Population growth rate fell 83.1% to 0.169% in South Africa in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population growth rate in South Africa reached an all time high of 3.50% in 1987 and an all time low of 0.169% in 2022. When compared to South Africa's main peers, population growth rate in Botswana amounted to 0.436%, 0.477% in Lesotho, 1.28% in Namibia and 0.706% in Swaziland in 2022.
South Africa has been ranked 127th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of population growth rate, 39 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population Growth Rate | Unit | 2080 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | 2091 | 2092 | 2093 | 2094 | 2095 | 2096 | 2097 | 2098 | 2099 | 2100 |
| Angola | % | 8.76% | 8.54% | 8.29% | 8.08% | 7.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | -0.497% | -0.605% | -0.721% | -0.860% | -0.971% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | -0.490% | -0.619% | -0.722% | -0.819% | -0.923% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 5.80% | 5.59% | 5.36% | 5.13% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 1.79% | 1.62% | 1.47% | 1.31% | 1.16% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 0.384% | 0.347% | 0.297% | 0.269% | 0.230% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | -2.99% | -3.12% | -3.24% | -3.37% | -3.49% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 6.77% | 6.58% | 6.38% | 6.18% | 5.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 4.99% | 4.82% | 4.65% | 4.48% | 4.32% |
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