South Africa | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source
South Africa | Population, total
1960 17396000
1961 17949961.6
1962 18459441.6
1963 18936137.6
1964 19390553.6
1965 19832000
1966 20268593.6
1967 20707257.6
1968 21153721.6
1969 21612521.6
1970 22087000
1971 22602372.672
1972 23126275.712
1973 23655907.712
1974 24189836.672
1975 24728000
1976 25268094.272
1977 25805575.232
1978 26355319.232
1979 26940792.512
1980 27576000
1981 28254654.592
1982 28971838.592
1983 29724003.712
1984 30505360.832
1985 31307880
1986 32121290.432
1987 32933080.512
1988 33728497.792
1989 34490548.992
1990 35200000
1991 35933107.764
1992 36690738.764
1993 37473796.397
1994 38283222.672
1995 39120000
1996 40000246.954
1997 40926063.038
1998 41899682.777
1999 42923484.534
2000 44000000
2001 44909738
2002 45533292
2003 46116494
2004 46664771
2005 47198469
2006 47730946
2007 48257282
2008 48793022
2009 49320150
2010 49991300
2011 50586757
2012
South Africa | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source