South Africa - Age distribution

Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 9.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.45 in 1960 and a minimum value of 9.46 in 2020.

Definition: Female population between the ages 0 to 4 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.45
1961 16.29
1962 16.23
1963 16.24
1964 16.26
1965 16.24
1966 16.26
1967 16.19
1968 16.06
1969 15.94
1970 15.86
1971 15.84
1972 15.81
1973 15.79
1974 15.75
1975 15.69
1976 15.69
1977 15.59
1978 15.45
1979 15.33
1980 15.29
1981 15.24
1982 15.30
1983 15.42
1984 15.50
1985 15.50
1986 15.56
1987 15.44
1988 15.18
1989 14.85
1990 14.50
1991 14.02
1992 13.52
1993 13.01
1994 12.52
1995 12.06
1996 11.60
1997 11.25
1998 10.98
1999 10.76
2000 10.54
2001 10.41
2002 10.28
2003 10.15
2004 10.07
2005 10.05
2006 10.11
2007 10.21
2008 10.33
2009 10.43
2010 10.51
2011 10.62
2012 10.62
2013 10.52
2014 10.39
2015 10.27
2016 10.08
2017 9.92
2018 9.77
2019 9.62
2020 9.46

Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 9.99 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.67 in 1960 and a minimum value of 9.99 in 2020.

Definition: Male population between the ages 0 to 4 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.67
1961 16.54
1962 16.50
1963 16.54
1964 16.58
1965 16.57
1966 16.60
1967 16.53
1968 16.40
1969 16.28
1970 16.21
1971 16.19
1972 16.17
1973 16.15
1974 16.11
1975 16.06
1976 16.08
1977 16.00
1978 15.86
1979 15.75
1980 15.73
1981 15.69
1982 15.76
1983 15.88
1984 15.96
1985 15.95
1986 16.04
1987 15.93
1988 15.68
1989 15.35
1990 15.01
1991 14.55
1992 14.06
1993 13.57
1994 13.09
1995 12.64
1996 12.17
1997 11.81
1998 11.54
1999 11.30
2000 11.08
2001 10.95
2002 10.81
2003 10.68
2004 10.59
2005 10.58
2006 10.64
2007 10.75
2008 10.87
2009 10.98
2010 11.06
2011 11.18
2012 11.17
2013 11.07
2014 10.94
2015 10.80
2016 10.62
2017 10.45
2018 10.30
2019 10.15
2020 9.99

Population ages 0-14, female

The value for Population ages 0-14, female in South Africa was 8,444,602 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,444,602 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,489,536 in 1960.

Definition: Female population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3,489,536
1961 3,597,297
1962 3,714,527
1963 3,836,027
1964 3,952,692
1965 4,060,030
1966 4,174,745
1967 4,278,624
1968 4,375,645
1969 4,472,898
1970 4,574,542
1971 4,691,067
1972 4,810,728
1973 4,932,028
1974 5,051,055
1975 5,165,588
1976 5,294,871
1977 5,415,663
1978 5,533,921
1979 5,659,014
1980 5,796,628
1981 5,943,890
1982 6,107,625
1983 6,279,675
1984 6,446,969
1985 6,601,956
1986 6,769,191
1987 6,914,768
1988 7,047,199
1989 7,178,273
1990 7,312,371
1991 7,410,324
1992 7,503,573
1993 7,583,995
1994 7,639,543
1995 7,662,825
1996 7,684,029
1997 7,681,834
1998 7,656,232
1999 7,609,322
2000 7,545,702
2001 7,510,838
2002 7,460,461
2003 7,403,429
2004 7,354,328
2005 7,323,712
2006 7,326,123
2007 7,350,421
2008 7,395,563
2009 7,455,279
2010 7,525,708
2011 7,624,154
2012 7,720,063
2013 7,817,432
2014 7,919,851
2015 8,025,539
2016 8,120,885
2017 8,217,473
2018 8,309,103
2019 8,386,465
2020 8,444,602

Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)

Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 28.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.76 in 1966, while its lowest value was 28.06 in 2020.

Definition: Female population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 40.70
1961 40.91
1962 41.18
1963 41.45
1964 41.63
1965 41.67
1966 41.76
1967 41.71
1968 41.58
1969 41.42
1970 41.27
1971 41.22
1972 41.17
1973 41.10
1974 41.01
1975 40.87
1976 40.85
1977 40.76
1978 40.63
1979 40.51
1980 40.44
1981 40.37
1982 40.37
1983 40.39
1984 40.37
1985 40.28
1986 40.29
1987 40.17
1988 39.98
1989 39.75
1990 39.50
1991 39.00
1992 38.46
1993 37.88
1994 37.23
1995 36.52
1996 35.90
1997 35.26
1998 34.58
1999 33.86
2000 33.10
2001 32.51
2002 31.89
2003 31.26
2004 30.67
2005 30.17
2006 29.81
2007 29.52
2008 29.32
2009 29.15
2010 29.00
2011 28.94
2012 28.85
2013 28.75
2014 28.67
2015 28.61
2016 28.52
2017 28.45
2018 28.36
2019 28.24
2020 28.06

Population ages 0-14, male

The value for Population ages 0-14, male in South Africa was 8,636,966 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,636,966 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,482,883 in 1960.

Definition: Male population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3,482,883
1961 3,591,548
1962 3,709,825
1963 3,832,948
1964 3,952,245
1965 4,063,538
1966 4,180,611
1967 4,287,832
1968 4,388,915
1969 4,490,526
1970 4,596,575
1971 4,718,485
1972 4,843,617
1973 4,970,001
1974 5,093,196
1975 5,210,681
1976 5,346,970
1977 5,473,190
1978 5,596,284
1979 5,727,065
1980 5,872,222
1981 6,027,586
1982 6,200,607
1983 6,381,944
1984 6,556,749
1985 6,716,058
1986 6,895,093
1987 7,049,833
1988 7,187,942
1989 7,320,583
1990 7,452,089
1991 7,553,933
1992 7,647,461
1993 7,726,583
1994 7,782,095
1995 7,808,598
1996 7,822,927
1997 7,817,308
1998 7,791,020
1999 7,744,805
2000 7,682,148
2001 7,649,057
2002 7,599,723
2003 7,542,941
2004 7,493,498
2005 7,462,418
2006 7,465,476
2007 7,490,496
2008 7,536,705
2009 7,598,185
2010 7,671,234
2011 7,777,281
2012 7,880,141
2013 7,983,419
2014 8,090,040
2015 8,197,753
2016 8,299,326
2017 8,401,104
2018 8,496,727
2019 8,576,913
2020 8,636,966

Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)

Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 29.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.27 in 1966, while its lowest value was 29.56 in 2020.

Definition: Male population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 40.85
1961 41.13
1962 41.47
1963 41.81
1964 42.04
1965 42.15
1966 42.27
1967 42.24
1968 42.13
1969 41.98
1970 41.84
1971 41.81
1972 41.77
1973 41.72
1974 41.63
1975 41.50
1976 41.53
1977 41.49
1978 41.40
1979 41.33
1980 41.29
1981 41.25
1982 41.27
1983 41.31
1984 41.31
1985 41.23
1986 41.30
1987 41.26
1988 41.13
1989 40.96
1990 40.75
1991 40.36
1992 39.91
1993 39.40
1994 38.82
1995 38.17
1996 37.54
1997 36.87
1998 36.17
1999 35.43
2000 34.65
2001 34.04
2002 33.40
2003 32.75
2004 32.14
2005 31.61
2006 31.22
2007 30.92
2008 30.70
2009 30.51
2010 30.36
2011 30.31
2012 30.22
2013 30.13
2014 30.05
2015 29.99
2016 29.92
2017 29.87
2018 29.82
2019 29.72
2020 29.56

Population ages 0-14, total

The value for Population ages 0-14, total in South Africa was 17,081,570 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,081,570 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,972,418 in 1960.

