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🗺️ Population Density of Southern Africa

The current population density of Southern Africa is 27.5107 people per square kilometer. A 1.3% increase from 2023, when the population density only was 27.1567 people/km². In the future, Southern Africa's population density is projected to increase to 40.8678 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of Southern Africa by 48.55% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of Southern Africa (1950-2024)

Southern Africa has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 5.5737 people/km² to 27.5107 people/km², an increase of 393.58% in total.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
1950 5.5737 14,817,986
1951 5.688 15,121,840
1952 5.809 15,443,465
1953 5.9345 15,777,324
1954 6.0656 16,125,660
1955 6.204 16,493,777
1956 6.3497 16,880,950
1957 6.5028 17,288,010
1958 6.6615 17,709,934
1959 6.8282 18,153,227
1960 7.0074 18,629,639
1961 7.2036 19,151,132
1962 7.4167 19,717,647
1963 7.6403 20,312,251
1964 7.8728 20,930,250
1965 8.1123 21,567,028
1966 8.3603 22,226,244
1967 8.619 22,914,056
1968 8.886 23,624,045
1969 9.1595 24,350,939
1970 9.437 25,088,674
1971 9.7168 25,832,637
1972 10.004 26,596,112
1973 10.3016 27,387,334
1974 10.6051 28,194,284
1975 10.9133 29,013,667
1976 11.223 29,837,067
1977 11.5401 30,679,946
1978 11.868 31,551,701
1979 12.2029 32,442,097
1980 12.5786 33,440,942
1981 13.0027 34,568,419
1982 13.4522 35,763,299
1983 13.9235 37,016,322
1984 14.4071 38,302,207
1985 14.8921 39,591,503
1986 15.3742 40,873,116
1987 15.8584 42,160,446
1988 16.3493 43,465,459
1989 16.8516 44,801,032
1990 17.3415 46,103,390
1991 17.7525 47,195,906
1992 18.0931 48,101,554
1993 18.4683 49,099,080
1994 18.7769 49,919,385
1995 19.0195 50,564,431
1996 19.2839 51,267,296
1997 19.5304 51,922,558
1998 19.7781 52,581,226
1999 20.0044 53,182,716
2000 20.1993 53,701,075
2001 20.3825 54,188,020
2002 20.5782 54,708,268
2003 20.7802 55,245,306
2004 20.9832 55,784,936
2005 21.1877 56,328,588
2006 21.4004 56,894,180
2007 21.6292 57,502,358
2008 21.8827 58,176,257
2009 22.1483 58,882,619
2010 22.4163 59,594,873
2011 22.6991 60,346,907
2012 23.0366 61,244,055
2013 23.4182 62,258,476
2014 23.8082 63,295,409
2015 24.2795 64,548,533
2016 24.5297 65,213,469
2017 24.7217 65,724,066
2018 25.1422 66,842,000
2019 25.5627 67,959,742
2020 25.9861 69,085,492
2021 26.3988 70,182,727
2022 26.7863 71,212,991
2023 27.1567 72,197,701
2024 27.5107 73,138,701

Future Population Density of Southern Africa (2024-2100)

Southern Africa's positive trend in population density is set to increase even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 27.5107 people/km² to 40.8678 people/km². An additional increase increase of 48.55% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
2024 27.5107 73,138,701
2025 27.8428 74,021,757
2026 28.1615 74,868,913
2027 28.4738 75,699,159
2028 28.7846 76,525,564
2029 29.0909 77,339,731
2030 29.3889 78,131,972
2031 29.6801 78,906,256
2032 29.9671 79,669,296
2033 30.2482 80,416,659
2034 30.5239 81,149,508
2035 30.7964 81,874,030
2036 31.0643 82,586,097
2037 31.3277 83,286,362
2038 31.5871 83,976,154
2039 31.8403 84,649,310
2040 32.0897 85,312,325
2041 32.3389 85,974,670
2042 32.5864 86,632,881
2043 32.8311 87,283,360
2044 33.073 87,926,452
2045 33.3127 88,563,576
2046 33.5524 89,200,905
2047 33.7909 89,835,011
2048 34.0212 90,447,319
2049 34.2443 91,040,447
2050 34.4644 91,625,466
2051 34.6831 92,206,867
2052 34.8965 92,774,191
2053 35.1005 93,316,595
2054 35.3012 93,850,189
2055 35.4995 94,377,304
2056 35.6909 94,886,360
2057 35.8776 95,382,539
2058 36.063 95,875,377
2059 36.244 96,356,778
2060 36.4194 96,823,129
2061 36.5893 97,274,582
2062 36.7554 97,716,184
2063 36.9198 98,153,335
2064 37.0801 98,579,647
2065 37.2319 98,983,117
2066 37.3781 99,371,767
2067 37.5218 99,753,786
2068 37.6604 100,122,265
2069 37.7951 100,480,398
2070 37.9316 100,843,250
2071 38.0701 101,211,496
2072 38.199 101,554,282
2073 38.3181 101,870,793
2074 38.4366 102,185,743
2075 38.5538 102,497,550
2076 38.6664 102,796,781
2077 38.7787 103,095,372
2078 38.8927 103,398,485
2079 39.0042 103,694,956
2080 39.1143 103,987,510
2081 39.2237 104,278,294
2082 39.3299 104,560,683
2083 39.4336 104,836,524
2084 39.5335 105,102,133
2085 39.6264 105,349,072
2086 39.7204 105,598,842
2087 39.8176 105,857,208
2088 39.9119 106,108,033
2089 40.0037 106,352,062
2090 40.0927 106,588,811
2091 40.1825 106,827,368
2092 40.27 107,059,973
2093 40.3532 107,281,111
2094 40.4353 107,499,437
2095 40.5128 107,705,525
2096 40.5842 107,895,452
2097 40.6517 108,074,789
2098 40.7208 108,258,431
2099 40.7935 108,451,685
2100 40.8678 108,649,394

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 Southern 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 Southern 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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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