Population in Algeria compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	South Sudan	Algeria	South Sudan
1960	11,424,922	2,931,559	-	-
1961	11,628,883	2,976,724	1.79%	1.54%
1962	11,800,771	3,024,308	1.48%	1.6%
1963	11,982,118	3,072,669	1.54%	1.6%
1964	12,179,813	3,129,918	1.65%	1.86%
1965	12,365,976	3,189,835	1.53%	1.91%
1966	12,590,069	3,236,423	1.81%	1.46%
1967	12,876,118	3,277,648	2.27%	1.27%
1968	13,172,614	3,321,528	2.3%	1.34%
1969	13,475,960	3,365,533	2.3%	1.32%
1970	13,783,719	3,409,614	2.28%	1.31%
1971	14,098,936	3,468,646	2.29%	1.73%
1972	14,427,072	3,542,497	2.33%	2.13%
1973	14,771,147	3,627,383	2.38%	2.4%
1974	15,133,502	3,723,259	2.45%	2.64%
1975	15,678,596	3,821,494	3.6%	2.64%
1976	16,409,170	3,921,910	4.66%	2.63%
1977	17,015,994	4,024,032	3.7%	2.6%
1978	17,506,974	4,127,657	2.89%	2.58%
1979	18,036,655	4,232,605	3.03%	2.54%
1980	18,607,174	4,339,030	3.16%	2.51%
1981	19,220,704	4,447,272	3.3%	2.49%
1982	19,872,348	4,557,686	3.39%	2.48%
1983	20,558,115	4,661,574	3.45%	2.28%
1984	21,271,969	4,750,627	3.47%	1.91%
1985	22,008,544	4,834,296	3.46%	1.76%
1986	22,745,499	4,921,240	3.35%	1.8%
1987	23,443,624	4,962,395	3.07%	0.84%
1988	24,109,536	4,848,029	2.84%	-2.3%
1989	24,754,485	4,713,229	2.68%	-2.78%
1990	25,375,810	4,737,633	2.51%	0.52%
1991	25,987,928	4,836,677	2.41%	2.09%
1992	26,628,568	4,909,749	2.47%	1.51%
1993	27,277,048	4,956,002	2.44%	0.94%
1994	27,887,279	5,071,184	2.24%	2.32%
1995	28,470,191	5,225,836	2.09%	3.05%
1996	29,033,044	5,356,925	1.98%	2.51%
1997	29,579,301	5,509,136	1.88%	2.84%
1998	30,054,133	5,620,068	1.61%	2.01%
1999	30,474,354	5,771,628	1.4%	2.7%
2000	30,903,893	6,032,267	1.41%	4.52%
2001	31,331,221	6,308,391	1.38%	4.58%
2002	31,750,835	6,596,806	1.34%	4.57%
2003	32,175,818	6,903,127	1.34%	4.64%
2004	32,628,286	7,233,041	1.41%	4.78%
2005	33,109,249	7,590,143	1.47%	4.94%
2006	33,623,506	7,976,526	1.55%	5.09%
2007	34,189,416	8,388,788	1.68%	5.17%
2008	34,816,961	8,817,647	1.84%	5.11%
2009	35,490,445	9,243,556	1.93%	4.83%
2010	36,188,236	9,745,953	1.97%	5.44%
2011	36,903,376	10,288,109	1.98%	5.56%
2012	37,646,166	10,756,240	2.01%	4.55%
2013	38,414,171	11,166,275	2.04%	3.81%
2014	39,205,031	11,235,073	2.06%	0.62%
2015	40,019,529	11,107,561	2.08%	-1.13%
2016	40,850,721	10,830,102	2.08%	-2.5%
2017	41,689,299	10,259,154	2.05%	-5.27%
2018	42,505,035	10,122,977	1.96%	-1.33%
2019	43,294,546	10,423,384	1.86%	2.97%
2020	44,042,091	10,698,467	1.73%	2.64%
2021	44,761,099	10,865,780	1.63%	1.56%
2022	45,477,389	11,021,177	1.6%	1.43%
2023	46,164,219	11,483,374	1.51%	4.19%
2024	46,814,308	11,943,408	1.41%	4.01%
2025	47,435,316	12,188,793	1.33%	2.05%
2026	48,028,344	12,436,036	1.25%	2.03%
2027	48,593,419	12,687,301	1.18%	2.02%
2028	49,135,532	12,941,503	1.12%	2%
2029	49,655,386	13,198,080	1.06%	1.98%
2030	50,154,168	13,457,446	1%	1.97%
2031	50,637,369	13,725,413	0.96%	1.99%
2032	51,113,505	13,996,343	0.94%	1.97%
2033	51,584,249	14,261,762	0.92%	1.9%
2034	52,048,009	14,527,550	0.9%	1.86%
2035	52,516,794	14,798,602	0.9%	1.87%
2036	52,986,277	15,070,098	0.89%	1.83%
2037	53,452,788	15,335,700	0.88%	1.76%
2038	53,921,847	15,595,968	0.88%	1.7%
2039	54,396,263	15,850,696	0.88%	1.63%
2040	54,873,482	16,101,470	0.88%	1.58%
2041	55,351,998	16,350,149	0.87%	1.54%
2042	55,834,554	16,593,361	0.87%	1.49%
2043	56,319,606	16,829,209	0.87%	1.42%
2044	56,806,185	17,060,176	0.86%	1.37%
2045	57,290,162	17,286,412	0.85%	1.33%
2046	57,767,681	17,509,693	0.83%	1.29%
2047	58,234,183	17,728,331	0.81%	1.25%
2048	58,690,893	17,938,437	0.78%	1.19%
2049	59,136,165	18,142,893	0.76%	1.14%
2050	59,565,558	18,341,968	0.73%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.