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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Senegal	South Sudan	Senegal	South Sudan
1960	3,340,907	2,931,559	-	-
1961	3,436,375	2,976,724	2.86%	1.54%
1962	3,534,686	3,024,308	2.86%	1.6%
1963	3,635,876	3,072,669	2.86%	1.6%
1964	3,740,535	3,129,918	2.88%	1.86%
1965	3,849,788	3,189,835	2.92%	1.91%
1966	3,964,299	3,236,423	2.97%	1.46%
1967	4,083,870	3,277,648	3.02%	1.27%
1968	4,207,587	3,321,528	3.03%	1.34%
1969	4,334,974	3,365,533	3.03%	1.32%
1970	4,466,328	3,409,614	3.03%	1.31%
1971	4,601,864	3,468,646	3.03%	1.73%
1972	4,741,631	3,542,497	3.04%	2.13%
1973	4,885,181	3,627,383	3.03%	2.4%
1974	5,029,437	3,723,259	2.95%	2.64%
1975	5,170,810	3,821,494	2.81%	2.64%
1976	5,308,564	3,921,910	2.66%	2.63%
1977	5,439,549	4,024,032	2.47%	2.6%
1978	5,568,096	4,127,657	2.36%	2.58%
1979	5,702,895	4,232,605	2.42%	2.54%
1980	5,845,638	4,339,030	2.5%	2.51%
1981	5,997,160	4,447,272	2.59%	2.49%
1982	6,156,961	4,557,686	2.66%	2.48%
1983	6,324,504	4,661,574	2.72%	2.28%
1984	6,499,364	4,750,627	2.76%	1.91%
1985	6,683,287	4,834,296	2.83%	1.76%
1986	6,878,192	4,921,240	2.92%	1.8%
1987	7,081,530	4,962,395	2.96%	0.84%
1988	7,289,618	4,848,029	2.94%	-2.3%
1989	7,502,207	4,713,229	2.92%	-2.78%
1990	7,720,523	4,737,633	2.91%	0.52%
1991	7,943,085	4,836,677	2.88%	2.09%
1992	8,168,395	4,909,749	2.84%	1.51%
1993	8,396,288	4,956,002	2.79%	0.94%
1994	8,624,078	5,071,184	2.71%	2.32%
1995	8,848,101	5,225,836	2.6%	3.05%
1996	9,067,014	5,356,925	2.47%	2.51%
1997	9,283,495	5,509,136	2.39%	2.84%
1998	9,502,952	5,620,068	2.36%	2.01%
1999	9,730,887	5,771,628	2.4%	2.7%
2000	9,968,260	6,032,267	2.44%	4.52%
2001	10,212,942	6,308,391	2.45%	4.58%
2002	10,466,214	6,596,806	2.48%	4.57%
2003	10,721,176	6,903,127	2.44%	4.64%
2004	10,975,704	7,233,041	2.37%	4.78%
2005	11,235,472	7,590,143	2.37%	4.94%
2006	11,500,094	7,976,526	2.36%	5.09%
2007	11,770,344	8,388,788	2.35%	5.17%
2008	12,048,959	8,817,647	2.37%	5.11%
2009	12,337,389	9,243,556	2.39%	4.83%
2010	12,635,413	9,745,953	2.42%	5.44%
2011	12,958,897	10,288,109	2.56%	5.56%
2012	13,310,495	10,756,240	2.71%	4.55%
2013	13,710,849	11,166,275	3.01%	3.81%
2014	14,152,102	11,235,073	3.22%	0.62%
2015	14,593,331	11,107,561	3.12%	-1.13%
2016	15,034,521	10,830,102	3.02%	-2.5%
2017	15,475,002	10,259,154	2.93%	-5.27%
2018	15,914,498	10,122,977	2.84%	-1.33%
2019	16,352,922	10,423,384	2.75%	2.97%
2020	16,789,219	10,698,467	2.67%	2.64%
2021	17,220,867	10,865,780	2.57%	1.56%
2022	17,651,103	11,021,177	2.5%	1.43%
2023	18,077,573	11,483,374	2.42%	4.19%
2024	18,501,984	11,943,408	2.35%	4.01%
2025	18,931,964	12,188,793	2.32%	2.05%
2026	19,366,546	12,436,036	2.3%	2.03%
2027	19,807,242	12,687,301	2.28%	2.02%
2028	20,254,562	12,941,503	2.26%	2%
2029	20,706,628	13,198,080	2.23%	1.98%
2030	21,163,189	13,457,446	2.2%	1.97%
2031	21,623,709	13,725,413	2.18%	1.99%
2032	22,085,928	13,996,343	2.14%	1.97%
2033	22,548,831	14,261,762	2.1%	1.9%
2034	23,012,018	14,527,550	2.05%	1.86%
2035	23,476,591	14,798,602	2.02%	1.87%
2036	23,942,221	15,070,098	1.98%	1.83%
2037	24,407,574	15,335,700	1.94%	1.76%
2038	24,872,512	15,595,968	1.9%	1.7%
2039	25,335,991	15,850,696	1.86%	1.63%
2040	25,797,506	16,101,470	1.82%	1.58%
2041	26,257,464	16,350,149	1.78%	1.54%
2042	26,716,424	16,593,361	1.75%	1.49%
2043	27,174,896	16,829,209	1.72%	1.42%
2044	27,632,997	17,060,176	1.69%	1.37%
2045	28,089,695	17,286,412	1.65%	1.33%
2046	28,546,280	17,509,693	1.63%	1.29%
2047	29,002,001	17,728,331	1.6%	1.25%
2048	29,457,233	17,938,437	1.57%	1.19%
2049	29,911,840	18,142,893	1.54%	1.14%
2050	30,364,944	18,341,968	1.51%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th 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) Senegal's population will grow by 57.5% to 30,364,944 people with a rank change from 68th to 63rd. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.