Live population of South africa

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of South Africa as of 2023 Jun 7 was 60,785,041

According to the 2022 Census, South Africa's share of the world population is 0.761%

South Africa population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	59,308,690	29,216,012	30,092,678	19,170,340	48.89	2.41	1,578,606	1,287,550	61.46	68.42
2015	55,386,369	27,337,004	28,049,365	19,446,876	45.66	2.41	1,508,334	1,221,339	60.24	67.14
2010	51,216,967	25,269,501	25,947,466	19,489,852	42.22	2.55	1,530,765	1,255,229	57.81	64.24
2005	47,880,595	23,607,459	24,273,136	19,754,866	39.47	2.63	1,799,786	1,557,160	52.27	57.26
2000	44,967,713	22,171,606	22,796,107	19,713,179	37.07	2.61	1,692,117	1,442,080	51.42	56.55
1995	41,435,761	20,455,347	20,980,414	19,156,146	34.16	2.88	1,263,132	977,320	55.66	62.57
1990	36,800,507	18,285,907	18,514,600	18,015,156	30.34	3.51	905,669	684,556	60.02	66.74
1985	32,678,876	16,290,023	16,388,853	17,076,788	26.94	4.40	819,849	677,160	59.84	64.82
1980	28,556,771	14,221,869	14,334,902	15,348,861	23.54	4.90	843,294	711,307	57.12	61.72
1975	25,195,184	12,555,653	12,639,531	13,601,858	20.77	5.05	839,131	709,556	54.58	59.28
1970	22,069,783	10,984,786	11,084,997	11,920,092	18.19	5.50	852,610	724,549	51.65	56.50
1965	19,384,838	9,641,347	9,743,491	10,519,983	15.98	5.80	846,611	721,072	48.94	53.97
1960	17,099,836	8,525,730	8,574,106	9,318,651	14.10	6	824,003	698,506	46.81	52.02
1955	15,206,501	7,616,099	7,590,402	8,547,488	12.54	6.05	797,430	671,422	44.87	50.21
1950	13,628,434	6,866,883	6,761,551	7,873,166	11.23	6.05	793,403	668,653	42.27	47.67