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South Africa - Population Growth 1975

Name: South Africa Population Growth 1975
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

2.77% −0.05pp from 1974 Global rank: 154th

South Africa's population growth was 2.77% in 1975, decreased +0.05pp from 2.82% in 1974. This was the 154th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1975▾

Population Growth by Country - 1975
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Cambodia	-3.02%	-569.4%
2nd	Equatorial Guinea	-2.42%	1.4%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	-0.98%	-5.4%
4th	Suriname	-0.64%	-20.3%
5th	Cyprus	-0.58%	-44.2%
6th	Kiribati	-0.38%	-158.7%
7th	Germany	-0.37%	-1,056.8%
8th	Grenada	-0.37%	-61.9%
9th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.34%	22.6%
10th	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.30%	6.8%
11th	Austria	-0.27%	-255.9%
12th	Palau	-0.25%	-123.6%
13th	Aruba	-0.09%	-208.0%
14th	Switzerland	-0.04%	-108.1%
15th	United Kingdom	-0.01%	-111.8%
16th	San Marino	0.08%	-58.0%
17th	Bermuda	0.14%	-33.8%
18th	Barbados	0.16%	-12.7%
19th	Greenland	0.20%	-80.1%
20th	Denmark	0.29%	-38.1%
21st	Belgium	0.29%	-8.2%
22nd	Sweden	0.40%	36.9%
23rd	Finland	0.44%	-15.2%
24th	France	0.48%	-28.1%
25th	Croatia	0.48%	4.0%
26th	Bulgaria	0.48%	-27.7%
27th	Curaçao	0.52%	-46.3%
28th	Belarus	0.53%	-18.5%
29th	Norway	0.55%	-11.0%
30th	European Union	0.57%	-5.2%
31st	Russian Federation	0.57%	0.1%
32nd	Serbia	0.58%	0.7%
33rd	Hungary	0.59%	31.8%
34th	Ukraine	0.59%	-4.2%
35th	Italy	0.60%	-8.7%
36th	Uruguay	0.64%	8.6%
37th	Dominica	0.67%	-6.0%
38th	Channel Islands	0.69%	-13.6%
39th	Czechia	0.70%	5.3%
40th	Gibraltar	0.70%	-10.8%
41st	Malta	0.73%	1,187.5%
42nd	Georgia	0.74%	-15.0%
43rd	Latvia	0.77%	-12.1%
44th	Estonia	0.79%	-9.2%
45th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.83%	-4.7%
46th	Lithuania	0.84%	-6.6%
47th	Netherlands	0.89%	13.7%
48th	Nauru	0.92%	11.3%
49th	Greece	0.94%	154.9%
50th	Slovenia	0.98%	83.5%
51st	United States	0.99%	7.9%
52nd	Guyana	0.99%	-8.3%
53rd	Poland	0.99%	3.5%
54th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.00%	-0.5%
55th	Monaco	1.04%	61.2%
56th	Slovak Republic	1.05%	1.6%
57th	British Virgin Islands	1.06%	-12.8%
58th	Cabo Verde	1.08%	20.7%
59th	Spain	1.08%	-1.0%
60th	Luxembourg	1.09%	-16.2%
61st	Cuba	1.12%	-12.3%
62nd	Moldova	1.13%	3.4%
63rd	Faroe Islands	1.15%	-2.8%
64th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.21%	-2.8%
65th	Australia	1.23%	-51.4%
66th	Timor-Leste	1.23%	-9.2%
67th	Romania	1.25%	34.9%
68th	Japan	1.27%	-4.3%
69th	Iceland	1.28%	-5.5%
70th	Isle of Man	1.38%	-8.5%
71st	Montenegro	1.40%	-13.9%
72nd	Jamaica	1.40%	-6.8%
73rd	Canada	1.46%	4.5%
74th	Singapore	1.46%	-12.3%
75th	Fiji	1.47%	0.3%
76th	St. Lucia	1.50%	3.0%
77th	North Macedonia	1.54%	1.1%
78th	Chile	1.57%	-1.4%
79th	Mauritius	1.58%	3.9%
80th	Guinea	1.59%	-2.7%
81st	Argentina	1.61%	-2.2%
82nd	Ireland	1.65%	-0.7%
83rd	Liechtenstein	1.67%	-42.0%
84th	Korea	1.68%	-1.8%
85th	Azerbaijan	1.68%	-6.9%
86th	Belize	1.70%	24.6%
87th	China	1.77%	-14.5%
88th	American Samoa	1.77%	15.4%
89th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	1.77%	-9.4%
90th	Mali	1.80%	1.1%
91st	Sri Lanka	1.81%	-2.4%
92nd	Kazakhstan	1.81%	-1.9%
93rd	Sierra Leone	1.84%	-0.6%
94th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.84%	-11.4%
95th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.90%	-40.0%
96th	Haiti	1.93%	0.4%
97th	Myanmar	1.94%	-0.8%
98th	Central African Republic	1.95%	0.9%
99th	New Zealand	1.95%	-6.7%
100th	Burkina Faso	2.02%	6.5%
101st	Türkiye	2.07%	-6.3%
102nd	Kyrgyz Republic	2.10%	-4.4%
103rd	Armenia	2.11%	0.8%
104th	Chad	2.16%	-6.0%
105th	Guam	2.16%	-4.0%
106th	Lebanon	2.18%	-8.9%
107th	Bahamas, The	2.19%	-2.3%
108th	Nepal	2.20%	0.9%
109th	Lao PDR	2.21%	-7.1%
110th	Colombia	2.21%	-1.6%
111th	Gabon	2.21%	3.6%
112th	El Salvador	2.23%	-3.1%
113th	Papua New Guinea	2.23%	-2.1%
114th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.27%	0.2%