Definition: Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6,972,418
1961 7,188,852
1962 7,424,362
1963 7,668,985
1964 7,904,946
1965 8,123,570
1966 8,355,367
1967 8,566,471
1968 8,764,575
1969 8,963,431
1970 9,171,120
1971 9,409,549
1972 9,654,339
1973 9,902,019
1974 10,144,240
1975 10,376,270
1976 10,641,840
1977 10,888,850
1978 11,130,210
1979 11,386,090
1980 11,668,850
1981 11,971,480
1982 12,308,220
1983 12,661,590
1984 13,003,680
1985 13,318,020
1986 13,664,220
1987 13,964,480
1988 14,235,010
1989 14,498,760
1990 14,764,460
1991 14,964,230
1992 15,151,040
1993 15,310,640
1994 15,421,720
1995 15,471,420
1996 15,507,090
1997 15,499,310
1998 15,447,390
1999 15,354,200
2000 15,227,850
2001 15,159,920
2002 15,060,220
2003 14,946,410
2004 14,847,850
2005 14,786,130
2006 14,791,620
2007 14,840,940
2008 14,932,290
2009 15,053,480
2010 15,196,950
2011 15,401,410
2012 15,600,150
2013 15,800,770
2014 16,009,830
2015 16,223,290
2016 16,420,140
2017 16,618,490
2018 16,805,770
2019 16,963,350
2020 17,081,570

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in South Africa was 28.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.01 in 1966, while its lowest value was 28.80 in 2020.

Definition: Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 40.77
1961 41.02
1962 41.33
1963 41.63
1964 41.83
1965 41.91
1966 42.01
1967 41.98
1968 41.85
1969 41.70
1970 41.56
1971 41.52
1972 41.47
1973 41.41
1974 41.32
1975 41.18
1976 41.19
1977 41.12
1978 41.01
1979 40.92
1980 40.86
1981 40.81
1982 40.82
1983 40.85
1984 40.84
1985 40.75
1986 40.79
1987 40.72
1988 40.55
1989 40.35
1990 40.12
1991 39.67
1992 39.18
1993 38.63
1994 38.02
1995 37.34
1996 36.71
1997 36.06
1998 35.36
1999 34.63
2000 33.86
2001 33.27
2002 32.63
2003 31.99
2004 31.40
2005 30.88
2006 30.50
2007 30.21
2008 30.00
2009 29.82
2010 29.67
2011 29.62
2012 29.53
2013 29.43
2014 29.35
2015 29.29
2016 29.21
2017 29.15
2018 29.08
2019 28.97
2020 28.80

Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 9.56 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.94 in 1962 and a minimum value of 9.32 in 2011.

Definition: Female population between the ages 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 13.64
1961 13.85
1962 13.94
1963 13.90
1964 13.78
1965 13.67
1966 13.66
1967 13.66
1968 13.67
1969 13.65
1970 13.60
1971 13.59
1972 13.57
1973 13.52
1974 13.47
1975 13.41
1976 13.41
1977 13.43
1978 13.47
1979 13.49
1980 13.46
1981 13.44
1982 13.38
1983 13.28
1984 13.18
1985 13.12
1986 13.11
1987 13.18
1988 13.31
1989 13.43
1990 13.49
1991 13.44
1992 13.32
1993 13.14
1994 12.91
1995 12.63
1996 12.41
1997 12.11
1998 11.74
1999 11.35
2000 10.97
2001 10.69
2002 10.43
2003 10.20
2004 9.99
2005 9.79
2006 9.63
2007 9.50
2008 9.41
2009 9.35
2010 9.32
2011 9.32
2012 9.38
2013 9.49
2014 9.61
2015 9.70
2016 9.75
2017 9.76
2018 9.72
2019 9.65
2020 9.56

Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 10.07 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.99 in 1962 and a minimum value of 9.75 in 2010.

Definition: Male population between the ages 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 13.64
1961 13.88
1962 13.99
1963 13.98
1964 13.90
1965 13.81
1966 13.81
1967 13.82
1968 13.83
1969 13.82
1970 13.77
1971 13.76
1972 13.75
1973 13.71
1974 13.65
1975 13.59
1976 13.61
1977 13.66
1978 13.71
1979 13.74
1980 13.73
1981 13.72
1982 13.67
1983 13.58
1984 13.49
1985 13.43
1986 13.46
1987 13.55
1988 13.70
1989 13.85
1990 13.93
1991 13.91
1992 13.82
1993 13.67
1994 13.45
1995 13.20
1996 12.97
1997 12.66
1998 12.28
1999 11.87
2000 11.48
2001 11.19
2002 10.92
2003 10.68
2004 10.45
2005 10.24
2006 10.07
2007 9.94
2008 9.84
2009 9.78
2010 9.75
2011 9.75
2012 9.82
2013 9.94
2014 10.07
2015 10.17
2016 10.24
2017 10.26
2018 10.23
2019 10.16
2020 10.07

Population ages 10-14, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 10-14, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 9.04 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.90 in 1997 and a minimum value of 8.65 in 2015.

Definition: Female population between the ages 10 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.60
1961 10.77
1962 11.02
1963 11.31
1964 11.58
1965 11.76
1966 11.84
1967 11.86
1968 11.85
1969 11.83
1970 11.81
1971 11.79
1972 11.79
1973 11.79
1974 11.78
1975 11.77
1976 11.74
1977 11.73
1978 11.71
1979 11.70
1980 11.69
1981 11.69
1982 11.69
1983 11.69
1984 11.69
1985 11.67
1986 11.61
1987 11.55
1988 11.49
1989 11.47
1990 11.50
1991 11.54
1992 11.62
1993 11.73
1994 11.81
1995 11.83
1996 11.89
1997 11.90
1998 11.85
1999 11.75
2000 11.59
2001 11.41
2002 11.17
2003 10.90
2004 10.61
2005 10.33
2006 10.07
2007 9.81
2008 9.58
2009 9.36
2010 9.17
2011 9.00
2012 8.86
2013 8.75
2014 8.67
2015 8.65
2016 8.68
2017 8.77
2018 8.87
2019 8.98
2020 9.04

Population ages 10-14, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 10-14, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 9.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.40 in 1997 and a minimum value of 9.01 in 2015.

Definition: Male population between the ages 10 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.55
1961 10.72
1962 10.98
1963 11.28
1964 11.57
1965 11.76
1966 11.86
1967 11.90
1968 11.89
1969 11.88
1970 11.87
1971 11.86
1972 11.86
1973 11.86
1974 11.86
1975 11.85
1976 11.84
1977 11.83
1978 11.83
1979 11.83
1980 11.83
1981 11.84
1982 11.85
1983 11.86
1984 11.86
1985 11.84
1986 11.81
1987 11.78
1988 11.75
1989 11.76
1990 11.82
1991 11.90
1992 12.02
1993 12.16
1994 12.28
1995 12.34
1996 12.40
1997 12.40
1998 12.36
1999 12.25
2000 12.08
2001 11.91
2002 11.67
2003 11.39
2004 11.09
2005 10.80
2006 10.51
2007 10.24
2008 9.98
2009 9.75
2010 9.55
2011 9.38
2012 9.23
2013 9.12
2014 9.04
2015 9.01
2016 9.06
2017 9.16
2018 9.29
2019 9.41
2020 9.50

Population ages 15-19, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 15-19, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 8.11 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.06 in 2003 and a minimum value of 8.11 in 2020.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 19 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.45
1961 9.37
1962 9.26
1963 9.16
1964 9.12
1965 9.19
1966 9.33
1967 9.56
1968 9.83
1969 10.06
1970 10.20
1971 10.28
1972 10.30
1973 10.29
1974 10.26
1975 10.26
1976 10.25
1977 10.26
1978 10.28
1979 10.29
1980 10.28
1981 10.26
1982 10.23
1983 10.19
1984 10.16
1985 10.15
1986 10.14
1987 10.16
1988 10.19
1989 10.22
1990 10.23
1991 10.22
1992 10.18
1993 10.13
1994 10.12
1995 10.14
1996 10.28
1997 10.46
1998 10.64
1999 10.80
2000 10.90
2001 10.99
2002 11.05
2003 11.06
2004 11.02
2005 10.92
2006 10.76
2007 10.53
2008 10.26
2009 9.98
2010 9.71
2011 9.44
2012 9.20
2013 8.98
2014 8.77
2015 8.59
2016 8.44
2017 8.30
2018 8.19
2019 8.13
2020 8.11

Population ages 15-19, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 15-19, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 8.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.55 in 2003 and a minimum value of 8.46 in 2020.

