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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Spain	South Sudan	Spain
1960	2,931,559	30,455,000	-	-
1961	2,976,724	30,739,250	1.54%	0.93%
1962	3,024,308	31,023,366	1.6%	0.92%
1963	3,072,669	31,296,651	1.6%	0.88%
1964	3,129,918	31,609,195	1.86%	1%
1965	3,189,835	31,954,292	1.91%	1.09%
1966	3,236,423	32,283,194	1.46%	1.03%
1967	3,277,648	32,682,947	1.27%	1.24%
1968	3,321,528	33,113,134	1.34%	1.32%
1969	3,365,533	33,441,054	1.32%	0.99%
1970	3,409,614	33,814,531	1.31%	1.12%
1971	3,468,646	34,224,490	1.73%	1.21%
1972	3,542,497	34,604,469	2.13%	1.11%
1973	3,627,383	34,988,947	2.4%	1.11%
1974	3,723,259	35,373,335	2.64%	1.1%
1975	3,821,494	35,757,900	2.64%	1.09%
1976	3,921,910	36,137,812	2.63%	1.06%
1977	4,024,032	36,511,638	2.6%	1.03%
1978	4,127,657	36,864,898	2.58%	0.97%
1979	4,232,605	37,191,330	2.54%	0.89%
1980	4,339,030	37,491,165	2.51%	0.81%
1981	4,447,272	37,758,631	2.49%	0.71%
1982	4,557,686	37,986,012	2.48%	0.6%
1983	4,661,574	38,171,525	2.28%	0.49%
1984	4,750,627	38,330,364	1.91%	0.42%
1985	4,834,296	38,469,512	1.76%	0.36%
1986	4,921,240	38,584,624	1.8%	0.3%
1987	4,962,395	38,684,815	0.84%	0.26%
1988	4,848,029	38,766,939	-2.3%	0.21%
1989	4,713,229	38,827,764	-2.78%	0.16%
1990	4,737,633	38,867,322	0.52%	0.1%
1991	4,836,677	38,966,376	2.09%	0.25%
1992	4,909,749	39,157,685	1.51%	0.49%
1993	4,956,002	39,361,262	0.94%	0.52%
1994	5,071,184	39,549,108	2.32%	0.48%
1995	5,225,836	39,724,050	3.05%	0.44%
1996	5,356,925	39,889,852	2.51%	0.42%
1997	5,509,136	40,057,389	2.84%	0.42%
1998	5,620,068	40,223,509	2.01%	0.41%
1999	5,771,628	40,386,875	2.7%	0.41%
2000	6,032,267	40,567,864	4.52%	0.45%
2001	6,308,391	40,850,412	4.58%	0.7%
2002	6,596,806	41,431,558	4.57%	1.42%
2003	6,903,127	42,187,645	4.64%	1.82%
2004	7,233,041	42,921,895	4.78%	1.74%
2005	7,590,143	43,653,155	4.94%	1.7%
2006	7,976,526	44,397,319	5.09%	1.7%
2007	8,388,788	45,226,803	5.17%	1.87%
2008	8,817,647	45,954,106	5.11%	1.61%
2009	9,243,556	46,362,946	4.83%	0.89%
2010	9,745,953	46,576,897	5.44%	0.46%
2011	10,288,109	46,742,697	5.56%	0.36%
2012	10,756,240	46,773,055	4.55%	0.06%
2013	11,166,275	46,604,197	3.81%	-0.36%
2014	11,235,073	46,460,733	0.62%	-0.31%
2015	11,107,561	46,422,303	-1.13%	-0.08%
2016	10,830,102	46,458,139	-2.5%	0.08%
2017	10,259,154	46,571,232	-5.27%	0.24%
2018	10,122,977	46,782,011	-1.33%	0.45%
2019	10,423,384	47,118,501	2.97%	0.72%
2020	10,698,467	47,359,424	2.64%	0.51%
2021	10,865,780	47,443,821	1.56%	0.18%
2022	11,021,177	47,786,102	1.43%	0.72%
2023	11,483,374	48,352,528	4.19%	1.19%
2024	11,943,408	48,848,840	4.01%	1.03%
2025	12,188,793	48,827,866	2.05%	-0.04%
2026	12,436,036	48,787,930	2.03%	-0.08%
2027	12,687,301	48,738,456	2.02%	-0.1%
2028	12,941,503	48,683,694	2%	-0.11%
2029	13,198,080	48,619,674	1.98%	-0.13%
2030	13,457,446	48,542,955	1.97%	-0.16%
2031	13,725,413	48,454,221	1.99%	-0.18%
2032	13,996,343	48,362,482	1.97%	-0.19%
2033	14,261,762	48,271,264	1.9%	-0.19%
2034	14,527,550	48,177,551	1.86%	-0.19%
2035	14,798,602	48,077,695	1.87%	-0.21%
2036	15,070,098	47,970,911	1.83%	-0.22%
2037	15,335,700	47,860,116	1.76%	-0.23%
2038	15,595,968	47,747,343	1.7%	-0.24%
2039	15,850,696	47,629,540	1.63%	-0.25%
2040	16,101,470	47,504,152	1.58%	-0.26%
2041	16,350,149	47,373,061	1.54%	-0.28%
2042	16,593,361	47,234,914	1.49%	-0.29%
2043	16,829,209	47,092,497	1.42%	-0.3%
2044	17,060,176	46,942,712	1.37%	-0.32%
2045	17,286,412	46,778,501	1.33%	-0.35%
2046	17,509,693	46,604,170	1.29%	-0.37%
2047	17,728,331	46,421,312	1.25%	-0.39%
2048	17,938,437	46,230,109	1.19%	-0.41%
2049	18,142,893	46,024,720	1.14%	-0.44%
2050	18,341,968	45,808,469	1.1%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) South Sudan's population will grow by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people with a rank change from 80th to 78th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.