South Africa - Population 2024 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION South Africa 2024

Population records increases in South Africa

South Africa ended 2024 with a population of 63,016,000 people, which represents an increasea of 836,000 people compared to 2023.

South Africa ranks No. 24 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 32,461,907 women, representing 51.35% of the total, compared to 30,750,477 or 48.65% men.

South Africa shows a moderate population density, with 52 people per square km and it was in position 65th in our ranking of density population in 2024.

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
2024	52			63,016,000
2023	51	30,750,477	32,461,907	62,180,000
2022	50	30,305,843	32,072,567	61,356,000
2021	50	29,853,373	31,649,230	60,642,000
2020	49	29,381,179	31,181,202	60,003,000
2019	49	28,892,232	30,695,653	59,131,000
2018	48	28,401,154	30,211,847	58,233,000
2017	47	27,904,835	29,730,327	57,366,000
2016	46	27,780,550	29,479,001	56,543,000
2015	46	27,529,271	29,194,266	55,711,000
2014	45	26,890,671	28,704,167	54,830,000
2013	44	26,403,121	28,275,670	53,940,000
2012	44	25,940,758	27,841,809	53,068,000
2011	43	25,530,068	27,465,137	52,217,000
2010	42	25,184,586	27,159,465	51,405,000
2009	42	24,857,423	26,871,093	50,654,000
2008	41	24,532,419	26,582,180	49,936,000
2007	40	24,219,588	26,308,996	49,265,000
2006	40	23,931,649	26,066,628	48,642,000
2005	39	23,652,461	25,837,572	48,061,000
2004	39	23,377,403	25,614,018	47,505,000
2003	39	23,107,346	25,393,002	47,005,000
2002	38	22,845,613	25,173,802	46,573,000
2001	38	22,610,218	24,956,582	45,724,000
2000	37	22,416,070	24,743,649	44,900,000
1999	36	22,219,294	24,511,041	44,230,000
1998	36	21,981,559	24,242,321	43,580,000
1997	35	21,717,956	23,948,882	42,920,000
1996	35	21,764,173	23,358,845	42,210,000
1995	34	21,944,971	22,596,583	41,430,000
1994	33	22,274,117	21,730,022	40,560,000
1993	32	22,056,379	21,240,777	39,620,000
1992	32	21,450,812	20,992,697	38,650,000
1991	31	21,205,467	20,482,431	37,690,000
1990	30	20,733,554	20,012,714	36,790,000
1989	30	20,149,689	19,478,886	35,970,000
1988	29	19,548,924	18,931,725	35,200,000
1987	28	18,943,364	18,382,826	34,460,000
1986	28	18,341,279	17,839,236	33,730,000
1985	27	17,744,485	17,297,608	32,980,000
1984	26	17,158,630	16,734,158	32,210,000
1983	26	16,584,372	16,154,932	31,410,000
1982	25	16,024,093	15,591,246	30,610,000
1981	24	15,488,840	15,052,204	29,830,000
1980	24	14,980,010	14,538,847	29,080,000
1979	23	14,528,941	14,105,221	28,634,162
1978	23	14,125,295	13,744,212	27,869,507
1977	22	13,726,795	13,392,157	27,118,952
1976	22	13,348,900	13,046,550	26,395,450
1975	21	12,985,232	12,705,708	25,690,940
1974	20	12,620,247	12,368,861	24,989,108
1973	20	12,258,321	12,035,942	24,294,263
1972	19	11,901,551	11,707,905	23,609,456
1971	19	11,555,535	11,386,608	22,942,143
1970	18	11,224,879	11,055,105	22,279,984
1969	18	10,904,859	10,709,817	21,614,676
1968	17	10,589,871	10,367,416	20,957,287
1967	17	10,282,510	10,031,556	20,314,066
1966	16	9,984,588	9,705,499	19,690,087
1965	16	9,698,401	9,390,979	19,089,380
1964	15	9,423,628	9,087,733	18,511,361
1963	15	9,158,959	8,795,605	17,954,564
1962	14	8,904,329	8,514,193	17,418,522
1961	14	8,661,650	8,246,385	16,908,035
1960	13	8,436,594	8,003,578	16,440,172

South Africa - Population