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🇿🇦 Population Density of South Africa

The current population density of South Africa is 49.4871 people per square kilometer. A 0.87% increase from 2022, when the population density only was 49.0607 people/km². In the future, South Africa's population density is projected to increase to 61.0737 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of South Africa by 23.41% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of South Africa (1950-2023)

South Africa has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 10.6846 people/km² to 49.4871 people/km², an increase of 363.16% in total.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
1950 10.6846 13,043,844
1951 10.9149 13,325,058
1952 11.1589 13,622,914
1953 11.4131 13,933,246
1954 11.6774 14,255,876
1955 11.9544 14,594,128
1956 12.2451 14,948,934
1957 12.5491 15,320,138
1958 12.861 15,700,877
1959 13.185 16,096,455
1960 13.5323 16,520,440
1961 13.9165 16,989,464
1962 14.3373 17,503,134
1963 14.7789 18,042,215
1964 15.2383 18,603,097
1965 15.7167 19,187,194
1966 16.2103 19,789,771
1967 16.7189 20,410,677
1968 17.2431 21,050,540
1969 17.7785 21,704,214
1970 18.3225 22,368,306
1971 18.8657 23,031,441
1972 19.4121 23,698,507
1973 19.9724 24,382,513
1974 20.5412 25,077,016
1975 21.1154 25,777,964
1976 21.6907 26,480,300
1977 22.2801 27,199,838
1978 22.8892 27,943,445
1979 23.5065 28,697,014
1980 24.1344 29,463,549
1981 24.7643 30,232,561
1982 25.4113 31,022,417
1983 26.1016 31,865,176
1984 26.8413 32,768,206
1985 27.6479 33,752,964
1986 28.5693 34,877,834
1987 29.5863 36,119,333
1988 30.6303 37,393,853
1989 31.6745 38,668,684
1990 32.6648 39,877,570
1991 33.5112 40,910,958
1992 34.2073 41,760,755
1993 34.8337 42,525,440
1994 35.4419 43,267,982
1995 36.0302 43,986,084
1996 36.5835 44,661,603
1997 37.0942 45,285,048
1998 37.5587 45,852,166
1999 37.9785 46,364,682
2000 38.346 46,813,266
2001 38.6871 47,229,714
2002 39.0408 47,661,514
2003 39.4033 48,104,048
2004 39.7736 48,556,071
2005 40.1512 49,017,148
2006 40.54 49,491,756
2007 40.9531 49,996,094
2008 41.4198 50,565,812
2009 41.9153 51,170,779
2010 42.4184 51,784,921
2011 42.9577 52,443,326
2012 43.5325 53,145,033
2013 44.1293 53,873,616
2014 44.8304 54,729,551
2015 45.7699 55,876,504
2016 46.217 56,422,274
2017 46.3963 56,641,209
2018 46.9684 57,339,635
2019 47.5806 58,087,055
2020 48.1662 58,801,926
2021 48.6498 59,392,255
2022 49.0607 59,893,885
2023 49.4871 60,414,494

Future Population Density of South Africa (2023-2100)

South Africa's positive trend in population density is set to increase even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 49.4871 people/km² to 61.0737 people/km². An additional increase increase of 23.41% from 2023 to 2100.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
2023 49.4871 60,414,494
2024 49.9833 61,020,221
2025 50.518 61,673,081
2026 51.0357 62,305,039
2027 51.5385 62,918,916
2028 52.0264 63,514,502
2029 52.5009 64,093,732
2030 52.9641 64,659,278
2031 53.4165 65,211,526
2032 53.8599 65,752,924
2033 54.2951 66,284,189
2034 54.721 66,804,167
2035 55.1388 67,314,133
2036 55.5498 67,815,934
2037 55.9531 68,308,246
2038 56.3465 68,788,495
2039 56.7301 69,256,823
2040 57.1045 69,713,937
2041 57.4704 70,160,652
2042 57.8263 70,595,132
2043 58.1712 71,016,168
2044 58.505 71,423,671
2045 58.8265 71,816,201
2046 59.1345 72,192,155
2047 59.4288 72,551,392
2048 59.7096 72,894,219
2049 59.9771 73,220,860
2050 60.2302 73,529,753
2051 60.4673 73,819,238
2052 60.6888 74,089,701
2053 60.8963 74,342,981
2054 61.0905 74,580,110
2055 61.2699 74,799,050
2056 61.4354 75,001,120
2057 61.5891 75,188,808
2058 61.7311 75,362,119
2059 61.8607 75,520,304
2060 61.9777 75,663,198
2061 62.0841 75,793,041
2062 62.1821 75,912,773
2063 62.272 76,022,453
2064 62.3527 76,120,998
2065 62.424 76,208,045
2066 62.486 76,283,732
2067 62.5419 76,351,934
2068 62.5917 76,412,770
2069 62.6321 76,462,114
2070 62.6649 76,502,155
2071 62.6928 76,536,239
2072 62.7148 76,563,061
2073 62.7278 76,578,860
2074 62.7321 76,584,112
2075 62.7286 76,579,882
2076 62.7184 76,567,382
2077 62.7028 76,548,374
2078 62.6818 76,522,764
2079 62.6537 76,488,404
2080 62.6184 76,445,383
2081 62.5784 76,396,515
2082 62.5329 76,341,015
2083 62.4836 76,280,819
2084 62.4311 76,216,708
2085 62.3736 76,146,535
2086 62.3126 76,071,992
2087 62.2493 75,994,768
2088 62.1828 75,913,621
2089 62.1122 75,827,380
2090 62.0378 75,736,556
2091 61.9595 75,640,985
2092 61.8758 75,538,822
2093 61.7878 75,431,324
2094 61.6965 75,319,878
2095 61.6014 75,203,788
2096 61.5034 75,084,182
2097 61.4016 74,959,932
2098 61.2956 74,830,455
2099 61.1868 74,697,591
2100 61.0737 74,559,590

Common Questions in Regards to Population Density

What is Population Density?

Population density is a measurement of population per unit of land area. The metric is mostly used in regards to human populations, while sometimes utilized for animal life forms and other organisms. On this page we make use of the population per square kilometer (people/km²) to illustrate the population density of South Africa.

What useful information can be derived from Population Density?

The population density is a useful metric for understanding and visualize how populated a country, region or territory is, in general. It's also important to understand that most countries are highly populated in specific regions. While the population density only take people per square kilometers, spaced out evenly throughout the total area, into account.

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of South Africa's area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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