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Population, total

South Africa · persons · published annual by World Bank Open Data

Aggregates

descriptive statistics over the recorded series
Latest
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 · annual
RANGE
VIEWSCALEDRAW
16,440,17240,593,74664,747,319persons1960-01-011992-01-012025-01-011960-01-01: 16,440,172 persons1961-01-01: 16,908,035 persons1962-01-01: 17,418,522 persons1963-01-01: 17,954,564 persons1964-01-01: 18,511,361 persons1965-01-01: 19,089,380 persons1966-01-01: 19,690,087 persons1967-01-01: 20,314,066 persons1968-01-01: 20,957,287 persons1969-01-01: 21,614,676 persons1970-01-01: 22,279,984 persons1971-01-01: 22,942,143 persons1972-01-01: 23,609,456 persons1973-01-01: 24,294,263 persons1974-01-01: 24,989,108 persons1975-01-01: 25,690,940 persons1976-01-01: 26,395,450 persons1977-01-01: 27,118,952 persons1978-01-01: 27,869,507 persons1979-01-01: 28,634,162 persons1980-01-01: 29,518,857 persons1981-01-01: 30,541,044 persons1982-01-01: 31,615,339 persons1983-01-01: 32,739,304 persons1984-01-01: 33,892,788 persons1985-01-01: 35,042,093 persons1986-01-01: 36,180,515 persons1987-01-01: 37,326,190 persons1988-01-01: 38,480,649 persons1989-01-01: 39,628,575 persons1990-01-01: 40,746,268 persons1991-01-01: 41,687,898 persons1992-01-01: 42,443,509 persons1993-01-01: 43,297,156 persons1994-01-01: 44,004,139 persons1995-01-01: 44,541,554 persons1996-01-01: 45,123,018 persons1997-01-01: 45,666,838 persons1998-01-01: 46,223,880 persons1999-01-01: 46,730,335 persons2000-01-01: 47,159,719 persons2001-01-01: 47,566,800 persons2002-01-01: 48,019,415 persons2003-01-01: 48,500,348 persons2004-01-01: 48,991,421 persons2005-01-01: 49,490,033 persons2006-01-01: 49,998,277 persons2007-01-01: 50,528,584 persons2008-01-01: 51,114,599 persons2009-01-01: 51,728,516 persons2010-01-01: 52,344,051 persons2011-01-01: 52,995,205 persons2012-01-01: 53,782,567 persons2013-01-01: 54,678,791 persons2014-01-01: 55,594,838 persons2015-01-01: 56,723,537 persons2016-01-01: 57,259,551 persons2017-01-01: 57,635,162 persons2018-01-01: 58,613,001 persons2019-01-01: 59,587,885 persons2020-01-01: 60,562,381 persons2021-01-01: 61,502,603 persons2022-01-01: 62,378,410 persons2023-01-01: 63,212,384 persons2024-01-01: 64,007,187 persons2025-01-01: 64,747,319 persons
66 periods · persons · line view · hover for crosshair · wheel to zoom · drag to pan in bounded ranges · source annotations · local drawing tools
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
PeriodValueRevisionPublishedReceived (UTC)
2025-01-0164,747,31902026-07-13Unavailable
2024-01-0164,007,18702026-07-13Unavailable
2023-01-0163,212,38402026-07-13Unavailable
2022-01-0162,378,41002026-07-13Unavailable
2021-01-0161,502,60302026-07-13Unavailable
2020-01-0160,562,38102026-07-13Unavailable
2019-01-0159,587,88502026-07-13Unavailable
2018-01-0158,613,00102026-07-13Unavailable
2017-01-0157,635,16202026-07-13Unavailable
2016-01-0157,259,55102026-07-13Unavailable
2015-01-0156,723,53702026-07-13Unavailable
2014-01-0155,594,83802026-07-13Unavailable
2013-01-0154,678,79102026-07-13Unavailable
2012-01-0153,782,56702026-07-13Unavailable
2011-01-0152,995,20502026-07-13Unavailable
2010-01-0152,344,05102026-07-13Unavailable
2009-01-0151,728,51602026-07-13Unavailable
2008-01-0151,114,59902026-07-13Unavailable
2007-01-0150,528,58402026-07-13Unavailable
2006-01-0149,998,27702026-07-13Unavailable
2005-01-0149,490,03302026-07-13Unavailable
2004-01-0148,991,42102026-07-13Unavailable
2003-01-0148,500,34802026-07-13Unavailable
2002-01-0148,019,41502026-07-13Unavailable
2001-01-0147,566,80002026-07-13Unavailable
2000-01-0147,159,71902026-07-13Unavailable
1999-01-0146,730,33502026-07-13Unavailable
1998-01-0146,223,88002026-07-13Unavailable
1997-01-0145,666,83802026-07-13Unavailable
1996-01-0145,123,01802026-07-13Unavailable
1995-01-0144,541,55402026-07-13Unavailable
1994-01-0144,004,13902026-07-13Unavailable
1993-01-0143,297,15602026-07-13Unavailable
1992-01-0142,443,50902026-07-13Unavailable
1991-01-0141,687,89802026-07-13Unavailable
1990-01-0140,746,26802026-07-13Unavailable
1989-01-0139,628,57502026-07-13Unavailable
1988-01-0138,480,64902026-07-13Unavailable
1987-01-0137,326,19002026-07-13Unavailable
1986-01-0136,180,51502026-07-13Unavailable
1985-01-0135,042,09302026-07-13Unavailable
1984-01-0133,892,78802026-07-13Unavailable
1983-01-0132,739,30402026-07-13Unavailable
1982-01-0131,615,33902026-07-13Unavailable
1981-01-0130,541,04402026-07-13Unavailable
1980-01-0129,518,85702026-07-13Unavailable
1979-01-0128,634,16202026-07-13Unavailable
1978-01-0127,869,50702026-07-13Unavailable
1977-01-0127,118,95202026-07-13Unavailable
1976-01-0126,395,45002026-07-13Unavailable
1975-01-0125,690,94002026-07-13Unavailable
1974-01-0124,989,10802026-07-13Unavailable
1973-01-0124,294,26302026-07-13Unavailable
1972-01-0123,609,45602026-07-13Unavailable
1971-01-0122,942,14302026-07-13Unavailable
1970-01-0122,279,98402026-07-13Unavailable
1969-01-0121,614,67602026-07-13Unavailable
1968-01-0120,957,28702026-07-13Unavailable
1967-01-0120,314,06602026-07-13Unavailable
1966-01-0119,690,08702026-07-13Unavailable
1965-01-0119,089,38002026-07-13Unavailable
1964-01-0118,511,36102026-07-13Unavailable
1963-01-0117,954,56402026-07-13Unavailable
1962-01-0117,418,52202026-07-13Unavailable
1961-01-0116,908,03502026-07-13Unavailable
1960-01-0116,440,17202026-07-13Unavailable

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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13

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