Population 64,747,319
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history South Africa 2025 · 64.75M
0 16.19M 32.37M 48.56M 64.75M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 16,440,172 1961: 16,908,035 1962: 17,418,522 1963: 17,954,564 1964: 18,511,361 1965: 19,089,380 1966: 19,690,087 1967: 20,314,066 1968: 20,957,287 1969: 21,614,676 1970: 22,279,984 1971: 22,942,143 1972: 23,609,456 1973: 24,294,263 1974: 24,989,108 1975: 25,690,940 1976: 26,395,450 1977: 27,118,952 1978: 27,869,507 1979: 28,634,162 1980: 29,518,857 1981: 30,541,044 1982: 31,615,339 1983: 32,739,304 1984: 33,892,788 1985: 35,042,093 1986: 36,180,515 1987: 37,326,190 1988: 38,480,649 1989: 39,628,575 1990: 40,746,268 1991: 41,687,898 1992: 42,443,509 1993: 43,297,156 1994: 44,004,139 1995: 44,541,554 1996: 45,123,018 1997: 45,666,838 1998: 46,223,880 1999: 46,730,335 2000: 47,159,719 2001: 47,566,800 2002: 48,019,415 2003: 48,500,348 2004: 48,991,421 2005: 49,490,033 2006: 49,998,277 2007: 50,528,584 2008: 51,114,599 2009: 51,728,516 2010: 52,344,051 2011: 52,995,205 2012: 53,782,567 2013: 54,678,791 2014: 55,594,838 2015: 56,723,537 2016: 57,259,551 2017: 57,635,162 2018: 58,613,001 2019: 59,587,885 2020: 60,562,381 2021: 61,502,603 2022: 62,378,410 2023: 63,212,384 2024: 64,007,187 2025: 64,747,319 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.
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