Norway vs South Sudan statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 62nd vs. 41st).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Norway and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Norway and South Sudan economies compared

GDP

Norway

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	$5,197,398,721	-
1961	$5,669,689,210	-
1962	$6,107,076,929	-
1963	$6,553,269,536	-
1964	$7,206,522,122	-
1965	$8,111,945,661	-
1966	$8,753,940,267	-
1967	$9,577,383,653	-
1968	$10,227,087,165	-
1969	$11,136,187,440	-
1970	$12,814,123,115	-
1971	$14,583,114,840	-
1972	$17,358,610,850	-
1973	$22,534,253,703	-
1974	$27,145,693,810	-
1975	$32,877,805,200	-
1976	$35,942,270,686	-
1977	$41,508,030,431	-
1978	$46,522,900,254	-
1979	$53,132,244,624	-
1980	$64,439,382,896	-
1981	$63,596,654,761	-
1982	$62,647,195,538	-
1983	$61,627,240,831	-
1984	$62,057,955,033	-
1985	$65,416,879,914	-
1986	$78,693,118,044	-
1987	$94,229,907,236	-
1988	$101,900,260,856	-
1989	$102,633,934,391	-
1990	$119,791,843,060	-
1991	$121,872,464,483	-
1992	$130,838,040,068	-
1993	$120,579,213,713	-
1994	$127,131,319,429	-
1995	$152,029,612,325	-
1996	$163,520,109,151	-
1997	$161,356,631,888	-
1998	$154,230,295,158	-
1999	$162,383,706,021	-
2000	$171,457,201,936	-
2001	$174,239,354,071	-
2002	$195,914,852,576	-
2003	$229,385,469,337	-
2004	$265,268,662,473	-
2005	$309,978,579,744	-
2006	$346,915,160,682	-
2007	$402,643,260,488	-
2008	$464,917,553,191	$14,586,253,383
2009	$387,976,400,617	$12,231,264,525
2010	$431,052,143,940	$14,602,072,411
2011	$501,360,549,669	$14,907,308,933
2012	$512,777,309,841	$11,931,472,169
2013	$526,014,468,085	$18,426,469,017
2014	$501,736,471,833	$13,962,212,847
2015	$388,159,512,246	$11,997,800,760
2016	$370,956,547,619	-
2017	$401,745,275,035	-
2018	$439,788,625,884	-
2019	$408,742,840,909	-
2020	$367,633,418,887	-
2021	$503,367,986,030	-
2022	$596,297,651,036	-
2023	$482,949,731,777	-
2024	$483,727,398,216	-

Norway and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	$1,451	-
1961	$1,571	-
1962	$1,678	-
1963	$1,787	-
1964	$1,951	-
1965	$2,179	-
1966	$2,333	-
1967	$2,531	-
1968	$2,680	-
1969	$2,894	-
1970	$3,306	-
1971	$3,736	-
1972	$4,414	-
1973	$5,690	-
1974	$6,812	-
1975	$8,204	-
1976	$8,927	-
1977	$10,266	-
1978	$11,463	-
1979	$13,047	-
1980	$15,772	-
1981	$15,513	-
1982	$15,225	-
1983	$14,928	-
1984	$14,989	-
1985	$15,754	-
1986	$18,883	-
1987	$22,506	-
1988	$24,207	-
1989	$24,281	-
1990	$28,243	-
1991	$28,597	-
1992	$30,524	-
1993	$27,964	-
1994	$29,316	-
1995	$34,876	-
1996	$37,322	-
1997	$36,629	-
1998	$34,803	-
1999	$36,393	-
2000	$38,178	-
2001	$38,602	-
2002	$43,171	-
2003	$50,250	-
2004	$57,769	-
2005	$67,047	-
2006	$74,434	-
2007	$85,502	-
2008	$97,504	$1,654
2009	$80,348	$1,323
2010	$88,163	$1,498
2011	$101,222	$1,449
2012	$102,176	$1,109
2013	$103,554	$1,650
2014	$97,667	$1,243
2015	$74,810	$1,080
2016	$70,867	-
2017	$76,132	-
2018	$82,793	-
2019	$76,431	-
2020	$68,340	-
2021	$93,073	-
2022	$109,270	-
2023	$87,497	-
2024	$86,810	-

