Population of South Africa

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	08 Apr 2024

The current population of South Africa is 60,886,975 as of April 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Africa is projected at 61,020,221 or 61.02 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in South Africa is projected at 60,414,495 or 60.41 million people for the year 2023.

South Africa is the sixth-most populous country in Africa and is in the 24th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

South Africa population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	59,646,800	59,893,885	494,171	0.825	0.75
2023	60,140,971	60,414,495	547,047	0.905	0.75
2024	60,688,018	61,020,221	664,406	1.089	0.75
2025	61,352,424	61,673,081	641,314	1.040	0.75
2026	61,993,738	62,305,039	622,601	0.999	0.75
2027	62,616,339	62,918,916	605,153	0.962	0.75
2028	63,221,492	63,514,502	586,020	0.923	0.76
2029	63,807,512	64,093,732	572,440	0.893	0.76
2030	64,379,952	64,659,278	558,652	0.864	0.76
2031	64,938,604	65,211,526	545,843	0.837	0.76
2032	65,484,447	65,752,924	536,954	0.817	0.76
2033	66,021,401	66,284,189	525,575	0.793	0.76
2034	66,546,976	66,804,167	514,382	0.770	0.76
2035	67,061,358	67,314,133	505,549	0.751	0.76
2036	67,566,907	67,815,933	498,053	0.734	0.76
2037	68,064,960	68,308,246	486,571	0.712	0.76
2038	68,551,531	68,788,495	473,928	0.689	0.76
2039	69,025,459	69,256,823	462,728	0.668	0.76
2040	69,488,187	69,713,937	451,500	0.648	0.76
2041	69,939,687	70,160,652	441,929	0.630	0.76
2042	70,381,616	70,595,132	427,031	0.605	0.76
2043	70,808,647	71,016,168	415,042	0.584	0.76
2044	71,223,689	71,423,671	399,965	0.560	0.76
2045	71,623,654	71,816,201	385,094	0.536	0.76
2046	72,008,748	72,192,155	366,815	0.508	0.76
2047	72,375,563	72,551,393	351,659	0.485	0.76
2048	72,727,222	72,894,219	333,994	0.458	0.76
2049	73,061,216	73,220,860	319,287	0.436	0.76
2050	73,380,503	73,529,753	298,500	0.406	0.76
2051	73,679,003	73,819,238	280,470	0.380	0.76
2052	73,959,473	74,089,701	260,456	0.352	0.76
2053	74,219,929	74,342,981	246,104	0.331	0.76
2054	74,466,033	74,580,110	228,155	0.306	0.76
2055	74,694,188	74,799,050	209,725	0.280	0.75
2056	74,903,913	75,001,120	194,414	0.259	0.75
2057	75,098,327	75,188,808	180,963	0.241	0.75
2058	75,279,290	75,362,119	165,658	0.220	0.75
2059	75,444,948	75,520,304	150,712	0.200	0.75
2060	75,595,660	75,663,198	135,076	0.179	0.75
2061	75,730,736	75,793,041	124,609	0.164	0.75
2062	75,855,345	75,912,773	114,856	0.151	0.75
2063	75,970,201	76,022,453	104,504	0.137	0.75
2064	76,074,705	76,120,999	92,587	0.122	0.75
2065	76,167,292	76,208,045	81,507	0.107	0.75
2066	76,248,799	76,283,732	69,867	0.092	0.75
2067	76,318,666	76,351,934	66,536	0.087	0.75
2068	76,385,202	76,412,770	55,137	0.072	0.74
2069	76,440,339	76,462,114	43,550	0.057	0.74
2070	76,483,889	76,502,155	36,533	0.048	0.74
2071	76,520,422	76,536,239	31,635	0.041	0.74
2072	76,552,057	76,563,061	22,009	0.029	0.74
2073	76,574,066	76,578,860	9,588	0.013	0.74
2074	76,583,654	76,584,111	915	0.001	0.74
2075	76,584,569	76,579,882	-9,375	-0.012	0.74
2076	76,575,194	76,567,382	-15,625	-0.020	0.74
2077	76,559,569	76,548,374	-22,391	-0.029	0.74
2078	76,537,178	76,522,764	-28,828	-0.038	0.74
2079	76,508,350	76,488,404	-39,893	-0.052	0.73
2080	76,468,457	76,445,383	-46,148	-0.060	0.73
2081	76,422,309	76,396,515	-51,589	-0.068	0.73
2082	76,370,720	76,341,015	-59,411	-0.078	0.73
2083	76,311,309	76,280,819	-60,980	-0.080	0.73
2084	76,250,329	76,216,708	-67,241	-0.088	0.73
2085	76,183,088	76,146,535	-73,106	-0.096	0.73
2086	76,109,982	76,071,992	-75,981	-0.100	0.73
2087	76,034,001	75,994,768	-78,467	-0.103	0.73
2088	75,955,534	75,913,621	-83,825	-0.110	0.73
2089	75,871,709	75,827,380	-88,657	-0.117	0.73
2090	75,783,052	75,736,556	-92,993	-0.123	0.73
2091	75,690,059	75,640,985	-98,148	-0.130	0.73
2092	75,591,911	75,538,822	-106,178	-0.141	0.73
2093	75,485,733	75,431,323	-108,819	-0.144	0.72
2094	75,376,914	75,319,878	-114,073	-0.151	0.72
2095	75,262,841	75,203,788	-118,106	-0.157	0.72
2096	75,144,735	75,084,182	-121,106	-0.161	0.72
2097	75,023,629	74,959,932	-127,394	-0.170	0.72
2098	74,896,235	74,830,455	-131,560	-0.176	0.72
2099	74,764,675	74,697,591	-134,168	-0.180	0.72
2100	74,630,507	74,559,590	-141,835	-0.190	0.72

