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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	South Sudan	Jordan	South Sudan
1960	853,471	2,931,559	-	-
1961	897,591	2,976,724	5.17%	1.54%
1962	940,554	3,024,308	4.79%	1.6%
1963	984,714	3,072,669	4.7%	1.6%
1964	1,035,640	3,129,918	5.17%	1.86%
1965	1,099,440	3,189,835	6.16%	1.91%
1966	1,178,360	3,236,423	7.18%	1.46%
1967	1,271,183	3,277,648	7.88%	1.27%
1968	1,372,460	3,321,528	7.97%	1.34%
1969	1,473,100	3,365,533	7.33%	1.32%
1970	1,565,163	3,409,614	6.25%	1.31%
1971	1,645,145	3,468,646	5.11%	1.73%
1972	1,714,555	3,542,497	4.22%	2.13%
1973	1,778,094	3,627,383	3.71%	2.4%
1974	1,839,182	3,723,259	3.44%	2.64%
1975	1,899,055	3,821,494	3.26%	2.64%
1976	1,958,177	3,921,910	3.11%	2.63%
1977	2,019,002	4,024,032	3.11%	2.6%
1978	2,083,595	4,127,657	3.2%	2.58%
1979	2,153,882	4,232,605	3.37%	2.54%
1980	2,234,186	4,339,030	3.73%	2.51%
1981	2,325,517	4,447,272	4.09%	2.49%
1982	2,426,927	4,557,686	4.36%	2.48%
1983	2,537,307	4,661,574	4.55%	2.28%
1984	2,654,688	4,750,627	4.63%	1.91%
1985	2,778,810	4,834,296	4.68%	1.76%
1986	2,909,887	4,921,240	4.72%	1.8%
1987	3,047,634	4,962,395	4.73%	0.84%
1988	3,193,039	4,848,029	4.77%	-2.3%
1989	3,349,627	4,713,229	4.9%	-2.78%
1990	3,621,908	4,737,633	8.13%	0.52%
1991	3,915,149	4,836,677	8.1%	2.09%
1992	4,127,693	4,909,749	5.43%	1.51%
1993	4,348,020	4,956,002	5.34%	0.94%
1994	4,561,406	5,071,184	4.91%	2.32%
1995	4,752,096	5,225,836	4.18%	3.05%
1996	4,912,516	5,356,925	3.38%	2.51%
1997	5,046,285	5,509,136	2.72%	2.84%
1998	5,164,284	5,620,068	2.34%	2.01%
1999	5,276,444	5,771,628	2.17%	2.7%
2000	5,386,945	6,032,267	2.09%	4.52%
2001	5,498,894	6,308,391	2.08%	4.58%
2002	5,616,066	6,596,806	2.13%	4.57%
2003	5,741,828	6,903,127	2.24%	4.64%
2004	5,882,061	7,233,041	2.44%	4.78%
2005	6,029,587	7,590,143	2.51%	4.94%
2006	6,427,371	7,976,526	6.6%	5.09%
2007	6,827,227	8,388,788	6.22%	5.17%
2008	6,989,866	8,817,647	2.38%	5.11%
2009	7,141,753	9,243,556	2.17%	4.83%
2010	7,297,043	9,745,953	2.17%	5.44%
2011	7,480,424	10,288,109	2.51%	5.56%
2012	7,587,127	10,756,240	1.43%	4.55%
2013	7,991,809	11,166,275	5.33%	3.81%
2014	8,791,710	11,235,073	10%	0.62%
2015	9,544,729	11,107,561	8.57%	-1.13%
2016	10,006,367	10,830,102	4.84%	-2.5%
2017	10,234,226	10,259,154	2.28%	-5.27%
2018	10,462,306	10,122,977	2.23%	-1.33%
2019	10,671,891	10,423,384	2%	2.97%
2020	10,865,228	10,698,467	1.81%	2.64%
2021	11,066,356	10,865,780	1.85%	1.56%
2022	11,256,263	11,021,177	1.72%	1.43%
2023	11,439,213	11,483,374	1.63%	4.19%
2024	11,552,876	11,943,408	0.99%	4.01%
2025	11,520,678	12,188,793	-0.28%	2.05%
2026	11,589,528	12,436,036	0.6%	2.03%
2027	11,819,454	12,687,301	1.98%	2.02%
2028	12,034,459	12,941,503	1.82%	2%
2029	12,245,726	13,198,080	1.76%	1.98%
2030	12,448,772	13,457,446	1.66%	1.97%
2031	12,652,545	13,725,413	1.64%	1.99%
2032	12,854,926	13,996,343	1.6%	1.97%
2033	13,050,713	14,261,762	1.52%	1.9%
2034	13,245,158	14,527,550	1.49%	1.86%
2035	13,440,821	14,798,602	1.48%	1.87%
2036	13,638,248	15,070,098	1.47%	1.83%
2037	13,840,237	15,335,700	1.48%	1.76%
2038	14,048,303	15,595,968	1.5%	1.7%
2039	14,256,684	15,850,696	1.48%	1.63%
2040	14,471,288	16,101,470	1.51%	1.58%
2041	14,684,501	16,350,149	1.47%	1.54%
2042	14,883,641	16,593,361	1.36%	1.49%
2043	15,077,789	16,829,209	1.3%	1.42%
2044	15,273,526	17,060,176	1.3%	1.37%
2045	15,471,971	17,286,412	1.3%	1.33%
2046	15,662,312	17,509,693	1.23%	1.29%
2047	15,841,619	17,728,331	1.14%	1.25%
2048	16,021,374	17,938,437	1.13%	1.19%
2049	16,197,518	18,142,893	1.1%	1.14%
2050	16,367,341	18,341,968	1.05%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.