115th	Philippines	2.27%	5.2%
116th	Israel	2.28%	-23.3%
117th	Albania	2.30%	0.2%
118th	Seychelles	2.31%	27.0%
119th	Viet Nam	2.33%	4.1%
120th	Eritrea	2.34%	-3.8%
121st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.36%	2.0%
122nd	India	2.36%	2.7%
123rd	São Tomé and Principe	2.38%	6.2%
124th	Brazil	2.38%	-0.7%
125th	Malaysia	2.39%	-0.3%
126th	Afghanistan	2.42%	-4.4%
127th	Benin	2.43%	2.1%
128th	Guatemala	2.44%	-3.8%
129th	Thailand	2.44%	-4.2%
130th	Morocco	2.46%	-0.2%
131st	Togo	2.47%	-2.7%
132nd	Burundi	2.48%	-0.9%
133rd	Paraguay	2.48%	-0.2%
134th	Peru	2.49%	-1.5%
135th	Kosovo	2.50%	5.6%
136th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.51%	-3.0%
137th	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.52%	-7.2%
138th	Indonesia	2.53%	-1.9%
139th	Turkmenistan	2.54%	-0.2%
140th	Tonga	2.54%	21.4%
141st	Costa Rica	2.57%	0.8%
142nd	Samoa	2.58%	31.2%
143rd	Uganda	2.60%	4.4%
144th	Panama	2.60%	-2.1%
145th	South Sudan	2.60%	-0.2%
146th	Bangladesh	2.62%	-7.4%
147th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.65%	-0.8%
148th	Dominican Republic	2.66%	-2.2%
149th	Tunisia	2.68%	2.1%
150th	Liberia	2.70%	1.4%
151st	Niger	2.71%	0.9%
152nd	Northern Mariana Islands	2.76%	-49.2%
153rd	Nigeria	2.77%	5.5%
154th	South Africa	2.77%	-1.8%
155th	Senegal	2.77%	-4.7%
156th	Congo, Republic of	2.79%	-10.7%
157th	Cameroon	2.79%	0.5%
158th	Malawi	2.80%	3.4%
159th	Ecuador	2.85%	-1.3%
160th	Mexico	2.86%	-2.3%
161st	Mongolia	2.88%	1.2%
162nd	Solomon Islands	2.88%	5.3%
163rd	Ghana	2.90%	-0.2%
164th	Uzbekistan	2.91%	0.1%
165th	Eswatini	2.94%	2.3%
166th	Rwanda	2.94%	0.4%
167th	Mauritania	2.95%	-0.8%
168th	Yemen, Republic of	2.95%	2.7%
169th	Maldives	2.96%	0.8%
170th	Gambia, The	2.97%	0.7%
171st	Honduras	2.97%	2.6%
172nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.98%	0.8%
173rd	Pakistan	2.99%	1.7%
174th	Zambia	3.00%	2.1%
175th	Madagascar	3.01%	0.5%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	3.02%	2.1%
177th	Vanuatu	3.05%	0.7%
178th	Nicaragua	3.06%	-0.6%
179th	Namibia	3.08%	2.0%
180th	French Polynesia	3.09%	-2.6%
181st	Tajikistan	3.14%	0.4%
182nd	Zimbabwe	3.17%	-1.9%
183rd	Jordan	3.20%	-5.2%
184th	Mozambique	3.25%	4.7%
185th	Iraq	3.31%	-2.3%
186th	Kenya	3.32%	-1.9%
187th	Marshall Islands	3.34%	16.3%
188th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.40%	0.8%
189th	Comoros	3.40%	0.4%
190th	Bhutan	3.41%	0.1%
191st	Angola	3.41%	-1.3%
192nd	St. Martin (French part)	3.43%	11.9%
193rd	Lesotho	3.46%	0.3%
194th	Brunei Darussalam	3.49%	-1.1%
195th	Sudan	3.50%	-12.3%
196th	Algeria	3.54%	46.0%
197th	Tanzania	3.64%	0.8%
198th	Portugal	3.80%	172.5%
199th	Oman	4.18%	18.8%
200th	New Caledonia	4.47%	-2.1%
201st	Côte d'Ivoire	4.56%	-0.1%
202nd	Virgin Islands (US)	4.93%	-26.3%
203rd	Tuvalu	4.94%	101.6%
204th	Botswana	4.97%	0.6%
205th	Cayman Islands	5.01%	-5.3%
206th	Bahrain	5.15%	-1.7%
207th	Saudi Arabia	5.24%	1.6%
208th	Libya	5.57%	12.0%
209th	Guinea-Bissau	5.95%	74.9%
210th	Andorra	6.10%	-3.9%
211th	Kuwait	6.21%	3.1%
212th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6.85%	-2.3%
213th	Qatar	8.49%	-7.2%
214th	Djibouti	8.60%	12.6%
215th	United Arab Emirates	10.43%	-8.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's population growth in 1975?▾

South Africa's population growth in 1975 was 2.77%. This ranked 154th globally.

How did South Africa's population growth change in 1975?▾

South Africa's population growth decreased by 1.8% in 1975 compared to 1974.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1975?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1975 at 10.43%.

What is the population growth of South Africa in 1975?▾

The population growth of South Africa in 1975 was 2.77%. This ranked 154th globally.

How does 1975 compare to 1974 for South Africa's population growth?▾

South Africa's population growth went from 2.82% in 1974 to 2.77% in 1975, a 1.8% decrease.

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