Côte d’Ivoire vs South Africa: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 2.45% a year in Côte d’Ivoire and 1.32% a year in South Africa, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 1.14 percentage points, or 1.86 times that in South Africa.

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% a year · UN

Côte d’IvoireSouth AfricaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 0.75% a year and South Africa at 0.23% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	South Africa	World
2023	2.45	1.32	0.87
2022	2.56	1.34	0.88
2021	2.48	1.49	0.8
2020	2.47	1.6	0.9
2019	2.59	1.65	1.03
2018	2.65	1.65	1.07
2017	2.75	1.72	1.13
2016	2.9	-0.42	1.17
2015	2.9	2.31	1.18
2014	2.88	1.7	1.22
2013	1.96	1.62	1.23
2012	2.03	1.69	1.27
2011	2.15	1.26	1.26
2010	2.2	1.21	1.27
2009	2.21	1.15	1.28
2008	2.23	1.24	1.28
2007	2.32	1.07	1.28
2006	2.34	1.04	1.28
2005	2.37	1	1.27
2004	2.4	1.02	1.28
2003	2.45	0.99	1.29
2002	2.54	1	1.3
2001	2.63	0.89	1.33
2000	2.72	0.83	1.35
1999	2.82	1	1.35
1998	3.72	1.18	1.37
1997	3.83	1.25	1.39
1996	3.86	1.15	1.42
1995	3.89	1.45	1.45
1994	3.91	0.98	1.47
1993	3.96	2.27	1.52
1992	4	1.7	1.57
1991	3.99	1.89	1.63
1990	3.96	2.69	1.76
1989	3.9	2.88	1.78
1988	3.83	3	1.79
1987	3.83	3.09	1.84
1986	3.88	3.15	1.83
1985	3.94	3.25	1.8
1984	3.99	3.42	1.8
1983	4	3.5	1.78
1982	4.03	3.48	1.86
1981	4.02	3.43	1.82
1980	3.99	3.38	1.8
1979	3.91	2.7	1.79
1978	3.8	2.71	1.74
1977	3.73	2.75	1.75
1976	3.61	2.66	1.78
1975	4.56	2.75	1.8
1974	4.57	2.79	1.88
1973	4.57	2.85	1.94
1972	4.54	2.87	1.97
1971	4.42	2.87	1.97
1970	4.23	2.99	2.06
1969	4.04	3.07	2.06
1968	3.9	3.11	2.09
1967	3.87	3.13	2
1966	3.87	3.11	2.04
1965	3.87	3.09	2.09
1964	3.86	3.06	2.16
1963	3.86	3.05	2.28
1962	3.83	3.02	2.11
1961	3.73	2.93	1.67
1960	3.57	2.68	1.58
1959	3.34	2.56	1.73
1958	3.18	2.43	2
1957	3.07	2.44	2.07
1956	2.98	2.39	1.98
1955	2.89	2.33	2.01
1954	2.81	2.26	1.99
1953	2.74	2.17	1.9
1952	2.69	2.16	1.94
1951	2.67	2.1	1.75
1950	2.68	2.01	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	South Africa	World
2024	2.421.79–3.05	1.190.34–1.98	0.86
2025	2.391.63–3.1	1.120.23–2.01	0.84
2026	2.341.43–3.15	1.050.1–1.94	0.83
2027	2.31.3–3.2	1.040.12–1.97	0.81
2028	2.291.22–3.29	1.030.07–2.02	0.8
2029	2.261.14–3.3	0.990.04–1.9	0.78
2030	2.241.06–3.31	0.94-0.03–1.93	0.76
2031	2.241.01–3.38	0.920–1.95	0.75
2032	2.230.94–3.42	0.9-0.06–1.9	0.73
2033	2.250.95–3.47	0.87-0.12–1.84	0.72
2034	2.230.83–3.47	0.84-0.19–1.83	0.7
2035	2.210.83–3.52	0.83-0.15–1.82	0.69
2036	2.20.76–3.61	0.8-0.19–1.74	0.67
2037	2.190.7–3.6	0.79-0.26–1.8	0.65
2038	2.160.62–3.64	0.76-0.27–1.73	0.64
