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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Sudan	Japan	Sudan
1960	93,216,000	8,364,489	-	-
1961	94,055,000	8,634,941	0.9%	3.23%
1962	94,933,000	8,919,028	0.93%	3.29%
1963	95,900,000	9,218,077	1.02%	3.35%
1964	96,903,000	9,531,109	1.05%	3.4%
1965	97,952,000	9,858,030	1.08%	3.43%
1966	98,851,000	10,197,578	0.92%	3.44%
1967	99,879,000	10,550,597	1.04%	3.46%
1968	101,011,000	10,917,999	1.13%	3.48%
1969	102,219,000	11,298,936	1.2%	3.49%
1970	103,403,000	11,695,771	1.16%	3.51%
1971	105,697,000	12,105,539	2.22%	3.5%
1972	107,188,000	12,527,856	1.41%	3.49%
1973	108,707,000	13,049,315	1.42%	4.16%
1974	110,162,000	13,580,723	1.34%	4.07%
1975	111,573,000	14,064,798	1.28%	3.56%
1976	112,775,000	14,569,716	1.08%	3.59%
1977	113,872,000	15,086,614	0.97%	3.55%
1978	114,913,000	15,695,003	0.91%	4.03%
1979	115,890,000	16,355,352	0.85%	4.21%
1980	116,807,000	17,058,905	0.79%	4.3%
1981	117,661,000	17,780,572	0.73%	4.23%
1982	118,480,000	18,486,645	0.7%	3.97%
1983	119,307,000	19,109,770	0.7%	3.37%
1984	120,083,000	19,546,528	0.65%	2.29%
1985	120,837,000	19,905,872	0.63%	1.84%
1986	121,482,000	20,288,238	0.53%	1.92%
1987	122,069,000	20,704,904	0.48%	2.05%
1988	122,578,000	21,138,431	0.42%	2.09%
1989	123,069,000	21,578,022	0.4%	2.08%
1990	123,478,000	22,021,481	0.33%	2.06%
1991	123,964,000	22,470,676	0.39%	2.04%
1992	124,425,000	22,927,355	0.37%	2.03%
1993	124,829,000	23,445,592	0.32%	2.26%
1994	125,178,000	24,043,948	0.28%	2.55%
1995	125,472,000	24,672,143	0.23%	2.61%
1996	125,757,000	25,231,528	0.23%	2.27%
1997	126,057,000	25,799,821	0.24%	2.25%
1998	126,400,000	26,458,999	0.27%	2.55%
1999	126,631,000	27,130,613	0.18%	2.54%
2000	126,843,000	27,816,745	0.17%	2.53%
2001	127,149,000	28,516,770	0.24%	2.52%
2002	127,445,000	29,228,727	0.23%	2.5%
2003	127,718,000	29,896,035	0.21%	2.28%
2004	127,761,000	30,556,637	0.03%	2.21%
2005	127,773,000	31,262,444	0.009%	2.31%
2006	127,854,000	31,992,435	0.06%	2.34%
2007	128,001,000	32,764,135	0.11%	2.41%
2008	128,063,000	33,623,980	0.05%	2.62%
2009	128,047,000	34,569,113	-0.01%	2.81%
2010	128,070,000	35,414,399	0.02%	2.45%
2011	127,833,000	36,140,806	-0.19%	2.05%
2012	127,629,000	36,923,178	-0.16%	2.16%
2013	127,445,000	37,785,849	-0.14%	2.34%
2014	127,276,000	38,823,318	-0.13%	2.75%
2015	127,141,000	40,024,431	-0.11%	3.09%
2016	127,076,000	41,259,892	-0.05%	3.09%
2017	126,972,000	42,714,306	-0.08%	3.53%
2018	126,811,000	44,230,596	-0.13%	3.55%
2019	126,633,000	45,548,175	-0.14%	2.98%
2020	126,261,000	46,789,231	-0.29%	2.72%
2021	125,681,593	48,066,924	-0.46%	2.73%
2022	125,124,989	49,383,346	-0.44%	2.74%
2023	124,516,650	50,042,791	-0.49%	1.34%
2024	123,975,371	50,448,963	-0.43%	0.81%
2025	123,324,642	51,662,152	-0.52%	2.4%
2026	122,647,678	53,282,718	-0.55%	3.14%
2027	121,951,038	54,724,215	-0.57%	2.71%
2028	121,241,776	55,993,833	-0.58%	2.32%
2029	120,524,230	57,275,443	-0.59%	2.29%
2030	119,798,959	58,571,624	-0.6%	2.26%
2031	119,065,610	59,872,936	-0.61%	2.22%
2032	118,326,333	61,179,476	-0.62%	2.18%
2033	117,583,337	62,497,205	-0.63%	2.15%
2034	116,836,274	63,822,356	-0.64%	2.12%
2035	116,084,328	65,148,317	-0.64%	2.08%
2036	115,332,395	66,470,018	-0.65%	2.03%
2037	114,582,890	67,791,240	-0.65%	1.99%
2038	113,837,760	69,107,712	-0.65%	1.94%
2039	113,097,352	70,416,631	-0.65%	1.89%
2040	112,359,802	71,730,604	-0.65%	1.87%
2041	111,622,622	73,056,213	-0.66%	1.85%
2042	110,891,223	74,387,562	-0.66%	1.82%
2043	110,169,955	75,723,670	-0.65%	1.8%
2044	109,455,823	77,066,454	-0.65%	1.77%
2045	108,747,012	78,415,205	-0.65%	1.75%
2046	108,044,346	79,767,271	-0.65%	1.72%
2047	107,350,486	81,115,241	-0.64%	1.69%
2048	106,665,616	82,463,202	-0.64%	1.66%
2049	105,986,908	83,828,356	-0.64%	1.66%
2050	105,312,022	85,206,384	-0.64%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th 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) Japan's population will shrink by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people with a rank change from 12th to 17th. The population of Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.