Demographics of South Africa

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date04 May 2024

There are 29.77 million males and 31.25 million females in South Africa. The percentage of the male population is 48.79%, compared to 51.21% of the female population. South Africa has 1.47 million more females than males, which is the 10th highest in the world. The sex ratio in South Africa in 2024 will be 95.281 males per 100 females. South Africa is in the 54th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

South Africa population

Year Population Growth (%)
195013,043,8442.09
195514,594,1292.37
196016,520,4412.66
196519,187,1943.11
197022,368,3062.98
197525,777,9642.74
198029,463,5492.62
198533,752,9643.06
199039,877,5702.88
199543,986,0841.59
200046,813,2660.88
200549,017,1470.94
201051,784,9211.23
201555,876,5042.35
202058,801,9271.14
202159,392,2550.86
202259,893,8850.82
202360,414,4950.91
202461,020,2211.09
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  • Crude

South Africa death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950279,631543,14321.44241.647
1955252,627601,75717.30641.223
1960232,405652,63014.07339.520
1965250,816766,30613.09740.014
1970273,496879,69612.24239.376
1975285,288951,84011.07536.950
1980288,8201,009,5189.81034.290
1985293,7131,204,2448.71535.730
1990319,2271,238,0458.03131.146
1995369,0711,165,0048.38226.457
2000476,555969,82810.17420.705
2005645,8381,074,00613.17721.913
2010582,5291,152,67111.25722.274
2015514,2931,183,1439.25921.300
2020553,9141,194,6199.42520.326
2021678,7981,176,95511.43219.821
2022720,1751,155,85812.03219.310
2023652,1811,140,73510.80118.893
2024522,0351,127,9328.56018.494
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of South Africa

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19505,755,2627,873,16642.230
19556,829,3418,547,48844.413
19608,138,2049,318,65146.619
19659,422,32010,519,98347.248
197010,919,35911,920,09247.809
197512,610,54713,601,85848.109
198014,411,61015,348,86148.425
198516,653,36017,076,78849.372
199019,545,36918,015,15652.037
199522,932,01919,156,14654.486
200026,015,13619,713,17956.891
200529,065,72019,754,86659.536
201032,094,81119,489,85262.218
201535,844,34919,446,87664.828
202039,550,88919,170,34067.354
202140,277,81419,088,16267.847
202240,998,41418,997,63568.335
202341,711,72718,898,90068.819
202442,416,70118,792,08269.298
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  • Gender ratio

South Africa population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,892,858 2,793,693 5,686,551 9.32 103.550
05-09 2,913,832 2,813,961 5,727,793 9.39 103.549
10-14 2,875,782 2,774,414 5,650,196 9.26 103.654
15-19 2,687,367 2,595,027 5,282,394 8.66 103.558
20-24 2,291,068 2,215,148 4,506,216 7.38 103.427
25-29 2,474,811 2,429,239 4,904,050 8.04 101.876
30-34 2,753,608 2,716,225 5,469,833 8.96 101.376
35-39 2,738,856 2,712,885 5,451,741 8.93 100.957
40-44 2,193,991 2,161,839 4,355,830 7.14 101.487
45-49 1,446,406 1,446,771 2,893,177 4.74 99.975
50-54 1,332,939 1,507,218 2,840,158 4.65 88.437
55-59 1,211,206 1,548,641 2,759,847 4.52 78.211
60-64 761,400 1,127,741 1,889,141 3.10 67.516
65-69 455,387 818,097 1,273,485 2.09 55.664
70-74 347,782 665,487 1,013,269 1.66 52.260
75-79 217,099 460,397 677,495 1.11 47.155
80-84 110,623 258,073 368,695 0.60 42.865
85-89 46,693 125,566 172,258 0.28 37.186
90-94 15,438 55,727 71,165 0.12 27.703
95-99 4,730 18,132 22,862 0.04 26.086
100+ 1,018 3,046 4,065 0.01 33.421
Total 29,772,894 31,247,327 61,020,221 95.281