Definition: Male population between the ages 15 to 19 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.47
1961 9.40
1962 9.28
1963 9.16
1964 9.11
1965 9.17
1966 9.31
1967 9.54
1968 9.81
1969 10.05
1970 10.20
1971 10.28
1972 10.30
1973 10.29
1974 10.27
1975 10.27
1976 10.26
1977 10.28
1978 10.31
1979 10.33
1980 10.33
1981 10.32
1982 10.29
1983 10.26
1984 10.23
1985 10.23
1986 10.23
1987 10.26
1988 10.32
1989 10.37
1990 10.41
1991 10.43
1992 10.43
1993 10.42
1994 10.44
1995 10.51
1996 10.68
1997 10.88
1998 11.08
1999 11.24
2000 11.36
2001 11.46
2002 11.53
2003 11.55
2004 11.52
2005 11.42
2006 11.24
2007 11.00
2008 10.71
2009 10.41
2010 10.12
2011 9.84
2012 9.59
2013 9.36
2014 9.15
2015 8.95
2016 8.79
2017 8.65
2018 8.54
2019 8.47
2020 8.46

Population ages 15-64, female

The value for Population ages 15-64, female in South Africa was 19,666,310 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,666,310 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,717,664 in 1960.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4,717,664
1961 4,818,944
1962 4,918,601
1963 5,021,731
1964 5,137,266
1965 5,269,489
1966 5,399,734
1967 5,548,255
1968 5,711,129
1969 5,881,489
1970 6,055,407
1971 6,220,941
1972 6,392,387
1973 6,569,686
1974 6,754,557
1975 6,947,730
1976 7,125,863
1977 7,316,297
1978 7,517,100
1979 7,724,610
1980 7,937,016
1981 8,156,454
1982 8,378,096
1983 8,604,365
1984 8,840,166
1985 9,087,305
1986 9,313,078
1987 9,556,621
1988 9,817,657
1989 10,096,360
1990 10,395,400
1991 10,752,970
1992 11,133,970
1993 11,530,130
1994 11,931,170
1995 12,328,220
1996 12,694,090
1997 13,050,090
1998 13,400,360
1999 13,750,560
2000 14,102,800
2001 14,414,280
2002 14,730,250
2003 15,047,750
2004 15,359,540
2005 15,660,990
2006 15,929,410
2007 16,187,500
2008 16,440,500
2009 16,699,050
2010 16,969,300
2011 17,226,590
2012 17,506,130
2013 17,795,100
2014 18,077,720
2015 18,346,670
2016 18,617,930
2017 18,878,430
2018 19,134,000
2019 19,394,840
2020 19,666,310

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 65.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.45 in 2013, while its lowest value was 54.01 in 1966.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 55.02
1961 54.80
1962 54.53
1963 54.26
1964 54.10
1965 54.08
1966 54.01
1967 54.09
1968 54.27
1969 54.46
1970 54.63
1971 54.66
1972 54.70
1973 54.75
1974 54.83
1975 54.97
1976 54.97
1977 55.06
1978 55.19
1979 55.30
1980 55.37
1981 55.40
1982 55.38
1983 55.35
1984 55.36
1985 55.45
1986 55.43
1987 55.52
1988 55.70
1989 55.91
1990 56.15
1991 56.59
1992 57.07
1993 57.58
1994 58.15
1995 58.76
1996 59.31
1997 59.90
1998 60.52
1999 61.18
2000 61.86
2001 62.39
2002 62.96
2003 63.53
2004 64.06
2005 64.52
2006 64.81
2007 65.02
2008 65.17
2009 65.29
2010 65.40
2011 65.40
2012 65.43
2013 65.45
2014 65.45
2015 65.41
2016 65.39
2017 65.35
2018 65.31
2019 65.30
2020 65.35

Population ages 15-64, male

The value for Population ages 15-64, male in South Africa was 19,293,230 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,293,230 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,748,728 in 1960.

Definition: Male population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4,748,728
1961 4,837,233
1962 4,925,568
1963 5,018,486
1964 5,124,502
1965 5,247,726
1966 5,371,422
1967 5,514,159
1968 5,672,499
1969 5,840,172
1970 6,013,373
1971 6,178,601
1972 6,351,504
1973 6,530,895
1974 6,716,889
1975 6,909,214
1976 7,077,421
1977 7,255,963
1978 7,444,719
1979 7,642,499
1980 7,848,915
1981 8,066,281
1982 8,289,257
1983 8,518,253
1984 8,755,424
1985 9,000,649
1986 9,207,773
1987 9,429,580
1988 9,665,490
1989 9,915,116
1990 10,180,840
1991 10,486,020
1992 10,810,610
1993 11,150,100
1994 11,499,080
1995 11,852,170
1996 12,198,200
1997 12,543,980
1998 12,892,220
1999 13,246,280
2000 13,606,440
2001 13,921,670
2002 14,245,920
2003 14,575,940
2004 14,904,120
2005 15,225,300
2006 15,507,520
2007 15,781,200
2008 16,051,260
2009 16,328,100
2010 16,617,370
2011 16,879,740
2012 17,166,750
2013 17,464,300
2014 17,755,120
2015 18,030,790
2016 18,290,530
2017 18,537,420
2018 18,779,370
2019 19,029,010
2020 19,293,230

Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)

Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 66.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.04 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.31 in 1966.

Definition: Male population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 55.70
1961 55.40
1962 55.06
1963 54.74
1964 54.51
1965 54.43
1966 54.31
1967 54.33
1968 54.45
1969 54.60
1970 54.74
1971 54.75
1972 54.78
1973 54.82
1974 54.90
1975 55.03
1976 54.97
1977 55.00
1978 55.07
1979 55.15
1980 55.19
1981 55.21
1982 55.18
1983 55.14
1984 55.16
1985 55.25
1986 55.16
1987 55.19
1988 55.31
1989 55.48
1990 55.68
1991 56.02
1992 56.41
1993 56.86
1994 57.37
1995 57.94
1996 58.53
1997 59.17
1998 59.85
1999 60.59
2000 61.37
2001 61.96
2002 62.61
2003 63.28
2004 63.92
2005 64.49
2006 64.86
2007 65.15
2008 65.37
2009 65.57
2010 65.76
2011 65.78
2012 65.84
2013 65.90
2014 65.95
2015 65.96
2016 65.95
2017 65.92
2018 65.90
2019 65.94
2020 66.04

Population ages 15-64, total

The value for Population ages 15-64, total in South Africa was 38,959,540 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,959,540 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9,466,390 in 1960.

Definition: Total population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9,466,390
1961 9,656,190
1962 9,844,186
1963 10,040,230
1964 10,261,780
1965 10,517,210
1966 10,771,170
1967 11,062,420
1968 11,383,630
1969 11,721,670
1970 12,068,780
1971 12,399,540
1972 12,743,890
1973 13,100,580
1974 13,471,440
1975 13,856,950
1976 14,203,290
1977 14,572,260
1978 14,961,820
1979 15,367,110
1980 15,785,930
1981 16,222,740
1982 16,667,360
1983 17,122,630
1984 17,595,590
1985 18,087,950
1986 18,520,870
1987 18,986,240
1988 19,483,190
1989 20,011,510
1990 20,576,230
1991 21,238,990
1992 21,944,580
1993 22,680,210
1994 23,430,210
1995 24,180,390
1996 24,892,220
1997 25,593,990
1998 26,292,510
1999 26,996,820
2000 27,709,240
2001 28,335,940
2002 28,976,160
2003 29,623,680
2004 30,263,660
2005 30,886,290
2006 31,436,930
2007 31,968,710
2008 32,491,760
2009 33,027,160
2010 33,586,670
2011 34,106,320
2012 34,672,870
2013 35,259,380
2014 35,832,810
2015 36,377,460
2016 36,908,430
2017 37,415,820
2018 37,913,340
2019 38,423,840
2020 38,959,540

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in South Africa was 65.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.70 in 2014, while its lowest value was 54.16 in 1966.

