South Africa - Population 2017 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION South Africa 2017

Population of South Africa goes up

South Africa ended 2017 with a population of 56,522,000 people, which represents an increasea of 902,000 people compared to 2016.

South Africa ranks No. 23 among195 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 28,462,030 women, representing 50.91% of the total, compared to 27,446,835 or 49.09% men.

South Africa shows a moderate population density, with 46 people per square km and it was in position 62th in our ranking of density population in 2017.

In this page we show you the progression of the population in South Africa. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about South Africa in South African economy.

South Africa - Population

Date	Density	Male	Female	Population
2017	46			56,522,000
2016	46	27,446,835	28,462,030	55,620,000
2015	45	27,012,199	27,999,778	54,750,000
2014	44	26,590,575	27,556,160	53,912,000
2013	44	26,181,682	27,130,274	53,104,000
2012	43	25,785,481	26,721,034	52,325,000
2011	42	25,402,216	26,327,129	51,574,000
2010	42	25,032,014	25,947,418	50,850,000
2009	41	24,674,565	25,581,248	50,152,000
2008	41	24,329,391	25,228,182	49,479,000
2007	40	23,996,230	24,887,615	48,830,000
2006	40	23,674,818	24,558,986	48,205,000
2005	39	23,364,882	24,241,788	47,602,000
2004	39	23,066,331	23,935,370	47,021,000
2003	38	22,778,967	23,639,227	46,461,000
2002	38	22,502,396	23,353,087	45,921,000
2001	37	22,236,137	23,076,800	45,580,000
2000	37	22,032,344	22,864,512	44,900,000
1999	36	21,707,484	22,526,246	44,230,000
1998	36	21,389,667	22,194,363	43,580,000
1997	35	21,067,188	21,854,318	42,920,000
1996	35	20,723,937	21,486,279	42,210,000
1995	34	20,349,444	21,077,366	41,430,000
1994	33	19,937,776	20,620,719	40,560,000
1993	32	19,495,221	20,124,318	39,620,000
1992	32	19,038,460	19,608,328	38,650,000
1991	31	18,591,137	19,101,230	37,690,000
1990	30	18,170,014	18,623,476	36,790,000
1989	30	17,782,225	18,182,906	35,970,000
1988	29	17,422,087	17,773,511	35,200,000
1987	28	17,078,031	17,385,046	34,460,000
1986	28	16,732,383	17,001,164	33,730,000
1985	27	16,372,788	16,610,225	32,980,000
1984	26	15,995,360	16,209,592	32,210,000
1983	26	15,605,655	15,804,258	31,410,000
1982	25	15,212,013	15,399,193	30,610,000
1981	24	14,826,825	15,002,049	29,830,000
1980	24	14,458,851	14,618,292	29,080,000
1979	23	14,111,154	14,249,666	28,360,820
1978	23	13,780,397	13,894,049	27,674,446
1977	22	13,461,280	13,548,475	27,009,755
1976	22	13,145,725	13,208,415	26,354,140
1975	21	12,828,053	12,870,803	25,698,856
1974	21	12,506,589	12,534,351	25,040,940
1973	20	12,183,834	12,200,704	24,384,538
1972	19	11,863,285	11,873,204	23,736,489
1971	19	11,550,175	11,556,631	23,106,806
1970	18	11,248,283	11,254,219	22,502,502
1969	18	10,958,799	10,967,366	21,926,165
1968	18	10,680,432	10,694,499	21,374,931
1967	17	10,411,544	10,432,241	20,843,785
1966	17	10,149,517	10,175,713	20,325,230
1965	16	9,892,530	9,921,417	19,813,947
1964	16	9,640,079	9,668,087	19,308,166
1963	15	9,393,039	9,416,900	18,809,939
1962	15	9,152,553	9,169,782	18,322,335
1961	15	8,920,329	8,929,716	17,850,045
1960		8,697,535	8,698,832	17,396,367

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