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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Sudan	Liberia	Sudan
1960	1,139,522	8,364,489	-	-
1961	1,167,717	8,634,941	2.47%	3.23%
1962	1,197,039	8,919,028	2.51%	3.29%
1963	1,227,414	9,218,077	2.54%	3.35%
1964	1,258,745	9,531,109	2.55%	3.4%
1965	1,291,156	9,858,030	2.57%	3.43%
1966	1,324,383	10,197,578	2.57%	3.44%
1967	1,358,435	10,550,597	2.57%	3.46%
1968	1,393,530	10,917,999	2.58%	3.48%
1969	1,429,605	11,298,936	2.59%	3.49%
1970	1,466,676	11,695,771	2.59%	3.51%
1971	1,504,077	12,105,539	2.55%	3.5%
1972	1,542,670	12,527,856	2.57%	3.49%
1973	1,583,588	13,049,315	2.65%	4.16%
1974	1,626,362	13,580,723	2.7%	4.07%
1975	1,670,913	14,064,798	2.74%	3.56%
1976	1,717,060	14,569,716	2.76%	3.59%
1977	1,766,019	15,086,614	2.85%	3.55%
1978	1,818,247	15,695,003	2.96%	4.03%
1979	1,872,713	16,355,352	3%	4.21%
1980	1,929,253	17,058,905	3.02%	4.3%
1981	1,986,867	17,780,572	2.99%	4.23%
1982	2,045,073	18,486,645	2.93%	3.97%
1983	2,107,113	19,109,770	3.03%	3.37%
1984	2,173,312	19,546,528	3.14%	2.29%
1985	2,240,539	19,905,872	3.09%	1.84%
1986	2,308,511	20,288,238	3.03%	1.92%
1987	2,377,229	20,704,904	2.98%	2.05%
1988	2,446,941	21,138,431	2.93%	2.09%
1989	2,517,858	21,578,022	2.9%	2.08%
1990	2,223,667	22,021,481	-11.7%	2.06%
1991	1,956,518	22,470,676	-12%	2.04%
1992	2,072,461	22,927,355	5.93%	2.03%
1993	2,155,126	23,445,592	3.99%	2.26%
1994	2,149,928	24,043,948	-0.24%	2.55%
1995	2,169,162	24,672,143	0.89%	2.61%
1996	2,232,289	25,231,528	2.91%	2.27%
1997	2,412,989	25,799,821	8.09%	2.25%
1998	2,670,124	26,458,999	10.7%	2.55%
1999	2,821,684	27,130,613	5.68%	2.54%
2000	2,928,117	27,816,745	3.77%	2.53%
2001	3,015,338	28,516,770	2.98%	2.52%
2002	3,094,782	29,228,727	2.63%	2.5%
2003	3,119,532	29,896,035	0.8%	2.28%
2004	3,156,892	30,556,637	1.2%	2.21%
2005	3,301,015	31,262,444	4.57%	2.31%
2006	3,490,787	31,992,435	5.75%	2.34%
2007	3,669,050	32,764,135	5.11%	2.41%
2008	3,821,003	33,623,980	4.14%	2.62%
2009	3,943,028	34,569,113	3.19%	2.81%
2010	4,058,890	35,414,399	2.94%	2.45%
2011	4,221,178	36,140,806	4%	2.05%
2012	4,373,043	36,923,178	3.6%	2.16%
2013	4,470,239	37,785,849	2.22%	2.34%
2014	4,564,293	38,823,318	2.1%	2.75%
2015	4,659,431	40,024,431	2.08%	3.09%
2016	4,755,608	41,259,892	2.06%	3.09%
2017	4,848,925	42,714,306	1.96%	3.53%
2018	4,944,726	44,230,596	1.98%	3.55%
2019	5,043,721	45,548,175	2%	2.98%
2020	5,149,463	46,789,231	2.1%	2.72%
2021	5,259,323	48,066,924	2.13%	2.73%
2022	5,373,294	49,383,346	2.17%	2.74%
2023	5,493,031	50,042,791	2.23%	1.34%
2024	5,612,817	50,448,963	2.18%	0.81%
2025	5,731,211	51,662,152	2.11%	2.4%
2026	5,853,958	53,282,718	2.14%	3.14%
2027	5,986,805	54,724,215	2.27%	2.71%
2028	6,118,769	55,993,833	2.2%	2.32%
2029	6,245,093	57,275,443	2.06%	2.29%
2030	6,366,293	58,571,624	1.94%	2.26%
2031	6,486,749	59,872,936	1.89%	2.22%
2032	6,614,257	61,179,476	1.97%	2.18%
2033	6,744,927	62,497,205	1.98%	2.15%
2034	6,873,688	63,822,356	1.91%	2.12%
2035	7,003,567	65,148,317	1.89%	2.08%
2036	7,142,326	66,470,018	1.98%	2.03%
2037	7,278,759	67,791,240	1.91%	1.99%
2038	7,408,720	69,107,712	1.79%	1.94%
2039	7,545,510	70,416,631	1.85%	1.89%
2040	7,681,693	71,730,604	1.8%	1.87%
2041	7,817,089	73,056,213	1.76%	1.85%
2042	7,954,182	74,387,562	1.75%	1.82%
2043	8,077,173	75,723,670	1.55%	1.8%
2044	8,194,136	77,066,454	1.45%	1.77%
2045	8,310,657	78,415,205	1.42%	1.75%
2046	8,428,924	79,767,271	1.42%	1.72%
2047	8,552,033	81,115,241	1.46%	1.69%
2048	8,673,963	82,463,202	1.43%	1.66%
2049	8,795,838	83,828,356	1.41%	1.66%
2050	8,910,539	85,206,384	1.3%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.