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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	South Sudan	Mali	South Sudan
1960	5,402,550	2,931,559	-	-
1961	5,482,283	2,976,724	1.48%	1.54%
1962	5,563,917	3,024,308	1.49%	1.6%
1963	5,646,605	3,072,669	1.49%	1.6%
1964	5,730,125	3,129,918	1.48%	1.86%
1965	5,815,487	3,189,835	1.49%	1.91%
1966	5,902,204	3,236,423	1.49%	1.46%
1967	5,990,906	3,277,648	1.5%	1.27%
1968	6,082,979	3,321,528	1.54%	1.34%
1969	6,177,704	3,365,533	1.56%	1.32%
1970	6,276,472	3,409,614	1.6%	1.31%
1971	6,377,944	3,468,646	1.62%	1.73%
1972	6,483,726	3,542,497	1.66%	2.13%
1973	6,597,106	3,627,383	1.75%	2.4%
1974	6,715,436	3,723,259	1.79%	2.64%
1975	6,837,261	3,821,494	1.81%	2.64%
1976	6,960,979	3,921,910	1.81%	2.63%
1977	7,090,979	4,024,032	1.87%	2.6%
1978	7,229,651	4,127,657	1.96%	2.58%
1979	7,375,266	4,232,605	2.01%	2.54%
1980	7,530,515	4,339,030	2.1%	2.51%
1981	7,692,766	4,447,272	2.15%	2.49%
1982	7,860,194	4,557,686	2.18%	2.48%
1983	8,034,400	4,661,574	2.22%	2.28%
1984	8,208,599	4,750,627	2.17%	1.91%
1985	8,374,663	4,834,296	2.02%	1.76%
1986	8,531,277	4,921,240	1.87%	1.8%
1987	8,681,164	4,962,395	1.76%	0.84%
1988	8,833,996	4,848,029	1.76%	-2.3%
1989	8,999,938	4,713,229	1.88%	-2.78%
1990	9,178,830	4,737,633	1.99%	0.52%
1991	9,362,888	4,836,677	2.01%	2.09%
1992	9,553,540	4,909,749	2.04%	1.51%
1993	9,754,786	4,956,002	2.11%	0.94%
1994	9,967,031	5,071,184	2.18%	2.32%
1995	10,185,365	5,225,836	2.19%	3.05%
1996	10,407,278	5,356,925	2.18%	2.51%
1997	10,646,495	5,509,136	2.3%	2.84%
1998	10,919,573	5,620,068	2.56%	2.01%
1999	11,227,415	5,771,628	2.82%	2.7%
2000	11,559,290	6,032,267	2.96%	4.52%
2001	11,912,158	6,308,391	3.05%	4.58%
2002	12,288,050	6,596,806	3.16%	4.57%
2003	12,684,955	6,903,127	3.23%	4.64%
2004	13,102,409	7,233,041	3.29%	4.78%
2005	13,538,647	7,590,143	3.33%	4.94%
2006	13,990,139	7,976,526	3.33%	5.09%
2007	14,457,775	8,388,788	3.34%	5.17%
2008	14,940,782	8,817,647	3.34%	5.11%
2009	15,435,539	9,243,556	3.31%	4.83%
2010	15,945,198	9,745,953	3.3%	5.44%
2011	16,469,049	10,288,109	3.29%	5.56%
2012	16,957,033	10,756,240	2.96%	4.55%
2013	17,459,615	11,166,275	2.96%	3.81%
2014	18,020,267	11,235,073	3.21%	0.62%
2015	18,593,022	11,107,561	3.18%	-1.13%
2016	19,191,289	10,830,102	3.22%	-2.5%
2017	19,813,011	10,259,154	3.24%	-5.27%
2018	20,442,030	10,122,977	3.17%	-1.33%
2019	21,068,405	10,423,384	3.06%	2.97%
2020	21,713,836	10,698,467	3.06%	2.64%
2021	22,388,630	10,865,780	3.11%	1.56%
2022	23,072,640	11,021,177	3.06%	1.43%
2023	23,769,127	11,483,374	3.02%	4.19%
2024	24,478,595	11,943,408	2.98%	4.01%
2025	25,198,817	12,188,793	2.94%	2.05%
2026	25,932,275	12,436,036	2.91%	2.03%
2027	26,679,171	12,687,301	2.88%	2.02%
2028	27,440,613	12,941,503	2.85%	2%
2029	28,215,513	13,198,080	2.82%	1.98%
2030	29,002,864	13,457,446	2.79%	1.97%
2031	29,804,545	13,725,413	2.76%	1.99%
2032	30,618,893	13,996,343	2.73%	1.97%
2033	31,442,801	14,261,762	2.69%	1.9%
2034	32,276,672	14,527,550	2.65%	1.86%
2035	33,118,344	14,798,602	2.61%	1.87%
2036	33,967,889	15,070,098	2.57%	1.83%
2037	34,823,450	15,335,700	2.52%	1.76%
2038	35,685,576	15,595,968	2.48%	1.7%
2039	36,549,487	15,850,696	2.42%	1.63%
2040	37,413,641	16,101,470	2.36%	1.58%
2041	38,280,868	16,350,149	2.32%	1.54%
2042	39,151,280	16,593,361	2.27%	1.49%
2043	40,026,317	16,829,209	2.24%	1.42%
2044	40,902,500	17,060,176	2.19%	1.37%
2045	41,778,984	17,286,412	2.14%	1.33%
2046	42,655,642	17,509,693	2.1%	1.29%
2047	43,530,852	17,728,331	2.05%	1.25%
2048	44,405,715	17,938,437	2.01%	1.19%
2049	45,279,772	18,142,893	1.97%	1.14%
2050	46,154,079	18,341,968	1.93%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th 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) Mali's population will grow by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.