South Africa Population 1960-2025

South Africa population for 2023 was 60,414,495.00, a 0.87% increase from 2022.
  • South Africa population for 2022 was 59,893,885.00, a 0.84% increase from 2021.
  • South Africa population for 2021 was 59,392,255.00, a 1% increase from 2020.
  • South Africa population for 2020 was 58,801,927.00, a 1.23% increase from 2019.
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Country Rankings
Country Name Population
India 1,428,627,663
China 1,410,710,000
Euro Area 350,357,398
United States 334,914,895
Indonesia 277,534,122
Pakistan 240,485,658
Nigeria 223,804,632
Brazil 216,422,446
Bangladesh 172,954,319
Russia 143,826,130
Mexico 128,455,567
Ethiopia 126,527,060
Japan 124,516,650
Philippines 117,337,368
Egypt 112,716,598
Democratic Republic of Congo 102,262,808
Vietnam 98,858,950
Iran 89,172,767
Turkey 85,326,000
Germany 84,482,267
Thailand 71,801,279
United Kingdom 68,350,000
France 68,170,228
Tanzania 67,438,106
South Africa 60,414,495
Italy 58,761,146
Kenya 55,100,586
Myanmar 54,577,997
Colombia 52,085,168
South Korea 51,712,619
Uganda 48,582,334
Spain 48,373,336
Sudan 48,109,006
Argentina 46,654,581
Algeria 45,606,480
Iraq 45,504,560
Afghanistan 42,239,854
Canada 40,097,761
Morocco 37,840,044
Ukraine 37,000,000
Saudi Arabia 36,947,025
Poland 36,685,849
Angola 36,684,202
Uzbekistan 36,412,350
Yemen 34,449,825
Peru 34,352,719
Malaysia 34,308,525
Ghana 34,121,985
Mozambique 33,897,354
Nepal 30,896,590
Madagascar 30,325,732
Venezuela 28,838,499
Cameroon 28,647,293
Niger 27,202,843
Australia 26,638,544
North Korea 26,160,821
Mali 23,293,698
Burkina Faso 23,251,485
Syrian Arab Republic 23,227,014
Sri Lanka 22,037,000
Malawi 20,931,751
Zambia 20,569,737
Kazakhstan 19,900,177
Chile 19,629,590
Romania 19,056,116
Chad 18,278,568
Ecuador 18,190,484
Somalia 18,143,378
Netherlands 17,879,488
Senegal 17,763,163
Guatemala 17,602,431
Cambodia 16,944,826
Zimbabwe 16,665,409
Guinea 14,190,612
Rwanda 14,094,683
Benin 13,712,828
Burundi 13,238,559
Tunisia 12,458,223
Bolivia 12,388,571
Belgium 11,822,592
Haiti 11,724,763
Jordan 11,337,052
Dominican Republic 11,332,972
Cuba 11,194,449
South Sudan 11,088,796
Czech Republic 10,873,689
Honduras 10,593,798
Sweden 10,536,632
Portugal 10,525,347
Greece 10,361,295
Papua New Guinea 10,329,931
Tajikistan 10,143,543
Azerbaijan 10,112,555
Israel 9,756,700
Hungary 9,589,872
UAE 9,516,871
Belarus 9,178,298
Austria 9,132,383
Togo 9,053,799
Switzerland 8,849,852
Sierra Leone 8,791,092
Lao PDR 7,633,779
Hong Kong 7,536,100
Kyrgyz Republic 7,100,800
Nicaragua 7,046,310
Libya 6,888,388
Paraguay 6,861,524
Serbia 6,618,026
Turkmenistan 6,516,100
Bulgaria 6,430,370
El Salvador 6,364,943
Republic of Congo 6,106,869
Denmark 5,946,952
Singapore 5,917,648
Central African Republic 5,742,315
Finland 5,584,264
Norway 5,519,594
Slovak Republic 5,426,740
Liberia 5,418,377
Lebanon 5,353,930
Ireland 5,262,382
New Zealand 5,223,100
Costa Rica 5,212,173
West Bank and Gaza 5,165,775
Mauritania 4,862,989
Oman 4,644,384
Panama 4,468,087
Kuwait 4,310,108
Croatia 3,853,200
Georgia 3,760,365
Eritrea 3,748,901
Mongolia 3,447,157
Uruguay 3,423,108
Bosnia 3,210,847
Puerto Rico 3,205,691
Lithuania 2,871,897
Jamaica 2,825,544
Armenia 2,777,970
Gambia 2,773,168
Albania 2,745,972
Qatar 2,716,391
Botswana 2,675,352
Namibia 2,604,172
Moldova 2,486,891
Gabon 2,436,566
Lesotho 2,330,318
Guinea-Bissau 2,150,842
Slovenia 2,120,937
Latvia 1,881,750
North Macedonia 1,811,980
Kosovo 1,756,374
Equatorial Guinea 1,714,671
Trinidad and Tobago 1,534,937
Bahrain 1,485,509
Estonia 1,366,188
Timor-Leste 1,360,596
Mauritius 1,261,041
Cyprus 1,260,138
Eswatini 1,210,822
Djibouti 1,136,455
Fiji 936,375
Comoros 852,075
Guyana 813,834
Bhutan 787,424
Solomon Islands 740,424
Macao 704,149
Luxembourg 668,606
Suriname 623,236
Montenegro 616,177
Cabo Verde 598,682
Malta 553,214
Maldives 521,021
Brunei 452,524
Bahamas 412,623
Belize 410,825
Iceland 393,600
Vanuatu 334,506
French Polynesia 308,872
Barbados 281,995
New Caledonia 267,940
Sao Tome and Principe 231,856
Samoa 225,681
St. Lucia 180,251
Channel Islands 175,346
Guam 172,952
Curacao 147,862
Kiribati 133,515
Grenada 126,183
Seychelles 119,773
Micronesia 115,224
Tonga 107,773
Aruba 106,277
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 104,917
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 103,698
Antigua and Barbuda 94,298
Isle of Man 84,710
Andorra 80,088
Dominica 73,040
Cayman Islands 69,310
Bermuda 63,489
Greenland 56,865
Faroe Islands 53,270
Northern Mariana Islands 49,796
St. Kitts and Nevis 47,755
Turks and Caicos Islands 46,062
American Samoa 43,914
Marshall Islands 41,996
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,163
Liechtenstein 39,584
Monaco 36,297
San Marino 33,642
Gibraltar 32,688
St. Martin (French part) 32,077
British Virgin Islands 31,538
Palau 18,058
Nauru 12,780
Tuvalu 11,396