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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Sudan	South Sudan	Sudan
1960	2,931,559	8,364,489	-	-
1961	2,976,724	8,634,941	1.54%	3.23%
1962	3,024,308	8,919,028	1.6%	3.29%
1963	3,072,669	9,218,077	1.6%	3.35%
1964	3,129,918	9,531,109	1.86%	3.4%
1965	3,189,835	9,858,030	1.91%	3.43%
1966	3,236,423	10,197,578	1.46%	3.44%
1967	3,277,648	10,550,597	1.27%	3.46%
1968	3,321,528	10,917,999	1.34%	3.48%
1969	3,365,533	11,298,936	1.32%	3.49%
1970	3,409,614	11,695,771	1.31%	3.51%
1971	3,468,646	12,105,539	1.73%	3.5%
1972	3,542,497	12,527,856	2.13%	3.49%
1973	3,627,383	13,049,315	2.4%	4.16%
1974	3,723,259	13,580,723	2.64%	4.07%
1975	3,821,494	14,064,798	2.64%	3.56%
1976	3,921,910	14,569,716	2.63%	3.59%
1977	4,024,032	15,086,614	2.6%	3.55%
1978	4,127,657	15,695,003	2.58%	4.03%
1979	4,232,605	16,355,352	2.54%	4.21%
1980	4,339,030	17,058,905	2.51%	4.3%
1981	4,447,272	17,780,572	2.49%	4.23%
1982	4,557,686	18,486,645	2.48%	3.97%
1983	4,661,574	19,109,770	2.28%	3.37%
1984	4,750,627	19,546,528	1.91%	2.29%
1985	4,834,296	19,905,872	1.76%	1.84%
1986	4,921,240	20,288,238	1.8%	1.92%
1987	4,962,395	20,704,904	0.84%	2.05%
1988	4,848,029	21,138,431	-2.3%	2.09%
1989	4,713,229	21,578,022	-2.78%	2.08%
1990	4,737,633	22,021,481	0.52%	2.06%
1991	4,836,677	22,470,676	2.09%	2.04%
1992	4,909,749	22,927,355	1.51%	2.03%
1993	4,956,002	23,445,592	0.94%	2.26%
1994	5,071,184	24,043,948	2.32%	2.55%
1995	5,225,836	24,672,143	3.05%	2.61%
1996	5,356,925	25,231,528	2.51%	2.27%
1997	5,509,136	25,799,821	2.84%	2.25%
1998	5,620,068	26,458,999	2.01%	2.55%
1999	5,771,628	27,130,613	2.7%	2.54%
2000	6,032,267	27,816,745	4.52%	2.53%
2001	6,308,391	28,516,770	4.58%	2.52%
2002	6,596,806	29,228,727	4.57%	2.5%
2003	6,903,127	29,896,035	4.64%	2.28%
2004	7,233,041	30,556,637	4.78%	2.21%
2005	7,590,143	31,262,444	4.94%	2.31%
2006	7,976,526	31,992,435	5.09%	2.34%
2007	8,388,788	32,764,135	5.17%	2.41%
2008	8,817,647	33,623,980	5.11%	2.62%
2009	9,243,556	34,569,113	4.83%	2.81%
2010	9,745,953	35,414,399	5.44%	2.45%
2011	10,288,109	36,140,806	5.56%	2.05%
2012	10,756,240	36,923,178	4.55%	2.16%
2013	11,166,275	37,785,849	3.81%	2.34%
2014	11,235,073	38,823,318	0.62%	2.75%
2015	11,107,561	40,024,431	-1.13%	3.09%
2016	10,830,102	41,259,892	-2.5%	3.09%
2017	10,259,154	42,714,306	-5.27%	3.53%
2018	10,122,977	44,230,596	-1.33%	3.55%
2019	10,423,384	45,548,175	2.97%	2.98%
2020	10,698,467	46,789,231	2.64%	2.72%
2021	10,865,780	48,066,924	1.56%	2.73%
2022	11,021,177	49,383,346	1.43%	2.74%
2023	11,483,374	50,042,791	4.19%	1.34%
2024	11,943,408	50,448,963	4.01%	0.81%
2025	12,188,793	51,662,152	2.05%	2.4%
2026	12,436,036	53,282,718	2.03%	3.14%
2027	12,687,301	54,724,215	2.02%	2.71%
2028	12,941,503	55,993,833	2%	2.32%
2029	13,198,080	57,275,443	1.98%	2.29%
2030	13,457,446	58,571,624	1.97%	2.26%
2031	13,725,413	59,872,936	1.99%	2.22%
2032	13,996,343	61,179,476	1.97%	2.18%
2033	14,261,762	62,497,205	1.9%	2.15%
2034	14,527,550	63,822,356	1.86%	2.12%
2035	14,798,602	65,148,317	1.87%	2.08%
2036	15,070,098	66,470,018	1.83%	2.03%
2037	15,335,700	67,791,240	1.76%	1.99%
2038	15,595,968	69,107,712	1.7%	1.94%
2039	15,850,696	70,416,631	1.63%	1.89%
2040	16,101,470	71,730,604	1.58%	1.87%
2041	16,350,149	73,056,213	1.54%	1.85%
2042	16,593,361	74,387,562	1.49%	1.82%
2043	16,829,209	75,723,670	1.42%	1.8%
2044	17,060,176	77,066,454	1.37%	1.77%
2045	17,286,412	78,415,205	1.33%	1.75%
2046	17,509,693	79,767,271	1.29%	1.72%
2047	17,728,331	81,115,241	1.25%	1.69%
2048	17,938,437	82,463,202	1.19%	1.66%
2049	18,142,893	83,828,356	1.14%	1.66%
2050	18,341,968	85,206,384	1.1%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Sudan increased by 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Sudan gained 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 93rd most populous country in 2005 and is 81st in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) South Sudan's population will grow by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people with a rank change from 81st to 78th. The population of Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.