Population in China compared to Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

China and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Sudan	China	Sudan
1960	667,070,000	8,364,489	-	-
1961	660,330,000	8,634,941	-1.01%	3.23%
1962	665,770,000	8,919,028	0.82%	3.29%
1963	682,335,000	9,218,077	2.49%	3.35%
1964	698,355,000	9,531,109	2.35%	3.4%
1965	715,185,000	9,858,030	2.41%	3.43%
1966	735,400,000	10,197,578	2.83%	3.44%
1967	754,550,000	10,550,597	2.6%	3.46%
1968	774,510,000	10,917,999	2.65%	3.48%
1969	796,025,000	11,298,936	2.78%	3.49%
1970	818,315,000	11,695,771	2.8%	3.51%
1971	841,105,000	12,105,539	2.78%	3.5%
1972	862,030,000	12,527,856	2.49%	3.49%
1973	881,940,000	13,049,315	2.31%	4.16%
1974	900,350,000	13,580,723	2.09%	4.07%
1975	916,395,000	14,064,798	1.78%	3.56%
1976	930,685,000	14,569,716	1.56%	3.59%
1977	943,455,000	15,086,614	1.37%	3.55%
1978	956,165,000	15,695,003	1.35%	4.03%
1979	969,005,000	16,355,352	1.34%	4.21%
1980	981,235,000	17,058,905	1.26%	4.3%
1981	993,885,000	17,780,572	1.29%	4.23%
1982	1,008,630,000	18,486,645	1.48%	3.97%
1983	1,023,310,000	19,109,770	1.46%	3.37%
1984	1,036,825,000	19,546,528	1.32%	2.29%
1985	1,051,040,000	19,905,872	1.37%	1.84%
1986	1,066,790,000	20,288,238	1.5%	1.92%
1987	1,084,035,000	20,704,904	1.62%	2.05%
1988	1,101,630,000	21,138,431	1.62%	2.09%
1989	1,118,650,000	21,578,022	1.54%	2.08%
1990	1,135,185,000	22,021,481	1.48%	2.06%
1991	1,150,780,000	22,470,676	1.37%	2.04%
1992	1,164,970,000	22,927,355	1.23%	2.03%
1993	1,178,440,000	23,445,592	1.16%	2.26%
1994	1,191,835,000	24,043,948	1.14%	2.55%
1995	1,204,855,000	24,672,143	1.09%	2.61%
1996	1,217,550,000	25,231,528	1.05%	2.27%
1997	1,230,075,000	25,799,821	1.03%	2.25%
1998	1,241,935,000	26,458,999	0.96%	2.55%
1999	1,252,735,000	27,130,613	0.87%	2.54%
2000	1,262,645,000	27,816,745	0.79%	2.53%
2001	1,271,850,000	28,516,770	0.73%	2.52%
2002	1,280,400,000	29,228,727	0.67%	2.5%
2003	1,288,400,000	29,896,035	0.62%	2.28%
2004	1,296,075,000	30,556,637	0.6%	2.21%
2005	1,303,720,000	31,262,444	0.59%	2.31%
2006	1,311,020,000	31,992,435	0.56%	2.34%
2007	1,317,885,000	32,764,135	0.52%	2.41%
2008	1,324,655,000	33,623,980	0.51%	2.62%
2009	1,331,260,000	34,569,113	0.5%	2.81%
2010	1,337,705,000	35,414,399	0.48%	2.45%
2011	1,345,035,000	36,140,806	0.55%	2.05%
2012	1,354,190,000	36,923,178	0.68%	2.16%
2013	1,363,240,000	37,785,849	0.67%	2.34%
2014	1,371,860,000	38,823,318	0.63%	2.75%
2015	1,379,860,000	40,024,431	0.58%	3.09%
2016	1,387,790,000	41,259,892	0.57%	3.09%
2017	1,396,215,000	42,714,306	0.61%	3.53%
2018	1,402,760,000	44,230,596	0.47%	3.55%
2019	1,407,745,000	45,548,175	0.36%	2.98%
2020	1,411,100,000	46,789,231	0.24%	2.72%
2021	1,412,360,000	48,066,924	0.09%	2.73%
2022	1,412,175,000	49,383,346	-0.01%	2.74%
2023	1,410,710,000	50,042,791	-0.1%	1.34%
2024	1,408,975,000	50,448,963	-0.12%	0.81%
2025	1,405,773,318	51,662,152	-0.23%	2.4%
2026	1,402,614,510	53,282,718	-0.22%	3.14%
2027	1,399,403,406	54,724,215	-0.23%	2.71%
2028	1,395,886,569	55,993,833	-0.25%	2.32%
2029	1,392,060,666	57,275,443	-0.27%	2.29%
2030	1,387,961,846	58,571,624	-0.29%	2.26%
2031	1,383,588,794	59,872,936	-0.32%	2.22%
2032	1,378,934,346	61,179,476	-0.34%	2.18%
2033	1,374,007,012	62,497,205	-0.36%	2.15%
2034	1,368,825,481	63,822,356	-0.38%	2.12%
2035	1,363,415,793	65,148,317	-0.4%	2.08%
2036	1,357,772,486	66,470,018	-0.41%	2.03%
2037	1,351,902,859	67,791,240	-0.43%	1.99%
2038	1,345,840,038	69,107,712	-0.45%	1.94%
2039	1,339,558,174	70,416,631	-0.47%	1.89%
2040	1,333,028,062	71,730,604	-0.49%	1.87%
2041	1,326,251,398	73,056,213	-0.51%	1.85%
2042	1,319,222,019	74,387,562	-0.53%	1.82%
2043	1,311,956,934	75,723,670	-0.55%	1.8%
2044	1,304,437,340	77,066,454	-0.57%	1.77%
2045	1,296,592,737	78,415,205	-0.6%	1.75%
2046	1,288,357,014	79,767,271	-0.64%	1.72%
2047	1,279,723,262	81,115,241	-0.67%	1.69%
2048	1,270,661,954	82,463,202	-0.71%	1.66%
2049	1,261,120,581	83,828,356	-0.75%	1.66%
2050	1,251,102,086	85,206,384	-0.79%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.