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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	South Sudan	Qatar	South Sudan
1960	36,010	2,931,559	-	-
1961	39,680	2,976,724	10.2%	1.54%
1962	44,630	3,024,308	12.5%	1.6%
1963	50,380	3,072,669	12.9%	1.6%
1964	56,867	3,129,918	12.9%	1.86%
1965	64,065	3,189,835	12.7%	1.91%
1966	72,192	3,236,423	12.7%	1.46%
1967	81,439	3,277,648	12.8%	1.27%
1968	91,749	3,321,528	12.7%	1.34%
1969	103,025	3,365,533	12.3%	1.32%
1970	116,350	3,409,614	12.9%	1.31%
1971	131,346	3,468,646	12.9%	1.73%
1972	146,506	3,542,497	11.5%	2.13%
1973	161,841	3,627,383	10.5%	2.4%
1974	177,362	3,723,259	9.59%	2.64%
1975	193,087	3,821,494	8.87%	2.64%
1976	209,052	3,921,910	8.27%	2.63%
1977	225,285	4,024,032	7.77%	2.6%
1978	241,808	4,127,657	7.33%	2.58%
1979	258,670	4,232,605	6.97%	2.54%
1980	275,913	4,339,030	6.67%	2.51%
1981	293,553	4,447,272	6.39%	2.49%
1982	311,537	4,557,686	6.13%	2.48%
1983	329,709	4,661,574	5.83%	2.28%
1984	347,878	4,750,627	5.51%	1.91%
1985	365,940	4,834,296	5.19%	1.76%
1986	382,422	4,921,240	4.5%	1.8%
1987	397,005	4,962,395	3.81%	0.84%
1988	411,264	4,848,029	3.59%	-2.3%
1989	425,646	4,713,229	3.5%	-2.78%
1990	440,175	4,737,633	3.41%	0.52%
1991	454,853	4,836,677	3.33%	2.09%
1992	469,657	4,909,749	3.25%	1.51%
1993	484,545	4,956,002	3.17%	0.94%
1994	499,459	5,071,184	3.08%	2.32%
1995	514,325	5,225,836	2.98%	3.05%
1996	529,019	5,356,925	2.86%	2.51%
1997	550,500	5,509,136	4.06%	2.84%
1998	580,540	5,620,068	5.46%	2.01%
1999	612,500	5,771,628	5.51%	2.7%
2000	644,989	6,032,267	5.3%	4.52%
2001	677,925	6,308,391	5.11%	4.58%
2002	711,205	6,596,806	4.91%	4.57%
2003	744,682	6,903,127	4.71%	4.64%
2004	773,332	7,233,041	3.85%	4.78%
2005	825,408	7,590,143	6.73%	4.94%
2006	972,831	7,976,526	17.9%	5.09%
2007	1,208,595	8,388,788	24.2%	5.17%
2008	1,426,938	8,817,647	18.1%	5.11%
2009	1,608,903	9,243,556	12.8%	4.83%
2010	1,616,832	9,745,953	0.49%	5.44%
2011	1,624,761	10,288,109	0.49%	5.56%
2012	1,722,438	10,756,240	6.01%	4.55%
2013	1,916,426	11,166,275	11.3%	3.81%
2014	2,151,745	11,235,073	12.3%	0.62%
2015	2,344,557	11,107,561	8.96%	-1.13%
2016	2,477,113	10,830,102	5.65%	-2.5%
2017	2,545,820	10,259,154	2.77%	-5.27%
2018	2,580,734	10,122,977	1.37%	-1.33%
2019	2,638,657	10,423,384	2.24%	2.97%
2020	2,794,148	10,698,467	5.89%	2.64%
2021	2,504,910	10,865,780	-10.4%	1.56%
2022	2,657,333	11,021,177	6.08%	1.43%
2023	2,656,032	11,483,374	-0.05%	4.19%
2024	2,857,822	11,943,408	7.6%	4.01%
2025	2,921,065	12,188,793	2.21%	2.05%
2026	2,975,134	12,436,036	1.85%	2.03%
2027	3,019,526	12,687,301	1.49%	2.02%
2028	3,057,695	12,941,503	1.26%	2%
2029	3,092,803	13,198,080	1.15%	1.98%
2030	3,125,174	13,457,446	1.05%	1.97%
2031	3,156,754	13,725,413	1.01%	1.99%
2032	3,189,188	13,996,343	1.03%	1.97%
2033	3,222,500	14,261,762	1.04%	1.9%
2034	3,256,691	14,527,550	1.06%	1.86%
2035	3,291,711	14,798,602	1.08%	1.87%
2036	3,327,585	15,070,098	1.09%	1.83%
2037	3,364,333	15,335,700	1.1%	1.76%
2038	3,401,906	15,595,968	1.12%	1.7%
2039	3,440,293	15,850,696	1.13%	1.63%
2040	3,479,439	16,101,470	1.14%	1.58%
2041	3,519,302	16,350,149	1.15%	1.54%
2042	3,559,840	16,593,361	1.15%	1.49%
2043	3,601,019	16,829,209	1.16%	1.42%
2044	3,642,784	17,060,176	1.16%	1.37%
2045	3,685,111	17,286,412	1.16%	1.33%
2046	3,727,959	17,509,693	1.16%	1.29%
2047	3,771,287	17,728,331	1.16%	1.25%
2048	3,815,108	17,938,437	1.16%	1.19%
2049	3,859,368	18,142,893	1.16%	1.14%
2050	3,904,074	18,341,968	1.16%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Qatar increased by 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Qatar gained 498,506 (a 20.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Qatar was ranked 156th most populous country in 2006 and is 137th 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) Qatar's population will grow by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people with a rank change from 137th to 134th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.