Definition: Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 55.36
1961 55.10
1962 54.79
1963 54.50
1964 54.31
1965 54.25
1966 54.16
1967 54.21
1968 54.36
1969 54.53
1970 54.68
1971 54.71
1972 54.74
1973 54.78
1974 54.87
1975 55.00
1976 54.97
1977 55.03
1978 55.13
1979 55.22
1980 55.28
1981 55.31
1982 55.28
1983 55.25
1984 55.26
1985 55.35
1986 55.29
1987 55.36
1988 55.51
1989 55.70
1990 55.91
1991 56.31
1992 56.74
1993 57.22
1994 57.76
1995 58.36
1996 58.93
1997 59.54
1998 60.19
1999 60.89
2000 61.62
2001 62.18
2002 62.79
2003 63.41
2004 63.99
2005 64.51
2006 64.83
2007 65.08
2008 65.27
2009 65.43
2010 65.58
2011 65.58
2012 65.63
2013 65.68
2014 65.70
2015 65.68
2016 65.66
2017 65.63
2018 65.60
2019 65.62
2020 65.69

Population ages 20-24, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 20-24, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 8.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.39 in 2008 and a minimum value of 7.95 in 1969.

Definition: Female population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 8.28
1961 8.28
1962 8.28
1963 8.27
1964 8.25
1965 8.21
1966 8.14
1967 8.04
1968 7.97
1969 7.95
1970 8.01
1971 8.13
1972 8.33
1973 8.55
1974 8.74
1975 8.87
1976 8.93
1977 8.95
1978 8.95
1979 8.94
1980 8.93
1981 8.94
1982 8.94
1983 8.93
1984 8.93
1985 8.92
1986 8.89
1987 8.87
1988 8.85
1989 8.86
1990 8.88
1991 8.94
1992 9.01
1993 9.08
1994 9.14
1995 9.16
1996 9.20
1997 9.22
1998 9.24
1999 9.29
2000 9.39
2001 9.53
2002 9.72
2003 9.91
2004 10.08
2005 10.21
2006 10.31
2007 10.37
2008 10.39
2009 10.36
2010 10.27
2011 10.08
2012 9.85
2013 9.61
2014 9.35
2015 9.11
2016 8.89
2017 8.67
2018 8.48
2019 8.30
2020 8.13

Population ages 20-24, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 20-24, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 8.48 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.87 in 2008 and a minimum value of 7.96 in 1969.

Definition: Male population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 8.23
1961 8.22
1962 8.24
1963 8.26
1964 8.27
1965 8.24
1966 8.18
1967 8.08
1968 7.99
1969 7.96
1970 8.01
1971 8.13
1972 8.32
1973 8.53
1974 8.72
1975 8.84
1976 8.90
1977 8.93
1978 8.92
1979 8.91
1980 8.91
1981 8.93
1982 8.93
1983 8.94
1984 8.94
1985 8.93
1986 8.90
1987 8.88
1988 8.87
1989 8.88
1990 8.91
1991 8.99
1992 9.08
1993 9.18
1994 9.27
1995 9.33
1996 9.42
1997 9.48
1998 9.54
1999 9.63
2000 9.76
2001 9.92
2002 10.11
2003 10.33
2004 10.52
2005 10.67
2006 10.78
2007 10.85
2008 10.87
2009 10.83
2010 10.72
2011 10.53
2012 10.29
2013 10.03
2014 9.77
2015 9.52
2016 9.28
2017 9.06
2018 8.84
2019 8.65
2020 8.48

Population ages 25-29, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 25-29, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 8.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.61 in 2013 and a minimum value of 6.92 in 1974.

Definition: Female population between the ages 25 to 29 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 7.21
1961 7.20
1962 7.19
1963 7.19
1964 7.19
1965 7.20
1966 7.19
1967 7.19
1968 7.20
1969 7.19
1970 7.17
1971 7.11
1972 7.02
1973 6.94
1974 6.92
1975 6.97
1976 7.07
1977 7.23
1978 7.43
1979 7.59
1980 7.70
1981 7.77
1982 7.78
1983 7.76
1984 7.75
1985 7.75
1986 7.73
1987 7.73
1988 7.75
1989 7.76
1990 7.77
1991 7.83
1992 7.88
1993 7.94
1994 8.00
1995 8.07
1996 8.14
1997 8.22
1998 8.31
1999 8.39
2000 8.46
2001 8.51
2002 8.55
2003 8.59
2004 8.66
2005 8.76
2006 8.87
2007 9.03
2008 9.20
2009 9.38
2010 9.52
2011 9.57
2012 9.60
2013 9.61
2014 9.58
2015 9.50
2016 9.38
2017 9.21
2018 9.01
2019 8.80
2020 8.60

Population ages 25-29, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 25-29, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 9.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.06 in 2013 and a minimum value of 6.96 in 1974.

Definition: Male population between the ages 25 to 29 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 7.48
1961 7.40
1962 7.31
1963 7.23
1964 7.17
1965 7.14
1966 7.13
1967 7.16
1968 7.21
1969 7.23
1970 7.22
1971 7.16
1972 7.08
1973 6.99
1974 6.96
1975 7.00
1976 7.08
1977 7.23
1978 7.41
1979 7.56
1980 7.66
1981 7.72
1982 7.74
1983 7.73
1984 7.72
1985 7.72
1986 7.70
1987 7.69
1988 7.70
1989 7.71
1990 7.72
1991 7.77
1992 7.83
1993 7.89
1994 7.96
1995 8.05
1996 8.15
1997 8.28
1998 8.41
1999 8.54
2000 8.66
2001 8.73
2002 8.79
2003 8.86
2004 8.95
2005 9.09
2006 9.23
2007 9.41
2008 9.62
2009 9.81
2010 9.96
2011 10.01
2012 10.05
2013 10.06
2014 10.03
2015 9.95
2016 9.82
2017 9.64
2018 9.43
2019 9.21
2020 9.00

Population ages 30-34, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 30-34, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 8.85 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.89 in 2019 and a minimum value of 6.00 in 1979.

Definition: Female population between the ages 30 to 34 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6.37
1961 6.35
1962 6.31
1963 6.27
1964 6.25
1965 6.24
1966 6.22
1967 6.22
1968 6.23
1969 6.24
1970 6.25
1971 6.25
1972 6.25
1973 6.26
1974 6.25
1975 6.22
1976 6.16
1977 6.09
1978 6.02
1979 6.00
1980 6.04
1981 6.13
1982 6.26
1983 6.42
1984 6.56
1985 6.66
1986 6.70
1987 6.71
1988 6.71
1989 6.72
1990 6.73
1991 6.79
1992 6.86
1993 6.94
1994 7.02
1995 7.10
1996 7.15
1997 7.20
1998 7.25
1999 7.32
2000 7.40
2001 7.45
2002 7.52
2003 7.62
2004 7.71
2005 7.80
2006 7.81
2007 7.80
2008 7.81
2009 7.85
2010 7.95
2011 8.03
2012 8.16
2013 8.32
2014 8.47
2015 8.59
2016 8.71
2017 8.81
2018 8.87
2019 8.89
2020 8.85

Population ages 30-34, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 30-34, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 9.28 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.31 in 2019 and a minimum value of 6.04 in 1979.

