Home → South Africa → Population Growth → 2005

South Africa - Population Growth 2005

Name: South Africa Population Growth 2005
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Annual population growth rate · World Bank

1.01% +0.01pp from 2004 Global rank: 91st

South Africa's population growth was 1.01% in 2005, increased +0.01pp from 1.01% in 2004. This was the 91st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Population Growth by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Trinidad and Tobago	-3.86%	-875.7%
2nd	Northern Mariana Islands	-2.51%	-9.4%
3rd	Lithuania	-1.63%	-45.0%
4th	Latvia	-1.08%	1.0%
5th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.08%	-19.7%
6th	Lesotho	-0.92%	-30.7%
7th	Ukraine	-0.82%	-18.3%
8th	Bulgaria	-0.75%	0.2%
9th	Belarus	-0.68%	-0.1%
10th	Georgia	-0.64%	-2.6%
11th	Romania	-0.62%	-8.4%
12th	Armenia	-0.59%	-5.7%
13th	Estonia	-0.57%	4.3%
14th	North Macedonia	-0.54%	-66.7%
15th	Albania	-0.51%	-22.5%
16th	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.46%	-43.1%
17th	Russian Federation	-0.38%	5.3%
18th	American Samoa	-0.35%	-31.8%
19th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.34%	-26.2%
20th	Monaco	-0.30%	-45.1%
21st	Serbia	-0.30%	-28.8%
22nd	Moldova	-0.24%	1.7%
23rd	Kosovo	-0.24%	-21.0%
24th	Hungary	-0.20%	10.2%
25th	Guyana	-0.20%	-120.5%
26th	Puerto Rico (US)	-0.14%	-804.9%
27th	Nauru	-0.11%	-1,200.5%
28th	Germany	-0.06%	-161.5%
29th	Faroe Islands	-0.05%	-107.1%
30th	Poland	-0.04%	24.9%
31st	Virgin Islands (US)	-0.01%	66.7%
32nd	Palau	-0.01%	-100.6%
33rd	Japan	0.01%	-72.1%
34th	Slovak Republic	0.01%	148.2%
35th	El Salvador	0.02%	-85.1%
36th	Greenland	0.07%	-74.9%
37th	Uruguay	0.08%	33.6%
38th	Dominica	0.12%	-28.1%
39th	Croatia	0.13%	361.3%
40th	Czechia	0.14%	354.5%
41st	Montenegro	0.15%	-16.5%
42nd	Slovenia	0.17%	170.4%
43rd	Portugal	0.19%	-22.4%
44th	Cuba	0.21%	-19.2%
45th	Korea	0.21%	-46.5%
46th	Marshall Islands	0.22%	-24.5%
47th	Netherlands	0.23%	-32.8%
48th	Bermuda	0.25%	-7.9%
49th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.26%	-12.5%
50th	Denmark	0.28%	6.6%
51st	Greece	0.29%	18.5%
52nd	Guam	0.34%	-17.8%
53rd	Finland	0.34%	17.9%
54th	European Union	0.37%	-5.4%
55th	Grenada	0.38%	-6.7%
56th	Samoa	0.39%	-11.4%
57th	Sweden	0.40%	1.7%
58th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.44%	-44.0%
59th	Seychelles	0.46%	225.1%
60th	Barbados	0.53%	-8.0%
61st	Eswatini	0.54%	-9.7%
62nd	Belgium	0.55%	27.1%
63rd	Jamaica	0.55%	-5.4%
64th	Tonga	0.57%	-1.7%
65th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	0.58%	-14.6%
66th	Italy	0.58%	-21.6%
67th	China	0.59%	-1.0%
68th	Mauritius	0.59%	-5.6%
69th	Malta	0.64%	-5.1%
70th	Sri Lanka	0.64%	-5.9%
71st	Switzerland	0.64%	-6.8%
72nd	Norway	0.68%	15.3%
73rd	Austria	0.68%	9.8%
74th	United Kingdom	0.69%	20.7%
75th	Channel Islands	0.71%	0.0%
76th	St. Lucia	0.73%	-4.8%
77th	Kazakhstan	0.74%	14.0%
78th	France	0.75%	2.6%
79th	Myanmar	0.78%	-8.7%
80th	Thailand	0.86%	-4.0%
81st	Tunisia	0.87%	-6.4%
82nd	Liechtenstein	0.88%	-17.7%
83rd	Peru	0.89%	-9.2%
84th	Fiji	0.91%	-1.7%
85th	Isle of Man	0.91%	-3.5%
86th	United States	0.92%	-0.4%
87th	Viet Nam	0.93%	-4.2%
88th	Zimbabwe	0.95%	-12.9%
89th	Canada	0.95%	1.6%
90th	Chile	0.99%	-1.7%
91st	South Africa	1.01%	0.5%
92nd	Azerbaijan	1.02%	16.8%
93rd	Argentina	1.03%	1.3%
94th	Suriname	1.04%	-29.1%
95th	Türkiye	1.07%	-4.2%
96th	Brazil	1.10%	-3.0%
97th	Paraguay	1.11%	-4.0%
98th	Mongolia	1.11%	-1.3%
99th	Nepal	1.12%	-11.8%
100th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.13%	5.7%
101st	Kyrgyz Republic	1.13%	-6.8%
102nd	New Zealand	1.13%	-24.1%
103rd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.15%	-0.1%
104th	Cabo Verde	1.19%	-5.2%
105th	Bahamas, The	1.20%	-2.4%
106th	Australia	1.22%	13.9%
107th	Uzbekistan	1.25%	1.7%
108th	Namibia	1.25%	-1.7%
109th	Tuvalu	1.26%	1.2%
110th	Bangladesh	1.26%	-7.4%
111th	San Marino	1.28%	-77.3%
112th	Indonesia	1.28%	1.0%
113th	Nicaragua	1.30%	10.3%
