Population in South Africa
63.2 million
people · 2023
24th highest of 236 countries
In 2013: 54.7 million
Nearby in the ranking
- United Kingdom 68.7 million
- Tanzania 66.6 million
- France 66.4 million
- South Africa 63.2 million
- Italy 59.5 million
- Kenya 55.3 million
- Myanmar 54.1 million
More about South Africa
About the data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.
- Unit
- people
- Years
- 1800–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- Our World in Data
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0