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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	South Sudan	India	South Sudan
1960	435,990,338	2,931,559	-	-
1961	446,564,729	2,976,724	2.43%	1.54%
1962	457,283,090	3,024,308	2.4%	1.6%
1963	468,138,575	3,072,669	2.37%	1.6%
1964	479,229,598	3,129,918	2.37%	1.86%
1965	490,140,146	3,189,835	2.28%	1.91%
1966	500,740,247	3,236,423	2.16%	1.46%
1967	511,606,372	3,277,648	2.17%	1.27%
1968	522,716,889	3,321,528	2.17%	1.34%
1969	533,880,544	3,365,533	2.14%	1.32%
1970	545,864,268	3,409,614	2.24%	1.31%
1971	558,096,387	3,468,646	2.24%	1.73%
1972	570,482,142	3,542,497	2.22%	2.13%
1973	583,465,598	3,627,383	2.28%	2.4%
1974	597,041,391	3,723,259	2.33%	2.64%
1975	611,309,535	3,821,494	2.39%	2.64%
1976	625,861,883	3,921,910	2.38%	2.63%
1977	640,801,103	4,024,032	2.39%	2.6%
1978	655,728,229	4,127,657	2.33%	2.58%
1979	671,155,747	4,232,605	2.35%	2.54%
1980	687,354,025	4,339,030	2.41%	2.51%
1981	703,696,250	4,447,272	2.38%	2.49%
1982	720,313,473	4,557,686	2.36%	2.48%
1983	737,372,681	4,661,574	2.37%	2.28%
1984	754,875,449	4,750,627	2.37%	1.91%
1985	772,647,793	4,834,296	2.35%	1.76%
1986	790,689,978	4,921,240	2.34%	1.8%
1987	808,931,270	4,962,395	2.31%	0.84%
1988	827,342,990	4,848,029	2.28%	-2.3%
1989	846,039,529	4,713,229	2.26%	-2.78%
1990	864,972,221	4,737,633	2.24%	0.52%
1991	883,927,600	4,836,677	2.19%	2.09%
1992	902,957,070	4,909,749	2.15%	1.51%
1993	922,118,387	4,956,002	2.12%	0.94%
1994	941,163,767	5,071,184	2.07%	2.32%
1995	960,301,044	5,225,836	2.03%	3.05%
1996	979,678,458	5,356,925	2.02%	2.51%
1997	999,133,762	5,509,136	1.99%	2.84%
1998	1,018,665,080	5,620,068	1.95%	2.01%
1999	1,038,225,823	5,771,628	1.92%	2.7%
2000	1,057,922,733	6,032,267	1.9%	4.52%
2001	1,077,898,575	6,308,391	1.89%	4.58%
2002	1,097,600,380	6,596,806	1.83%	4.57%
2003	1,116,803,006	6,903,127	1.75%	4.64%
2004	1,135,991,513	7,233,041	1.72%	4.78%
2005	1,154,676,322	7,590,143	1.64%	4.94%
2006	1,172,878,890	7,976,526	1.58%	5.09%
2007	1,190,676,021	8,388,788	1.52%	5.17%
2008	1,207,930,964	8,817,647	1.45%	5.11%
2009	1,225,524,753	9,243,556	1.46%	4.83%
2010	1,243,481,564	9,745,953	1.47%	5.44%
2011	1,261,224,954	10,288,109	1.43%	5.56%
2012	1,278,674,502	10,756,240	1.38%	4.55%
2013	1,295,829,511	11,166,275	1.34%	3.81%
2014	1,312,277,191	11,235,073	1.27%	0.62%
2015	1,328,024,498	11,107,561	1.2%	-1.13%
2016	1,343,944,296	10,830,102	1.2%	-2.5%
2017	1,359,657,400	10,259,154	1.17%	-5.27%
2018	1,374,659,064	10,122,977	1.1%	-1.33%
2019	1,389,030,312	10,423,384	1.05%	2.97%
2020	1,402,617,695	10,698,467	0.98%	2.64%
2021	1,414,203,896	10,865,780	0.83%	1.56%
2022	1,425,423,212	11,021,177	0.79%	1.43%
2023	1,438,069,596	11,483,374	0.89%	4.19%
2024	1,450,935,791	11,943,408	0.89%	4.01%
2025	1,463,865,531	12,188,793	0.89%	2.05%
2026	1,476,625,576	12,436,036	0.87%	2.03%
2027	1,489,164,679	12,687,301	0.85%	2.02%
2028	1,501,432,748	12,941,503	0.82%	2%
2029	1,513,423,737	13,198,080	0.8%	1.98%
2030	1,525,138,852	13,457,446	0.77%	1.97%
2031	1,536,540,604	13,725,413	0.75%	1.99%
2032	1,547,607,126	13,996,343	0.72%	1.97%
2033	1,558,324,087	14,261,762	0.69%	1.9%
2034	1,568,688,356	14,527,550	0.67%	1.86%
2035	1,578,694,799	14,798,602	0.64%	1.87%
2036	1,588,325,366	15,070,098	0.61%	1.83%
2037	1,597,537,009	15,335,700	0.58%	1.76%
2038	1,606,300,646	15,595,968	0.55%	1.7%
2039	1,614,639,243	15,850,696	0.52%	1.63%
2040	1,622,580,052	16,101,470	0.49%	1.58%
2041	1,630,119,374	16,350,149	0.46%	1.54%
2042	1,637,235,363	16,593,361	0.44%	1.49%
2043	1,643,915,269	16,829,209	0.41%	1.42%
2044	1,650,186,610	17,060,176	0.38%	1.37%
2045	1,656,067,585	17,286,412	0.36%	1.33%
2046	1,661,548,400	17,509,693	0.33%	1.29%
2047	1,666,628,151	17,728,331	0.31%	1.25%
2048	1,671,309,727	17,938,437	0.28%	1.19%
2049	1,675,619,893	18,142,893	0.26%	1.14%
2050	1,679,589,268	18,341,968	0.24%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.