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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Yemen	South Africa	Yemen
1960	16,440,172	5,532,301	-	-
1961	16,908,035	5,655,232	2.85%	2.22%
1962	17,418,522	5,782,221	3.02%	2.25%
1963	17,954,564	5,911,135	3.08%	2.23%
1964	18,511,361	6,048,006	3.1%	2.32%
1965	19,089,380	6,195,593	3.12%	2.44%
1966	19,690,087	6,351,494	3.15%	2.52%
1967	20,314,066	6,516,444	3.17%	2.6%
1968	20,957,287	6,690,524	3.17%	2.67%
1969	21,614,676	6,875,859	3.14%	2.77%
1970	22,279,984	7,065,279	3.08%	2.75%
1971	22,942,143	7,257,462	2.97%	2.72%
1972	23,609,456	7,460,068	2.91%	2.79%
1973	24,294,263	7,672,796	2.9%	2.85%
1974	24,989,108	7,896,783	2.86%	2.92%
1975	25,690,940	8,133,598	2.81%	3%
1976	26,395,450	8,384,113	2.74%	3.08%
1977	27,118,952	8,648,222	2.74%	3.15%
1978	27,869,507	8,926,586	2.77%	3.22%
1979	28,634,162	9,224,194	2.74%	3.33%
1980	29,518,857	9,543,358	3.09%	3.46%
1981	30,541,044	9,882,362	3.46%	3.55%
1982	31,615,339	10,241,006	3.52%	3.63%
1983	32,739,304	10,621,499	3.56%	3.72%
1984	33,892,788	11,025,597	3.52%	3.8%
1985	35,042,093	11,453,825	3.39%	3.88%
1986	36,180,515	11,901,040	3.25%	3.9%
1987	37,326,190	12,369,912	3.17%	3.94%
1988	38,480,649	12,859,708	3.09%	3.96%
1989	39,628,575	13,364,174	2.98%	3.92%
1990	40,746,268	13,887,862	2.82%	3.92%
1991	41,687,898	14,430,201	2.31%	3.91%
1992	42,443,509	14,989,494	1.81%	3.88%
1993	43,297,156	15,563,914	2.01%	3.83%
1994	44,004,139	16,149,147	1.63%	3.76%
1995	44,541,554	16,740,058	1.22%	3.66%
1996	45,123,018	17,313,177	1.31%	3.42%
1997	45,666,838	17,873,936	1.21%	3.24%
1998	46,223,880	18,446,013	1.22%	3.2%
1999	46,730,335	19,029,420	1.1%	3.16%
2000	47,159,719	19,624,141	0.92%	3.13%
2001	47,566,800	20,226,147	0.86%	3.07%
2002	48,019,415	20,835,086	0.95%	3.01%
2003	48,500,348	21,456,379	1%	2.98%
2004	48,991,421	22,095,167	1.01%	2.98%
2005	49,490,033	22,790,085	1.02%	3.15%
2006	49,998,277	23,543,083	1.03%	3.3%
2007	50,528,584	24,318,082	1.06%	3.29%
2008	51,114,599	25,111,941	1.16%	3.26%
2009	51,728,516	25,927,724	1.2%	3.25%
2010	52,344,051	26,754,387	1.19%	3.19%
2011	52,995,205	27,582,897	1.24%	3.1%
2012	53,782,567	28,433,647	1.49%	3.08%
2013	54,678,791	29,312,952	1.67%	3.09%
2014	55,594,838	30,226,309	1.68%	3.12%
2015	56,723,537	31,159,379	2.03%	3.09%
2016	57,259,551	32,109,010	0.94%	3.05%
2017	57,635,162	33,090,921	0.66%	3.06%
2018	58,613,001	34,085,182	1.7%	3%
2019	59,587,885	35,111,408	1.66%	3.01%
2020	60,562,381	36,134,863	1.64%	2.91%
2021	61,502,603	37,140,230	1.55%	2.78%
2022	62,378,410	38,222,876	1.42%	2.92%
2023	63,212,384	39,390,799	1.34%	3.06%
2024	64,007,187	40,583,164	1.26%	3.03%
2025	64,747,317	41,773,871	1.16%	2.93%
2026	65,453,086	42,961,650	1.09%	2.84%
2027	66,143,018	44,145,620	1.05%	2.76%
2028	66,830,384	45,323,685	1.04%	2.67%
2029	67,506,850	46,497,573	1.01%	2.59%
2030	68,161,357	47,667,649	0.97%	2.52%
2031	68,798,574	48,827,503	0.93%	2.43%
2032	69,426,441	49,979,089	0.91%	2.36%
2033	70,040,484	51,129,867	0.88%	2.3%
2034	70,641,572	52,279,989	0.86%	2.25%
2035	71,234,749	53,429,308	0.84%	2.2%
2036	71,816,372	54,578,046	0.82%	2.15%
2037	72,387,807	55,724,259	0.8%	2.1%
2038	72,949,611	56,872,152	0.78%	2.06%
2039	73,496,152	58,024,713	0.75%	2.03%
2040	74,035,615	59,181,514	0.73%	1.99%
2041	74,575,444	60,345,667	0.73%	1.97%
2042	75,111,899	61,517,965	0.72%	1.94%
2043	75,641,512	62,696,517	0.71%	1.92%
2044	76,164,461	63,880,172	0.69%	1.89%
2045	76,681,448	65,066,344	0.68%	1.86%
2046	77,199,542	66,253,578	0.68%	1.82%
2047	77,716,650	67,438,796	0.67%	1.79%
2048	78,215,323	68,620,844	0.64%	1.75%
2049	78,699,584	69,799,794	0.62%	1.72%
2050	79,177,329	70,976,389	0.61%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.