South Africa Population Pyramid 2015

South Africa
2015
Population: 56,723,536

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-5 -1   2015  +1 +5

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South Africa in 2015

In 2015, South Africa had a total population of 56,723,536 people. A decade earlier, in 2005, the population was 49,490,032; it has grown by 14.6% since. Half of the population was younger than 26.4 years; 28.3% were children under 15 and 5.4% were 65 or older. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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