Definition: Male population between the ages 30 to 34 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6.66
1961 6.63
1962 6.59
1963 6.54
1964 6.49
1965 6.44
1966 6.37
1967 6.32
1968 6.27
1969 6.24
1970 6.23
1971 6.23
1972 6.26
1973 6.30
1974 6.32
1975 6.31
1976 6.25
1977 6.16
1978 6.08
1979 6.04
1980 6.06
1981 6.13
1982 6.26
1983 6.40
1984 6.54
1985 6.63
1986 6.66
1987 6.66
1988 6.65
1989 6.64
1990 6.64
1991 6.69
1992 6.75
1993 6.82
1994 6.89
1995 6.97
1996 7.03
1997 7.10
1998 7.18
1999 7.28
2000 7.40
2001 7.48
2002 7.59
2003 7.72
2004 7.83
2005 7.94
2006 7.98
2007 8.02
2008 8.06
2009 8.15
2010 8.28
2011 8.37
2012 8.51
2013 8.68
2014 8.85
2015 8.99
2016 9.12
2017 9.22
2018 9.29
2019 9.31
2020 9.28

Population ages 35-39, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 35-39, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 7.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.90 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.15 in 1984.

Definition: Female population between the ages 35 to 39 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.55
1961 5.51
1962 5.50
1963 5.49
1964 5.49
1965 5.48
1966 5.46
1967 5.43
1968 5.41
1969 5.40
1970 5.39
1971 5.38
1972 5.38
1973 5.38
1974 5.39
1975 5.40
1976 5.39
1977 5.39
1978 5.40
1979 5.39
1980 5.36
1981 5.31
1982 5.24
1983 5.18
1984 5.15
1985 5.19
1986 5.26
1987 5.38
1988 5.53
1989 5.67
1990 5.76
1991 5.85
1992 5.93
1993 5.99
1994 6.05
1995 6.13
1996 6.18
1997 6.24
1998 6.30
1999 6.36
2000 6.43
2001 6.45
2002 6.47
2003 6.50
2004 6.54
2005 6.61
2006 6.66
2007 6.72
2008 6.77
2009 6.82
2010 6.86
2011 6.89
2012 6.90
2013 6.91
2014 6.93
2015 7.00
2016 7.15
2017 7.33
2018 7.54
2019 7.74
2020 7.90

Population ages 35-39, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 35-39, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 8.23 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.23 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.18 in 1984.

Definition: Male population between the ages 35 to 39 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.76
1961 5.73
1962 5.71
1963 5.70
1964 5.70
1965 5.69
1966 5.66
1967 5.63
1968 5.61
1969 5.58
1970 5.56
1971 5.51
1972 5.46
1973 5.42
1974 5.40
1975 5.40
1976 5.39
1977 5.41
1978 5.43
1979 5.44
1980 5.42
1981 5.37
1982 5.29
1983 5.22
1984 5.18
1985 5.21
1986 5.26
1987 5.36
1988 5.49
1989 5.60
1990 5.68
1991 5.74
1992 5.79
1993 5.83
1994 5.88
1995 5.95
1996 6.00
1997 6.06
1998 6.13
1999 6.21
2000 6.29
2001 6.34
2002 6.40
2003 6.46
2004 6.54
2005 6.63
2006 6.70
2007 6.78
2008 6.85
2009 6.93
2010 7.00
2011 7.04
2012 7.07
2013 7.08
2014 7.12
2015 7.20
2016 7.37
2017 7.59
2018 7.82
2019 8.04
2020 8.23

Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 6.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.37 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.43 in 1989.

Definition: Female population between the ages 40 to 44 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.06
1961 5.02
1962 4.94
1963 4.85
1964 4.78
1965 4.73
1966 4.70
1967 4.69
1968 4.70
1969 4.70
1970 4.70
1971 4.68
1972 4.66
1973 4.64
1974 4.62
1975 4.62
1976 4.61
1977 4.61
1978 4.61
1979 4.61
1980 4.61
1981 4.61
1982 4.61
1983 4.61
1984 4.59
1985 4.57
1986 4.53
1987 4.48
1988 4.44
1989 4.43
1990 4.48
1991 4.58
1992 4.73
1993 4.90
1994 5.07
1995 5.20
1996 5.29
1997 5.34
1998 5.39
1999 5.43
2000 5.49
2001 5.52
2002 5.55
2003 5.58
2004 5.60
2005 5.62
2006 5.66
2007 5.69
2008 5.71
2009 5.74
2010 5.77
2011 5.84
2012 5.92
2013 6.00
2014 6.06
2015 6.09
2016 6.13
2017 6.16
2018 6.19
2019 6.26
2020 6.37

Population ages 40-44, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 40-44, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 6.48 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.48 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.40 in 1989.

Definition: Male population between the ages 40 to 44 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.14
1961 5.08
1962 5.01
1963 4.94
1964 4.88
1965 4.85
1966 4.83
1967 4.82
1968 4.83
1969 4.84
1970 4.84
1971 4.82
1972 4.80
1973 4.78
1974 4.76
1975 4.74
1976 4.70
1977 4.66
1978 4.63
1979 4.60
1980 4.59
1981 4.59
1982 4.60
1983 4.61
1984 4.62
1985 4.61
1986 4.55
1987 4.49
1988 4.43
1989 4.40
1990 4.43
1991 4.50
1992 4.61
1993 4.75
1994 4.88
1995 4.99
1996 5.07
1997 5.13
1998 5.17
1999 5.22
2000 5.28
2001 5.32
2002 5.36
2003 5.41
2004 5.47
2005 5.52
2006 5.57
2007 5.61
2008 5.65
2009 5.69
2010 5.74
2011 5.83
2012 5.92
2013 6.00
2014 6.06
2015 6.11
2016 6.16
2017 6.20
2018 6.25
2019 6.34
2020 6.48

Population ages 45-49, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 45-49, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 5.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3.90 in 1984.

Definition: Female population between the ages 45 to 49 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.20
1961 4.21
1962 4.24
1963 4.27
1964 4.29
1965 4.28
1966 4.23
1967 4.17
1968 4.10
1969 4.05
1970 4.02
1971 3.99
1972 3.98
1973 3.99
1974 3.99
1975 3.99
1976 3.98
1977 3.96
1978 3.94
1979 3.93
1980 3.92
1981 3.92
1982 3.91
1983 3.91
1984 3.90
1985 3.91
1986 3.91
1987 3.91
1988 3.92
1989 3.93
1990 3.92
1991 3.93
1992 3.92
1993 3.92
1994 3.96
1995 4.03
1996 4.12
1997 4.24
1998 4.38
1999 4.52
2000 4.62
2001 4.69
2002 4.74
2003 4.77
2004 4.79
2005 4.82
2006 4.85
2007 4.87
2008 4.90
2009 4.92
2010 4.94
2011 4.98
2012 5.03
2013 5.09
2014 5.15
2015 5.21
2016 5.26
2017 5.32
2018 5.38
2019 5.45
2020 5.50

Population ages 45-49, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 45-49, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 5.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.40 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3.78 in 1993.

Definition: Male population between the ages 45 to 49 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.39
1961 4.37
1962 4.35
1963 4.33
1964 4.30
1965 4.27
1966 4.22
1967 4.17
1968 4.12
1969 4.09
1970 4.07
1971 4.05
1972 4.05
1973 4.05
1974 4.06
1975 4.06
1976 4.05
1977 4.03
1978 4.02
1979 4.00
1980 3.98
1981 3.95
1982 3.91
1983 3.88
1984 3.86
1985 3.85
1986 3.84
1987 3.85
1988 3.87
1989 3.88
1990 3.87
1991 3.85
1992 3.81
1993 3.78
1994 3.78
1995 3.83
1996 3.90
1997 4.01
1998 4.14
1999 4.27
2000 4.37
2001 4.43
2002 4.47
2003 4.50
2004 4.53
2005 4.56
2006 4.60
2007 4.64
2008 4.68
2009 4.72
2010 4.75
2011 4.81
2012 4.88
2013 4.95
2014 5.02
2015 5.09
2016 5.15
2017 5.21
2018 5.27
2019 5.34
2020 5.40

Population ages 50-54, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 50-54, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 4.66 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.66 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3.28 in 1986.

