Demographics of South Africa

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of South Africa is projected at 60.04 million, up by 1.24% compared with 59.31 million in 2020. South Africa is ranked 25th in terms of population and 90th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 1.17 million births in South Africa in 2021. That is 3,197 per day, which is ranked 25th. The crude birth rate is 19.44 per 1000 people. There are 0.56 million deaths in South Africa in 2021. That is 1,540 per day, which is ranked 23th. The crude death rate is 9.36 per 1000 people.

40.28 million people are living in urban areas, which is 67.85% of South Africa population. South Africa is ranked 107th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in South Africa in 2021 is 97.01 males per 100 females. There are 29.56 million males and 30.48 million females in South Africa. The percentage of female population is 50.76% compare to 49.24% male population. South Africa has 0.91 million more females than males. South Africa is at 64th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

South Africa population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	13,628,434	-
1955	15,206,501	2.28
1960	17,099,836	2.45
1965	19,384,838	2.59
1970	22,069,783	2.67
1975	25,195,184	2.62
1980	28,556,771	2.62
1985	32,678,876	2.63
1990	36,800,507	2.42
1995	41,435,761	2.15
2000	44,967,713	1.42
2005	47,880,595	1.25
2010	51,216,967	1.47
2015	55,386,369	1.54
2016	56,207,649	1.48
2017	57,009,751	1.43
2018	57,792,520	1.37
2019	58,558,267	1.32
2020	59,308,690	1.28
2021	60,041,996	1.24

Total
Crude

South Africa death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	294,345	583,618	21.28	42.28
1955	291,587	636,639	19.14	41.79
1960	298,538	704,184	17.40	41.08
1965	309,692	774,322	15.93	39.87
1970	315,598	853,049	14.26	38.54
1975	312,704	928,346	12.41	36.88
1980	310,702	1,035,487	10.81	36.03
1985	303,437	1,138,658	9.31	34.87
1990	297,741	1,118,343	8.08	30.31
1995	371,118	1,043,099	8.98	25.28
2000	544,181	1,026,739	12.11	22.85
2005	671,105	1,107,673	13.99	23.07
2010	618,889	1,196,894	12.09	23.30
2015	541,211	1,201,362	9.77	21.72
2020	555,971	1,172,060	9.38	19.77
2021	561,960	1,166,860	9.36	19.44

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of South Africa

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	5,755,262	7,873,166	-	42.230
1955	6,829,341	8,547,488	3.52	44.413
1960	8,138,204	9,318,651	3.61	46.619
1965	9,422,320	10,519,983	2.97	47.248
1970	10,919,359	11,920,092	3.02	47.809
1975	12,610,547	13,601,858	2.84	48.109
1980	14,411,610	15,348,861	2.72	48.425
1985	16,653,360	17,076,788	2.98	49.372
1990	19,545,369	18,015,156	3.29	52.037
1995	22,932,019	19,156,146	3.02	54.486
2000	26,015,136	19,713,179	2.35	56.891
2005	29,065,720	19,754,866	2.12	59.536
2010	32,094,811	19,489,852	2.08	62.218
2015	35,844,349	19,446,876	2.19	64.828
2020	39,550,889	19,170,340	1.88	67.354
2021	40,277,814	19,088,162	1.84	67.847

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

South Africa population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,897,986	2,825,177	5,723,163	9.53	102.577
05-09	2,955,269	2,888,764	5,844,033	9.73	102.302
10-14	2,827,833	2,772,447	5,600,280	9.33	101.998
15-19	2,520,518	2,487,422	5,007,940	8.34	101.331
20-24	2,463,017	2,435,845	4,898,862	8.16	101.116
25-29	2,596,240	2,560,273	5,156,513	8.59	101.405
30-34	2,712,143	2,669,930	5,382,073	8.96	101.581
35-39	2,474,162	2,448,643	4,922,805	8.20	101.042
40-44	1,966,335	1,988,136	3,954,471	6.59	98.903
45-49	1,613,851	1,690,952	3,304,803	5.50	95.440
50-54	1,323,253	1,437,198	2,760,451	4.60	92.072
55-59	1,059,892	1,210,562	2,270,454	3.78	87.554
60-64	822,524	1,011,712	1,834,236	3.05	81.300
65-69	601,794	808,750	1,410,544	2.35	74.410
70-74	373,804	557,180	930,984	1.55	67.089
75-79	217,372	373,277	590,649	0.98	58.233
80-84	101,036	209,875	310,911	0.52	48.141
85-89	31,920	82,108	114,028	0.19	38.876
90-94	5,332	17,630	22,962	0.04	30.244
95-99	360	1,419	1,779	0.00	25.370
100+	11	44	55	0.00	25.000
Total	29,564,652	30,477,344	60,041,996		97.005