Population of South Africa

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Aug 2025

The current population of South Africa is 64,909,891 as of September 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Africa is projected at 64,747,319, or 64.75 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in South Africa is projected at 64,007,187, or 64.01 million people, for the year 2024.

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
2024	63,627,884	64,007,187	758,605	1.185	0.784
2025	64,386,489	64,747,319	721,661	1.115	0.787
2026	65,108,150	65,453,084	689,869	1.054	0.789
2027	65,798,019	66,143,022	690,005	1.043	0.790
2028	66,488,024	66,830,385	684,721	1.025	0.792
2029	67,172,745	67,506,849	668,209	0.990	0.794
2030	67,840,954	68,161,359	640,810	0.940	0.795
2031	68,481,764	68,798,580	633,631	0.921	0.797
2032	69,115,395	69,426,439	622,087	0.896	0.798
2033	69,737,482	70,040,481	605,997	0.865	0.799
2034	70,343,479	70,641,572	596,186	0.844	0.801
2035	70,939,665	71,234,752	590,174	0.828	0.802
2036	71,529,839	71,816,379	573,079	0.798	0.803
2037	72,102,918	72,387,814	569,791	0.787	0.804
2038	72,672,709	72,949,617	553,815	0.759	0.805
2039	73,226,524	73,496,159	539,269	0.734	0.806
2040	73,765,793	74,035,624	539,661	0.729	0.807
2041	74,305,454	74,575,448	539,988	0.724	0.808
2042	74,845,442	75,111,901	532,917	0.710	0.809
2043	75,378,359	75,641,513	526,308	0.696	0.810
2044	75,904,667	76,164,460	519,586	0.682	0.811
2045	76,424,253	76,681,450	514,393	0.671	0.812
2046	76,938,646	77,199,548	521,803	0.676	0.814
2047	77,460,449	77,716,655	512,411	0.659	0.815
2048	77,972,860	78,215,322	484,925	0.620	0.816
2049	78,457,785	78,699,586	483,602	0.614	0.818
2050	78,941,387	79,177,328	471,882	0.596	0.819
2051	79,413,269	79,652,213	477,888	0.600	0.821
2052	79,891,157	80,115,432	448,549	0.560	0.822
2053	80,339,706	80,557,028	434,644	0.540	0.824
2054	80,774,350	80,994,204	439,708	0.543	0.825
2055	81,214,058	81,427,427	426,737	0.524	0.827
2056	81,640,795	81,844,863	408,135	0.499	0.829
2057	82,048,930	82,252,531	407,202	0.495	0.830
2058	82,456,132	82,658,549	404,835	0.490	0.832
2059	82,860,967	83,056,837	391,741	0.472	0.834
2060	83,252,708	83,443,514	381,611	0.457	0.835
2061	83,634,319	83,818,398	368,157	0.439	0.837
2062	84,002,476	84,187,506	370,060	0.440	0.839
2063	84,372,536	84,556,165	367,258	0.434	0.841
2064	84,739,794	84,918,442	357,296	0.421	0.842
2065	85,097,090	85,261,576	328,973	0.386	0.844
2066	85,426,063	85,591,617	331,108	0.387	0.846
2067	85,757,171	85,916,397	318,451	0.371	0.847
2068	86,075,622	86,231,080	310,917	0.361	0.849
2069	86,386,539	86,539,583	306,088	0.354	0.851
2070	86,692,627	86,857,023	328,792	0.379	0.852
2071	87,021,419	87,183,488	324,137	0.372	0.854
2072	87,345,556	87,486,535	281,958	0.322	0.856
2073	87,627,514	87,766,053	277,079	0.316	0.858
2074	87,904,593	88,046,049	282,913	0.321	0.860
2075	88,187,506	88,323,147	271,282	0.307	0.862
2076	88,458,788	88,589,554	261,533	0.295	0.864
2077	88,720,321	88,858,009	275,376	0.310	0.865
2078	88,995,697	89,132,767	274,140	0.308	0.868
2079	89,269,837	89,403,956	268,238	0.300	0.870
2080	89,538,075	89,674,092	272,035	0.303	0.872
2081	89,810,110	89,944,244	268,268	0.298	0.874
2082	90,078,378	90,208,635	260,513	0.289	0.877
2083	90,338,891	90,469,061	260,341	0.288	0.879
2084	90,599,232	90,721,519	244,574	0.270	0.882
2085	90,843,806	90,957,535	227,459	0.250	0.884
2086	91,071,265	91,196,448	250,367	0.275	0.887
2087	91,321,632	91,444,345	245,427	0.268	0.889
2088	91,567,059	91,687,476	240,834	0.263	0.892
2089	91,807,893	91,926,610	237,433	0.258	0.895
2090	92,045,326	92,160,724	230,796	0.250	0.897
2091	92,276,122	92,399,701	247,159	0.267	0.900
2092	92,523,281	92,635,394	224,225	0.242	0.903
2093	92,747,506	92,860,583	226,155	0.244	0.906
2094	92,973,661	93,085,412	223,502	0.240	0.909
2095	93,197,163	93,300,481	206,637	0.221	0.912
2096	93,403,800	93,502,148	196,695	0.210	0.914
2097	93,600,495	93,695,466	189,941	0.203	0.917
2098	93,790,436	93,893,514	206,156	0.220	0.920
2099	93,996,592	94,101,365	209,547	0.223	0.923
2100	94,206,139	94,314,448	216,618	0.230	0.926