Norway vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

South Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	South Sudan
1950	71.6	30.2
1951	72.5	30.6
1952	72.7	31
1953	73.1	31.4
1954	73.2	31.7
1955	73.4	32
1956	73.5	31.6
1957	73.4	30.9
1958	73.4	27.6
1959	73.6	27.8
1960	73.6	28.1
1961	73.6	28.3
1962	73.5	28.5
1963	73.1	28.2
1964	73.6	32.5
1965	73.7	28.8
1966	74	25.6
1967	74.1	25.9
1968	73.9	26.1
1969	73.7	25.4
1970	74.1	25.6
1971	74.2	31
1972	74.3	31.3
1973	74.4	36.3
1974	74.8	36.6
1975	74.8	36.9
1976	75	37.1
1977	75.4	37.4
1978	75.4	37.6
1979	75.4	37.8
1980	75.7	38
1981	75.9	38.3
1982	76	38.7
1983	76.1	34.7
1984	76.2	31.8
1985	75.9	32.4
1986	76.3	32.8
1987	76.1	20.7
1988	76.3	11
1989	76.5	28.2
1990	76.6	28.6
1991	77	29.2
1992	77.2	21.9
1993	77.2	22.3
1994	77.8	44.9
1995	77.8	31.5
1996	78.2	32.1
1997	78.2	33.1
1998	78.4	19
1999	78.4	44.5
2000	78.7	47.6
2001	78.9	48.6
2002	79	49.4
2003	79.5	52.3
2004	80	53.1
2005	80.2	54
2006	80.4	54.7
2007	80.5	55.4
2008	80.7	56.3
2009	80.9	56.8
2010	81	57.5
2011	81.2	57.7
2012	81.4	58.2
2013	81.7	58.3
2014	82.1	45.6
2015	82.3	39.8
2016	82.4	36.7
2017	82.6	35.4
2018	82.8	51.9
2019	83	58.1
2020	83.2	57.6
2021	83.2	57
2022	82.6	57.2
2023	83.3	57.6
2024	83.5	57.7
2025	83.6	57.9

Norway and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

South Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	3,581,239	2,931,559
1961	3,609,800	2,976,724
1962	3,638,918	3,024,308
1963	3,666,537	3,072,669
1964	3,694,339	3,129,918
1965	3,723,168	3,189,835
1966	3,753,012	3,236,423
1967	3,784,539	3,277,648
1968	3,816,486	3,321,528
1969	3,847,707	3,365,533
1970	3,875,763	3,409,614
1971	3,903,039	3,468,646
1972	3,933,004	3,542,497
1973	3,960,612	3,627,383
1974	3,985,258	3,723,259
1975	4,007,313	3,821,494
1976	4,026,152	3,921,910
1977	4,043,205	4,024,032
1978	4,058,671	4,127,657
1979	4,072,517	4,232,605
1980	4,085,620	4,339,030
1981	4,099,702	4,447,272
1982	4,114,787	4,557,686
1983	4,128,432	4,661,574
1984	4,140,099	4,750,627
1985	4,152,516	4,834,296
1986	4,167,354	4,921,240
1987	4,186,905	4,962,395
1988	4,209,488	4,848,029
1989	4,226,901	4,713,229
1990	4,241,473	4,737,633
1991	4,261,732	4,836,677
1992	4,286,401	4,909,749
1993	4,311,991	4,956,002
1994	4,336,613	5,071,184
1995	4,359,184	5,225,836
1996	4,381,336	5,356,925
1997	4,405,157	5,509,136
1998	4,431,464	5,620,068
1999	4,461,913	5,771,628
2000	4,490,967	6,032,267
2001	4,513,751	6,308,391
2002	4,538,159	6,596,806
2003	4,564,855	6,903,127
2004	4,591,910	7,233,041
2005	4,623,291	7,590,143
2006	4,660,677	7,976,526
2007	4,709,153	8,388,788
2008	4,768,212	8,817,647
2009	4,828,726	9,243,556
2010	4,889,252	9,745,953
2011	4,953,088	10,288,109
2012	5,018,573	10,756,240
2013	5,079,623	11,166,275
2014	5,137,232	11,235,073
2015	5,188,607	11,107,561
2016	5,234,519	10,830,102
2017	5,276,968	10,259,154
2018	5,311,916	10,122,977
2019	5,347,896	10,423,384
2020	5,379,475	10,698,467
2021	5,408,320	10,865,780
2022	5,457,127	11,021,177
2023	5,519,594	11,483,374
2024	5,572,272	11,943,408

