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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	South Sudan	Palestine	South Sudan
1960	-	2,931,559	-	-
1961	-	2,976,724	-	1.54%
1962	-	3,024,308	-	1.6%
1963	-	3,072,669	-	1.6%
1964	-	3,129,918	-	1.86%
1965	-	3,189,835	-	1.91%
1966	-	3,236,423	-	1.46%
1967	-	3,277,648	-	1.27%
1968	-	3,321,528	-	1.34%
1969	-	3,365,533	-	1.32%
1970	-	3,409,614	-	1.31%
1971	-	3,468,646	-	1.73%
1972	-	3,542,497	-	2.13%
1973	-	3,627,383	-	2.4%
1974	-	3,723,259	-	2.64%
1975	-	3,821,494	-	2.64%
1976	-	3,921,910	-	2.63%
1977	-	4,024,032	-	2.6%
1978	-	4,127,657	-	2.58%
1979	-	4,232,605	-	2.54%
1980	-	4,339,030	-	2.51%
1981	-	4,447,272	-	2.49%
1982	-	4,557,686	-	2.48%
1983	-	4,661,574	-	2.28%
1984	-	4,750,627	-	1.91%
1985	-	4,834,296	-	1.76%
1986	-	4,921,240	-	1.8%
1987	-	4,962,395	-	0.84%
1988	-	4,848,029	-	-2.3%
1989	-	4,713,229	-	-2.78%
1990	1,978,248	4,737,633	-	0.52%
1991	2,068,845	4,836,677	4.58%	2.09%
1992	2,163,591	4,909,749	4.58%	1.51%
1993	2,262,676	4,956,002	4.58%	0.94%
1994	2,366,298	5,071,184	4.58%	2.32%
1995	2,474,666	5,225,836	4.58%	3.05%
1996	2,587,997	5,356,925	4.58%	2.51%
1997	2,706,518	5,509,136	4.58%	2.84%
1998	2,776,568	5,620,068	2.59%	2.01%
1999	2,848,431	5,771,628	2.59%	2.7%
2000	2,922,153	6,032,267	2.59%	4.52%
2001	2,997,784	6,308,391	2.59%	4.58%
2002	3,075,373	6,596,806	2.59%	4.57%
2003	3,154,969	6,903,127	2.59%	4.64%
2004	3,236,626	7,233,041	2.59%	4.78%
2005	3,320,396	7,590,143	2.59%	4.94%
2006	3,406,334	7,976,526	2.59%	5.09%
2007	3,494,496	8,388,788	2.59%	5.17%
2008	3,591,977	8,817,647	2.79%	5.11%
2009	3,689,099	9,243,556	2.7%	4.83%
2010	3,786,161	9,745,953	2.63%	5.44%
2011	3,882,986	10,288,109	2.56%	5.56%
2012	3,979,998	10,756,240	2.5%	4.55%
2013	4,076,708	11,166,275	2.43%	3.81%
2014	4,173,398	11,235,073	2.37%	0.62%
2015	4,270,092	11,107,561	2.32%	-1.13%
2016	4,367,088	10,830,102	2.27%	-2.5%
2017	4,454,805	10,259,154	2.01%	-5.27%
2018	4,569,087	10,122,977	2.57%	-1.33%
2019	4,685,306	10,423,384	2.54%	2.97%
2020	4,803,269	10,698,467	2.52%	2.64%
2021	4,922,749	10,865,780	2.49%	1.56%
2022	5,043,612	11,021,177	2.46%	1.43%
2023	5,165,775	11,483,374	2.42%	4.19%
2024	5,289,152	11,943,408	2.39%	4.01%
2025	5,379,801	12,188,793	1.71%	2.05%
2026	5,479,090	12,436,036	1.85%	2.03%
2027	5,582,345	12,687,301	1.88%	2.02%
2028	5,684,855	12,941,503	1.84%	2%
2029	5,787,948	13,198,080	1.81%	1.98%
2030	5,892,492	13,457,446	1.81%	1.97%
2031	5,998,645	13,725,413	1.8%	1.99%
2032	6,106,047	13,996,343	1.79%	1.97%
2033	6,215,922	14,261,762	1.8%	1.9%
2034	6,327,947	14,527,550	1.8%	1.86%
2035	6,441,493	14,798,602	1.79%	1.87%
2036	6,555,481	15,070,098	1.77%	1.83%
2037	6,669,212	15,335,700	1.73%	1.76%
2038	6,783,431	15,595,968	1.71%	1.7%
2039	6,899,866	15,850,696	1.72%	1.63%
2040	7,018,099	16,101,470	1.71%	1.58%
2041	7,135,825	16,350,149	1.68%	1.54%
2042	7,253,328	16,593,361	1.65%	1.49%
2043	7,369,647	16,829,209	1.6%	1.42%
2044	7,484,632	17,060,176	1.56%	1.37%
2045	7,598,729	17,286,412	1.52%	1.33%
2046	7,710,259	17,509,693	1.47%	1.29%
2047	7,818,786	17,728,331	1.41%	1.25%
2048	7,925,101	17,938,437	1.36%	1.19%
2049	8,029,929	18,142,893	1.32%	1.14%
2050	8,134,618	18,341,968	1.3%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palestine increased by 960,754 people (a 28.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palestine gained 1,113,130 (a 25.5% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2006 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 48.4% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.