Population of South Africa

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Sep 2024

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The current population of South Africa is 64,617,822 as of April 20, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Africa is projected at 64,007,187, or 64.01 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in South Africa is projected at 63,212,384, or 63.21 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.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

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	0.52
1951	13,169,267	13,309,020	279,506	2.100	0.52
1952	13,448,773	13,595,543	293,540	2.159	0.53
1953	13,742,313	13,892,910	301,194	2.168	0.53
1954	14,043,507	14,203,779	320,544	2.257	0.53
1955	14,364,051	14,533,365	338,629	2.330	0.53
1956	14,702,680	14,880,686	356,013	2.393	0.53
1957	15,058,693	15,244,839	372,292	2.442	0.53
1958	15,430,985	15,620,418	378,866	2.426	0.54
1959	15,809,851	16,014,974	410,246	2.562	0.54
1960	16,220,097	16,440,172	440,149	2.677	0.55
1961	16,660,246	16,908,035	495,578	2.931	0.55
1962	17,155,824	17,418,522	525,397	3.017	0.56
1963	17,681,221	17,954,564	546,686	3.045	0.56
1964	18,227,907	18,511,361	566,909	3.063	0.57
1965	18,794,816	19,089,380	589,129	3.086	0.57
1966	19,383,945	19,690,087	612,283	3.110	0.58
1967	19,996,228	20,314,066	635,675	3.129	0.58
1968	20,631,903	20,957,287	650,768	3.105	0.59
1969	21,282,671	21,614,676	664,010	3.072	0.60
1970	21,946,681	22,279,984	666,606	2.992	0.60
1971	22,613,287	22,942,143	657,712	2.867	0.61
1972	23,270,999	23,609,456	676,914	2.867	0.61
1973	23,947,913	24,294,263	692,700	2.851	0.62
1974	24,640,613	24,989,108	696,991	2.789	0.63
1975	25,337,604	25,690,940	706,672	2.751	0.63
1976	26,044,276	26,395,450	702,348	2.661	0.64
1977	26,746,624	27,118,952	744,656	2.746	0.64
1978	27,491,280	27,869,507	756,455	2.714	0.65
1979	28,247,735	28,634,162	772,854	2.699	0.66
1980	29,020,589	29,518,857	996,537	3.376	0.66
1981	30,017,126	30,541,044	1,047,837	3.431	0.67
1982	31,064,963	31,615,339	1,100,751	3.482	0.69
1983	32,165,714	32,739,304	1,147,181	3.504	0.70
1984	33,312,895	33,892,788	1,159,786	3.422	0.71
1985	34,472,681	35,042,093	1,138,824	3.250	0.72
1986	35,611,505	36,180,515	1,138,020	3.146	0.73
1987	36,749,525	37,326,190	1,153,331	3.090	0.74
1988	37,902,856	38,480,649	1,155,585	3.003	0.75
1989	39,058,441	39,628,575	1,140,269	2.878	0.76
1990	40,198,710	40,746,268	1,095,115	2.688	0.76
1991	41,293,825	41,687,898	788,146	1.891	0.77
1992	42,081,971	42,443,509	723,076	1.704	0.77
1993	42,805,047	43,297,156	984,219	2.273	0.77
1994	43,789,266	44,004,139	429,747	0.977	0.78
1995	44,219,013	44,541,554	645,083	1.448	0.77
1996	44,864,096	45,123,018	517,844	1.148	0.77
1997	45,381,940	45,666,838	569,796	1.248	0.77
1998	45,951,736	46,223,880	544,289	1.178	0.77
1999	46,496,025	46,730,335	468,620	1.003	0.77
2000	46,964,645	47,159,719	390,147	0.827	0.76
2001	47,354,792	47,566,800	424,017	0.891	0.76
2002	47,778,809	48,019,415	481,212	1.002	0.76
2003	48,260,021	48,500,348	480,654	0.991	0.76
2004	48,740,675	48,991,421	501,491	1.024	0.75
2005	49,242,166	49,490,033	495,733	1.002	0.75
2006	49,737,899	49,998,277	520,756	1.042	0.75
2007	50,258,655	50,528,584	539,857	1.068	0.75
2008	50,798,512	51,114,599	632,173	1.237	0.75
2009	51,430,685	51,728,516	595,662	1.152	0.75
2010	52,026,347	52,344,051	635,408	1.214	0.75
2011	52,661,755	52,995,205	666,900	1.258	0.75
2012	53,328,655	53,782,567	907,823	1.688	0.75
2013	54,236,478	54,678,791	884,627	1.618	0.75
2014	55,121,105	55,594,838	947,467	1.704	0.75
2015	56,068,572	56,723,537	1,309,929	2.309	0.76
2016	57,378,501	57,259,551	-237,900	-0.415	0.76
2017	57,140,601	57,635,162	989,122	1.716	0.75
2018	58,129,723	58,613,001	966,555	1.649	0.76
2019	59,096,278	59,587,885	983,215	1.650	0.76
2020	60,079,493	60,562,381	965,776	1.595	0.77
2021	61,045,269	61,502,603	914,668	1.487	0.77
2022	61,959,937	62,378,410	836,946	1.342	0.78
2023	62,796,883	63,212,384	831,001	1.315	0.78

