Editing Demographics of South Africa (section)

===Historical and projected population for the years 1 to 2022===

====UN Age and population estimates: 1950 to 2030====
According to the 2019 revision of the [[United Nations Secretariat]]'s ''[[World Population Prospects]]'', South Africa's total population was 55,386,000 in 2015, compared to only 13,628,000 in 1950. In 2015, 29.3% of the people were children under the age of 15, 65.7% were between 15 and 64 years of age, and 5.0% were 65 or older.<ref name="WPP 2019">{{Cite web|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|access-date=2023-02-06|website=population.un.org
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617000901/https://population.un.org/wpp/ |archive-date=17 June 2020
}}</ref> All population estimates are rounded to the nearest thousand.
{| class="wikitable"  style="width:54%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 style="width:6%;"|Year
!rowspan=2 style="width:12%;"|Total population
!colspan=3| Percentage in age bracket
|-
! under 15 years old
! 15 to 64 years old
! at least 65 years old
|-
| 1950
|13,628,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|38.2}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|57.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|4.1}}
|-
| 1955
|15,207,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|39.5}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|56.5}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.9}}
|-
| 1960
|17,100,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|40.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|55.4}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.9}}
|-
| 1965
|19,385,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|41.9}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|54.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.8}}
|-
| 1970
|22,070,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|41.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|54.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.8}}
|-
| 1975
|25,195,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|41.2}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|55.0}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.8}}
|-
| 1980
|28,557,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|40.9}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|55.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.9}}
|-
| 1985
|32,679,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|40.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|55.4}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|3.9}}
|-
| 1990
|36,801,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|40.1}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|55.9}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|4.0}}
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| 1995
|41,436,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|37.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|58.4}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|4.3}}
|-
| 2000
|44,968,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|33.9}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|61.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|4.5}}
|-
| 2005
|47,881,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|30.9}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|64.5}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|4.6}}
|-
| 2010
|51,217,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|29.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|65.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|4.8}}
|-
| 2015
|55,386,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|29.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|65.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|5.0}}
|-
| 2020
|59,309,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|28.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|65.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|5.5}}
|-
| 2025
|62,803,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|27.4}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|66.5}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|6.1}}
|-
| 2030
|65,956,000
|{{percentage bar|width=70|25.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|67.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=70|6.7}}
|}

====UN population projections: 2019 to 2100====
{{clear}}{{Historical populations
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|footnote    = Note that the average percentage changes are per year (''per annum''), and not the total change over the period between estimates
|source      = [[United Nations Secretariat]]<ref>{{cite web |title=World Population Prospects 2019: Data Booklet |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_DataBooklet.pdf |publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Dynamics |access-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212081318/https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_DataBooklet.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|2019|	58558000
|2030|	65956000
|2050|	75518000
|2100|	79191000
}}