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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Sudan	Egypt	Sudan
1960	26,896,479	8,364,489	-	-
1961	27,600,898	8,634,941	2.62%	3.23%
1962	28,337,013	8,919,028	2.67%	3.29%
1963	29,091,869	9,218,077	2.66%	3.35%
1964	29,858,922	9,531,109	2.64%	3.4%
1965	30,629,174	9,858,030	2.58%	3.43%
1966	31,406,541	10,197,578	2.54%	3.44%
1967	32,196,360	10,550,597	2.51%	3.46%
1968	32,998,319	10,917,999	2.49%	3.48%
1969	33,811,615	11,298,936	2.46%	3.49%
1970	34,623,990	11,695,771	2.4%	3.51%
1971	35,433,368	12,105,539	2.34%	3.5%
1972	36,258,328	12,527,856	2.33%	3.49%
1973	37,102,043	13,049,315	2.33%	4.16%
1974	37,969,667	13,580,723	2.34%	4.07%
1975	38,875,327	14,064,798	2.39%	3.56%
1976	39,795,557	14,569,716	2.37%	3.59%
1977	40,748,870	15,086,614	2.4%	3.55%
1978	41,761,431	15,695,003	2.48%	4.03%
1979	42,818,628	16,355,352	2.53%	4.21%
1980	43,950,413	17,058,905	2.64%	4.3%
1981	45,147,224	17,780,572	2.72%	4.23%
1982	46,407,611	18,486,645	2.79%	3.97%
1983	47,786,402	19,109,770	2.97%	3.37%
1984	49,247,334	19,546,528	3.06%	2.29%
1985	50,734,968	19,905,872	3.02%	1.84%
1986	52,206,295	20,288,238	2.9%	1.92%
1987	53,674,435	20,704,904	2.81%	2.05%
1988	55,187,681	21,138,431	2.82%	2.09%
1989	56,710,642	21,578,022	2.76%	2.08%
1990	58,396,618	22,021,481	2.97%	2.06%
1991	60,028,997	22,470,676	2.8%	2.04%
1992	61,480,660	22,927,355	2.42%	2.03%
1993	62,915,681	23,445,592	2.33%	2.26%
1994	64,285,589	24,043,948	2.18%	2.55%
1995	65,652,622	24,672,143	2.13%	2.61%
1996	67,028,048	25,231,528	2.1%	2.27%
1997	68,431,740	25,799,821	2.09%	2.25%
1998	69,943,294	26,458,999	2.21%	2.55%
1999	71,520,954	27,130,613	2.26%	2.54%
2000	73,083,284	27,816,745	2.18%	2.53%
2001	74,652,029	28,516,770	2.15%	2.52%
2002	76,239,137	29,228,727	2.13%	2.5%
2003	77,853,548	29,896,035	2.12%	2.28%
2004	79,477,443	30,556,637	2.09%	2.21%
2005	81,101,004	31,262,444	2.04%	2.31%
2006	82,700,403	31,992,435	1.97%	2.34%
2007	84,276,225	32,764,135	1.91%	2.41%
2008	85,864,789	33,623,980	1.88%	2.62%
2009	87,501,636	34,569,113	1.91%	2.81%
2010	89,196,072	35,414,399	1.94%	2.45%
2011	91,093,059	36,140,806	2.13%	2.05%
2012	93,161,001	36,923,178	2.27%	2.16%
2013	95,333,553	37,785,849	2.33%	2.34%
2014	97,528,654	38,823,318	2.3%	2.75%
2015	99,597,342	40,024,431	2.12%	3.09%
2016	101,644,589	41,259,892	2.06%	3.09%
2017	103,696,057	42,714,306	2.02%	3.53%
2018	105,682,094	44,230,596	1.92%	3.55%
2019	107,553,158	45,548,175	1.77%	2.98%
2020	109,315,124	46,789,231	1.64%	2.72%
2021	110,957,008	48,066,924	1.5%	2.73%
2022	112,618,250	49,383,346	1.5%	2.74%
2023	114,535,772	50,042,791	1.7%	1.34%
2024	116,538,258	50,448,963	1.75%	0.81%
2025	118,365,997	51,662,152	1.57%	2.4%
2026	120,101,181	53,282,718	1.47%	3.14%
2027	121,847,622	54,724,215	1.45%	2.71%
2028	123,608,457	55,993,833	1.45%	2.32%
2029	125,373,058	57,275,443	1.43%	2.29%
2030	127,139,323	58,571,624	1.41%	2.26%
2031	128,912,256	59,872,936	1.39%	2.22%
2032	130,695,084	61,179,476	1.38%	2.18%
2033	132,485,612	62,497,205	1.37%	2.15%
2034	134,287,838	63,822,356	1.36%	2.12%
2035	136,097,214	65,148,317	1.35%	2.08%
2036	137,913,263	66,470,018	1.33%	2.03%
2037	139,738,699	67,791,240	1.32%	1.99%
2038	141,565,835	69,107,712	1.31%	1.94%
2039	143,393,267	70,416,631	1.29%	1.89%
2040	145,213,662	71,730,604	1.27%	1.87%
2041	147,018,554	73,056,213	1.24%	1.85%
2042	148,800,785	74,387,562	1.21%	1.82%
2043	150,547,655	75,723,670	1.17%	1.8%
2044	152,255,332	77,066,454	1.13%	1.77%
2045	153,919,190	78,415,205	1.09%	1.75%
2046	155,535,951	79,767,271	1.05%	1.72%
2047	157,114,404	81,115,241	1.01%	1.69%
2048	158,657,392	82,463,202	0.98%	1.66%
2049	160,161,615	83,828,356	0.95%	1.66%
2050	161,630,197	85,206,384	0.92%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.