South Africa population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,907,715	13,043,844	272,258	2.087	0.52
1951	13,179,973	13,325,058	290,170	2.178	0.52
1952	13,470,143	13,622,914	305,542	2.243	0.53
1953	13,775,685	13,933,246	315,122	2.262	0.53
1954	14,090,807	14,255,876	330,137	2.316	0.53
1955	14,420,944	14,594,129	346,369	2.373	0.53
1956	14,767,313	14,948,934	363,243	2.430	0.53
1957	15,130,556	15,320,138	379,164	2.475	0.54
1958	15,509,720	15,700,877	382,314	2.435	0.54
1959	15,892,034	16,096,455	408,842	2.540	0.54
1960	16,300,876	16,520,441	439,130	2.658	0.55
1961	16,740,006	16,989,464	498,917	2.937	0.55
1962	17,238,923	17,503,133	528,421	3.019	0.56
1963	17,767,344	18,042,215	549,742	3.047	0.56
1964	18,317,086	18,603,097	572,022	3.075	0.57
1965	18,889,108	19,187,194	596,172	3.107	0.57
1966	19,485,280	19,789,771	608,982	3.077	0.58
1967	20,094,262	20,410,677	632,830	3.101	0.59
1968	20,727,092	21,050,540	646,897	3.073	0.59
1969	21,373,989	21,704,214	660,451	3.043	0.60
1970	22,034,440	22,368,306	667,733	2.985	0.61
1971	22,702,173	23,031,441	658,536	2.859	0.61
1972	23,360,709	23,698,507	675,596	2.851	0.62
1973	24,036,305	24,382,513	692,416	2.840	0.62
1974	24,728,721	25,077,016	696,590	2.778	0.63
1975	25,425,311	25,777,964	705,307	2.736	0.63
1976	26,130,618	26,480,300	699,363	2.641	0.64
1977	26,829,981	27,199,838	739,713	2.720	0.65
1978	27,569,694	27,943,445	747,502	2.675	0.65
1979	28,317,196	28,697,014	759,635	2.647	0.66
1980	29,076,831	29,463,549	773,436	2.625	0.66
1981	29,850,267	30,232,561	764,589	2.529	0.67
1982	30,614,856	31,022,417	815,123	2.628	0.67
1983	31,429,979	31,865,176	870,394	2.732	0.68
1984	32,300,373	32,768,207	935,667	2.856	0.69
1985	33,236,040	33,752,964	1,033,848	3.063	0.69
1986	34,269,888	34,877,834	1,215,891	3.486	0.70
1987	35,485,779	36,119,333	1,267,108	3.508	0.72
1988	36,752,887	37,393,853	1,281,932	3.429	0.73
1989	38,034,819	38,668,684	1,267,730	3.279	0.74
1990	39,302,549	39,877,570	1,150,042	2.884	0.75
1991	40,452,591	40,910,959	916,735	2.241	0.76
1992	41,369,326	41,760,755	782,858	1.875	0.76
1993	42,152,184	42,525,440	746,513	1.755	0.76
1994	42,898,697	43,267,982	738,569	1.707	0.76
1995	43,637,266	43,986,084	697,636	1.586	0.77
1996	44,334,902	44,661,603	653,403	1.463	0.77
1997	44,988,305	45,285,048	593,487	1.311	0.77
1998	45,581,792	45,852,166	540,749	1.179	0.77
1999	46,122,541	46,364,681	484,281	1.045	0.76
2000	46,606,822	46,813,266	412,887	0.882	0.76
2001	47,019,709	47,229,714	420,010	0.889	0.76
2002	47,439,719	47,661,514	443,591	0.931	0.76
2003	47,883,310	48,104,048	441,477	0.918	0.75
2004	48,324,787	48,556,071	462,568	0.953	0.75
2005	48,787,355	49,017,147	459,585	0.938	0.75
2006	49,246,940	49,491,756	489,632	0.989	0.75
2007	49,736,572	49,996,094	519,045	1.038	0.74
2008	50,255,617	50,565,812	620,390	1.227	0.74
2009	50,876,007	51,170,779	589,544	1.152	0.74
2010	51,465,551	51,784,921	638,741	1.233	0.74
2011	52,104,292	52,443,325	678,067	1.293	0.74
2012	52,782,359	53,145,033	725,348	1.365	0.74
2013	53,507,707	53,873,616	731,818	1.358	0.74
2014	54,239,525	54,729,551	980,052	1.791	0.75
2015	55,219,577	55,876,504	1,313,854	2.351	0.75
2016	56,533,431	56,422,274	-222,315	-0.394	0.75
2017	56,311,116	56,641,209	660,187	1.166	0.75
2018	56,971,303	57,339,635	736,664	1.285	0.75
2019	57,707,967	58,087,055	758,176	1.305	0.75
2020	58,466,143	58,801,927	671,567	1.142	0.75
2021	59,137,710	59,392,255	509,090	0.857	0.75