Population of South Africa

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of South Africa is 61,641,301 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Africa is projected at 60,041,994 or 60.042 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in South Africa is projected at 59,308,690 or 59.309 million people for the year 2020. South Africa ranks number 25th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. South Africa is ranked 6th among 58 countries in Africa.

South Africa's population will be increased year by year. The South Africa population is projected to reach 65.96 million in 2030 and increase further to 75.52 million in 2050 and 79.19 million by 2100. South Africa accounts for 0.76 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.70% in 1991. Later, it will decrease and increase in share and is projected to increase by 0.73% by 2100.

South Africa was at 31st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 32nd in 2100.

According to the Census of India 2011, the population of India stood at 1,210,854,977. The percentage of decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 17.70%, 3.84% lower than the 1991-2001 period. The percentage of decadal growth during 2001-2011 has registered the sharpest decline since independence. The population of India had increased by 182.1 million during the decade 2001- 2011. The increased population during the decade 2001-2011 is approximately equal to the population of Pakistan, the sixth most populous country in the world.

The population of India, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was only around 238.4 million, increased by more than five times in a period of 110 years to reach 1210 million in 2011. The population of India has increased by 3.35 times since independence.

South Africa population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	59,308,690	750,420	1.28	0.76
2021	60,041,994	733,304	1.24	0.76
2022	60,756,135	714,141	1.19	0.76
2023	61,452,691	696,556	1.15	0.77
2024	62,134,220	681,529	1.11	0.77
2025	62,802,683	668,463	1.08	0.77
2026	63,458,384	655,701	1.04	0.77
2027	64,101,018	642,634	1.01	0.77
2028	64,731,152	630,134	0.98	0.77
2029	65,349,369	618,217	0.96	0.77
2030	65,956,081	606,712	0.93	0.77
2031	66,551,675	595,594	0.90	0.77
2032	67,136,185	584,510	0.88	0.77
2033	67,709,281	573,096	0.85	0.77
2034	68,270,364	561,083	0.83	0.77
2035	68,818,987	548,623	0.80	0.77
2036	69,354,997	536,010	0.78	0.77
2037	69,878,507	523,510	0.75	0.78
2038	70,389,616	511,109	0.73	0.78
2039	70,888,530	498,914	0.71	0.78
2040	71,375,305	486,775	0.69	0.78
2041	71,849,860	474,555	0.66	0.78
2042	72,311,938	462,078	0.64	0.78
2043	72,761,185	449,247	0.62	0.78
2044	73,197,181	435,996	0.60	0.78
2045	73,619,543	422,362	0.58	0.78
2046	74,028,106	408,563	0.55	0.78
2047	74,422,697	394,591	0.53	0.78
2048	74,802,855	380,158	0.51	0.78
2049	75,168,068	365,213	0.49	0.78
2050	75,517,920	349,852	0.47	0.78
2051	75,852,293	334,373	0.44	0.78
2052	76,171,200	318,907	0.42	0.78
2053	76,474,565	303,365	0.40	0.77
2054	76,762,383	287,818	0.38	0.77
2055	77,034,742	272,359	0.35	0.77
2056	77,291,704	256,962	0.33	0.77
2057	77,533,487	241,783	0.31	0.77
2058	77,760,487	227,000	0.29	0.77
2059	77,973,178	212,691	0.27	0.77
2060	78,172,048	198,870	0.26	0.77
2061	78,357,475	185,427	0.24	0.77
2062	78,529,805	172,330	0.22	0.77
2063	78,689,519	159,714	0.20	0.77
2064	78,837,171	147,652	0.19	0.77
2065	78,973,283	136,112	0.17	0.77
2066	79,098,294	125,011	0.16	0.76
2067	79,212,710	114,416	0.14	0.76
2068	79,317,158	104,448	0.13	0.76
2069	79,412,324	95,166	0.12	0.76
2070	79,498,847	86,523	0.11	0.76
2071	79,577,126	78,279	0.10	0.76
2072	79,647,579	70,453	0.09	0.76
2073	79,710,801	63,222	0.08	0.76
2074	79,767,421	56,620	0.07	0.76
2075	79,817,955	50,534	0.06	0.75
2076	79,862,741	44,786	0.06	0.75
2077	79,901,921	39,180	0.05	0.75
2078	79,935,571	33,650	0.04	0.75
2079	79,963,649	28,078	0.04	0.75
2080	79,986,093	22,444	0.03	0.75
2081	80,003,024	16,931	0.02	0.75
2082	80,014,490	11,466	0.01	0.75
2083	80,020,280	5,790	0.01	0.75
2084	80,020,097	-183	0.00	0.75
2085	80,013,707	-6,390	-0.01	0.74
2086	80,001,117	-12,590	-0.02	0.74
2087	79,982,373	-18,744	-0.02	0.74
2088	79,957,319	-25,054	-0.03	0.74
2089	79,925,820	-31,499	-0.04	0.74
2090	79,887,790	-38,030	-0.05	0.74
2091	79,843,288	-44,502	-0.06	0.74
2092	79,792,461	-50,827	-0.06	0.74
2093	79,735,543	-56,918	-0.07	0.74
2094	79,672,832	-62,711	-0.08	0.73
2095	79,604,598	-68,234	-0.09	0.73
2096	79,531,144	-73,454	-0.09	0.73
2097	79,452,757	-78,387	-0.10	0.73
2098	79,369,725	-83,032	-0.10	0.73
2099	79,282,332	-87,393	-0.11	0.73
2100	79,190,833	-91,499	-0.12	0.73

