,019,415	48,677,281	0.95%	-0.87%
2003	48,500,348	48,315,136	1%	-0.74%
2004	48,991,421	47,979,507	1.01%	-0.69%
2005	49,490,033	47,585,556	1.02%	-0.82%
2006	49,998,277	47,278,694	1.03%	-0.64%
2007	50,528,584	47,062,798	1.06%	-0.46%
2008	51,114,599	46,819,175	1.16%	-0.52%
2009	51,728,516	46,623,731	1.2%	-0.42%
2010	52,344,051	46,456,003	1.19%	-0.36%
2011	52,995,205	46,307,853	1.24%	-0.32%
2012	53,782,567	46,210,056	1.49%	-0.21%
2013	54,678,791	46,126,770	1.67%	-0.18%
2014	55,594,838	45,972,380	1.68%	-0.33%
2015	56,723,537	45,784,896	2.03%	-0.41%
2016	57,259,551	45,616,832	0.94%	-0.37%
2017	57,635,162	45,436,041	0.66%	-0.4%
2018	58,613,001	45,208,907	1.7%	-0.5%
2019	59,587,885	44,957,458	1.66%	-0.56%
2020	60,562,381	44,680,014	1.64%	-0.62%
2021	61,502,603	44,298,640	1.55%	-0.85%
2022	62,378,410	41,048,766	1.42%	-7.34%
2023	63,212,384	37,732,836	1.34%	-8.08%
2024	64,007,187	37,860,221	1.26%	0.34%
2025	64,747,317	38,980,379	1.16%	2.96%
2026	65,453,086	39,535,850	1.09%	1.43%
2027	66,143,018	39,245,208	1.05%	-0.74%
2028	66,830,384	38,952,086	1.04%	-0.75%
2029	67,506,850	38,654,416	1.01%	-0.76%
2030	68,161,357	38,353,848	0.97%	-0.78%
2031	68,798,574	38,050,624	0.93%	-0.79%
2032	69,426,441	37,746,688	0.91%	-0.8%
2033	70,040,484	37,442,088	0.88%	-0.81%
2034	70,641,572	37,135,839	0.86%	-0.82%
2035	71,234,749	36,828,149	0.84%	-0.83%
2036	71,816,372	36,519,767	0.82%	-0.84%
2037	72,387,807	36,209,679	0.8%	-0.85%
2038	72,949,611	35,897,705	0.78%	-0.86%
2039	73,496,152	35,584,263	0.75%	-0.87%
2040	74,035,615	35,270,911	0.73%	-0.88%
2041	74,575,444	34,957,580	0.73%	-0.89%
2042	75,111,899	34,641,778	0.72%	-0.9%
2043	75,641,512	34,324,132	0.71%	-0.92%
2044	76,164,461	34,004,074	0.69%	-0.93%
2045	76,681,448	33,680,448	0.68%	-0.95%
2046	77,199,542	33,351,499	0.68%	-0.98%
2047	77,716,650	33,017,828	0.67%	-1%
2048	78,215,323	32,680,968	0.64%	-1.02%
2049	78,699,584	32,338,515	0.62%	-1.05%
2050	79,177,329	31,990,136	0.61%	-1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.