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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	South Sudan	Mozambique	South Sudan
1960	6,713,695	2,931,559	-	-
1961	6,834,936	2,976,724	1.81%	1.54%
1962	6,969,364	3,024,308	1.97%	1.6%
1963	7,109,828	3,072,669	2.02%	1.6%
1964	7,255,061	3,129,918	2.04%	1.86%
1965	7,406,421	3,189,835	2.09%	1.91%
1966	7,562,990	3,236,423	2.11%	1.46%
1967	7,724,550	3,277,648	2.14%	1.27%
1968	7,892,613	3,321,528	2.18%	1.34%
1969	8,066,951	3,365,533	2.21%	1.32%
1970	8,250,506	3,409,614	2.28%	1.31%
1971	8,456,317	3,468,646	2.49%	1.73%
1972	8,692,935	3,542,497	2.8%	2.13%
1973	8,954,242	3,627,383	3.01%	2.4%
1974	9,236,093	3,723,259	3.15%	2.64%
1975	9,540,817	3,821,494	3.3%	2.64%
1976	9,867,209	3,921,910	3.42%	2.63%
1977	10,224,975	4,024,032	3.63%	2.6%
1978	10,618,250	4,127,657	3.85%	2.58%
1979	11,028,809	4,232,605	3.87%	2.54%
1980	11,336,221	4,339,030	2.79%	2.51%
1981	11,568,127	4,447,272	2.05%	2.49%
1982	11,824,370	4,557,686	2.22%	2.48%
1983	12,073,822	4,661,574	2.11%	2.28%
1984	12,315,954	4,750,627	2.01%	1.91%
1985	12,548,949	4,834,296	1.89%	1.76%
1986	12,770,578	4,921,240	1.77%	1.8%
1987	12,822,574	4,962,395	0.41%	0.84%
1988	12,800,558	4,848,029	-0.17%	-2.3%
1989	12,906,842	4,713,229	0.83%	-2.78%
1990	13,094,537	4,737,633	1.45%	0.52%
1991	13,352,090	4,836,677	1.97%	2.09%
1992	13,613,316	4,909,749	1.96%	1.51%
1993	14,051,192	4,956,002	3.22%	0.94%
1994	15,033,853	5,071,184	6.99%	2.32%
1995	15,960,530	5,225,836	6.16%	3.05%
1996	16,492,480	5,356,925	3.33%	2.51%
1997	16,949,982	5,509,136	2.77%	2.84%
1998	17,340,464	5,620,068	2.3%	2.01%
1999	17,734,506	5,771,628	2.27%	2.7%
2000	18,129,653	6,032,267	2.23%	4.52%
2001	18,537,729	6,308,391	2.25%	4.58%
2002	18,958,338	6,596,806	2.27%	4.57%
2003	19,392,475	6,903,127	2.29%	4.64%
2004	19,840,313	7,233,041	2.31%	4.78%
2005	20,304,569	7,590,143	2.34%	4.94%
2006	20,787,087	7,976,526	2.38%	5.09%
2007	21,287,635	8,388,788	2.41%	5.17%
2008	21,819,036	8,817,647	2.5%	5.11%
2009	22,391,745	9,243,556	2.62%	4.83%
2010	22,999,235	9,745,953	2.71%	5.44%
2011	23,649,039	10,288,109	2.83%	5.56%
2012	24,337,846	10,756,240	2.91%	4.55%
2013	25,051,611	11,166,275	2.93%	3.81%
2014	25,788,475	11,235,073	2.94%	0.62%
2015	26,547,572	11,107,561	2.94%	-1.13%
2016	27,337,105	10,830,102	2.97%	-2.5%
2017	28,166,393	10,259,154	3.03%	-5.27%
2018	29,018,644	10,122,977	3.03%	-1.33%
2019	29,884,380	10,423,384	2.98%	2.97%
2020	30,783,688	10,698,467	3.01%	2.64%
2021	31,707,800	10,865,780	3%	1.56%
2022	32,656,246	11,021,177	2.99%	1.43%
2023	33,635,160	11,483,374	3%	4.19%
2024	34,631,766	11,943,408	2.96%	4.01%
2025	35,631,656	12,188,793	2.89%	2.05%
2026	36,639,853	12,436,036	2.83%	2.03%
2027	37,668,656	12,687,301	2.81%	2.02%
2028	38,714,097	12,941,503	2.78%	2%
2029	39,774,947	13,198,080	2.74%	1.98%
2030	40,846,749	13,457,446	2.69%	1.97%
2031	41,931,250	13,725,413	2.66%	1.99%
2032	43,032,887	13,996,343	2.63%	1.97%
2033	44,144,533	14,261,762	2.58%	1.9%
2034	45,273,522	14,527,550	2.56%	1.86%
2035	46,411,774	14,798,602	2.51%	1.87%
2036	47,548,671	15,070,098	2.45%	1.83%
2037	48,684,563	15,335,700	2.39%	1.76%
2038	49,822,039	15,595,968	2.34%	1.7%
2039	50,971,124	15,850,696	2.31%	1.63%
2040	52,124,215	16,101,470	2.26%	1.58%
2041	53,271,004	16,350,149	2.2%	1.54%
2042	54,423,407	16,593,361	2.16%	1.49%
2043	55,574,711	16,829,209	2.12%	1.42%
2044	56,716,585	17,060,176	2.05%	1.37%
2045	57,851,787	17,286,412	2%	1.33%
2046	58,981,102	17,509,693	1.95%	1.29%
2047	60,117,587	17,728,331	1.93%	1.25%
2048	61,254,584	17,938,437	1.89%	1.19%
2049	62,397,018	18,142,893	1.87%	1.14%
2050	63,530,955	18,341,968	1.82%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.