South Africa population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,907,715	13,038,491	261,552	2.006	0.523
1951	13,169,267	13,309,020	279,506	2.100	0.525
1952	13,448,773	13,595,543	293,540	2.159	0.526
1953	13,742,313	13,892,910	301,194	2.168	0.527
1954	14,043,507	14,203,779	320,544	2.257	0.529
1955	14,364,051	14,533,365	338,629	2.330	0.530
1956	14,702,680	14,880,686	356,013	2.393	0.532
1957	15,058,693	15,244,839	372,292	2.442	0.534
1958	15,430,985	15,620,418	378,866	2.426	0.537
1959	15,809,851	16,014,974	410,246	2.562	0.540
1960	16,220,097	16,440,172	440,149	2.677	0.545
1961	16,660,246	16,908,035	495,578	2.931	0.552
1962	17,155,824	17,418,522	525,397	3.017	0.558
1963	17,681,221	17,954,564	546,686	3.045	0.562
1964	18,227,907	18,511,361	566,909	3.063	0.567
1965	18,794,816	19,089,380	589,129	3.086	0.572
1966	19,383,945	19,690,087	612,283	3.110	0.578
1967	19,996,228	20,314,066	635,675	3.129	0.585
1968	20,631,903	20,957,287	650,768	3.105	0.591
1969	21,282,671	21,614,676	664,010	3.072	0.597
1970	21,946,681	22,279,984	666,606	2.992	0.603
1971	22,613,287	22,942,143	657,712	2.867	0.609
1972	23,270,999	23,609,456	676,914	2.867	0.614
1973	23,947,913	24,294,263	692,700	2.851	0.620
1974	24,640,613	24,989,108	696,991	2.789	0.625
1975	25,337,604	25,690,940	706,672	2.751	0.631
1976	26,044,276	26,395,450	702,348	2.661	0.637
1977	26,746,624	27,118,952	744,656	2.746	0.643
1978	27,491,280	27,869,507	756,455	2.714	0.649
1979	28,247,735	28,634,162	772,854	2.699	0.655
1980	29,020,589	29,518,857	996,537	3.376	0.664
1981	30,017,126	30,541,044	1,047,837	3.431	0.674
1982	31,064,963	31,615,339	1,100,751	3.482	0.685
1983	32,165,714	32,739,304	1,147,181	3.504	0.697
1984	33,312,895	33,892,788	1,159,786	3.422	0.709
1985	34,472,681	35,042,093	1,138,824	3.250	0.720
1986	35,611,505	36,180,515	1,138,020	3.146	0.730
1987	36,749,525	37,326,190	1,153,331	3.090	0.739
1988	37,902,856	38,480,649	1,155,585	3.003	0.748
1989	39,058,441	39,628,575	1,140,269	2.878	0.757
1990	40,198,710	40,746,268	1,095,115	2.688	0.765
1991	41,293,825	41,687,898	788,146	1.891	0.769
1992	42,081,971	42,443,509	723,076	1.704	0.771
1993	42,805,047	43,297,156	984,219	2.273	0.774
1994	43,789,266	44,004,139	429,747	0.977	0.775
1995	44,219,013	44,541,554	645,083	1.448	0.773
1996	44,864,096	45,123,018	517,844	1.148	0.772
1997	45,381,940	45,666,838	569,796	1.248	0.771
1998	45,951,736	46,223,880	544,289	1.178	0.769
1999	46,496,025	46,730,335	468,620	1.003	0.767
2000	46,964,645	47,159,719	390,147	0.827	0.764
2001	47,354,792	47,566,800	424,017	0.891	0.760
2002	47,778,809	48,019,415	481,212	1.002	0.758
2003	48,260,021	48,500,348	480,654	0.991	0.755
2004	48,740,675	48,991,421	501,491	1.024	0.753
2005	49,242,166	49,490,033	495,733	1.002	0.751
2006	49,737,899	49,998,277	520,756	1.042	0.749
2007	50,258,655	50,528,584	539,857	1.068	0.748
2008	50,798,512	51,114,599	632,173	1.237	0.747
2009	51,430,685	51,728,516	595,662	1.152	0.746
2010	52,026,347	52,344,051	635,408	1.214	0.745
2011	52,661,755	52,995,205	666,900	1.258	0.745
2012	53,328,655	53,782,567	907,823	1.688	0.747
2013	54,236,478	54,678,791	884,627	1.618	0.750
2014	55,121,105	55,594,838	947,467	1.704	0.753
2015	56,068,572	56,723,537	1,309,929	2.309	0.759
2016	57,378,501	57,259,551	-237,900	-0.415	0.758
2017	57,140,601	57,635,162	989,122	1.716	0.754
2018	58,129,723	58,613,001	966,555	1.649	0.758
2019	59,096,278	59,587,885	983,215	1.650	0.763
2020	60,079,493	60,562,381	965,776	1.595	0.768
2021	61,045,269	61,502,603	914,668	1.487	0.773
2022	61,959,937	62,378,410	836,946	1.342	0.778
2023	62,796,883	63,212,384	831,001	1.315	0.781