# Population in South Africa

Population in South Africa was 64.75 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/south-africa
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/south-africa.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=za

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