Definition: Female population between the ages 50 to 54 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.67
1961 3.66
1962 3.61
1963 3.56
1964 3.52
1965 3.52
1966 3.51
1967 3.54
1968 3.57
1969 3.59
1970 3.59
1971 3.55
1972 3.50
1973 3.44
1974 3.39
1975 3.37
1976 3.35
1977 3.35
1978 3.35
1979 3.36
1980 3.36
1981 3.35
1982 3.33
1983 3.31
1984 3.29
1985 3.29
1986 3.28
1987 3.29
1988 3.30
1989 3.31
1990 3.33
1991 3.36
1992 3.41
1993 3.45
1994 3.49
1995 3.52
1996 3.51
1997 3.49
1998 3.48
1999 3.49
2000 3.55
2001 3.63
2002 3.74
2003 3.86
2004 3.98
2005 4.06
2006 4.12
2007 4.16
2008 4.19
2009 4.21
2010 4.23
2011 4.27
2012 4.31
2013 4.36
2014 4.40
2015 4.45
2016 4.48
2017 4.52
2018 4.56
2019 4.60
2020 4.66

Population ages 50-54, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 50-54, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 4.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.42 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3.19 in 1990.

Definition: Male population between the ages 50 to 54 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.63
1961 3.63
1962 3.62
1963 3.61
1964 3.60
1965 3.59
1966 3.57
1967 3.55
1968 3.55
1969 3.53
1970 3.51
1971 3.47
1972 3.43
1973 3.39
1974 3.36
1975 3.35
1976 3.34
1977 3.34
1978 3.35
1979 3.35
1980 3.35
1981 3.34
1982 3.33
1983 3.31
1984 3.29
1985 3.28
1986 3.25
1987 3.22
1988 3.20
1989 3.19
1990 3.19
1991 3.21
1992 3.24
1993 3.27
1994 3.30
1995 3.30
1996 3.28
1997 3.25
1998 3.23
1999 3.24
2000 3.28
2001 3.35
2002 3.44
2003 3.54
2004 3.64
2005 3.71
2006 3.76
2007 3.80
2008 3.82
2009 3.85
2010 3.88
2011 3.93
2012 3.99
2013 4.06
2014 4.12
2015 4.19
2016 4.22
2017 4.26
2018 4.31
2019 4.36
2020 4.42

Population ages 55-59, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 55-59, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 3.93 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.93 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.75 in 1988.

Definition: Female population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.80
1961 2.82
1962 2.87
1963 2.94
1964 2.99
1965 3.01
1966 2.99
1967 2.96
1968 2.92
1969 2.90
1970 2.89
1971 2.89
1972 2.91
1973 2.94
1974 2.96
1975 2.96
1976 2.93
1977 2.89
1978 2.84
1979 2.81
1980 2.79
1981 2.77
1982 2.77
1983 2.77
1984 2.77
1985 2.77
1986 2.76
1987 2.75
1988 2.75
1989 2.75
1990 2.76
1991 2.79
1992 2.83
1993 2.87
1994 2.92
1995 2.97
1996 2.99
1997 3.01
1998 3.04
1999 3.05
2000 3.06
2001 3.05
2002 3.04
2003 3.03
2004 3.05
2005 3.10
2006 3.16
2007 3.25
2008 3.36
2009 3.45
2010 3.53
2011 3.59
2012 3.65
2013 3.69
2014 3.74
2015 3.78
2016 3.81
2017 3.84
2018 3.87
2019 3.90
2020 3.93

Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 3.54 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.54 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.68 in 1990.

Definition: Male population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.79
1961 2.80
1962 2.83
1963 2.85
1964 2.88
1965 2.90
1966 2.89
1967 2.89
1968 2.88
1969 2.88
1970 2.88
1971 2.86
1972 2.85
1973 2.84
1974 2.83
1975 2.82
1976 2.79
1977 2.76
1978 2.73
1979 2.71
1980 2.70
1981 2.69
1982 2.69
1983 2.69
1984 2.69
1985 2.69
1986 2.69
1987 2.69
1988 2.68
1989 2.68
1990 2.68
1991 2.69
1992 2.69
1993 2.70
1994 2.71
1995 2.73
1996 2.72
1997 2.73
1998 2.75
1999 2.76
2000 2.76
2001 2.74
2002 2.72
2003 2.70
2004 2.70
2005 2.73
2006 2.78
2007 2.86
2008 2.95
2009 3.03
2010 3.09
2011 3.15
2012 3.20
2013 3.25
2014 3.31
2015 3.37
2016 3.40
2017 3.43
2018 3.46
2019 3.50
2020 3.54

Population ages 60-64, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 60-64, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 3.29 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.29 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.23 in 1964.

Definition: Female population between the ages 60 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.42
1961 2.38
1962 2.32
1963 2.26
1964 2.23
1965 2.23
1966 2.24
1967 2.28
1968 2.34
1969 2.38
1970 2.40
1971 2.39
1972 2.36
1973 2.33
1974 2.31
1975 2.32
1976 2.32
1977 2.34
1978 2.36
1979 2.38
1980 2.38
1981 2.36
1982 2.32
1983 2.28
1984 2.26
1985 2.24
1986 2.23
1987 2.23
1988 2.25
1989 2.26
1990 2.28
1991 2.29
1992 2.32
1993 2.35
1994 2.38
1995 2.43
1996 2.45
1997 2.47
1998 2.49
1999 2.52
2000 2.55
2001 2.56
2002 2.58
2003 2.60
2004 2.61
2005 2.62
2006 2.61
2007 2.59
2008 2.58
2009 2.59
2010 2.63
2011 2.70
2012 2.80
2013 2.91
2014 3.01
2015 3.10
2016 3.15
2017 3.19
2018 3.22
2019 3.25
2020 3.29

Population ages 60-64, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 60-64, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 2.75 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.75 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.09 in 1986.

Definition: Male population between the ages 60 to 64 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.15
1961 2.14
1962 2.13
1963 2.12
1964 2.13
1965 2.14
1966 2.15
1967 2.17
1968 2.19
1969 2.21
1970 2.23
1971 2.23
1972 2.22
1973 2.22
1974 2.22
1975 2.22
1976 2.21
1977 2.20
1978 2.20
1979 2.20
1980 2.19
1981 2.16
1982 2.14
1983 2.11
1984 2.09
1985 2.09
1986 2.09
1987 2.09
1988 2.11
1989 2.13
1990 2.14
1991 2.16
1992 2.19
1993 2.22
1994 2.25
1995 2.29
1996 2.26
1997 2.24
1998 2.22
1999 2.20
2000 2.20
2001 2.20
2002 2.20
2003 2.21
2004 2.22
2005 2.22
2006 2.20
2007 2.18
2008 2.17
2009 2.17
2010 2.20
2011 2.26
2012 2.34
2013 2.43
2014 2.52
2015 2.59
2016 2.63
2017 2.66
2018 2.69
2019 2.72
2020 2.75

Population ages 65-69, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 65-69, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 2.61 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.61 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.68 in 1969.

Definition: Female population between the ages 65 to 69 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.77
1961 1.77
1962 1.79
1963 1.81
1964 1.82
1965 1.82
1966 1.79
1967 1.74
1968 1.70
1969 1.68
1970 1.69
1971 1.70
1972 1.73
1973 1.77
1974 1.80
1975 1.82
1976 1.81
1977 1.79
1978 1.77
1979 1.77
1980 1.77
1981 1.78
1982 1.79
1983 1.81
1984 1.82
1985 1.82
1986 1.80
1987 1.78
1988 1.77
1989 1.76
1990 1.76
1991 1.77
1992 1.79
1993 1.83
1994 1.87
1995 1.91
1996 1.92
1997 1.94
1998 1.96
1999 1.98
2000 2.01
2001 2.02
2002 2.03
2003 2.05
2004 2.07
2005 2.09
2006 2.10
2007 2.11
2008 2.13
2009 2.14
2010 2.14
2011 2.14
2012 2.14
2013 2.15
2014 2.18
2015 2.24
2016 2.30
2017 2.37
2018 2.46
2019 2.54
2020 2.61

Population ages 65-69, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 65-69, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 2.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.53 in 1968.

