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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Venezuela	South Africa	Venezuela
1960	16,440,172	8,160,090	-	-
1961	16,908,035	8,455,915	2.85%	3.63%
1962	17,418,522	8,756,870	3.02%	3.56%
1963	17,954,564	9,064,021	3.08%	3.51%
1964	18,511,361	9,377,712	3.1%	3.46%
1965	19,089,380	9,697,790	3.12%	3.41%
1966	19,690,087	10,024,854	3.15%	3.37%
1967	20,314,066	10,358,513	3.17%	3.33%
1968	20,957,287	10,697,530	3.17%	3.27%
1969	21,614,676	11,040,280	3.14%	3.2%
1970	22,279,984	11,387,790	3.08%	3.15%
1971	22,942,143	11,741,008	2.97%	3.1%
1972	23,609,456	12,099,180	2.91%	3.05%
1973	24,294,263	12,463,537	2.9%	3.01%
1974	24,989,108	12,835,351	2.86%	2.98%
1975	25,690,940	13,215,892	2.81%	2.96%
1976	26,395,450	13,606,284	2.74%	2.95%
1977	27,118,952	14,006,812	2.74%	2.94%
1978	27,869,507	14,416,684	2.77%	2.93%
1979	28,634,162	14,834,552	2.74%	2.9%
1980	29,518,857	15,258,218	3.09%	2.86%
1981	30,541,044	15,687,297	3.46%	2.81%
1982	31,615,339	16,121,874	3.52%	2.77%
1983	32,739,304	16,562,205	3.56%	2.73%
1984	33,892,788	17,008,841	3.52%	2.7%
1985	35,042,093	17,461,434	3.39%	2.66%
1986	36,180,515	17,923,536	3.25%	2.65%
1987	37,326,190	18,394,963	3.17%	2.63%
1988	38,480,649	18,871,020	3.09%	2.59%
1989	39,628,575	19,348,921	2.98%	2.53%
1990	40,746,268	19,827,010	2.82%	2.47%
1991	41,687,898	20,304,896	2.31%	2.41%
1992	42,443,509	20,780,948	1.81%	2.34%
1993	43,297,156	21,254,520	2.01%	2.28%
1994	44,004,139	21,725,188	1.63%	2.21%
1995	44,541,554	22,193,821	1.22%	2.16%
1996	45,123,018	22,662,113	1.31%	2.11%
1997	45,666,838	23,131,685	1.21%	2.07%
1998	46,223,880	23,601,337	1.22%	2.03%
1999	46,730,335	24,066,593	1.1%	1.97%
2000	47,159,719	24,526,708	0.92%	1.91%
2001	47,566,800	24,979,922	0.86%	1.85%
2002	48,019,415	25,435,671	0.95%	1.82%
2003	48,500,348	25,892,703	1%	1.8%
2004	48,991,421	26,340,838	1.01%	1.73%
2005	49,490,033	26,785,804	1.02%	1.69%
2006	49,998,277	27,224,686	1.03%	1.64%
2007	50,528,584	27,649,363	1.06%	1.56%
2008	51,114,599	28,053,696	1.16%	1.46%
2009	51,728,516	28,438,298	1.2%	1.37%
2010	52,344,051	28,813,101	1.19%	1.32%
2011	52,995,205	29,185,212	1.24%	1.29%
2012	53,782,567	29,553,826	1.49%	1.26%
2013	54,678,791	29,912,198	1.67%	1.21%
2014	55,594,838	30,254,079	1.68%	1.14%
2015	56,723,537	30,573,972	2.03%	1.06%
2016	57,259,551	30,765,720	0.94%	0.63%
2017	57,635,162	30,565,323	0.66%	-0.65%
2018	58,613,001	29,807,592	1.7%	-2.48%
2019	59,587,885	28,938,098	1.66%	-2.92%
2020	60,562,381	28,444,077	1.64%	-1.71%
2021	61,502,603	28,237,826	1.55%	-0.73%
2022	62,378,410	28,213,017	1.42%	-0.09%
2023	63,212,384	28,300,854	1.34%	0.31%
2024	64,007,187	28,405,543	1.26%	0.37%
2025	64,747,317	28,516,898	1.16%	0.39%
2026	65,453,086	28,633,718	1.09%	0.41%
2027	66,143,018	28,758,565	1.05%	0.44%
2028	66,830,384	28,885,166	1.04%	0.44%
2029	67,506,850	29,014,444	1.01%	0.45%
2030	68,161,357	29,151,809	0.97%	0.47%
2031	68,798,574	29,295,744	0.93%	0.49%
2032	69,426,441	29,442,534	0.91%	0.5%
2033	70,040,484	29,587,099	0.88%	0.49%
2034	70,641,572	29,735,159	0.86%	0.5%
2035	71,234,749	29,883,329	0.84%	0.5%
2036	71,816,372	30,020,167	0.82%	0.46%
2037	72,387,807	30,146,546	0.8%	0.42%
2038	72,949,611	30,268,328	0.78%	0.4%
2039	73,496,152	30,386,284	0.75%	0.39%
2040	74,035,615	30,495,445	0.73%	0.36%
2041	74,575,444	30,590,207	0.73%	0.31%
2042	75,111,899	30,674,532	0.72%	0.28%
2043	75,641,512	30,749,671	0.71%	0.24%
2044	76,164,461	30,813,805	0.69%	0.21%
2045	76,681,448	30,871,490	0.68%	0.19%
2046	77,199,542	30,923,463	0.68%	0.17%
2047	77,716,650	30,974,366	0.67%	0.16%
2048	78,215,323	31,021,600	0.64%	0.15%
2049	78,699,584	31,059,954	0.62%	0.12%
2050	79,177,329	31,094,884	0.61%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.