South Africa population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	13,628,428	-	-	0.54
1951	13,921,934	293,506	2.15	0.54
1952	14,226,256	304,322	2.19	0.54
1953	14,541,559	315,303	2.22	0.54
1954	14,868,158	326,599	2.25	0.55
1955	15,206,502	338,344	2.28	0.55
1956	15,557,205	350,703	2.31	0.55
1957	15,921,016	363,811	2.34	0.55
1958	16,298,792	377,776	2.37	0.56
1959	16,691,449	392,657	2.41	0.56
1960	17,099,840	408,391	2.45	0.56
1961	17,524,533	424,693	2.48	0.57
1962	17,965,725	441,192	2.52	0.57
1963	18,423,161	457,436	2.55	0.57
1964	18,896,307	473,146	2.57	0.58
1965	19,384,841	488,534	2.59	0.58
1966	19,888,250	503,409	2.60	0.58
1967	20,406,864	518,614	2.61	0.59
1968	20,942,145	535,281	2.62	0.59
1969	21,496,075	553,930	2.65	0.59
1970	22,069,776	573,701	2.67	0.60
1971	22,665,271	595,495	2.70	0.60
1972	23,281,508	616,237	2.72	0.60
1973	23,913,099	631,591	2.71	0.61
1974	24,552,540	639,441	2.67	0.61
1975	25,195,187	642,647	2.62	0.62
1976	25,836,888	641,701	2.55	0.62
1977	26,480,913	644,025	2.49	0.63
1978	27,138,965	658,052	2.49	0.63
1979	27,827,320	688,355	2.54	0.64
1980	28,556,769	729,449	2.62	0.64
1981	29,333,103	776,334	2.72	0.65
1982	30,150,448	817,345	2.79	0.65
1983	30,993,758	843,310	2.80	0.66
1984	31,841,593	847,835	2.74	0.67
1985	32,678,874	837,281	2.63	0.67
1986	33,495,953	817,079	2.50	0.68
1987	34,297,727	801,774	2.39	0.68
1988	35,100,909	803,182	2.34	0.68
1989	35,930,050	829,141	2.36	0.69
1990	36,800,509	870,459	2.42	0.69
1991	37,718,950	918,441	2.50	0.70
1992	38,672,607	953,657	2.53	0.70
1993	39,633,750	961,143	2.49	0.71
1994	40,564,059	930,309	2.35	0.72
1995	41,435,758	871,699	2.15	0.72
1996	42,241,011	805,253	1.94	0.73
1997	42,987,461	746,450	1.77	0.73
1998	43,682,260	694,799	1.62	0.73
1999	44,338,543	656,283	1.50	0.73
2000	44,967,708	629,165	1.42	0.73
2001	45,571,274	603,566	1.34	0.73
2002	46,150,913	579,639	1.27	0.73
2003	46,719,196	568,283	1.23	0.73
2004	47,291,610	572,414	1.23	0.73
2005	47,880,601	588,991	1.25	0.73
2006	48,489,459	608,858	1.27	0.73
2007	49,119,759	630,300	1.30	0.73
2008	49,779,471	659,712	1.34	0.73
2009	50,477,011	697,540	1.40	0.73
2010	51,216,964	739,953	1.47	0.74
2011	52,003,755	786,791	1.54	0.74
2012	52,832,658	828,903	1.59	0.74
2013	53,687,121	854,463	1.62	0.74
2014	54,544,186	857,065	1.60	0.75
2015	55,386,367	842,181	1.54	0.75
2016	56,207,646	821,279	1.48	0.75
2017	57,009,756	802,110	1.43	0.76
2018	57,792,518	782,762	1.37	0.76
2019	58,558,270	765,752	1.33	0.76