Population in South Sudan compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

South Sudan and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Sri Lanka	South Sudan	Sri Lanka
1960	2,931,559	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,976,724	9,899,372	1.54%	2.46%
1962	3,024,308	10,143,754	1.6%	2.47%
1963	3,072,669	10,395,040	1.6%	2.48%
1964	3,129,918	10,653,397	1.86%	2.49%
1965	3,189,835	10,916,965	1.91%	2.47%
1966	3,236,423	11,183,928	1.46%	2.45%
1967	3,277,648	11,457,328	1.27%	2.44%
1968	3,321,528	11,736,088	1.34%	2.43%
1969	3,365,533	12,013,858	1.32%	2.37%
1970	3,409,614	12,287,110	1.31%	2.27%
1971	3,468,646	12,551,910	1.73%	2.16%
1972	3,542,497	12,809,205	2.13%	2.05%
1973	3,627,383	13,060,916	2.4%	1.97%
1974	3,723,259	13,305,693	2.64%	1.87%
1975	3,821,494	13,548,984	2.64%	1.83%
1976	3,921,910	13,796,770	2.63%	1.83%
1977	4,024,032	14,049,371	2.6%	1.83%
1978	4,127,657	14,310,128	2.58%	1.86%
1979	4,232,605	14,579,614	2.54%	1.88%
1980	4,339,030	14,847,974	2.51%	1.84%
1981	4,447,272	15,099,414	2.49%	1.69%
1982	4,557,686	15,286,567	2.48%	1.24%
1983	4,661,574	15,388,794	2.28%	0.67%
1984	4,750,627	15,441,860	1.91%	0.34%
1985	4,834,296	15,544,154	1.76%	0.66%
1986	4,921,240	15,731,256	1.8%	1.2%
1987	4,962,395	15,916,576	0.84%	1.18%
1988	4,848,029	16,078,621	-2.3%	1.02%
1989	4,713,229	16,248,557	-2.78%	1.06%
1990	4,737,633	16,352,458	0.52%	0.64%
1991	4,836,677	16,475,354	2.09%	0.75%
1992	4,909,749	16,739,284	1.51%	1.6%
1993	4,956,002	17,025,918	0.94%	1.71%
1994	5,071,184	17,275,773	2.32%	1.47%
1995	5,225,836	17,564,068	3.05%	1.67%
1996	5,356,925	17,905,018	2.51%	1.94%
1997	5,509,136	18,248,200	2.84%	1.92%
1998	5,620,068	18,596,003	2.01%	1.91%
1999	5,771,628	18,944,731	2.7%	1.88%
2000	6,032,267	19,293,054	4.52%	1.84%
2001	6,308,391	19,600,362	4.58%	1.59%
2002	6,596,806	19,805,752	4.57%	1.05%
2003	6,903,127	19,951,521	4.64%	0.74%
2004	7,233,041	20,087,605	4.78%	0.68%
2005	7,590,143	20,216,524	4.94%	0.64%
2006	7,976,526	20,352,411	5.09%	0.67%
2007	8,388,788	20,492,545	5.17%	0.69%
2008	8,817,647	20,629,378	5.11%	0.67%
2009	9,243,556	20,756,435	4.83%	0.62%
2010	9,745,953	20,879,089	5.44%	0.59%
2011	10,288,109	21,009,048	5.56%	0.62%
2012	10,756,240	21,169,458	4.55%	0.76%
2013	11,166,275	20,585,000	3.81%	-2.76%
2014	11,235,073	20,778,000	0.62%	0.94%
2015	11,107,561	20,970,000	-1.13%	0.92%
2016	10,830,102	21,209,000	-2.5%	1.14%
2017	10,259,154	21,453,000	-5.27%	1.15%
2018	10,122,977	21,670,000	-1.33%	1.01%
2019	10,423,384	21,803,000	2.97%	0.61%
2020	10,698,467	21,919,000	2.64%	0.53%
2021	10,865,780	22,156,000	1.56%	1.08%
2022	11,021,177	22,181,000	1.43%	0.11%
2023	11,483,374	22,037,000	4.19%	-0.65%
2024	11,943,408	21,916,000	4.01%	-0.55%
2025	12,188,793	22,035,440	2.05%	0.54%
2026	12,436,036	22,148,172	2.03%	0.51%
2027	12,687,301	22,255,601	2.02%	0.49%
2028	12,941,503	22,357,682	2%	0.46%
2029	13,198,080	22,453,922	1.98%	0.43%
2030	13,457,446	22,546,245	1.97%	0.41%
2031	13,725,413	22,635,106	1.99%	0.39%
2032	13,996,343	22,720,118	1.97%	0.38%
2033	14,261,762	22,802,043	1.9%	0.36%
2034	14,527,550	22,879,527	1.86%	0.34%
2035	14,798,602	22,952,739	1.87%	0.32%
2036	15,070,098	23,022,027	1.83%	0.3%
2037	15,335,700	23,088,877	1.76%	0.29%
2038	15,595,968	23,152,480	1.7%	0.28%
2039	15,850,696	23,211,633	1.63%	0.26%
2040	16,101,470	23,265,986	1.58%	0.23%
2041	16,350,149	23,315,260	1.54%	0.21%
2042	16,593,361	23,359,578	1.49%	0.19%
2043	16,829,209	23,398,752	1.42%	0.17%
2044	17,060,176	23,433,096	1.37%	0.15%
2045	17,286,412	23,464,943	1.33%	0.14%
2046	17,509,693	23,492,738	1.29%	0.12%
2047	17,728,331	23,512,629	1.25%	0.08%
2048	17,938,437	23,525,953	1.19%	0.06%
2049	18,142,893	23,533,940	1.14%	0.03%
2050	18,341,968	23,538,230	1.1%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.