Definition: Male population between the ages 65 to 69 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.58
1961 1.57
1962 1.56
1963 1.56
1964 1.55
1965 1.55
1966 1.54
1967 1.53
1968 1.53
1969 1.53
1970 1.55
1971 1.56
1972 1.57
1973 1.58
1974 1.60
1975 1.62
1976 1.61
1977 1.61
1978 1.61
1979 1.61
1980 1.62
1981 1.61
1982 1.60
1983 1.60
1984 1.59
1985 1.59
1986 1.58
1987 1.56
1988 1.56
1989 1.56
1990 1.57
1991 1.58
1992 1.61
1993 1.65
1994 1.69
1995 1.73
1996 1.73
1997 1.74
1998 1.74
1999 1.74
2000 1.74
2001 1.72
2002 1.70
2003 1.68
2004 1.67
2005 1.67
2006 1.66
2007 1.67
2008 1.67
2009 1.68
2010 1.68
2011 1.68
2012 1.67
2013 1.68
2014 1.70
2015 1.75
2016 1.78
2017 1.84
2018 1.90
2019 1.95
2020 2.00

Population ages 65 and above, female

The value for Population ages 65 and above, female in South Africa was 1,981,762 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,981,762 in 2020 and a minimum value of 366,906 in 1960.

Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 366,906
1961 376,947
1962 387,080
1963 396,928
1964 405,972
1965 413,972
1966 422,570
1967 430,032
1968 437,271
1969 445,398
1970 455,048
1971 468,620
1972 483,150
1973 498,048
1974 512,525
1975 526,213
1976 541,669
1977 556,206
1978 570,505
1979 585,367
1980 601,258
1981 621,433
1982 641,713
1983 661,776
1984 681,138
1985 699,592
1986 720,505
1987 740,780
1988 761,247
1989 782,970
1990 806,829
1991 837,745
1992 872,102
1993 909,406
1994 948,689
1995 989,369
1996 1,023,314
1997 1,055,123
1998 1,085,715
1999 1,116,285
2000 1,147,604
2001 1,178,133
2002 1,207,248
2003 1,235,260
2004 1,262,261
2005 1,288,437
2006 1,323,806
2007 1,357,951
2008 1,390,792
2009 1,422,221
2010 1,452,459
2011 1,490,980
2012 1,531,069
2013 1,574,274
2014 1,622,565
2015 1,677,160
2016 1,733,123
2017 1,792,414
2018 1,854,322
2019 1,917,657
2020 1,981,762

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 6.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 4.11 in 1970.

Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.28
1961 4.29
1962 4.29
1963 4.29
1964 4.28
1965 4.25
1966 4.23
1967 4.19
1968 4.15
1969 4.12
1970 4.11
1971 4.12
1972 4.13
1973 4.15
1974 4.16
1975 4.16
1976 4.18
1977 4.19
1978 4.19
1979 4.19
1980 4.19
1981 4.22
1982 4.24
1983 4.26
1984 4.27
1985 4.27
1986 4.29
1987 4.30
1988 4.32
1989 4.34
1990 4.36
1991 4.41
1992 4.47
1993 4.54
1994 4.62
1995 4.72
1996 4.78
1997 4.84
1998 4.90
1999 4.97
2000 5.03
2001 5.10
2002 5.16
2003 5.22
2004 5.26
2005 5.31
2006 5.39
2007 5.45
2008 5.51
2009 5.56
2010 5.60
2011 5.66
2012 5.72
2013 5.79
2014 5.87
2015 5.98
2016 6.09
2017 6.20
2018 6.33
2019 6.46
2020 6.59

Population ages 65 and above, male

The value for Population ages 65 and above, male in South Africa was 1,285,813 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,285,813 in 2020 and a minimum value of 294,119 in 1960.

Definition: Male population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 294,119
1961 302,564
1962 310,132
1963 317,037
1964 323,626
1965 330,083
1966 339,177
1967 347,961
1968 356,688
1969 365,592
1970 374,838
1971 387,551
1972 400,131
1973 412,432
1974 424,318
1975 435,758
1976 450,096
1977 463,596
1978 476,437
1979 488,770
1980 500,732
1981 517,451
1982 533,150
1983 547,749
1984 561,142
1985 573,316
1986 590,316
1987 606,145
1988 621,370
1989 636,753
1990 652,983
1991 677,969
1992 704,896
1993 733,535
1994 763,484
1995 794,583
1996 818,447
1997 839,118
1998 856,713
1999 871,296
2000 883,020
2001 897,298
2002 907,306
2003 913,891
2004 917,860
2005 919,737
2006 937,128
2007 952,190
2008 964,653
2009 974,175
2010 980,894
2011 1,005,013
2012 1,028,504
2013 1,052,597
2014 1,078,895
2015 1,108,459
2016 1,145,860
2017 1,182,908
2018 1,219,000
2019 1,253,381
2020 1,285,813

Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)

Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 4.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.40 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.41 in 1970.

Definition: Male population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.45
1961 3.47
1962 3.47
1963 3.46
1964 3.44
1965 3.42
1966 3.43
1967 3.43
1968 3.42
1969 3.42
1970 3.41
1971 3.43
1972 3.45
1973 3.46
1974 3.47
1975 3.47
1976 3.50
1977 3.51
1978 3.52
1979 3.53
1980 3.52
1981 3.54
1982 3.55
1983 3.55
1984 3.54
1985 3.52
1986 3.54
1987 3.55
1988 3.56
1989 3.56
1990 3.57
1991 3.62
1992 3.68
1993 3.74
1994 3.81
1995 3.88
1996 3.93
1997 3.96
1998 3.98
1999 3.99
2000 3.98
2001 3.99
2002 3.99
2003 3.97
2004 3.94
2005 3.90
2006 3.92
2007 3.93
2008 3.93
2009 3.91
2010 3.88
2011 3.92
2012 3.94
2013 3.97
2014 4.01
2015 4.05
2016 4.13
2017 4.21
2018 4.28
2019 4.34
2020 4.40

Population ages 65 and above, total

The value for Population ages 65 and above, total in South Africa was 3,267,576 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,267,576 in 2020 and a minimum value of 661,028 in 1960.

Definition: Total population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 661,028
1961 679,491
1962 697,184
1963 713,939
1964 729,578
1965 744,054
1966 761,726
1967 777,971
1968 793,941
1969 810,979
1970 829,881
1971 856,173
1972 883,285
1973 910,496
1974 936,854
1975 961,970
1976 991,766
1977 1,019,800
1978 1,046,937
1979 1,074,127
1980 1,101,993
1981 1,138,884
1982 1,174,875
1983 1,209,545
1984 1,242,310
1985 1,272,912
1986 1,310,870
1987 1,347,011
1988 1,382,710
1989 1,419,784
1990 1,459,813
1991 1,515,728
1992 1,576,990
1993 1,642,904
1994 1,712,130
1995 1,783,952
1996 1,841,695
1997 1,894,149
1998 1,942,352
1999 1,987,535
2000 2,030,622
2001 2,075,416
2002 2,114,527
2003 2,149,113
2004 2,180,095
2005 2,208,177
2006 2,260,914
2007 2,310,112
2008 2,355,420
2009 2,396,379
2010 2,433,350
2011 2,496,022
2012 2,559,643
2013 2,626,977
2014 2,701,548
2015 2,785,620
2016 2,879,079
2017 2,975,441
2018 3,073,409
2019 3,171,080
2020 3,267,576

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in South Africa was 5.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.76 in 1970.

