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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	South Sudan	Greece	South Sudan
1960	8,331,725	2,931,559	-	-
1961	8,398,050	2,976,724	0.8%	1.54%
1962	8,448,233	3,024,308	0.6%	1.6%
1963	8,479,625	3,072,669	0.37%	1.6%
1964	8,510,429	3,129,918	0.36%	1.86%
1965	8,550,333	3,189,835	0.47%	1.91%
1966	8,613,651	3,236,423	0.74%	1.46%
1967	8,684,088	3,277,648	0.82%	1.27%
1968	8,740,765	3,321,528	0.65%	1.34%
1969	8,772,764	3,365,533	0.37%	1.32%
1970	8,792,806	3,409,614	0.23%	1.31%
1971	8,831,036	3,468,646	0.43%	1.73%
1972	8,888,628	3,542,497	0.65%	2.13%
1973	8,929,086	3,627,383	0.46%	2.4%
1974	8,962,022	3,723,259	0.37%	2.64%
1975	9,046,541	3,821,494	0.94%	2.64%
1976	9,188,150	3,921,910	1.57%	2.63%
1977	9,308,479	4,024,032	1.31%	2.6%
1978	9,429,959	4,127,657	1.31%	2.58%
1979	9,548,258	4,232,605	1.25%	2.54%
1980	9,642,505	4,339,030	0.99%	2.51%
1981	9,729,350	4,447,272	0.9%	2.49%
1982	9,789,513	4,557,686	0.62%	2.48%
1983	9,846,627	4,661,574	0.58%	2.28%
1984	9,895,801	4,750,627	0.5%	1.91%
1985	9,934,300	4,834,296	0.39%	1.76%
1986	9,967,213	4,921,240	0.33%	1.8%
1987	10,000,595	4,962,395	0.33%	0.84%
1988	10,036,983	4,848,029	0.36%	-2.3%
1989	10,089,498	4,713,229	0.52%	-2.78%
1990	10,196,792	4,737,633	1.06%	0.52%
1991	10,319,927	4,836,677	1.21%	2.09%
1992	10,399,061	4,909,749	0.77%	1.51%
1993	10,460,415	4,956,002	0.59%	0.94%
1994	10,512,922	5,071,184	0.5%	2.32%
1995	10,562,153	5,225,836	0.47%	3.05%
1996	10,608,800	5,356,925	0.44%	2.51%
1997	10,661,259	5,509,136	0.49%	2.84%
1998	10,720,509	5,620,068	0.56%	2.01%
1999	10,761,698	5,771,628	0.38%	2.7%
2000	10,805,808	6,032,267	0.41%	4.52%
2001	10,862,132	6,308,391	0.52%	4.58%
2002	10,902,022	6,596,806	0.37%	4.57%
2003	10,928,070	6,903,127	0.24%	4.64%
2004	10,955,141	7,233,041	0.25%	4.78%
2005	10,987,314	7,590,143	0.29%	4.94%
2006	11,020,362	7,976,526	0.3%	5.09%
2007	11,048,473	8,388,788	0.26%	5.17%
2008	11,077,841	8,817,647	0.27%	5.11%
2009	11,107,017	9,243,556	0.26%	4.83%
2010	11,121,341	9,745,953	0.13%	5.44%
2011	11,104,899	10,288,109	-0.15%	5.56%
2012	11,045,011	10,756,240	-0.54%	4.55%
2013	10,965,211	11,166,275	-0.72%	3.81%
2014	10,892,413	11,235,073	-0.66%	0.62%
2015	10,820,883	11,107,561	-0.66%	-1.13%
2016	10,775,971	10,830,102	-0.42%	-2.5%
2017	10,754,679	10,259,154	-0.2%	-5.27%
2018	10,732,882	10,122,977	-0.2%	-1.33%
2019	10,721,582	10,423,384	-0.11%	2.97%
2020	10,698,599	10,698,467	-0.21%	2.64%
2021	10,569,207	10,865,780	-1.21%	1.56%
2022	10,436,882	11,021,177	-1.25%	1.43%
2023	10,405,588	11,483,374	-0.3%	4.19%
2024	10,388,805	11,943,408	-0.16%	4.01%
2025	10,276,140	12,188,793	-1.08%	2.05%
2026	10,232,997	12,436,036	-0.42%	2.03%
2027	10,188,386	12,687,301	-0.44%	2.02%
2028	10,143,203	12,941,503	-0.44%	2%
2029	10,097,603	13,198,080	-0.45%	1.98%
2030	10,051,921	13,457,446	-0.45%	1.97%
2031	10,006,045	13,725,413	-0.46%	1.99%
2032	9,959,048	13,996,343	-0.47%	1.97%
2033	9,911,765	14,261,762	-0.47%	1.9%
2034	9,865,342	14,527,550	-0.47%	1.86%
2035	9,818,783	14,798,602	-0.47%	1.87%
2036	9,772,426	15,070,098	-0.47%	1.83%
2037	9,726,502	15,335,700	-0.47%	1.76%
2038	9,680,639	15,595,968	-0.47%	1.7%
2039	9,635,315	15,850,696	-0.47%	1.63%
2040	9,590,401	16,101,470	-0.47%	1.58%
2041	9,545,637	16,350,149	-0.47%	1.54%
2042	9,501,568	16,593,361	-0.46%	1.49%
2043	9,457,398	16,829,209	-0.46%	1.42%
2044	9,411,943	17,060,176	-0.48%	1.37%
2045	9,365,737	17,286,412	-0.49%	1.33%
2046	9,319,023	17,509,693	-0.5%	1.29%
2047	9,269,970	17,728,331	-0.53%	1.25%
2048	9,218,699	17,938,437	-0.55%	1.19%
2049	9,165,668	18,142,893	-0.58%	1.14%
2050	9,111,122	18,341,968	-0.6%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.