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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	South Sudan	Nauru	South Sudan
1960	4,607	2,931,559	-	-
1961	4,774	2,976,724	3.62%	1.54%
1962	4,979	3,024,308	4.29%	1.6%
1963	5,226	3,072,669	4.96%	1.6%
1964	5,515	3,129,918	5.53%	1.86%
1965	5,832	3,189,835	5.75%	1.91%
1966	6,043	3,236,423	3.62%	1.46%
1967	6,135	3,277,648	1.52%	1.27%
1968	6,328	3,321,528	3.15%	1.34%
1969	6,581	3,365,533	4%	1.32%
1970	6,710	3,409,614	1.96%	1.31%
1971	6,762	3,468,646	0.77%	1.73%
1972	6,812	3,542,497	0.74%	2.13%
1973	6,866	3,627,383	0.79%	2.4%
1974	6,923	3,723,259	0.83%	2.64%
1975	6,987	3,821,494	0.92%	2.64%
1976	7,064	3,921,910	1.1%	2.63%
1977	7,163	4,024,032	1.4%	2.6%
1978	7,298	4,127,657	1.88%	2.58%
1979	7,468	4,232,605	2.33%	2.54%
1980	7,649	4,339,030	2.42%	2.51%
1981	7,839	4,447,272	2.48%	2.49%
1982	8,040	4,557,686	2.56%	2.48%
1983	8,216	4,661,574	2.19%	2.28%
1984	8,377	4,750,627	1.96%	1.91%
1985	8,551	4,834,296	2.08%	1.76%
1986	8,742	4,921,240	2.23%	1.8%
1987	8,946	4,962,395	2.33%	0.84%
1988	9,165	4,848,029	2.45%	-2.3%
1989	9,390	4,713,229	2.45%	-2.78%
1990	9,622	4,737,633	2.47%	0.52%
1991	9,850	4,836,677	2.37%	2.09%
1992	10,021	4,909,749	1.74%	1.51%
1993	10,102	4,956,002	0.81%	0.94%
1994	10,137	5,071,184	0.35%	2.32%
1995	10,165	5,225,836	0.28%	3.05%
1996	10,183	5,356,925	0.18%	2.51%
1997	10,197	5,509,136	0.14%	2.84%
1998	10,198	5,620,068	0.01%	2.01%
1999	10,187	5,771,628	-0.11%	2.7%
2000	10,168	6,032,267	-0.19%	4.52%
2001	10,130	6,308,391	-0.37%	4.58%
2002	10,082	6,596,806	-0.47%	4.57%
2003	10,059	6,903,127	-0.23%	4.64%
2004	10,060	7,233,041	0.01%	4.78%
2005	10,049	7,590,143	-0.11%	4.94%
2006	10,034	7,976,526	-0.15%	5.09%
2007	10,020	8,388,788	-0.14%	5.17%
2008	10,009	8,817,647	-0.11%	5.11%
2009	10,016	9,243,556	0.07%	4.83%
2010	10,043	9,745,953	0.27%	5.44%
2011	10,098	10,288,109	0.55%	5.56%
2012	10,267	10,756,240	1.67%	4.55%
2013	10,517	11,166,275	2.43%	3.81%
2014	10,742	11,235,073	2.14%	0.62%
2015	10,954	11,107,561	1.97%	-1.13%
2016	11,150	10,830,102	1.79%	-2.5%
2017	11,324	10,259,154	1.56%	-5.27%
2018	11,477	10,122,977	1.35%	-1.33%
2019	11,587	10,423,384	0.96%	2.97%
2020	11,643	10,698,467	0.48%	2.64%
2021	11,709	10,865,780	0.57%	1.56%
2022	11,801	11,021,177	0.79%	1.43%
2023	11,875	11,483,374	0.63%	4.19%
2024	11,947	11,943,408	0.61%	4.01%
2025	12,030	12,188,793	0.7%	2.05%
2026	12,103	12,436,036	0.61%	2.03%
2027	12,196	12,687,301	0.77%	2.02%
2028	12,296	12,941,503	0.82%	2%
2029	12,403	13,198,080	0.87%	1.98%
2030	12,519	13,457,446	0.94%	1.97%
2031	12,645	13,725,413	1%	1.99%
2032	12,785	13,996,343	1.11%	1.97%
2033	12,921	14,261,762	1.06%	1.9%
2034	13,071	14,527,550	1.16%	1.86%
2035	13,230	14,798,602	1.22%	1.87%
2036	13,391	15,070,098	1.21%	1.83%
2037	13,541	15,335,700	1.12%	1.76%
2038	13,697	15,595,968	1.16%	1.7%
2039	13,857	15,850,696	1.17%	1.63%
2040	14,041	16,101,470	1.33%	1.58%
2041	14,220	16,350,149	1.27%	1.54%
2042	14,402	16,593,361	1.28%	1.49%
2043	14,579	16,829,209	1.23%	1.42%
2044	14,754	17,060,176	1.2%	1.37%
2045	14,920	17,286,412	1.13%	1.33%
2046	15,098	17,509,693	1.19%	1.29%
2047	15,268	17,728,331	1.12%	1.25%
2048	15,431	17,938,437	1.07%	1.19%
2049	15,595	18,142,893	1.06%	1.14%
2050	15,751	18,341,968	1%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.