The latest officially reported population of Israel was 9,974,400 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Israel's population is 10,252,907 people compared to 12,438,782 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- South Sudan's population is 1.21 times bigger than Israel's.
- Israel is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 80th.
- The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.12% for Israel vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Israel has had an average growth rate of +1.96% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2006, the population of Israel has increased from 7.05M people to 10.3M (45.4% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.98M to 12.4M (55.9% growth).
- Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.
Israel vs South Sudan: live population counter
Israel
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South Sudan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
10252907
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12438782
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 80/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
4.19 minutes
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.87 minutes
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
10.3 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
49.5 minutes
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +10,612 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +344 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +125,400 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 85/197 | 7/197 |
Israel and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Israel
Population
Growth rate
South Sudan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Israel
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South Sudan
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Israel
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South Sudan
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| 1960 | 2,114,020 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,185,000 | 2,976,724 | 3.36% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 2,293,000 | 3,024,308 | 4.94% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 2,379,000 | 3,072,669 | 3.75% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,475,000 | 3,129,918 | 4.04% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 2,563,000 | 3,189,835 | 3.56% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 2,629,000 | 3,236,423 | 2.58% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 2,745,000 | 3,277,648 | 4.41% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 2,803,000 | 3,321,528 | 2.11% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 2,877,000 | 3,365,533 | 2.64% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 2,974,000 | 3,409,614 | 3.37% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 3,069,000 | 3,468,646 | 3.19% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 3,148,000 | 3,542,497 | 2.57% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 3,278,000 | 3,627,383 | 4.13% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 3,377,000 | 3,723,259 | 3.02% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 3,455,000 | 3,821,494 | 2.31% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 3,533,000 | 3,921,910 | 2.26% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 3,613,000 | 4,024,032 | 2.26% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 3,690,000 | 4,127,657 | 2.13% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 3,786,000 | 4,232,605 | 2.6% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 3,878,000 | 4,339,030 | 2.43% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 3,956,000 | 4,447,272 | 2.01% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 4,031,000 | 4,557,686 | 1.9% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 4,105,000 | 4,661,574 | 1.84% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 4,159,000 | 4,750,627 | 1.32% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 4,233,000 | 4,834,296 | 1.78% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 4,299,000 | 4,921,240 | 1.56% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 4,369,000 | 4,962,395 | 1.63% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 4,442,000 | 4,848,029 | 1.67% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 4,518,000 | 4,713,229 | 1.71% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 4,660,000 | 4,737,633 | 3.14% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 4,949,000 | 4,836,677 | 6.2% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 5,123,000 | 4,909,749 | 3.52% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 5,261,000 | 4,956,002 | 2.69% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 5,399,000 | 5,071,184 | 2.62% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 5,545,000 | 5,225,836 | 2.7% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 5,692,000 | 5,356,925 | 2.65% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 5,836,000 | 5,509,136 | 2.53% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 5,971,000 | 5,620,068 | 2.31% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 6,125,000 | 5,771,628 | 2.58% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 6,289,000 | 6,032,267 | 2.68% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 6,439,000 | 6,308,391 | 2.39% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 6,570,000 | 6,596,806 | 2.03% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 6,689,700 | 6,903,127 | 1.82% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 6,809,000 | 7,233,041 | 1.78% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 6,930,100 | 7,590,143 | 1.78% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 7,053,700 | 7,976,526 | 1.78% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 7,180,100 | 8,388,788 | 1.79% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 7,308,800 | 8,817,647 | 1.79% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 7,485,600 | 9,243,556 | 2.42% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 7,623,600 | 9,745,953 | 1.84% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 7,765,800 | 10,288,109 | 1.87% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 7,910,500 | 10,756,240 | 1.86% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 8,059,500 | 11,166,275 | 1.88% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 8,215,700 | 11,235,073 | 1.94% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 8,380,100 | 11,107,561 | 2% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 8,546,000 | 10,830,102 | 1.98% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 8,713,300 | 10,259,154 | 1.96% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 8,882,800 | 10,122,977 | 1.95% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 9,054,000 | 10,423,384 | 1.93% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 9,215,100 | 10,698,467 | 1.78% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 9,371,400 | 10,865,780 | 1.7% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 9,557,500 | 11,021,177 | 1.99% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 9,849,000 | 11,483,374 | 3.05% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 9,974,400 | 11,943,408 | 1.27% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 10,112,712 | 12,188,793 | 1.39% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 10,251,384 | 12,436,036 | 1.37% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 10,390,790 | 12,687,301 | 1.36% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 10,530,831 | 12,941,503 | 1.35% | 2% |
| 2029 | 10,670,808 | 13,198,080 | 1.33% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 10,812,707 | 13,457,446 | 1.33% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 10,958,256 | 13,725,413 | 1.35% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 11,102,895 | 13,996,343 | 1.32% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 11,245,826 | 14,261,762 | 1.29% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 11,390,158 | 14,527,550 | 1.28% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 11,537,556 | 14,798,602 | 1.29% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 11,685,531 | 15,070,098 | 1.28% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 11,835,669 | 15,335,700 | 1.28% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 11,990,527 | 15,595,968 | 1.31% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 12,147,999 | 15,850,696 | 1.31% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 12,306,173 | 16,101,470 | 1.3% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 12,464,653 | 16,350,149 | 1.29% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 12,626,052 | 16,593,361 | 1.29% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 12,788,911 | 16,829,209 | 1.29% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 12,952,526 | 17,060,176 | 1.28% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 13,114,360 | 17,286,412 | 1.25% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 13,274,365 | 17,509,693 | 1.22% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 13,433,565 | 17,728,331 | 1.2% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 13,590,900 | 17,938,437 | 1.17% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 13,750,245 | 18,142,893 | 1.17% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 13,911,988 | 18,341,968 | 1.18% | 1.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Israel increased by 1,492,300 people (a 21.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Israel gained 1,706,907 (a 20% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).
Israel was ranked 99th most populous country in 2006 and is 95th 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) Israel's population will grow by 35.7% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 95th to 88th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.
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Population differences between Israel and South Sudan
|
Israel
|
South Sudan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.9 years | 58 years |
| Average age | 33.6 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 30.2 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.85 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,194 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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