Bloemfontein, South Africa Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Bloemfontein, South Africa metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Bloemfontein in 2024 is 609,000, a 1.84% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Bloemfontein in 2023 was 598,000, a 1.7% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Bloemfontein in 2022 was 588,000, a 1.73% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Bloemfontein in 2021 was 578,000, a 1.94% increase from 2020.
| Other Cities in South Africa |
| City Name |
Population |
| Johannesburg |
6,324,000 |
| Cape Town |
4,978,000 |
| Ekurhuleni |
4,191,000 |
| Ethekwini |
3,262,000 |
| Pretoria |
2,890,000 |
| Nelson Mandela Bay |
1,313,000 |
| West Rand |
948,000 |
| Soshanguve |
906,000 |
| Vereeniging |
803,000 |
| Buffalo City |
746,000 |
| Bloemfontein |
609,000 |
| Rustenburg |
592,000 |
| The Msunduzi |
553,000 |
| Witbank |
512,000 |
| Polokwane |
494,000 |
|
Bloemfontein - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
609,000 |
1.84% |
| 2023 |
598,000 |
1.70% |
| 2022 |
588,000 |
1.73% |
| 2021 |
578,000 |
1.94% |
| 2020 |
567,000 |
1.98% |
| 2019 |
556,000 |
1.83% |
| 2018 |
546,000 |
2.44% |
| 2017 |
533,000 |
2.50% |
| 2016 |
520,000 |
2.36% |
| 2015 |
508,000 |
2.42% |
| 2014 |
496,000 |
2.48% |
| 2013 |
484,000 |
2.33% |
| 2012 |
473,000 |
2.38% |
| 2011 |
462,000 |
2.44% |
| 2010 |
451,000 |
2.50% |
| 2009 |
440,000 |
2.33% |
| 2008 |
430,000 |
2.63% |
| 2007 |
419,000 |
2.44% |
| 2006 |
409,000 |
2.25% |
| 2005 |
400,000 |
2.56% |
| 2004 |
390,000 |
2.36% |
| 2003 |
381,000 |
2.42% |
| 2002 |
372,000 |
2.48% |
| 2001 |
363,000 |
2.54% |
| 2000 |
354,000 |
2.61% |
| 1999 |
345,000 |
2.37% |
| 1998 |
337,000 |
2.74% |
| 1997 |
328,000 |
2.18% |
| 1996 |
321,000 |
1.26% |
| 1995 |
317,000 |
1.28% |
| 1994 |
313,000 |
1.29% |
| 1993 |
309,000 |
1.31% |
| 1992 |
305,000 |
1.33% |
| 1991 |
301,000 |
2.03% |
| 1990 |
295,000 |
2.08% |
| 1989 |
289,000 |
2.48% |
| 1988 |
282,000 |
2.17% |
| 1987 |
276,000 |
2.60% |
| 1986 |
269,000 |
2.28% |
| 1985 |
263,000 |
2.33% |
| 1984 |
257,000 |
2.39% |
| 1983 |
251,000 |
2.45% |
| 1982 |
245,000 |
2.51% |
| 1981 |
239,000 |
2.58% |
| 1980 |
233,000 |
2.19% |
| 1979 |
228,000 |
2.70% |
| 1978 |
222,000 |
2.30% |
| 1977 |
217,000 |
2.36% |
| 1976 |
212,000 |
2.42% |
| 1975 |
207,000 |
2.48% |
| 1974 |
202,000 |
2.54% |
| 1973 |
197,000 |
2.60% |
| 1972 |
192,000 |
2.13% |
| 1971 |
188,000 |
2.73% |
| 1970 |
183,000 |
2.23% |
| 1969 |
179,000 |
2.29% |
| 1968 |
175,000 |
2.34% |
| 1967 |
171,000 |
2.40% |
| 1966 |
167,000 |
2.45% |
| 1965 |
163,000 |
2.52% |
| 1964 |
159,000 |
2.58% |
| 1963 |
155,000 |
1.97% |
| 1962 |
152,000 |
2.70% |
| 1961 |
148,000 |
2.78% |
| 1960 |
144,000 |
2.86% |
| 1959 |
140,000 |
2.94% |
| 1958 |
136,000 |
3.03% |
| 1957 |
132,000 |
3.13% |
| 1956 |
128,000 |
3.23% |
| 1955 |
124,000 |
3.33% |
| 1954 |
120,000 |
2.56% |
| 1953 |
117,000 |
3.54% |
| 1952 |
113,000 |
2.73% |
| 1951 |
110,000 |
2.80% |
| 1950 |
107,000 |
0.00% |
