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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Norway	South Sudan	Norway	South Sudan
1960	3,581,239	2,931,559	-	-
1961	3,609,800	2,976,724	0.8%	1.54%
1962	3,638,918	3,024,308	0.81%	1.6%
1963	3,666,537	3,072,669	0.76%	1.6%
1964	3,694,339	3,129,918	0.76%	1.86%
1965	3,723,168	3,189,835	0.78%	1.91%
1966	3,753,012	3,236,423	0.8%	1.46%
1967	3,784,539	3,277,648	0.84%	1.27%
1968	3,816,486	3,321,528	0.84%	1.34%
1969	3,847,707	3,365,533	0.82%	1.32%
1970	3,875,763	3,409,614	0.73%	1.31%
1971	3,903,039	3,468,646	0.7%	1.73%
1972	3,933,004	3,542,497	0.77%	2.13%
1973	3,960,612	3,627,383	0.7%	2.4%
1974	3,985,258	3,723,259	0.62%	2.64%
1975	4,007,313	3,821,494	0.55%	2.64%
1976	4,026,152	3,921,910	0.47%	2.63%
1977	4,043,205	4,024,032	0.42%	2.6%
1978	4,058,671	4,127,657	0.38%	2.58%
1979	4,072,517	4,232,605	0.34%	2.54%
1980	4,085,620	4,339,030	0.32%	2.51%
1981	4,099,702	4,447,272	0.34%	2.49%
1982	4,114,787	4,557,686	0.37%	2.48%
1983	4,128,432	4,661,574	0.33%	2.28%
1984	4,140,099	4,750,627	0.28%	1.91%
1985	4,152,516	4,834,296	0.3%	1.76%
1986	4,167,354	4,921,240	0.36%	1.8%
1987	4,186,905	4,962,395	0.47%	0.84%
1988	4,209,488	4,848,029	0.54%	-2.3%
1989	4,226,901	4,713,229	0.41%	-2.78%
1990	4,241,473	4,737,633	0.34%	0.52%
1991	4,261,732	4,836,677	0.48%	2.09%
1992	4,286,401	4,909,749	0.58%	1.51%
1993	4,311,991	4,956,002	0.6%	0.94%
1994	4,336,613	5,071,184	0.57%	2.32%
1995	4,359,184	5,225,836	0.52%	3.05%
1996	4,381,336	5,356,925	0.51%	2.51%
1997	4,405,157	5,509,136	0.54%	2.84%
1998	4,431,464	5,620,068	0.6%	2.01%
1999	4,461,913	5,771,628	0.69%	2.7%
2000	4,490,967	6,032,267	0.65%	4.52%
2001	4,513,751	6,308,391	0.51%	4.58%
2002	4,538,159	6,596,806	0.54%	4.57%
2003	4,564,855	6,903,127	0.59%	4.64%
2004	4,591,910	7,233,041	0.59%	4.78%
2005	4,623,291	7,590,143	0.68%	4.94%
2006	4,660,677	7,976,526	0.81%	5.09%
2007	4,709,153	8,388,788	1.04%	5.17%
2008	4,768,212	8,817,647	1.25%	5.11%
2009	4,828,726	9,243,556	1.27%	4.83%
2010	4,889,252	9,745,953	1.25%	5.44%
2011	4,953,088	10,288,109	1.31%	5.56%
2012	5,018,573	10,756,240	1.32%	4.55%
2013	5,079,623	11,166,275	1.22%	3.81%
2014	5,137,232	11,235,073	1.13%	0.62%
2015	5,188,607	11,107,561	1%	-1.13%
2016	5,234,519	10,830,102	0.88%	-2.5%
2017	5,276,968	10,259,154	0.81%	-5.27%
2018	5,311,916	10,122,977	0.66%	-1.33%
2019	5,347,896	10,423,384	0.68%	2.97%
2020	5,379,475	10,698,467	0.59%	2.64%
2021	5,408,320	10,865,780	0.54%	1.56%
2022	5,457,127	11,021,177	0.9%	1.43%
2023	5,519,601	11,483,374	1.14%	4.19%
2024	5,572,279	11,943,408	0.95%	4.01%
2025	5,618,660	12,188,793	0.83%	2.05%
2026	5,648,550	12,436,036	0.53%	2.03%
2027	5,669,092	12,687,301	0.36%	2.02%
2028	5,688,782	12,941,503	0.35%	2%
2029	5,707,214	13,198,080	0.32%	1.98%
2030	5,724,593	13,457,446	0.3%	1.97%
2031	5,741,147	13,725,413	0.29%	1.99%
2032	5,756,671	13,996,343	0.27%	1.97%
2033	5,771,055	14,261,762	0.25%	1.9%
2034	5,784,415	14,527,550	0.23%	1.86%
2035	5,796,858	14,798,602	0.22%	1.87%
2036	5,808,729	15,070,098	0.2%	1.83%
2037	5,820,002	15,335,700	0.19%	1.76%
2038	5,830,612	15,595,968	0.18%	1.7%
2039	5,840,501	15,850,696	0.17%	1.63%
2040	5,849,280	16,101,470	0.15%	1.58%
2041	5,857,353	16,350,149	0.14%	1.54%
2042	5,864,774	16,593,361	0.13%	1.49%
2043	5,870,964	16,829,209	0.11%	1.42%
2044	5,876,299	17,060,176	0.09%	1.37%
2045	5,881,399	17,286,412	0.09%	1.33%
2046	5,885,779	17,509,693	0.07%	1.29%
2047	5,889,164	17,728,331	0.06%	1.25%
2048	5,892,138	17,938,437	0.05%	1.19%
2049	5,894,308	18,142,893	0.04%	1.14%
2050	5,895,200	18,341,968	0.02%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Norway increased by 573,842 people (a 12.3% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Norway gained 414,255 (a 7.91% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2006 and is 119th 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) Norway's population will grow by 4.36% to 5,895,200 people with a rank change from 119th to 121st. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.