The latest officially reported population of Peru was 34,217,848 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Peru's population is 34,854,181 people compared to 12,387,398 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Peru's population is 2.81 times bigger than South Sudan's.
- Peru is ranked the 48th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.42% for Peru vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Peru has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Peru has increased from 28.1M people to 34.9M (24% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.59M to 12.4M (63.2% growth).
- Peru is projected to reach its peak in 2066 at 41.7M people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.
Peru vs South Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
34854181
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12387398
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| Population rank | 48/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.42% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
1.41 minutes
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
58.4 seconds
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
2.83 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
28.6 minutes
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +18,406 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,020 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +372,231 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.1% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 97/197 | 6/197 |
Peru and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 10,174,127 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,475,123 | 2,976,724 | 2.96% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 10,784,612 | 3,024,308 | 2.95% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 11,102,099 | 3,072,669 | 2.94% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 11,427,978 | 3,129,918 | 2.94% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 11,761,085 | 3,189,835 | 2.91% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 12,101,297 | 3,236,423 | 2.89% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 12,448,814 | 3,277,648 | 2.87% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 12,803,993 | 3,321,528 | 2.85% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 13,166,767 | 3,365,533 | 2.83% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 13,501,237 | 3,409,614 | 2.54% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 13,838,067 | 3,468,646 | 2.49% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 14,210,147 | 3,542,497 | 2.69% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 14,582,867 | 3,627,383 | 2.62% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 14,956,552 | 3,723,259 | 2.56% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 15,333,957 | 3,821,494 | 2.52% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 15,716,809 | 3,921,910 | 2.5% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 16,109,806 | 4,024,032 | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 16,516,059 | 4,127,657 | 2.52% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 16,933,139 | 4,232,605 | 2.53% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 17,360,949 | 4,339,030 | 2.53% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 17,798,805 | 4,447,272 | 2.52% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 18,246,503 | 4,557,686 | 2.52% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 18,705,957 | 4,661,574 | 2.52% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 19,174,716 | 4,750,627 | 2.51% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 19,648,204 | 4,834,296 | 2.47% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 20,117,122 | 4,921,240 | 2.39% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 20,582,320 | 4,962,395 | 2.31% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 21,054,702 | 4,848,029 | 2.3% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 21,532,589 | 4,713,229 | 2.27% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 22,014,771 | 4,737,633 | 2.24% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 22,483,775 | 4,836,677 | 2.13% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 22,946,340 | 4,909,749 | 2.06% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 23,413,783 | 4,956,002 | 2.04% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 23,881,493 | 5,071,184 | 2% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 24,348,919 | 5,225,836 | 1.96% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 24,811,171 | 5,356,925 | 1.9% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 25,274,147 | 5,509,136 | 1.87% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 25,738,095 | 5,620,068 | 1.84% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 26,186,504 | 5,771,628 | 1.74% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 26,598,331 | 6,032,267 | 1.57% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 26,964,601 | 6,308,391 | 1.38% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 27,288,217 | 6,596,806 | 1.2% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 27,580,490 | 6,903,127 | 1.07% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 27,852,190 | 7,233,041 | 0.99% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 28,101,180 | 7,590,143 | 0.89% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 28,324,491 | 7,976,526 | 0.79% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 28,530,699 | 8,388,788 | 0.73% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 28,719,041 | 8,817,647 | 0.66% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 28,896,811 | 9,243,556 | 0.62% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 29,086,019 | 9,745,953 | 0.65% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 29,304,086 | 10,288,109 | 0.75% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 29,550,366 | 10,756,240 | 0.84% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 29,817,919 | 11,166,275 | 0.91% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 30,115,826 | 11,235,073 | 1% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 30,457,600 | 11,107,561 | 1.13% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 30,866,494 | 10,830,102 | 1.34% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 31,324,637 | 10,259,154 | 1.48% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 31,897,584 | 10,122,977 | 1.83% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 32,449,303 | 10,423,384 | 1.73% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 32,838,579 | 10,698,467 | 1.2% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 33,155,882 | 10,865,780 | 0.97% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 33,475,438 | 11,021,177 | 0.96% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 33,845,617 | 11,483,374 | 1.11% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 34,217,848 | 11,943,408 | 1.1% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 34,576,670 | 12,188,793 | 1.05% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 34,922,144 | 12,436,036 | 1% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 35,255,683 | 12,687,301 | 0.96% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 35,578,281 | 12,941,503 | 0.92% | 2% |
| 2029 | 35,890,705 | 13,198,080 | 0.88% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 36,193,882 | 13,457,446 | 0.84% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 36,488,437 | 13,725,413 | 0.81% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 36,774,937 | 13,996,343 | 0.79% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 37,054,380 | 14,261,762 | 0.76% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 37,326,798 | 14,527,550 | 0.74% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 37,591,420 | 14,798,602 | 0.71% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 37,848,147 | 15,070,098 | 0.68% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 38,096,898 | 15,335,700 | 0.66% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 38,337,328 | 15,595,968 | 0.63% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 38,569,891 | 15,850,696 | 0.61% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 38,794,647 | 16,101,470 | 0.58% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 39,011,537 | 16,350,149 | 0.56% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 39,220,371 | 16,593,361 | 0.54% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 39,420,647 | 16,829,209 | 0.51% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 39,612,847 | 17,060,176 | 0.49% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 39,796,723 | 17,286,412 | 0.46% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 39,971,719 | 17,509,693 | 0.44% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 40,137,869 | 17,728,331 | 0.42% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 40,294,857 | 17,938,437 | 0.39% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 40,443,273 | 18,142,893 | 0.37% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 40,583,875 | 18,341,968 | 0.35% | 1.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Peru increased by 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Peru gained 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).
Peru was ranked 39th most populous country in 2005 and is 48th 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) Peru's population will grow by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people with a rank change from 48th to 51st. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.
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Population differences between Peru and South Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 30.8 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.2 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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