2039	2.150.57–3.63	0.73-0.31–1.74	0.62
2040	2.120.54–3.65	0.73-0.37–1.71	0.61
2041	2.090.45–3.59	0.72-0.33–1.73	0.59
2042	2.080.44–3.58	0.71-0.31–1.81	0.57
2043	2.060.4–3.58	0.7-0.31–1.75	0.56
2044	2.040.41–3.63	0.68-0.34–1.72	0.54
2045	1.980.29–3.54	0.67-0.35–1.76	0.52
2046	1.940.24–3.49	0.68-0.29–1.74	0.5
2047	1.910.23–3.46	0.66-0.38–1.71	0.48
2048	1.890.18–3.48	0.62-0.43–1.66	0.46
2049	1.830.13–3.46	0.61-0.42–1.71	0.44
2050	1.810.05–3.4	0.6-0.46–1.66	0.42
2051	1.79-0.02–3.5	0.6-0.43–1.72	0.4
2052	1.75-0.01–3.39	0.56-0.46–1.69	0.38
2053	1.72-0.18–3.38	0.54-0.51–1.6	0.36
2054	1.71-0.25–3.34	0.54-0.55–1.62	0.34
2055	1.67-0.17–3.4	0.52-0.56–1.6	0.33
2056	1.63-0.27–3.31	0.5-0.6–1.6	0.31
2057	1.6-0.31–3.37	0.5-0.66–1.66	0.3
2058	1.59-0.29–3.37	0.49-0.58–1.71	0.28
2059	1.55-0.28–3.4	0.47-0.66–1.64	0.27
2060	1.53-0.4–3.32	0.46-0.65–1.62	0.25
2061	1.52-0.48–3.33	0.44-0.69–1.57	0.24
2062	1.49-0.51–3.32	0.44-0.73–1.59	0.23
2063	1.49-0.46–3.28	0.43-0.75–1.56	0.22
2064	1.47-0.52–3.25	0.42-0.74–1.6	0.21
2065	1.46-0.49–3.35	0.39-0.74–1.52	0.2
2066	1.46-0.49–3.3	0.39-0.76–1.53	0.19
2067	1.42-0.52–3.31	0.37-0.8–1.52	0.18
2068	1.41-0.57–3.2	0.36-0.86–1.53	0.17
2069	1.37-0.52–3.24	0.35-0.89–1.54	0.16
2070	1.35-0.65–3.18	0.38-0.87–1.6	0.15
2071	1.33-0.67–3.18	0.37-0.83–1.6	0.14
2072	1.29-0.64–3.24	0.32-0.85–1.52	0.13
2073	1.27-0.82–3.12	0.32-0.88–1.45	0.12
2074	1.25-0.84–3.15	0.32-0.92–1.58	0.1
2075	1.25-0.83–3.17	0.31-0.94–1.44	0.09
2076	1.21-0.85–3.15	0.3-0.96–1.37	0.08
2077	1.19-0.93–3.09	0.31-0.93–1.51	0.07
2078	1.17-0.86–3.12	0.31-0.93–1.53	0.06
2079	1.14-0.92–3.09	0.3-1.05–1.53	0.05
2080	1.13-0.97–3.12	0.3-1.01–1.52	0.04
2081	1.12-0.94–3.04	0.3-0.99–1.52	0.03
2082	1.09-1.01–3.03	0.29-1.04–1.49	0.02
2083	1.08-1.04–3.02	0.29-1.04–1.51	0.01
2084	1.02-1.16–2.99	0.27-1.01–1.55	-0
2085	1.02-1.2–3	0.25-1.1–1.51	-0.01
2086	1.02-1.22–2.99	0.28-1.09–1.53	-0.02
2087	0.99-1.2–2.95	0.27-1.06–1.54	-0.03
2088	0.97-1.32–2.95	0.26-1.13–1.51	-0.04
2089	0.97-1.28–2.96	0.26-1.11–1.51	-0.05
2090	0.96-1.41–3.01	0.25-1.16–1.52	-0.05
2091	0.95-1.45–3.12	0.27-1.09–1.45	-0.06
2092	0.92-1.51–3.07	0.24-1.17–1.46	-0.07
2093	0.88-1.53–3.04	0.24-1.19–1.54	-0.07
2094	0.87-1.46–3.05	0.24-1.21–1.48	-0.08
2095	0.85-1.53–3.1	0.22-1.12–1.52	-0.09
2096	0.83-1.6–3.08	0.21-1.14–1.48	-0.1
2097	0.8-1.59–2.98	0.2-1.23–1.49	-0.11
2098	0.79-1.63–2.9	0.22-1.19–1.5	-0.11
2099	0.77-1.8–2.95	0.22-1.1–1.46	-0.12
2100	0.75-1.77–2.93	0.23-1.2–1.45	-0.13

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Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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