Russia vs South Africa: Population projections
Population projections over time
- Russia
- South Africa
How they compare
Russia currently reports 131.06 million Persons against 85.03 million Persons in South Africa, a difference of 46.03 million Persons.
That makes Russia's figure about 1.5 times South Africa's.
Across all 47 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.
Russia ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 10th of 43 countries.
Russia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Russia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 144.67 million Persons | 64.77 million Persons | 79.90 million Persons | Russia |
| 2030s | 141.39 million Persons | 69.73 million Persons | 71.66 million Persons | Russia |
| 2040s | 138.96 million Persons | 74.92 million Persons | 64.04 million Persons | Russia |
| 2050s | 136.82 million Persons | 79.49 million Persons | 57.33 million Persons | Russia |
| 2060s | 133.27 million Persons | 83.34 million Persons | 49.92 million Persons | Russia |
| 2070s | 131.06 million Persons | 85.03 million Persons | 46.03 million Persons | Russia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population projections, Russia or South Africa?
- Russia, at 131.06 million Persons against 85.03 million Persons in South Africa as of 2070.
- What is the difference in population projections between Russia and South Africa?
- 46.03 million Persons, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and South Africa?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 2024 to 2070.
- How do Russia and South Africa rank globally for population projections?
- Russia ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 10th of 43 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Population projections. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents annual population projections data up to 2070 by sex and five year age groups as well as the share of children, youth, the elderly, old-age and total dependency ratios. The data is available for all member countries as well as for the EU27 and G20 countries, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and the World total. The data refer to mid-year estimates of the population. Population projections are, in most countries, according to medium variant. See country details for the variants retained for each demographic component of total fertility, life expectancy at birth and net annual migration) in Population projection metadata.