Table 4

The Population of Southern Africa (Countries that could share the same physical infrastructure), 1960 - 2025 

COUNTRY
 1960 1980 1990 1994 2000 2010 2020 2025
 - Population in thousands -
Angola
% population of Africa
  4 816
1.72		 6 993
1.46 		 9 194
1.43 		 10 674
1.48 		 13 074
1.53 		 17 660
1.58 		 23 408
1.65 		 26 619
1.68 
Botswana
% population of Africa
  481
0.17		 902
0.19		  1 238
0.19		 1 392
0.19		 1 650
0.19		 2 136
0.19		 2 630
0.19 		  2 853
0.18
Lesotho
% population of Africa
  870
0.31		 1 339
0.28		 1 747
0.27		 1 929
0.27		 2 233
0.26		 2 821
0.25 		 3 463
0.24		 3 783
0.24
Malawi
% population of Africa
  3 529
1.26		 6 183
1.29		 9 582
1.49		 11 008
1.52		 12 612
1.47		 16 455
1.47		 21 897
1.54		 24 923
1.58
Mozambique
% population of Africa
 7 461
2.66		 12 095
2.52		 14 200
2.21		 15 823
2.19 		 19 436
2.27 		 25 406
2.28		 32 439
2.28		 36 290
2.29
Namibia
% population of Africa
  633
0.23		 1 066
0.22		 1 439
0.22		 1 635
0.23		 1 964
0.23		 2 610
0.23		 3 363
0.24		 3 751
0.24
South Africa
% population of Africa
 17 396
6.21		 29 529
6.16		 37 959
5.91		 41 749
5.78		 47 912
5.60		 58 446
5.24		 68 642
4.83		 73 211
4.63
Swaziland
% population of Africa
 326
0.12		 565
0.12		 751
0.12		 836
0.21		 984
0.11		 1 270
0.11		 1 582
0.11		 1 739
0.11
Zaire
% population of Africa
 15 333
5.47		 27 009
5.63		 37 391
5.81		 42 476
5.88		 50 970
5.95		 68 588
6.14		 91 592
6.45		 104 530
6.61
Zambia
% population of Africa
 3 141
1.12 		 5.738
1.20		 8 138
1.27		 9 132
1.26		 10 672
1.26		 13 885
1.24		 18 411
1.30		 20 981
1.33
Zimbabwe
% of population of Africa
  3 812
1.36		 7 126
1.49		 9 947
1.55		 11 215
1.55		 13 194
1.54		 16 808
1.51		 20 927
1.47		 22 889
1.45
Total Southern Africa
% population of Africa
% population of world
  57 798
20.63
1.91		 98 545
20.56
2.22		 131 586
20.48
2.49		 147 869
20.46
2.61		 174 701
20.41
2.81		 226 085
20.25
3.16		  288 354
20.29
3.58		 321 569
20.32
3.80
Total population of Africa
% population of world
 280 173
9.28 		 479 369
10.78		 642 580
12.13		 722 814
12.76 		 856 154
13.75 		 1 116 253
15.61		 1 421 053
17.65		 1 582 539
18.68
Total population of world
  3 018 974 4 446 859 5 295 300 5 665 524 6 228 254 7 149 506 8 049 940 8 472 445