Fertility rates in Norway and South Sudan

Fertility rate

Norway

South Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	2.85	7.16
1961	2.94	7.18
1962	2.91	7.2
1963	2.93	7.2
1964	2.98	7.22
1965	2.94	7.22
1966	2.9	7.25
1967	2.81	7.26
1968	2.75	7.26
1969	2.7	7.28
1970	2.5	7.29
1971	2.49	7.3
1972	2.38	7.31
1973	2.23	7.31
1974	2.13	7.31
1975	1.98	7.33
1976	1.86	7.33
1977	1.75	7.33
1978	1.77	7.33
1979	1.75	7.32
1980	1.72	7.33
1981	1.7	7.33
1982	1.71	7.34
1983	1.66	7.34
1984	1.66	7.35
1985	1.68	7.36
1986	1.71	7.38
1987	1.74	7.39
1988	1.84	7.38
1989	1.89	7.37
1990	1.93	7.38
1991	1.92	7.38
1992	1.88	7.37
1993	1.86	7.36
1994	1.87	7.35
1995	1.87	7.34
1996	1.89	7.32
1997	1.86	7.2
1998	1.81	7.08
1999	1.85	6.94
2000	1.85	6.8
2001	1.78	6.65
2002	1.75	6.52
2003	1.8	6.35
2004	1.83	6.19
2005	1.84	6.02
2006	1.9	5.85
2007	1.9	5.7
2008	1.96	5.57
2009	1.98	5.45
2010	1.95	5.32
2011	1.88	5.19
2012	1.85	5.06
2013	1.78	4.94
2014	1.75	4.82
2015	1.72	4.7
2016	1.71	4.58
2017	1.62	4.48
2018	1.56	4.37
2019	1.53	4.26
2020	1.48	4.16
2021	1.55	4.05
2022	1.41	3.96
2023	1.4	3.86

Norway and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Norway

South Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	34.3	18.6
1961	34.4	18.5
1962	34.4	18.5
1963	34.3	18.4
1964	34.2	18.4
1965	34.1	18.3
1966	33.9	18.3
1967	33.7	18.2
1968	33.5	18
1969	33.2	17.9
1970	32.9	17.7
1971	32.7	17.6
1972	32.5	17.5
1973	32.4	17.5
1974	32.4	17.4
1975	32.5	17.4
1976	32.6	17.3
1977	32.7	17.2
1978	32.9	17.2
1979	33.1	17.1
1980	33.3	17.1
1981	33.6	17
1982	33.9	16.9
1983	34.1	16.8
1984	34.4	16.8
1985	34.6	16.7
1986	34.8	16.6
1987	34.9	16.5
1988	35.1	16.8
1989	35.2	17.1
1990	35.4	17
1991	35.5	17
1992	35.7	17
1993	35.8	16.9
1994	35.9	16.9
1995	36.1	16.9
1996	36.2	16.9
1997	36.4	16.9
1998	36.5	17
1999	36.7	17.1
2000	36.9	17.2
2001	37.1	17.3
2002	37.3	17.3
2003	37.5	17.3
2004	37.7	17.4
2005	37.9	17.6
2006	38.1	17.8
2007	38.3	18
2008	38.4	18.2
2009	38.5	18.4
2010	38.6	18.7
2011	38.7	19
2012	38.8	19.2
2013	38.9	19.3
2014	39	19
2015	39.2	18.6
2016	39.3	18.2
2017	39.4	17.4
2018	39.6	17.3
2019	39.8	17.8
2020	40	18.2
2021	40.3	18.4
2022	40.4	18.7
2023	40.5	19
2024	40.7	19.4

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