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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Uzbekistan	South Africa	Uzbekistan
1960	16,440,172	8,209,109	-	-
1961	16,908,035	8,517,711	2.85%	3.76%
1962	17,418,522	8,854,368	3.02%	3.95%
1963	17,954,564	9,202,246	3.08%	3.93%
1964	18,511,361	9,557,611	3.1%	3.86%
1965	19,089,380	9,921,681	3.12%	3.81%
1966	19,690,087	10,289,294	3.15%	3.71%
1967	20,314,066	10,659,180	3.17%	3.59%
1968	20,957,287	11,032,155	3.17%	3.5%
1969	21,614,676	11,403,150	3.14%	3.36%
1970	22,279,984	11,762,638	3.08%	3.15%
1971	22,942,143	12,111,511	2.97%	2.97%
1972	23,609,456	12,465,106	2.91%	2.92%
1973	24,294,263	12,831,047	2.9%	2.94%
1974	24,989,108	13,209,011	2.86%	2.95%
1975	25,690,940	13,598,521	2.81%	2.95%
1976	26,395,450	13,998,620	2.74%	2.94%
1977	27,118,952	14,408,822	2.74%	2.93%
1978	27,869,507	14,816,349	2.77%	2.83%
1979	28,634,162	15,215,587	2.74%	2.69%
1980	29,518,857	15,619,936	3.09%	2.66%
1981	30,541,044	16,035,032	3.46%	2.66%
1982	31,615,339	16,462,736	3.52%	2.67%
1983	32,739,304	16,908,400	3.56%	2.71%
1984	33,892,788	17,378,846	3.52%	2.78%
1985	35,042,093	17,875,339	3.39%	2.86%
1986	36,180,515	18,395,621	3.25%	2.91%
1987	37,326,190	18,930,070	3.17%	2.91%
1988	38,480,649	19,460,630	3.09%	2.8%
1989	39,628,575	19,977,183	2.98%	2.65%
1990	40,746,268	20,464,956	2.82%	2.44%
1991	41,687,898	20,962,910	2.31%	2.43%
1992	42,443,509	21,485,090	1.81%	2.49%
1993	43,297,156	21,987,955	2.01%	2.34%
1994	44,004,139	22,463,291	1.63%	2.16%
1995	44,541,554	22,917,589	1.22%	2.02%
1996	45,123,018	23,351,981	1.31%	1.9%
1997	45,666,838	23,758,960	1.21%	1.74%
1998	46,223,880	24,134,929	1.22%	1.58%
1999	46,730,335	24,476,008	1.1%	1.41%
2000	47,159,719	24,787,054	0.92%	1.27%
2001	47,566,800	25,090,283	0.86%	1.22%
2002	48,019,415	25,399,980	0.95%	1.23%
2003	48,500,348	25,711,259	1%	1.23%
2004	48,991,421	26,029,350	1.01%	1.24%
2005	49,490,033	26,356,975	1.02%	1.26%
2006	49,998,277	26,699,043	1.03%	1.3%
2007	50,528,584	27,076,008	1.06%	1.41%
2008	51,114,599	27,494,774	1.16%	1.55%
2009	51,728,516	27,939,328	1.2%	1.62%
2010	52,344,051	28,385,506	1.19%	1.6%
2011	52,995,205	28,823,196	1.24%	1.54%
2012	53,782,567	29,261,903	1.49%	1.52%
2013	54,678,791	29,724,065	1.67%	1.58%
2014	55,594,838	30,222,994	1.68%	1.68%
2015	56,723,537	30,749,346	2.03%	1.74%
2016	57,259,551	31,284,568	0.94%	1.74%
2017	57,635,162	31,819,178	0.66%	1.71%
2018	58,613,001	32,373,490	1.7%	1.74%
2019	59,587,885	32,964,701	1.66%	1.83%
2020	60,562,381	33,586,372	1.64%	1.89%
2021	61,502,603	34,243,696	1.55%	1.96%
2022	62,378,410	34,938,955	1.42%	2.03%
2023	63,212,384	35,652,307	1.34%	2.04%
2024	64,007,187	36,361,859	1.26%	1.99%
2025	64,747,317	37,053,425	1.16%	1.9%
2026	65,453,086	37,724,224	1.09%	1.81%
2027	66,143,018	38,376,104	1.05%	1.73%
2028	66,830,384	39,010,995	1.04%	1.65%
2029	67,506,850	39,634,353	1.01%	1.6%
2030	68,161,357	40,248,246	0.97%	1.55%
2031	68,798,574	40,850,310	0.93%	1.5%
2032	69,426,441	41,442,243	0.91%	1.45%
2033	70,040,484	42,026,366	0.88%	1.41%
2034	70,641,572	42,603,253	0.86%	1.37%
2035	71,234,749	43,175,104	0.84%	1.34%
2036	71,816,372	43,744,382	0.82%	1.32%
2037	72,387,807	44,313,638	0.8%	1.3%
2038	72,949,611	44,885,866	0.78%	1.29%
2039	73,496,152	45,461,988	0.75%	1.28%
2040	74,035,615	46,044,151	0.73%	1.28%
2041	74,575,444	46,636,742	0.73%	1.29%
2042	75,111,899	47,240,035	0.72%	1.29%
2043	75,641,512	47,851,671	0.71%	1.29%
2044	76,164,461	48,470,624	0.69%	1.29%
2045	76,681,448	49,096,060	0.68%	1.29%
2046	77,199,542	49,724,395	0.68%	1.28%
2047	77,716,650	50,351,710	0.67%	1.26%
2048	78,215,323	50,975,927	0.64%	1.24%
2049	78,699,584	51,596,108	0.62%	1.22%
2050	79,177,329	52,210,749	0.61%	1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.