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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	South Sudan	Russia	South Sudan
1960	119,897,000	2,931,559	-	-
1961	121,236,000	2,976,724	1.12%	1.54%
1962	122,591,000	3,024,308	1.12%	1.6%
1963	123,960,000	3,072,669	1.12%	1.6%
1964	125,345,000	3,129,918	1.12%	1.86%
1965	126,745,000	3,189,835	1.12%	1.91%
1966	127,468,000	3,236,423	0.57%	1.46%
1967	128,196,000	3,277,648	0.57%	1.27%
1968	128,928,000	3,321,528	0.57%	1.34%
1969	129,664,000	3,365,533	0.57%	1.32%
1970	130,404,000	3,409,614	0.57%	1.31%
1971	131,155,000	3,468,646	0.58%	1.73%
1972	131,909,000	3,542,497	0.57%	2.13%
1973	132,669,000	3,627,383	0.58%	2.4%
1974	133,432,000	3,723,259	0.58%	2.64%
1975	134,200,000	3,821,494	0.58%	2.64%
1976	135,147,000	3,921,910	0.71%	2.63%
1977	136,100,000	4,024,032	0.71%	2.6%
1978	137,060,000	4,127,657	0.71%	2.58%
1979	138,027,000	4,232,605	0.71%	2.54%
1980	139,010,000	4,339,030	0.71%	2.51%
1981	139,941,000	4,447,272	0.67%	2.49%
1982	140,823,000	4,557,686	0.63%	2.48%
1983	141,668,000	4,661,574	0.6%	2.28%
1984	142,745,000	4,750,627	0.76%	1.91%
1985	143,858,000	4,834,296	0.78%	1.76%
1986	144,894,000	4,921,240	0.72%	1.8%
1987	145,908,000	4,962,395	0.7%	0.84%
1988	146,857,000	4,848,029	0.65%	-2.3%
1989	147,721,000	4,713,229	0.59%	-2.78%
1990	147,969,406	4,737,633	0.17%	0.52%
1991	148,394,216	4,836,677	0.29%	2.09%
1992	148,538,197	4,909,749	0.1%	1.51%
1993	148,458,777	4,956,002	-0.05%	0.94%
1994	148,407,912	5,071,184	-0.03%	2.32%
1995	148,375,787	5,225,836	-0.02%	3.05%
1996	148,160,129	5,356,925	-0.15%	2.51%
1997	147,915,361	5,509,136	-0.17%	2.84%
1998	147,670,784	5,620,068	-0.17%	2.01%
1999	147,214,776	5,771,628	-0.31%	2.7%
2000	146,596,869	6,032,267	-0.42%	4.52%
2001	145,976,482	6,308,391	-0.42%	4.58%
2002	145,306,497	6,596,806	-0.46%	4.57%
2003	144,648,618	6,903,127	-0.45%	4.64%
2004	144,067,316	7,233,041	-0.4%	4.78%
2005	143,518,814	7,590,143	-0.38%	4.94%
2006	143,049,637	7,976,526	-0.33%	5.09%
2007	142,805,114	8,388,788	-0.17%	5.17%
2008	142,742,366	8,817,647	-0.04%	5.11%
2009	142,785,348	9,243,556	0.03%	4.83%
2010	142,849,468	9,745,953	0.04%	5.44%
2011	143,018,195	10,288,109	0.12%	5.56%
2012	143,378,447	10,756,240	0.25%	4.55%
2013	143,805,638	11,166,275	0.3%	3.81%
2014	144,237,223	11,235,073	0.3%	0.62%
2015	144,640,716	11,107,561	0.28%	-1.13%
2016	145,015,460	10,830,102	0.26%	-2.5%
2017	145,293,260	10,259,154	0.19%	-5.27%
2018	145,398,106	10,122,977	0.07%	-1.33%
2019	145,453,291	10,423,384	0.04%	2.97%
2020	145,245,148	10,698,467	-0.14%	2.64%
2021	144,746,762	10,865,780	-0.34%	1.56%
2022	144,236,933	11,021,177	-0.35%	1.43%
2023	143,826,130	11,483,374	-0.28%	4.19%
2024	143,533,851	11,943,408	-0.2%	4.01%
2025	142,718,132	12,188,793	-0.57%	2.05%
2026	142,120,553	12,436,036	-0.42%	2.03%
2027	141,773,330	12,687,301	-0.24%	2.02%
2028	141,402,326	12,941,503	-0.26%	2%
2029	141,021,009	13,198,080	-0.27%	1.98%
2030	140,628,883	13,457,446	-0.28%	1.97%
2031	140,218,596	13,725,413	-0.29%	1.99%
2032	139,807,207	13,996,343	-0.29%	1.97%
2033	139,414,947	14,261,762	-0.28%	1.9%
2034	139,034,543	14,527,550	-0.27%	1.86%
2035	138,666,694	14,798,602	-0.26%	1.87%
2036	138,311,757	15,070,098	-0.26%	1.83%
2037	137,968,177	15,335,700	-0.25%	1.76%
2038	137,643,032	15,595,968	-0.24%	1.7%
2039	137,336,299	15,850,696	-0.22%	1.63%
2040	137,053,347	16,101,470	-0.21%	1.58%
2041	136,795,588	16,350,149	-0.19%	1.54%
2042	136,558,692	16,593,361	-0.17%	1.49%
2043	136,335,849	16,829,209	-0.16%	1.42%
2044	136,124,845	17,060,176	-0.15%	1.37%
2045	135,933,758	17,286,412	-0.14%	1.33%
2046	135,756,848	17,509,693	-0.13%	1.29%
2047	135,574,181	17,728,331	-0.13%	1.25%
2048	135,372,557	17,938,437	-0.15%	1.19%
2049	135,156,911	18,142,893	-0.16%	1.14%
2050	134,923,391	18,341,968	-0.17%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Russia increased by 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Russia lost -2,894,907 (a 2% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2006 and is still 9th 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) Russia's population will shrink by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people with a rank change from 9th to 13th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.