Population, total
South Africa · persons · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
64,747,319
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
+1.16%
Lowest on record
16,440,172
Highest on record
64,747,319
Median
42,870,333
Standard deviation
14,599,812
Observations
66
Consecutive moves
65 up
Series
persons · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
66 of 66 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 64,747,319 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2024-01-01 | 64,007,187 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 63,212,384 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 62,378,410 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 61,502,603 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 60,562,381 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 59,587,885 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 58,613,001 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 57,635,162 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 57,259,551 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 56,723,537 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2014-01-01 | 55,594,838 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2013-01-01 | 54,678,791 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2012-01-01 | 53,782,567 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2011-01-01 | 52,995,205 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2010-01-01 | 52,344,051 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2009-01-01 | 51,728,516 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2008-01-01 | 51,114,599 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2007-01-01 | 50,528,584 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2006-01-01 | 49,998,277 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2005-01-01 | 49,490,033 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2004-01-01 | 48,991,421 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2003-01-01 | 48,500,348 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2002-01-01 | 48,019,415 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2001-01-01 | 47,566,800 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 47,159,719 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 46,730,335 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 46,223,880 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 45,666,838 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 45,123,018 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 44,541,554 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 44,004,139 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 43,297,156 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 42,443,509 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 41,687,898 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1990-01-01 | 40,746,268 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1989-01-01 | 39,628,575 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1988-01-01 | 38,480,649 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1987-01-01 | 37,326,190 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1986-01-01 | 36,180,515 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1985-01-01 | 35,042,093 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1984-01-01 | 33,892,788 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1983-01-01 | 32,739,304 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1982-01-01 | 31,615,339 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1981-01-01 | 30,541,044 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1980-01-01 | 29,518,857 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1979-01-01 | 28,634,162 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1978-01-01 | 27,869,507 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1977-01-01 | 27,118,952 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1976-01-01 | 26,395,450 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1975-01-01 | 25,690,940 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1974-01-01 | 24,989,108 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1973-01-01 | 24,294,263 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1972-01-01 | 23,609,456 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1971-01-01 | 22,942,143 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1970-01-01 | 22,279,984 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1969-01-01 | 21,614,676 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1968-01-01 | 20,957,287 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1967-01-01 | 20,314,066 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1966-01-01 | 19,690,087 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1965-01-01 | 19,089,380 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1964-01-01 | 18,511,361 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1963-01-01 | 17,954,564 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1962-01-01 | 17,418,522 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1961-01-01 | 16,908,035 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1960-01-01 | 16,440,172 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13