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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Vanuatu	South Africa	Vanuatu
1960	16,440,172	64,431	-	-
1961	16,908,035	66,264	2.85%	2.84%
1962	17,418,522	68,174	3.02%	2.88%
1963	17,954,564	70,159	3.08%	2.91%
1964	18,511,361	72,219	3.1%	2.94%
1965	19,089,380	74,358	3.12%	2.96%
1966	19,690,087	76,590	3.15%	3%
1967	20,314,066	78,921	3.17%	3.04%
1968	20,957,287	81,314	3.17%	3.03%
1969	21,614,676	83,755	3.14%	3%
1970	22,279,984	86,266	3.08%	3%
1971	22,942,143	88,862	2.97%	3.01%
1972	23,609,456	91,562	2.91%	3.04%
1973	24,294,263	94,362	2.9%	3.06%
1974	24,989,108	97,260	2.86%	3.07%
1975	25,690,940	100,269	2.81%	3.09%
1976	26,395,450	103,388	2.74%	3.11%
1977	27,118,952	106,618	2.74%	3.12%
1978	27,869,507	109,963	2.77%	3.14%
1979	28,634,162	113,040	2.74%	2.8%
1980	29,518,857	115,660	3.09%	2.32%
1981	30,541,044	118,249	3.46%	2.24%
1982	31,615,339	121,035	3.52%	2.36%
1983	32,739,304	123,998	3.56%	2.45%
1984	33,892,788	127,109	3.52%	2.51%
1985	35,042,093	130,356	3.39%	2.55%
1986	36,180,515	133,720	3.25%	2.58%
1987	37,326,190	137,187	3.17%	2.59%
1988	38,480,649	140,756	3.09%	2.6%
1989	39,628,575	144,393	2.98%	2.58%
1990	40,746,268	148,063	2.82%	2.54%
1991	41,687,898	151,793	2.31%	2.52%
1992	42,443,509	155,608	1.81%	2.51%
1993	43,297,156	159,463	2.01%	2.48%
1994	44,004,139	163,314	1.63%	2.41%
1995	44,541,554	167,137	1.22%	2.34%
1996	45,123,018	170,911	1.31%	2.26%
1997	45,666,838	174,626	1.21%	2.17%
1998	46,223,880	178,313	1.22%	2.11%
1999	46,730,335	182,048	1.1%	2.09%
2000	47,159,719	186,281	0.92%	2.33%
2001	47,566,800	191,031	0.86%	2.55%
2002	48,019,415	195,863	0.95%	2.53%
2003	48,500,348	200,746	1%	2.49%
2004	48,991,421	205,711	1.01%	2.47%
2005	49,490,033	210,760	1.02%	2.45%
2006	49,998,277	215,923	1.03%	2.45%
2007	50,528,584	221,276	1.06%	2.48%
2008	51,114,599	226,896	1.16%	2.54%
2009	51,728,516	232,731	1.2%	2.57%
2010	52,344,051	238,248	1.19%	2.37%
2011	52,995,205	243,474	1.24%	2.19%
2012	53,782,567	248,883	1.49%	2.22%
2013	54,678,791	254,482	1.67%	2.25%
2014	55,594,838	260,240	1.68%	2.26%
2015	56,723,537	266,101	2.03%	2.25%
2016	57,259,551	272,087	0.94%	2.25%
2017	57,635,162	278,507	0.66%	2.36%
2018	58,613,001	285,259	1.7%	2.42%
2019	59,587,885	291,985	1.66%	2.36%
2020	60,562,381	298,858	1.64%	2.35%
2021	61,502,603	305,868	1.55%	2.35%
2022	62,378,410	313,046	1.42%	2.35%
2023	63,212,384	320,409	1.34%	2.35%
2024	64,007,187	327,777	1.26%	2.3%
2025	64,747,317	335,169	1.16%	2.26%
2026	65,453,086	342,565	1.09%	2.21%
2027	66,143,018	349,970	1.05%	2.16%
2028	66,830,384	357,397	1.04%	2.12%
2029	67,506,850	364,883	1.01%	2.09%
2030	68,161,357	372,429	0.97%	2.07%
2031	68,798,574	380,015	0.93%	2.04%
2032	69,426,441	387,657	0.91%	2.01%
2033	70,040,484	395,366	0.88%	1.99%
2034	70,641,572	403,188	0.86%	1.98%
2035	71,234,749	411,061	0.84%	1.95%
2036	71,816,372	419,006	0.82%	1.93%
2037	72,387,807	427,031	0.8%	1.92%
2038	72,949,611	435,150	0.78%	1.9%
2039	73,496,152	443,311	0.75%	1.88%
2040	74,035,615	451,509	0.73%	1.85%
2041	74,575,444	459,733	0.73%	1.82%
2042	75,111,899	468,003	0.72%	1.8%
2043	75,641,512	476,308	0.71%	1.77%
2044	76,164,461	484,636	0.69%	1.75%
2045	76,681,448	492,989	0.68%	1.72%
2046	77,199,542	501,316	0.68%	1.69%
2047	77,716,650	509,621	0.67%	1.66%
2048	78,215,323	517,889	0.64%	1.62%
2049	78,699,584	526,138	0.62%	1.59%
2050	79,177,329	534,374	0.61%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.