Demographics of South Africa
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
Top Statistics
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 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio