The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,559,233 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 35,898,979 people compared to 12,438,782 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Poland's population is 2.89 times bigger than South Sudan's.
- Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 80th.
- The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.43% for Poland vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2006, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.1M people to 35.9M (5.88% decline), while South Sudan has grown from 7.98M to 12.4M (55.9% growth).
- South Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 23.8M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Poland vs South Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
35898979
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12438782
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| Population rank | 46/197 | 80/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.43% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
4.1 minutes
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
1.29 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.21 minutes
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -238,062 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | -351 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | -128,120 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.35% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 181/197 | 7/197 |
Poland and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 29,637,450 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 29,964,000 | 2,976,724 | 1.1% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 30,308,500 | 3,024,308 | 1.15% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 30,712,000 | 3,072,669 | 1.33% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 31,139,450 | 3,129,918 | 1.39% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 31,444,950 | 3,189,835 | 0.98% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 31,681,000 | 3,236,423 | 0.75% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 31,987,155 | 3,277,648 | 0.97% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 32,294,655 | 3,321,528 | 0.96% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 32,548,300 | 3,365,533 | 0.79% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 32,664,300 | 3,409,614 | 0.36% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 32,783,500 | 3,468,646 | 0.36% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 33,055,650 | 3,542,497 | 0.83% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 33,357,200 | 3,627,383 | 0.91% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 33,678,899 | 3,723,259 | 0.96% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 34,015,199 | 3,821,494 | 1% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 34,356,300 | 3,921,910 | 1% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 34,689,050 | 4,024,032 | 0.97% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 34,965,600 | 4,127,657 | 0.8% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 35,247,217 | 4,232,605 | 0.81% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 35,574,150 | 4,339,030 | 0.93% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 35,898,587 | 4,447,272 | 0.91% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 36,230,481 | 4,557,686 | 0.92% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 36,571,808 | 4,661,574 | 0.94% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 36,904,134 | 4,750,627 | 0.91% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 37,201,885 | 4,834,296 | 0.81% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 37,456,119 | 4,921,240 | 0.68% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 37,668,045 | 4,962,395 | 0.57% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 37,824,487 | 4,848,029 | 0.42% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 37,961,529 | 4,713,229 | 0.36% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 38,110,782 | 4,737,633 | 0.39% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 38,246,193 | 4,836,677 | 0.36% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 38,363,667 | 4,909,749 | 0.31% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 38,461,408 | 4,956,002 | 0.25% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 38,542,652 | 5,071,184 | 0.21% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 38,594,998 | 5,225,836 | 0.14% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 38,624,370 | 5,356,925 | 0.08% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 38,649,660 | 5,509,136 | 0.07% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 38,663,481 | 5,620,068 | 0.04% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 38,660,271 | 5,771,628 | -0.008% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 38,258,629 | 6,032,267 | -1.04% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 38,248,076 | 6,308,391 | -0.03% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 38,230,364 | 6,596,806 | -0.05% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 38,204,570 | 6,903,127 | -0.07% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 38,182,222 | 7,233,041 | -0.06% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 38,165,445 | 7,590,143 | -0.04% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 38,141,267 | 7,976,526 | -0.06% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 38,120,560 | 8,388,788 | -0.05% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 38,125,759 | 8,817,647 | 0.01% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 38,151,603 | 9,243,556 | 0.07% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 38,042,794 | 9,745,953 | -0.29% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 38,063,255 | 10,288,109 | 0.05% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 38,063,164 | 10,756,240 | -0% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 38,040,196 | 11,166,275 | -0.06% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 38,011,735 | 11,235,073 | -0.07% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 37,986,412 | 11,107,561 | -0.07% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 37,970,087 | 10,830,102 | -0.04% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 37,974,826 | 10,259,154 | 0.01% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 37,974,750 | 10,122,977 | -0% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 37,965,475 | 10,423,384 | -0.02% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 37,515,748 | 10,698,467 | -1.18% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 36,981,559 | 10,865,780 | -1.42% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 36,821,749 | 11,021,177 | -0.43% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 36,687,353 | 11,483,374 | -0.36% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 36,559,233 | 11,943,408 | -0.35% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 36,181,399 | 12,188,793 | -1.03% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 35,898,979 | 12,436,036 | -0.78% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 35,758,415 | 12,687,301 | -0.39% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 35,609,703 | 12,941,503 | -0.42% | 2% |
| 2029 | 35,452,249 | 13,198,080 | -0.44% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 35,287,436 | 13,457,446 | -0.46% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 35,116,185 | 13,725,413 | -0.49% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 34,938,952 | 13,996,343 | -0.5% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 34,757,421 | 14,261,762 | -0.52% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 34,571,572 | 14,527,550 | -0.53% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 34,381,734 | 14,798,602 | -0.55% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 34,187,419 | 15,070,098 | -0.57% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 33,988,985 | 15,335,700 | -0.58% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 33,787,175 | 15,595,968 | -0.59% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 33,581,427 | 15,850,696 | -0.61% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 33,372,181 | 16,101,470 | -0.62% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 33,160,435 | 16,350,149 | -0.63% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 32,945,446 | 16,593,361 | -0.65% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 32,726,827 | 16,829,209 | -0.66% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 32,506,015 | 17,060,176 | -0.67% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 32,282,692 | 17,286,412 | -0.69% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 32,056,740 | 17,509,693 | -0.7% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 31,828,421 | 17,728,331 | -0.71% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 31,597,823 | 17,938,437 | -0.72% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 31,364,596 | 18,142,893 | -0.74% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 31,128,250 | 18,341,968 | -0.75% | 1.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Poland decreased by 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Poland lost -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).
Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2006 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.
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Population differences between Poland and South Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 79.2 years | 58 years |
| Average age | 42.7 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.16 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 309 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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