114th	Dominican Republic	1.31%	-4.6%
115th	Morocco	1.34%	4.8%
116th	Mexico	1.35%	-1.2%
117th	Colombia	1.40%	-4.7%
118th	Costa Rica	1.45%	-1.7%
119th	New Caledonia	1.45%	-16.8%
120th	Cambodia	1.46%	-1.1%
121st	Algeria	1.46%	4.8%
122nd	French Polynesia	1.50%	-5.5%
123rd	Lao PDR	1.51%	3.5%
124th	Luxembourg	1.53%	7.6%
125th	Gibraltar	1.55%	0.0%
126th	Lebanon	1.55%	-4.2%
127th	Djibouti	1.57%	1.9%
128th	Iceland	1.58%	80.3%
129th	India	1.63%	-4.2%
130th	Maldives	1.65%	0.2%
131st	Haiti	1.68%	-1.2%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.69%	0.2%
133rd	Brunei Darussalam	1.69%	-5.9%
134th	Spain	1.69%	-2.1%
135th	Bhutan	1.73%	-13.7%
136th	Ecuador	1.73%	-1.3%
137th	Israel	1.76%	-0.3%
138th	Solomon Islands	1.77%	-1.6%
139th	Cyprus	1.78%	-1.8%
140th	Botswana	1.79%	2.4%
141st	Philippines	1.86%	-4.3%
142nd	Turkmenistan	1.88%	-1.9%
143rd	Panama	1.89%	-1.0%
144th	Tajikistan	1.96%	-0.3%
145th	Guinea	2.00%	-6.6%
146th	Kiribati	2.01%	0.1%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.02%	-2.0%
148th	Comoros	2.04%	7.6%
149th	Timor-Leste	2.05%	55.1%
150th	Libya	2.11%	2.0%
151st	Guatemala	2.16%	-2.6%
152nd	Ireland	2.18%	19.2%
153rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.21%	3.5%
154th	St. Martin (French part)	2.26%	-4.7%
155th	Oman	2.26%	31.4%
156th	Central African Republic	2.26%	4.6%
157th	Malaysia	2.27%	-1.9%
158th	Sudan	2.28%	4.5%
159th	Mozambique	2.31%	1.3%
160th	Senegal	2.34%	-0.3%
161st	Guinea-Bissau	2.35%	1.7%
162nd	Singapore	2.35%	87.8%
163rd	Côte d'Ivoire	2.39%	-1.5%
164th	Eritrea	2.39%	-41.6%
165th	Pakistan	2.40%	-2.6%
166th	Mauritania	2.42%	3.2%
167th	Vanuatu	2.42%	-0.8%
168th	Honduras	2.43%	-2.7%
169th	São Tomé and Principe	2.46%	-1.4%
170th	Jordan	2.48%	2.7%
171st	Curaçao	2.55%	47.8%
172nd	West Bank and Gaza	2.56%	0.0%
173rd	Togo	2.57%	0.0%
174th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.57%	4.0%
175th	Aruba	2.59%	21.3%
176th	Ghana	2.62%	-1.0%
177th	Rwanda	2.66%	0.7%
178th	Malawi	2.68%	3.5%
179th	Sierra Leone	2.69%	-20.4%
180th	Cameroon	2.76%	0.3%
181st	Nigeria	2.77%	-0.1%
182nd	Tanzania	2.78%	2.3%
183rd	Gambia, The	2.78%	1.8%
184th	Gabon	2.90%	3.7%
185th	Belize	2.92%	-1.2%
186th	Madagascar	2.93%	0.5%
187th	Uganda	2.93%	-2.2%
188th	Iraq	2.96%	3.9%
189th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.07%	4.3%
190th	Kenya	3.07%	-1.0%
191st	Yemen, Republic of	3.10%	5.6%
192nd	Cayman Islands	3.12%	-1.9%
193rd	Burkina Faso	3.15%	0.1%
194th	Benin	3.22%	5.2%
195th	Papua New Guinea	3.23%	-1.4%
196th	Mali	3.28%	1.2%
197th	Zambia	3.30%	3.9%
198th	British Virgin Islands	3.37%	1.5%
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.47%	-5.7%
200th	Afghanistan	3.52%	-1.6%
201st	Congo, Republic of	3.60%	5.4%
202nd	Kuwait	3.62%	62.7%
203rd	Niger	3.63%	0.9%
204th	Angola	3.65%	1.4%
205th	Burundi	3.71%	-0.4%
206th	Chad	4.03%	-9.5%
207th	Macao SAR, China	4.05%	63.9%
208th	Andorra	4.08%	-39.4%
209th	Saudi Arabia	4.43%	-3.6%
210th	Liberia	4.46%	275.0%
211th	South Sudan	4.82%	3.2%
212th	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.83%	-4.6%
213th	Equatorial Guinea	5.14%	-13.8%
214th	United Arab Emirates	5.19%	-5.5%
215th	Qatar	6.52%	72.6%
216th	Bahrain	7.60%	1.9%

FAQ

What was South Africa's population growth in 2005?▾

South Africa's population growth in 2005 was 1.01%. This ranked 91st globally.

How did South Africa's population growth change in 2005?▾

South Africa's population growth increased by 0.5% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest population growth in 2005?▾

Bahrain had the highest population growth in 2005 at 7.60%.

What is the population growth of South Africa in 2005?▾

The population growth of South Africa in 2005 was 1.01%. This ranked 91st globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for South Africa's population growth?▾

South Africa's population growth went from 1.01% in 2004 to 1.01% in 2005, a 0.5% increase.

← 2004

View all years

2006 →