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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	South Sudan	Myanmar	South Sudan
1960	21,730,250	2,931,559	-	-
1961	22,210,581	2,976,724	2.21%	1.54%
1962	22,704,719	3,024,308	2.22%	1.6%
1963	23,213,408	3,072,669	2.24%	1.6%
1964	23,737,315	3,129,918	2.26%	1.86%
1965	24,279,431	3,189,835	2.28%	1.91%
1966	24,836,496	3,236,423	2.29%	1.46%
1967	25,406,429	3,277,648	2.29%	1.27%
1968	25,989,662	3,321,528	2.3%	1.34%
1969	26,585,112	3,365,533	2.29%	1.32%
1970	27,193,016	3,409,614	2.29%	1.31%
1971	27,807,219	3,468,646	2.26%	1.73%
1972	28,428,324	3,542,497	2.23%	2.13%
1973	29,026,388	3,627,383	2.1%	2.4%
1974	29,598,167	3,723,259	1.97%	2.64%
1975	30,176,565	3,821,494	1.95%	2.64%
1976	30,758,811	3,921,910	1.93%	2.63%
1977	31,355,966	4,024,032	1.94%	2.6%
1978	31,972,976	4,127,657	1.97%	2.58%
1979	32,596,550	4,232,605	1.95%	2.54%
1980	33,227,204	4,339,030	1.93%	2.51%
1981	33,858,783	4,447,272	1.9%	2.49%
1982	34,482,965	4,557,686	1.84%	2.48%
1983	35,162,715	4,661,574	1.97%	2.28%
1984	35,899,313	4,750,627	2.09%	1.91%
1985	36,622,827	4,834,296	2.02%	1.76%
1986	37,314,878	4,921,240	1.89%	1.8%
1987	37,971,594	4,962,395	1.76%	0.84%
1988	38,600,927	4,848,029	1.66%	-2.3%
1989	39,214,618	4,713,229	1.59%	-2.78%
1990	39,817,251	4,737,633	1.54%	0.52%
1991	40,394,154	4,836,677	1.45%	2.09%
1992	40,950,342	4,909,749	1.38%	1.51%
1993	41,502,429	4,956,002	1.35%	0.94%
1994	42,055,143	5,071,184	1.33%	2.32%
1995	42,605,338	5,225,836	1.31%	3.05%
1996	43,154,860	5,356,925	1.29%	2.51%
1997	43,708,798	5,509,136	1.28%	2.84%
1998	44,257,793	5,620,068	1.26%	2.01%
1999	44,787,724	5,771,628	1.2%	2.7%
2000	45,290,841	6,032,267	1.12%	4.52%
2001	45,771,139	6,308,391	1.06%	4.58%
2002	46,232,653	6,596,806	1.01%	4.57%
2003	46,667,192	6,903,127	0.94%	4.64%
2004	47,068,772	7,233,041	0.86%	4.78%
2005	47,438,365	7,590,143	0.79%	4.94%
2006	47,785,135	7,976,526	0.73%	5.09%
2007	48,125,043	8,388,788	0.71%	5.17%
2008	48,390,793	8,817,647	0.55%	5.11%
2009	48,660,459	9,243,556	0.56%	4.83%
2010	49,024,382	9,745,953	0.75%	5.44%
2011	49,419,820	10,288,109	0.81%	5.56%
2012	49,837,446	10,756,240	0.85%	4.55%
2013	50,262,658	11,166,275	0.85%	3.81%
2014	50,681,634	11,235,073	0.83%	0.62%
2015	51,089,056	11,107,561	0.8%	-1.13%
2016	51,495,696	10,830,102	0.8%	-2.5%
2017	51,894,938	10,259,154	0.78%	-5.27%
2018	52,272,247	10,122,977	0.73%	-1.33%
2019	52,640,713	10,423,384	0.7%	2.97%
2020	53,016,522	10,698,467	0.71%	2.64%
2021	53,387,102	10,865,780	0.7%	1.56%
2022	53,756,787	11,021,177	0.69%	1.43%
2023	54,133,798	11,483,374	0.7%	4.19%
2024	54,500,091	11,943,408	0.68%	4.01%
2025	54,850,652	12,188,793	0.64%	2.05%
2026	55,184,831	12,436,036	0.61%	2.03%
2027	55,502,494	12,687,301	0.58%	2.02%
2028	55,802,778	12,941,503	0.54%	2%
2029	56,085,147	13,198,080	0.51%	1.98%
2030	56,351,028	13,457,446	0.47%	1.97%
2031	56,601,632	13,725,413	0.44%	1.99%
2032	56,836,048	13,996,343	0.41%	1.97%
2033	57,054,552	14,261,762	0.38%	1.9%
2034	57,257,183	14,527,550	0.36%	1.86%
2035	57,444,471	14,798,602	0.33%	1.87%
2036	57,616,158	15,070,098	0.3%	1.83%
2037	57,773,912	15,335,700	0.27%	1.76%
2038	57,919,868	15,595,968	0.25%	1.7%
2039	58,052,183	15,850,696	0.23%	1.63%
2040	58,169,863	16,101,470	0.2%	1.58%
2041	58,274,275	16,350,149	0.18%	1.54%
2042	58,365,927	16,593,361	0.16%	1.49%
2043	58,443,291	16,829,209	0.13%	1.42%
2044	58,506,418	17,060,176	0.11%	1.37%
2045	58,558,173	17,286,412	0.09%	1.33%
2046	58,596,775	17,509,693	0.07%	1.29%
2047	58,620,774	17,728,331	0.04%	1.25%
2048	58,632,733	17,938,437	0.02%	1.19%
2049	58,633,128	18,142,893	0.001%	1.14%
2050	58,623,237	18,341,968	-0.02%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,710,561 people (a 7.77% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Myanmar gained 3,692,606 (a 7.17% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 26th most populous country in 2006 and is 27th 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) Myanmar's population will grow by 6.22% to 58,623,237 people with a rank change from 27th to 35th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.