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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	South Sudan	Kiribati	South Sudan
1960	47,157	2,931,559	-	-
1961	48,323	2,976,724	2.47%	1.54%
1962	49,538	3,024,308	2.51%	1.6%
1963	50,791	3,072,669	2.53%	1.6%
1964	52,088	3,129,918	2.55%	1.86%
1965	53,439	3,189,835	2.59%	1.91%
1966	54,425	3,236,423	1.85%	1.46%
1967	54,996	3,277,648	1.05%	1.27%
1968	55,529	3,321,528	0.97%	1.34%
1969	56,360	3,365,533	1.5%	1.32%
1970	57,510	3,409,614	2.04%	1.31%
1971	58,652	3,468,646	1.99%	1.73%
1972	59,778	3,542,497	1.92%	2.13%
1973	60,824	3,627,383	1.75%	2.4%
1974	61,219	3,723,259	0.65%	2.64%
1975	60,987	3,821,494	-0.38%	2.64%
1976	60,661	3,921,910	-0.53%	2.63%
1977	60,267	4,024,032	-0.65%	2.6%
1978	59,864	4,127,657	-0.67%	2.58%
1979	60,172	4,232,605	0.51%	2.54%
1980	61,148	4,339,030	1.62%	2.51%
1981	62,121	4,447,272	1.59%	2.49%
1982	63,134	4,557,686	1.63%	2.48%
1983	64,169	4,661,574	1.64%	2.28%
1984	65,228	4,750,627	1.65%	1.91%
1985	66,496	4,834,296	1.94%	1.76%
1986	68,059	4,921,240	2.35%	1.8%
1987	69,733	4,962,395	2.46%	0.84%
1988	71,427	4,848,029	2.43%	-2.3%
1989	73,147	4,713,229	2.41%	-2.78%
1990	74,855	4,737,633	2.34%	0.52%
1991	76,367	4,836,677	2.02%	2.09%
1992	77,641	4,909,749	1.67%	1.51%
1993	78,841	4,956,002	1.55%	0.94%
1994	80,021	5,071,184	1.5%	2.32%
1995	81,234	5,225,836	1.52%	3.05%
1996	82,623	5,356,925	1.71%	2.51%
1997	84,147	5,509,136	1.84%	2.84%
1998	85,657	5,620,068	1.79%	2.01%
1999	87,126	5,771,628	1.71%	2.7%
2000	88,613	6,032,267	1.71%	4.52%
2001	90,335	6,308,391	1.94%	4.58%
2002	92,264	6,596,806	2.14%	4.57%
2003	94,175	6,903,127	2.07%	4.64%
2004	96,085	7,233,041	2.03%	4.78%
2005	98,035	7,590,143	2.03%	4.94%
2006	100,017	7,976,526	2.02%	5.09%
2007	102,068	8,388,788	2.05%	5.17%
2008	104,222	8,817,647	2.11%	5.11%
2009	106,467	9,243,556	2.15%	4.83%
2010	108,704	9,745,953	2.1%	5.44%
2011	110,647	10,288,109	1.79%	5.56%
2012	112,284	10,756,240	1.48%	4.55%
2013	113,838	11,166,275	1.38%	3.81%
2014	115,326	11,235,073	1.31%	0.62%
2015	116,815	11,107,561	1.29%	-1.13%
2016	118,478	10,830,102	1.42%	-2.5%
2017	120,275	10,259,154	1.52%	-5.27%
2018	122,084	10,122,977	1.5%	-1.33%
2019	123,921	10,423,384	1.5%	2.97%
2020	126,099	10,698,467	1.76%	2.64%
2021	128,377	10,865,780	1.81%	1.56%
2022	130,469	11,021,177	1.63%	1.43%
2023	132,530	11,483,374	1.58%	4.19%
2024	134,518	11,943,408	1.5%	4.01%
2025	136,501	12,188,793	1.47%	2.05%
2026	138,451	12,436,036	1.43%	2.03%
2027	140,405	12,687,301	1.41%	2.02%
2028	142,335	12,941,503	1.37%	2%
2029	144,231	13,198,080	1.33%	1.98%
2030	146,130	13,457,446	1.32%	1.97%
2031	148,028	13,725,413	1.3%	1.99%
2032	149,915	13,996,343	1.27%	1.97%
2033	151,768	14,261,762	1.24%	1.9%
2034	153,602	14,527,550	1.21%	1.86%
2035	155,447	14,798,602	1.2%	1.87%
2036	157,316	15,070,098	1.2%	1.83%
2037	159,188	15,335,700	1.19%	1.76%
2038	161,050	15,595,968	1.17%	1.7%
2039	162,895	15,850,696	1.15%	1.63%
2040	164,711	16,101,470	1.11%	1.58%
2041	166,508	16,350,149	1.09%	1.54%
2042	168,325	16,593,361	1.09%	1.49%
2043	170,182	16,829,209	1.1%	1.42%
2044	172,012	17,060,176	1.08%	1.37%
2045	173,818	17,286,412	1.05%	1.33%
2046	175,629	17,509,693	1.04%	1.29%
2047	177,392	17,728,331	1%	1.25%
2048	179,152	17,938,437	0.99%	1.19%
2049	180,915	18,142,893	0.98%	1.14%
2050	182,629	18,341,968	0.95%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kiribati gained 19,994 (a 16.9% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2006 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 31.9% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.