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	0.78
2025	64,386,489	64,747,319	721,661	1.115	0.79
2026	65,108,150	65,453,084	689,869	1.054	0.79
2027	65,798,019	66,143,022	690,005	1.043	0.79
2028	66,488,024	66,830,385	684,721	1.025	0.79
2029	67,172,745	67,506,849	668,209	0.990	0.79
2030	67,840,954	68,161,359	640,810	0.940	0.80
2031	68,481,764	68,798,580	633,631	0.921	0.80
2032	69,115,395	69,426,439	622,087	0.896	0.80
2033	69,737,482	70,040,481	605,997	0.865	0.80
2034	70,343,479	70,641,572	596,186	0.844	0.80
2035	70,939,665	71,234,752	590,174	0.828	0.80
2036	71,529,839	71,816,379	573,079	0.798	0.80
2037	72,102,918	72,387,814	569,791	0.787	0.80
2038	72,672,709	72,949,617	553,815	0.759	0.80
2039	73,226,524	73,496,159	539,269	0.734	0.81
2040	73,765,793	74,035,624	539,661	0.729	0.81
2041	74,305,454	74,575,448	539,988	0.724	0.81
2042	74,845,442	75,111,901	532,917	0.710	0.81
2043	75,378,359	75,641,513	526,308	0.696	0.81
2044	75,904,667	76,164,460	519,586	0.682	0.81
2045	76,424,253	76,681,450	514,393	0.671	0.81
2046	76,938,646	77,199,548	521,803	0.676	0.81
2047	77,460,449	77,716,655	512,411	0.659	0.82
2048	77,972,860	78,215,322	484,925	0.620	0.82
2049	78,457,785	78,699,586	483,602	0.614	0.82
2050	78,941,387	79,177,328	471,882	0.596	0.82
2051	79,413,269	79,652,213	477,888	0.600	0.82
2052	79,891,157	80,115,432	448,549	0.560	0.82
2053	80,339,706	80,557,028	434,644	0.540	0.82
2054	80,774,350	80,994,204	439,708	0.543	0.83
2055	81,214,058	81,427,427	426,737	0.524	0.83
2056	81,640,795	81,844,863	408,135	0.499	0.83
2057	82,048,930	82,252,531	407,202	0.495	0.83
2058	82,456,132	82,658,549	404,835	0.490	0.83
2059	82,860,967	83,056,837	391,741	0.472	0.83
2060	83,252,708	83,443,514	381,611	0.457	0.84
2061	83,634,319	83,818,398	368,157	0.439	0.84
2062	84,002,476	84,187,506	370,060	0.440	0.84
2063	84,372,536	84,556,165	367,258	0.434	0.84
2064	84,739,794	84,918,442	357,296	0.421	0.84
2065	85,097,090	85,261,576	328,973	0.386	0.84
2066	85,426,063	85,591,617	331,108	0.387	0.85
2067	85,757,171	85,916,397	318,451	0.371	0.85
2068	86,075,622	86,231,080	310,917	0.361	0.85
2069	86,386,539	86,539,583	306,088	0.354	0.85
2070	86,692,627	86,857,023	328,792	0.379	0.85
2071	87,021,419	87,183,488	324,137	0.372	0.85
2072	87,345,556	87,486,535	281,958	0.322	0.86
2073	87,627,514	87,766,053	277,079	0.316	0.86
2074	87,904,593	88,046,049	282,913	0.321	0.86
2075	88,187,506	88,323,147	271,282	0.307	0.86
2076	88,458,788	88,589,554	261,533	0.295	0.86
2077	88,720,321	88,858,009	275,376	0.310	0.87
2078	88,995,697	89,132,767	274,140	0.308	0.87
2079	89,269,837	89,403,956	268,238	0.300	0.87
2080	89,538,075	89,674,092	272,035	0.303	0.87
2081	89,810,110	89,944,244	268,268	0.298	0.87
2082	90,078,378	90,208,635	260,513	0.289	0.88
2083	90,338,891	90,469,061	260,341	0.288	0.88
2084	90,599,232	90,721,519	244,574	0.270	0.88
2085	90,843,806	90,957,535	227,459	0.250	0.88
2086	91,071,265	91,196,448	250,367	0.275	0.89
2087	91,321,632	91,444,345	245,427	0.268	0.89
2088	91,567,059	91,687,476	240,834	0.263	0.89
2089	91,807,893	91,926,610	237,433	0.258	0.89
2090	92,045,326	92,160,724	230,796	0.250	0.90
2091	92,276,122	92,399,701	247,159	0.267	0.90
2092	92,523,281	92,635,394	224,225	0.242	0.90
2093	92,747,506	92,860,583	226,155	0.244	0.91
2094	92,973,661	93,085,412	223,502	0.240	0.91
2095	93,197,163	93,300,481	206,637	0.221	0.91
2096	93,403,800	93,502,148	196,695	0.210	0.91
2097	93,600,495	93,695,466	189,941	0.203	0.92
2098	93,790,436	93,893,514	206,156	0.220	0.92
2099	93,996,592	94,101,365	209,547	0.223	0.92
2100	94,206,139	94,314,448	216,618	0.230	0.93