Demographics of South Africa
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 04 May 2024 |
There are 29.77 million males and 31.25 million females in South Africa. The percentage of the male population is 48.79%, compared to 51.21% of the female population. South Africa has 1.47 million more females than males, which is the 10th highest in the world. The sex ratio in South Africa in 2024 will be 95.281 males per 100 females. South Africa is in the 54th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 13,043,844 | 2.09 |
1955 | 14,594,129 | 2.37 |
1960 | 16,520,441 | 2.66 |
1965 | 19,187,194 | 3.11 |
1970 | 22,368,306 | 2.98 |
1975 | 25,777,964 | 2.74 |
1980 | 29,463,549 | 2.62 |
1985 | 33,752,964 | 3.06 |
1990 | 39,877,570 | 2.88 |
1995 | 43,986,084 | 1.59 |
2000 | 46,813,266 | 0.88 |
2005 | 49,017,147 | 0.94 |
2010 | 51,784,921 | 1.23 |
2015 | 55,876,504 | 2.35 |
2020 | 58,801,927 | 1.14 |
2021 | 59,392,255 | 0.86 |
2022 | 59,893,885 | 0.82 |
2023 | 60,414,495 | 0.91 |
2024 | 61,020,221 | 1.09 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 279,631 | 543,143 | 21.442 | 41.647 |
1955 | 252,627 | 601,757 | 17.306 | 41.223 |
1960 | 232,405 | 652,630 | 14.073 | 39.520 |
1965 | 250,816 | 766,306 | 13.097 | 40.014 |
1970 | 273,496 | 879,696 | 12.242 | 39.376 |
1975 | 285,288 | 951,840 | 11.075 | 36.950 |
1980 | 288,820 | 1,009,518 | 9.810 | 34.290 |
1985 | 293,713 | 1,204,244 | 8.715 | 35.730 |
1990 | 319,227 | 1,238,045 | 8.031 | 31.146 |
1995 | 369,071 | 1,165,004 | 8.382 | 26.457 |
2000 | 476,555 | 969,828 | 10.174 | 20.705 |
2005 | 645,838 | 1,074,006 | 13.177 | 21.913 |
2010 | 582,529 | 1,152,671 | 11.257 | 22.274 |
2015 | 514,293 | 1,183,143 | 9.259 | 21.300 |
2020 | 553,914 | 1,194,619 | 9.425 | 20.326 |
2021 | 678,798 | 1,176,955 | 11.432 | 19.821 |
2022 | 720,175 | 1,155,858 | 12.032 | 19.310 |
2023 | 652,181 | 1,140,735 | 10.801 | 18.893 |
2024 | 522,035 | 1,127,932 | 8.560 | 18.494 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
1950 | 5,755,262 | 7,873,166 | 42.230 |
1955 | 6,829,341 | 8,547,488 | 44.413 |
1960 | 8,138,204 | 9,318,651 | 46.619 |
1965 | 9,422,320 | 10,519,983 | 47.248 |
1970 | 10,919,359 | 11,920,092 | 47.809 |
1975 | 12,610,547 | 13,601,858 | 48.109 |
1980 | 14,411,610 | 15,348,861 | 48.425 |
1985 | 16,653,360 | 17,076,788 | 49.372 |
1990 | 19,545,369 | 18,015,156 | 52.037 |
1995 | 22,932,019 | 19,156,146 | 54.486 |
2000 | 26,015,136 | 19,713,179 | 56.891 |
2005 | 29,065,720 | 19,754,866 | 59.536 |
2010 | 32,094,811 | 19,489,852 | 62.218 |
2015 | 35,844,349 | 19,446,876 | 64.828 |
2020 | 39,550,889 | 19,170,340 | 67.354 |
2021 | 40,277,814 | 19,088,162 | 67.847 |
2022 | 40,998,414 | 18,997,635 | 68.335 |
2023 | 41,711,727 | 18,898,900 | 68.819 |
2024 | 42,416,701 | 18,792,082 | 69.298 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 2,892,858 | 2,793,693 | 5,686,551 | 9.32 | 103.550 |
05-09 | 2,913,832 | 2,813,961 | 5,727,793 | 9.39 | 103.549 |
10-14 | 2,875,782 | 2,774,414 | 5,650,196 | 9.26 | 103.654 |
15-19 | 2,687,367 | 2,595,027 | 5,282,394 | 8.66 | 103.558 |
20-24 | 2,291,068 | 2,215,148 | 4,506,216 | 7.38 | 103.427 |
25-29 | 2,474,811 | 2,429,239 | 4,904,050 | 8.04 | 101.876 |
30-34 | 2,753,608 | 2,716,225 | 5,469,833 | 8.96 | 101.376 |
35-39 | 2,738,856 | 2,712,885 | 5,451,741 | 8.93 | 100.957 |
40-44 | 2,193,991 | 2,161,839 | 4,355,830 | 7.14 | 101.487 |
45-49 | 1,446,406 | 1,446,771 | 2,893,177 | 4.74 | 99.975 |
50-54 | 1,332,939 | 1,507,218 | 2,840,158 | 4.65 | 88.437 |
55-59 | 1,211,206 | 1,548,641 | 2,759,847 | 4.52 | 78.211 |
60-64 | 761,400 | 1,127,741 | 1,889,141 | 3.10 | 67.516 |
65-69 | 455,387 | 818,097 | 1,273,485 | 2.09 | 55.664 |
70-74 | 347,782 | 665,487 | 1,013,269 | 1.66 | 52.260 |
75-79 | 217,099 | 460,397 | 677,495 | 1.11 | 47.155 |
80-84 | 110,623 | 258,073 | 368,695 | 0.60 | 42.865 |
85-89 | 46,693 | 125,566 | 172,258 | 0.28 | 37.186 |
90-94 | 15,438 | 55,727 | 71,165 | 0.12 | 27.703 |
95-99 | 4,730 | 18,132 | 22,862 | 0.04 | 26.086 |
100+ | 1,018 | 3,046 | 4,065 | 0.01 | 33.421 |
Total | 29,772,894 | 31,247,327 | 61,020,221 | 95.281 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio