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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Vietnam	South Africa	Vietnam
1960	16,440,172	32,531,933	-	-
1961	16,908,035	33,409,059	2.85%	2.7%
1962	17,418,522	34,288,560	3.02%	2.63%
1963	17,954,564	35,249,101	3.08%	2.8%
1964	18,511,361	36,201,563	3.1%	2.7%
1965	19,089,380	37,129,656	3.12%	2.56%
1966	19,690,087	38,024,836	3.15%	2.41%
1967	20,314,066	38,895,080	3.17%	2.29%
1968	20,957,287	39,734,609	3.17%	2.16%
1969	21,614,676	40,582,096	3.14%	2.13%
1970	22,279,984	41,475,230	3.08%	2.2%
1971	22,942,143	42,449,276	2.97%	2.35%
1972	23,609,456	43,429,168	2.91%	2.31%
1973	24,294,263	44,409,861	2.9%	2.26%
1974	24,989,108	45,413,537	2.86%	2.26%
1975	25,690,940	46,482,903	2.81%	2.35%
1976	26,395,450	47,684,931	2.74%	2.59%
1977	27,118,952	48,954,872	2.74%	2.66%
1978	27,869,507	50,249,552	2.77%	2.64%
1979	28,634,162	51,378,211	2.74%	2.25%
1980	29,518,857	52,490,101	3.09%	2.16%
1981	30,541,044	53,738,141	3.46%	2.38%
1982	31,615,339	55,011,289	3.52%	2.37%
1983	32,739,304	56,337,921	3.56%	2.41%
1984	33,892,788	57,706,067	3.52%	2.43%
1985	35,042,093	59,060,622	3.39%	2.35%
1986	36,180,515	60,347,048	3.25%	2.18%
1987	37,326,190	61,584,651	3.17%	2.05%
1988	38,480,649	62,843,228	3.09%	2.04%
1989	39,628,575	64,147,348	2.98%	2.08%
1990	40,746,268	65,504,552	2.82%	2.12%
1991	41,687,898	66,891,775	2.31%	2.12%
1992	42,443,509	68,260,337	1.81%	2.05%
1993	43,297,156	69,586,384	2.01%	1.94%
1994	44,004,139	70,854,391	1.63%	1.82%
1995	44,541,554	72,049,940	1.22%	1.69%
1996	45,123,018	73,156,447	1.31%	1.54%
1997	45,666,838	74,226,889	1.21%	1.46%
1998	46,223,880	75,299,660	1.22%	1.45%
1999	46,730,335	76,287,452	1.1%	1.31%
2000	47,159,719	77,154,011	0.92%	1.14%
2001	47,566,800	77,969,361	0.86%	1.06%
2002	48,019,415	78,772,224	0.95%	1.03%
2003	48,500,348	79,563,777	1%	1%
2004	48,991,421	80,338,971	1.01%	0.97%
2005	49,490,033	81,088,313	1.02%	0.93%
2006	49,998,277	82,167,897	1.03%	1.33%
2007	50,528,584	83,633,375	1.06%	1.78%
2008	51,114,599	85,175,788	1.16%	1.84%
2009	51,728,516	86,460,018	1.2%	1.51%
2010	52,344,051	87,455,152	1.19%	1.15%
2011	52,995,205	88,468,314	1.24%	1.16%
2012	53,782,567	89,510,356	1.49%	1.18%
2013	54,678,791	90,573,104	1.67%	1.19%
2014	55,594,838	91,679,578	1.68%	1.22%
2015	56,723,537	92,823,254	2.03%	1.25%
2016	57,259,551	94,000,117	0.94%	1.27%
2017	57,635,162	95,176,977	0.66%	1.25%
2018	58,613,001	96,237,319	1.7%	1.11%
2019	59,587,885	97,173,776	1.66%	0.97%
2020	60,562,381	98,079,191	1.64%	0.93%
2021	61,502,603	98,935,098	1.55%	0.87%
2022	62,378,410	99,680,655	1.42%	0.75%
2023	63,212,384	100,352,192	1.34%	0.67%
2024	64,007,187	100,987,686	1.26%	0.63%
2025	64,747,317	101,598,531	1.16%	0.6%
2026	65,453,086	102,177,434	1.09%	0.57%
2027	66,143,018	102,727,392	1.05%	0.54%
2028	66,830,384	103,255,746	1.04%	0.51%
2029	67,506,850	103,761,151	1.01%	0.49%
2030	68,161,357	104,254,900	0.97%	0.48%
2031	68,798,574	104,737,913	0.93%	0.46%
2032	69,426,441	105,204,401	0.91%	0.45%
2033	70,040,484	105,656,307	0.88%	0.43%
2034	70,641,572	106,097,515	0.86%	0.42%
2035	71,234,749	106,530,671	0.84%	0.41%
2036	71,816,372	106,945,842	0.82%	0.39%
2037	72,387,807	107,346,046	0.8%	0.37%
2038	72,949,611	107,732,019	0.78%	0.36%
2039	73,496,152	108,097,653	0.75%	0.34%
2040	74,035,615	108,437,634	0.73%	0.31%
2041	74,575,444	108,752,199	0.73%	0.29%
2042	75,111,899	109,040,314	0.72%	0.26%
2043	75,641,512	109,292,559	0.71%	0.23%
2044	76,164,461	109,506,274	0.69%	0.2%
2045	76,681,448	109,685,396	0.68%	0.16%
2046	77,199,542	109,827,664	0.68%	0.13%
2047	77,716,650	109,930,243	0.67%	0.09%
2048	78,215,323	109,994,024	0.64%	0.06%
2049	78,699,584	110,018,017	0.62%	0.02%
2050	79,177,329	110,008,910	0.61%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Africa increased by 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Africa gained 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2005 and is still 24th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.