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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	South Sudan	Pakistan	South Sudan
1960	45,709,310	2,931,559	-	-
1961	46,921,277	2,976,724	2.65%	1.54%
1962	48,156,128	3,024,308	2.63%	1.6%
1963	49,447,776	3,072,669	2.68%	1.6%
1964	50,799,999	3,129,918	2.73%	1.86%
1965	52,209,010	3,189,835	2.77%	1.91%
1966	53,678,667	3,236,423	2.81%	1.46%
1967	55,214,768	3,277,648	2.86%	1.27%
1968	56,810,507	3,321,528	2.89%	1.34%
1969	58,460,939	3,365,533	2.91%	1.32%
1970	60,166,719	3,409,614	2.92%	1.31%
1971	61,847,899	3,468,646	2.79%	1.73%
1972	63,583,194	3,542,497	2.81%	2.13%
1973	65,461,912	3,627,383	2.95%	2.4%
1974	67,415,487	3,723,259	2.98%	2.64%
1975	69,461,175	3,821,494	3.03%	2.64%
1976	71,620,254	3,921,910	3.11%	2.63%
1977	73,901,827	4,024,032	3.19%	2.6%
1978	76,307,379	4,127,657	3.26%	2.58%
1979	78,997,039	4,232,605	3.52%	2.54%
1980	82,291,010	4,339,030	4.17%	2.51%
1981	85,802,049	4,447,272	4.27%	2.49%
1982	89,089,246	4,557,686	3.83%	2.48%
1983	92,227,711	4,661,574	3.52%	2.28%
1984	95,164,936	4,750,627	3.18%	1.91%
1985	98,229,285	4,834,296	3.22%	1.76%
1986	101,606,764	4,921,240	3.44%	1.8%
1987	105,130,717	4,962,395	3.47%	0.84%
1988	108,724,739	4,848,029	3.42%	-2.3%
1989	112,336,629	4,713,229	3.32%	-2.78%
1990	116,155,576	4,737,633	3.4%	0.52%
1991	120,060,406	4,836,677	3.36%	2.09%
1992	123,546,848	4,909,749	2.9%	1.51%
1993	127,020,117	4,956,002	2.81%	0.94%
1994	130,748,083	5,071,184	2.93%	2.32%
1995	134,582,253	5,225,836	2.93%	3.05%
1996	138,557,092	5,356,925	2.95%	2.51%
1997	142,531,804	5,509,136	2.87%	2.84%
1998	146,522,356	5,620,068	2.8%	2.01%
1999	150,565,377	5,771,628	2.76%	2.7%
2000	154,879,127	6,032,267	2.87%	4.52%
2001	159,270,907	6,308,391	2.84%	4.58%
2002	163,222,549	6,596,806	2.48%	4.57%
2003	167,110,248	6,903,127	2.38%	4.64%
2004	171,286,000	7,233,041	2.5%	4.78%
2005	175,453,212	7,590,143	2.43%	4.94%
2006	179,682,690	7,976,526	2.41%	5.09%
2007	184,493,231	8,388,788	2.68%	5.17%
2008	189,499,113	8,817,647	2.71%	5.11%
2009	194,376,534	9,243,556	2.57%	4.83%
2010	199,239,047	9,745,953	2.5%	5.44%
2011	203,746,065	10,288,109	2.26%	5.56%
2012	207,667,125	10,756,240	1.92%	4.55%
2013	211,073,978	11,166,275	1.64%	3.81%
2014	214,264,647	11,235,073	1.51%	0.62%
2015	217,290,883	11,107,561	1.41%	-1.13%
2016	220,138,869	10,830,102	1.31%	-2.5%
2017	223,273,967	10,259,154	1.42%	-5.27%
2018	226,928,892	10,122,977	1.64%	-1.33%
2019	230,800,899	10,423,384	1.71%	2.97%
2020	235,001,746	10,698,467	1.82%	2.64%
2021	239,477,801	10,865,780	1.9%	1.56%
2022	243,700,667	11,021,177	1.76%	1.43%
2023	247,504,495	11,483,374	1.56%	4.19%
2024	251,269,164	11,943,408	1.52%	4.01%
2025	255,219,564	12,188,793	1.57%	2.05%
2026	259,299,796	12,436,036	1.6%	2.03%
2027	263,515,827	12,687,301	1.63%	2.02%
2028	267,881,923	12,941,503	1.66%	2%
2029	272,337,520	13,198,080	1.66%	1.98%
2030	276,883,261	13,457,446	1.67%	1.97%
2031	281,528,070	13,725,413	1.68%	1.99%
2032	286,241,141	13,996,343	1.67%	1.97%
2033	291,012,268	14,261,762	1.67%	1.9%
2034	295,820,153	14,527,550	1.65%	1.86%
2035	300,643,518	14,798,602	1.63%	1.87%
2036	305,491,504	15,070,098	1.61%	1.83%
2037	310,353,293	15,335,700	1.59%	1.76%
2038	315,227,709	15,595,968	1.57%	1.7%
2039	320,105,882	15,850,696	1.55%	1.63%
2040	324,937,703	16,101,470	1.51%	1.58%
2041	329,746,478	16,350,149	1.48%	1.54%
2042	334,551,874	16,593,361	1.46%	1.49%
2043	339,334,851	16,829,209	1.43%	1.42%
2044	344,095,467	17,060,176	1.4%	1.37%
2045	348,837,732	17,286,412	1.38%	1.33%
2046	353,552,859	17,509,693	1.35%	1.29%
2047	358,207,159	17,728,331	1.32%	1.25%
2048	362,796,532	17,938,437	1.28%	1.19%
2049	367,344,429	18,142,893	1.25%	1.14%
2050	371,863,804	18,341,968	1.23%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.