Definition: Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.87
1961 3.88
1962 3.88
1963 3.88
1964 3.86
1965 3.84
1966 3.83
1967 3.81
1968 3.79
1969 3.77
1970 3.76
1971 3.78
1972 3.79
1973 3.81
1974 3.82
1975 3.82
1976 3.84
1977 3.85
1978 3.86
1979 3.86
1980 3.86
1981 3.88
1982 3.90
1983 3.90
1984 3.90
1985 3.90
1986 3.91
1987 3.93
1988 3.94
1989 3.95
1990 3.97
1991 4.02
1992 4.08
1993 4.15
1994 4.22
1995 4.31
1996 4.36
1997 4.41
1998 4.45
1999 4.48
2000 4.52
2001 4.55
2002 4.58
2003 4.60
2004 4.61
2005 4.61
2006 4.66
2007 4.70
2008 4.73
2009 4.75
2010 4.75
2011 4.80
2012 4.84
2013 4.89
2014 4.95
2015 5.03
2016 5.12
2017 5.22
2018 5.32
2019 5.42
2020 5.51

Population ages 70-74, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 70-74, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 1.78 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.78 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.16 in 1974.

Definition: Female population between the ages 70 to 74 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.34
1961 1.31
1962 1.27
1963 1.23
1964 1.21
1965 1.21
1966 1.21
1967 1.22
1968 1.24
1969 1.25
1970 1.25
1971 1.23
1972 1.20
1973 1.17
1974 1.16
1975 1.17
1976 1.18
1977 1.21
1978 1.24
1979 1.26
1980 1.28
1981 1.27
1982 1.25
1983 1.24
1984 1.23
1985 1.24
1986 1.25
1987 1.27
1988 1.29
1989 1.31
1990 1.32
1991 1.32
1992 1.32
1993 1.32
1994 1.33
1995 1.36
1996 1.37
1997 1.39
1998 1.42
1999 1.44
2000 1.47
2001 1.48
2002 1.49
2003 1.50
2004 1.52
2005 1.54
2006 1.55
2007 1.56
2008 1.58
2009 1.59
2010 1.61
2011 1.62
2012 1.64
2013 1.66
2014 1.68
2015 1.71
2016 1.71
2017 1.71
2018 1.71
2019 1.74
2020 1.78

Population ages 70-74, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 70-74, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 1.23 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.23 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.00 in 1973.

Definition: Male population between the ages 70 to 74 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.01
1961 1.02
1962 1.02
1963 1.02
1964 1.02
1965 1.03
1966 1.02
1967 1.02
1968 1.01
1969 1.01
1970 1.01
1971 1.00
1972 1.00
1973 1.00
1974 1.00
1975 1.01
1976 1.02
1977 1.03
1978 1.04
1979 1.05
1980 1.06
1981 1.06
1982 1.06
1983 1.06
1984 1.06
1985 1.06
1986 1.06
1987 1.06
1988 1.07
1989 1.07
1990 1.08
1991 1.08
1992 1.09
1993 1.10
1994 1.12
1995 1.15
1996 1.16
1997 1.16
1998 1.17
1999 1.18
2000 1.20
2001 1.20
2002 1.19
2003 1.19
2004 1.19
2005 1.18
2006 1.17
2007 1.16
2008 1.15
2009 1.14
2010 1.14
2011 1.14
2012 1.16
2013 1.17
2014 1.19
2015 1.20
2016 1.20
2017 1.20
2018 1.19
2019 1.20
2020 1.23

Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 1.22 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.22 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.69 in 1979.

Definition: Female population between the ages 75 to 79 as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.74
1961 0.76
1962 0.77
1963 0.79
1964 0.79
1965 0.78
1966 0.77
1967 0.74
1968 0.72
1969 0.71
1970 0.71
1971 0.72
1972 0.73
1973 0.74
1974 0.74
1975 0.74
1976 0.73
1977 0.71
1978 0.70
1979 0.69
1980 0.70
1981 0.71
1982 0.73
1983 0.75
1984 0.76
1985 0.77
1986 0.77
1987 0.77
1988 0.76
1989 0.77
1990 0.78
1991 0.80
1992 0.82
1993 0.84
1994 0.87
1995 0.89
1996 0.89
1997 0.89
1998 0.90
1999 0.91
2000 0.92
2001 0.94
2002 0.95
2003 0.96
2004 0.98
2005 0.99
2006 1.01
2007 1.02
2008 1.03
2009 1.05
2010 1.07
2011 1.08
2012 1.09
2013 1.10
2014 1.12
2015 1.15
2016 1.16
2017 1.17
2018 1.19
2019 1.20
2020 1.22

Population ages 75-79, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 75-79, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 0.730 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.730 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.532 in 1960.

Definition: Male population between the ages 75 to 79 as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.532
1961 0.539
1962 0.545
1963 0.549
1964 0.552
1965 0.553
1966 0.560
1967 0.564
1968 0.565
1969 0.564
1970 0.562
1971 0.564
1972 0.562
1973 0.559
1974 0.556
1975 0.553
1976 0.555
1977 0.554
1978 0.553
1979 0.552
1980 0.555
1981 0.565
1982 0.572
1983 0.577
1984 0.580
1985 0.581
1986 0.589
1987 0.594
1988 0.598
1989 0.602
1990 0.607
1991 0.616
1992 0.626
1993 0.636
1994 0.646
1995 0.659
1996 0.666
1997 0.668
1998 0.669
1999 0.671
2000 0.675
2001 0.682
2002 0.686
2003 0.686
2004 0.683
2005 0.679
2006 0.688
2007 0.693
2008 0.693
2009 0.689
2010 0.681
2011 0.684
2012 0.684
2013 0.684
2014 0.685
2015 0.690
2016 0.702
2017 0.713
2018 0.723
2019 0.728
2020 0.730

Population ages 80 and above, female (% of female population)

The value for Population ages 80 and above, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 0.975 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.979 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.422 in 1960.

Definition: Female population between the ages 80 and above as a percentage of the total female population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.422
1961 0.446
1962 0.458
1963 0.459
1964 0.451
1965 0.435
1966 0.465
1967 0.485
1968 0.492
1969 0.483
1970 0.458
1971 0.475
1972 0.479
1973 0.471
1974 0.456
1975 0.433
1976 0.458
1977 0.475
1978 0.480
1979 0.470
1980 0.445
1981 0.462
1982 0.467
1983 0.461
1984 0.450
1985 0.433
1986 0.462
1987 0.485
1988 0.498
1989 0.500
1990 0.490
1991 0.518
1992 0.537
1993 0.548
1994 0.555
1995 0.558
1996 0.593
1997 0.620
1998 0.635
1999 0.638
2000 0.629
2001 0.665
2002 0.688
2003 0.698
2004 0.696
2005 0.683
2006 0.725
2007 0.755
2008 0.774
2009 0.781
2010 0.778
2011 0.820
2012 0.851
2013 0.872
2014 0.882
2015 0.883
2016 0.926
2017 0.956
2018 0.973
2019 0.979
2020 0.975

Population ages 80 and above, male (% of male population)

The value for Population ages 80 and above, male (% of male population) in South Africa was 0.439 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.464 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.288 in 1985.

Definition: Male population between the ages 80 and above as a percentage of the total male population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.324
1961 0.336
1962 0.338
1963 0.331
1964 0.315
1965 0.292
1966 0.309
1967 0.318
1968 0.318
1969 0.309
1970 0.291
1971 0.310
1972 0.321
1973 0.322
1974 0.312
1975 0.293
1976 0.311
1977 0.321
1978 0.321
1979 0.311
1980 0.289
1981 0.307
1982 0.315
1983 0.315
1984 0.305
1985 0.288
1986 0.310
1987 0.326
1988 0.332
1989 0.329
1990 0.316
1991 0.339
1992 0.354
1993 0.360
1994 0.358
1995 0.348
1996 0.374
1997 0.391
1998 0.396
1999 0.390
2000 0.371
2001 0.396
2002 0.409
2003 0.410
2004 0.396
2005 0.368
2006 0.395
2007 0.411
2008 0.415
2009 0.406
2010 0.382
2011 0.411
2012 0.431
2013 0.439
2014 0.435
2015 0.418
2016 0.444
2017 0.459
2018 0.464
2019 0.457
2020 0.439

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population