Population in South Africa compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

South Africa and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	UAE	South Africa	UAE
1960	16,440,172	131,334	-	-
1961	16,908,035	137,989	2.85%	5.07%
1962	17,418,522	144,946	3.02%	5.04%
1963	17,954,564	152,211	3.08%	5.01%
1964	18,511,361	159,692	3.1%	4.91%
1965	19,089,380	167,103	3.12%	4.64%
1966	19,690,087	173,976	3.15%	4.11%
1967	20,314,066	179,700	3.17%	3.29%
1968	20,957,287	199,416	3.17%	11%
1969	21,614,676	239,660	3.14%	20.2%
1970	22,279,984	286,536	3.08%	19.6%
1971	22,942,143	335,027	2.97%	16.9%
1972	23,609,456	385,014	2.91%	14.9%
1973	24,294,263	436,399	2.9%	13.3%
1974	24,989,108	489,087	2.86%	12.1%
1975	25,690,940	542,856	2.81%	11%
1976	26,395,450	615,866	2.74%	13.4%
1977	27,118,952	710,209	2.74%	15.3%
1978	27,869,507	809,274	2.77%	13.9%
1979	28,634,162	912,010	2.74%	12.7%
1980	29,518,857	1,015,700	3.09%	11.4%
1981	30,541,044	1,099,855	3.46%	8.29%
1982	31,615,339	1,166,370	3.52%	6.05%
1983	32,739,304	1,235,305	3.56%	5.91%
1984	33,892,788	1,305,996	3.52%	5.72%
1985	35,042,093	1,377,911	3.39%	5.51%
1986	36,180,515	1,467,383	3.25%	6.49%
1987	37,326,190	1,574,244	3.17%	7.28%
1988	38,480,649	1,681,788	3.09%	6.83%
1989	39,628,575	1,789,851	2.98%	6.43%
1990	40,746,268	1,898,220	2.82%	6.05%
1991	41,687,898	2,006,626	2.31%	5.71%
1992	42,443,509	2,114,730	1.81%	5.39%
1993	43,297,156	2,222,093	2.01%	5.08%
1994	44,004,139	2,328,188	1.63%	4.77%
1995	44,541,554	2,434,662	1.22%	4.57%
1996	45,123,018	2,597,564	1.31%	6.69%
1997	45,666,838	2,817,410	1.21%	8.46%
1998	46,223,880	3,040,421	1.22%	7.92%
1999	46,730,335	3,266,009	1.1%	7.42%
2000	47,159,719	3,493,575	0.92%	6.97%
2001	47,566,800	3,723,590	0.86%	6.58%
2002	48,019,415	3,956,826	0.95%	6.26%
2003	48,500,348	4,192,457	1%	5.96%
2004	48,991,421	4,428,967	1.01%	5.64%
2005	49,490,033	4,664,790	1.02%	5.32%
2006	49,998,277	5,009,100	1.03%	7.38%
2007	50,528,584	5,624,635	1.06%	12.3%
2008	51,114,599	6,302,664	1.16%	12.1%
2009	51,728,516	6,707,058	1.2%	6.42%
2010	52,344,051	6,869,838	1.19%	2.43%
2011	52,995,205	7,104,538	1.24%	3.42%
2012	53,782,567	7,391,448	1.49%	4.04%
2013	54,678,791	7,693,031	1.67%	4.08%
2014	55,594,838	8,059,440	1.68%	4.76%
2015	56,723,537	8,505,237	2.03%	5.53%
2016	57,259,551	8,935,095	0.94%	5.05%
2017	57,635,162	9,223,225	0.66%	3.22%
2018	58,613,001	9,346,701	1.7%	1.34%
2019	59,587,885	9,445,785	1.66%	1.06%
2020	60,562,381	9,401,038	1.64%	-0.47%
2021	61,502,603	9,575,152	1.55%	1.85%
2022	62,378,410	10,074,977	1.42%	5.22%
2023	63,212,384	10,483,751	1.34%	4.06%
2024	64,007,187	10,986,400	1.26%	4.79%
2025	64,747,317	11,304,093	1.16%	2.89%
2026	65,453,086	11,531,926	1.09%	2.02%
2027	66,143,018	11,712,175	1.05%	1.56%
2028	66,830,384	11,868,257	1.04%	1.33%
2029	67,506,850	12,010,111	1.01%	1.2%
2030	68,161,357	12,145,577	0.97%	1.13%
2031	68,798,574	12,281,573	0.93%	1.12%
2032	69,426,441	12,421,758	0.91%	1.14%
2033	70,040,484	12,565,679	0.88%	1.16%
2034	70,641,572	12,712,942	0.86%	1.17%
2035	71,234,749	12,863,015	0.84%	1.18%
2036	71,816,372	13,015,458	0.82%	1.19%
2037	72,387,807	13,169,969	0.8%	1.19%
2038	72,949,611	13,326,337	0.78%	1.19%
2039	73,496,152	13,484,193	0.75%	1.18%
2040	74,035,615	13,643,197	0.73%	1.18%
2041	74,575,444	13,803,349	0.73%	1.17%
2042	75,111,899	13,964,553	0.72%	1.17%
2043	75,641,512	14,126,724	0.71%	1.16%
2044	76,164,461	14,289,828	0.69%	1.15%
2045	76,681,448	14,453,775	0.68%	1.15%
2046	77,199,542	14,619,554	0.68%	1.15%
2047	77,716,650	14,788,991	0.67%	1.16%
2048	78,215,323	14,961,419	0.64%	1.17%
2049	78,699,584	15,135,496	0.62%	1.16%
2050	79,177,329	15,310,628	0.61%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.