Population of South Africa today

60,651,278
Saturday, December 9, 2023

Population of South Africa as of today

The current population of South Africa is 60,651,278 with an annual growth rate of 0.905%. South Africa has a population of 0.751% of the world's population.

Population60,651,278
Growth Rate0.905%
Male29,567,408 (48.75%)
Female31,083,870 (51.25%)
Today Change+ 328
Births today688
Deaths today394
Births in 20231,069,541
Deaths in 2023611,478
Change in 2023+ 510,307 (0.849%)

Population chart for South Africa

Population History of South Africa

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
202259,646,800492,0860.825%60,138,886
202159,137,710506,8100.857%59,644,520
202058,466,143667,6831.142%59,133,826
201957,707,967753,0891.305%58,461,056
201856,971,303732,0811.285%57,703,384
201656,533,431-222,742-0.394%56,310,689
201756,311,116656,5881.166%56,967,704
201555,219,5771,298,2122.351%56,517,789
201454,239,525971,4301.791%55,210,955
201353,507,707726,6351.358%54,234,342

The population of countries near South Africa

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent South Africa
1MZ Mozambique34,302,06855.57%
2ZW Zimbabwe16,817,10227.416%
3BW Botswana2,694,5494.411%
4SZ Eswatini1,215,1022.005%
5LS Lesotho2,341,5423.853%
6NA Namibia2,620,8084.298%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank,Nations Geo,Census,Wikidata