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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Africa	Sudan	South Africa	Sudan
1960	16,440,172	8,364,489	-	-
1961	16,908,035	8,634,941	2.85%	3.23%
1962	17,418,522	8,919,028	3.02%	3.29%
1963	17,954,564	9,218,077	3.08%	3.35%
1964	18,511,361	9,531,109	3.1%	3.4%
1965	19,089,380	9,858,030	3.12%	3.43%
1966	19,690,087	10,197,578	3.15%	3.44%
1967	20,314,066	10,550,597	3.17%	3.46%
1968	20,957,287	10,917,999	3.17%	3.48%
1969	21,614,676	11,298,936	3.14%	3.49%
1970	22,279,984	11,695,771	3.08%	3.51%
1971	22,942,143	12,105,539	2.97%	3.5%
1972	23,609,456	12,527,856	2.91%	3.49%
1973	24,294,263	13,049,315	2.9%	4.16%
1974	24,989,108	13,580,723	2.86%	4.07%
1975	25,690,940	14,064,798	2.81%	3.56%
1976	26,395,450	14,569,716	2.74%	3.59%
1977	27,118,952	15,086,614	2.74%	3.55%
1978	27,869,507	15,695,003	2.77%	4.03%
1979	28,634,162	16,355,352	2.74%	4.21%
1980	29,518,857	17,058,905	3.09%	4.3%
1981	30,541,044	17,780,572	3.46%	4.23%
1982	31,615,339	18,486,645	3.52%	3.97%
1983	32,739,304	19,109,770	3.56%	3.37%
1984	33,892,788	19,546,528	3.52%	2.29%
1985	35,042,093	19,905,872	3.39%	1.84%
1986	36,180,515	20,288,238	3.25%	1.92%
1987	37,326,190	20,704,904	3.17%	2.05%
1988	38,480,649	21,138,431	3.09%	2.09%
1989	39,628,575	21,578,022	2.98%	2.08%
1990	40,746,268	22,021,481	2.82%	2.06%
1991	41,687,898	22,470,676	2.31%	2.04%
1992	42,443,509	22,927,355	1.81%	2.03%
1993	43,297,156	23,445,592	2.01%	2.26%
1994	44,004,139	24,043,948	1.63%	2.55%
1995	44,541,554	24,672,143	1.22%	2.61%
1996	45,123,018	25,231,528	1.31%	2.27%
1997	45,666,838	25,799,821	1.21%	2.25%
1998	46,223,880	26,458,999	1.22%	2.55%
1999	46,730,335	27,130,613	1.1%	2.54%
2000	47,159,719	27,816,745	0.92%	2.53%
2001	47,566,800	28,516,770	0.86%	2.52%
2002	48,019,415	29,228,727	0.95%	2.5%
2003	48,500,348	29,896,035	1%	2.28%
2004	48,991,421	30,556,637	1.01%	2.21%
2005	49,490,033	31,262,444	1.02%	2.31%
2006	49,998,277	31,992,435	1.03%	2.34%
2007	50,528,584	32,764,135	1.06%	2.41%
2008	51,114,599	33,623,980	1.16%	2.62%
2009	51,728,516	34,569,113	1.2%	2.81%
2010	52,344,051	35,414,399	1.19%	2.45%
2011	52,995,205	36,140,806	1.24%	2.05%
2012	53,782,567	36,923,178	1.49%	2.16%
2013	54,678,791	37,785,849	1.67%	2.34%
2014	55,594,838	38,823,318	1.68%	2.75%
2015	56,723,537	40,024,431	2.03%	3.09%
2016	57,259,551	41,259,892	0.94%	3.09%
2017	57,635,162	42,714,306	0.66%	3.53%
2018	58,613,001	44,230,596	1.7%	3.55%
2019	59,587,885	45,548,175	1.66%	2.98%
2020	60,562,381	46,789,231	1.64%	2.72%
2021	61,502,603	48,066,924	1.55%	2.73%
2022	62,378,410	49,383,346	1.42%	2.74%
2023	63,212,384	50,042,791	1.34%	1.34%
2024	64,007,187	50,448,963	1.26%	0.81%
2025	64,747,317	51,662,152	1.16%	2.4%
2026	65,453,086	53,282,718	1.09%	3.14%
2027	66,143,018	54,724,215	1.05%	2.71%
2028	66,830,384	55,993,833	1.04%	2.32%
2029	67,506,850	57,275,443	1.01%	2.29%
2030	68,161,357	58,571,624	0.97%	2.26%
2031	68,798,574	59,872,936	0.93%	2.22%
2032	69,426,441	61,179,476	0.91%	2.18%
2033	70,040,484	62,497,205	0.88%	2.15%
2034	70,641,572	63,822,356	0.86%	2.12%
2035	71,234,749	65,148,317	0.84%	2.08%
2036	71,816,372	66,470,018	0.82%	2.03%
2037	72,387,807	67,791,240	0.8%	1.99%
2038	72,949,611	69,107,712	0.78%	1.94%
2039	73,496,152	70,416,631	0.75%	1.89%
2040	74,035,615	71,730,604	0.73%	1.87%
2041	74,575,444	73,056,213	0.73%	1.85%
2042	75,111,899	74,387,562	0.72%	1.82%
2043	75,641,512	75,723,670	0.71%	1.8%
2044	76,164,461	77,066,454	0.69%	1.77%
2045	76,681,448	78,415,205	0.68%	1.75%
2046	77,199,542	79,767,271	0.68%	1.72%
2047	77,716,650	81,115,241	0.67%	1.69%
2048	78,215,323	82,463,202	0.64%	1.66%
2049	78,699,584	83,828,356	0.62%	1.66%
2050	79,177,329	85,206,384	0.61%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Africa increased by 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Africa gained 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

South Africa was ranked 24th most populous country in 2006 and is still 24th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) South Africa's population will grow by 21% to 79,177,329 people with a rank change from 24th to 23rd. The population of Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.