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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Suriname	South Sudan	Suriname
1960	2,931,559	263,918	-	-
1961	2,976,724	272,791	1.54%	3.36%
1962	3,024,308	283,912	1.6%	4.08%
1963	3,072,669	297,034	1.6%	4.62%
1964	3,129,918	309,041	1.86%	4.04%
1965	3,189,835	320,000	1.91%	3.55%
1966	3,236,423	331,135	1.46%	3.48%
1967	3,277,648	342,679	1.27%	3.49%
1968	3,321,528	354,616	1.34%	3.48%
1969	3,365,533	366,906	1.32%	3.47%
1970	3,409,614	379,442	1.31%	3.42%
1971	3,468,646	391,932	1.73%	3.29%
1972	3,542,497	397,413	2.13%	1.4%
1973	3,627,383	395,772	2.4%	-0.41%
1974	3,723,259	393,676	2.64%	-0.53%
1975	3,821,494	391,170	2.64%	-0.64%
1976	3,921,910	388,289	2.63%	-0.74%
1977	4,024,032	385,067	2.6%	-0.83%
1978	4,127,657	381,502	2.58%	-0.93%
1979	4,232,605	377,602	2.54%	-1.02%
1980	4,339,030	375,377	2.51%	-0.59%
1981	4,447,272	375,459	2.49%	0.02%
1982	4,557,686	376,555	2.48%	0.29%
1983	4,661,574	378,746	2.28%	0.58%
1984	4,750,627	382,193	1.91%	0.91%
1985	4,834,296	386,972	1.76%	1.25%
1986	4,921,240	392,330	1.8%	1.38%
1987	4,962,395	396,911	0.84%	1.17%
1988	4,848,029	402,227	-2.3%	1.34%
1989	4,713,229	408,409	-2.78%	1.54%
1990	4,737,633	412,493	0.52%	1%
1991	4,836,677	415,013	2.09%	0.61%
1992	4,909,749	417,589	1.51%	0.62%
1993	4,956,002	419,352	0.94%	0.42%
1994	5,071,184	422,375	2.32%	0.72%
1995	5,225,836	429,606	3.05%	1.71%
1996	5,356,925	438,830	2.51%	2.15%
1997	5,509,136	448,067	2.84%	2.1%
1998	5,620,068	457,406	2.01%	2.08%
1999	5,771,628	466,916	2.7%	2.08%
2000	6,032,267	476,643	4.52%	2.08%
2001	6,308,391	486,560	4.58%	2.08%
2002	6,596,806	496,551	4.57%	2.05%
2003	6,903,127	506,414	4.64%	1.99%
2004	7,233,041	513,923	4.78%	1.48%
2005	7,590,143	519,313	4.94%	1.05%
2006	7,976,526	524,997	5.09%	1.09%
2007	8,388,788	531,016	5.17%	1.15%
2008	8,817,647	537,245	5.11%	1.17%
2009	9,243,556	543,568	4.83%	1.18%
2010	9,745,953	549,923	5.44%	1.17%
2011	10,288,109	556,269	5.56%	1.15%
2012	10,756,240	562,633	4.55%	1.14%
2013	11,166,275	569,020	3.81%	1.14%
2014	11,235,073	575,373	0.62%	1.12%
2015	11,107,561	581,627	-1.13%	1.09%
2016	10,830,102	587,757	-2.5%	1.05%
2017	10,259,154	593,713	-5.27%	1.01%
2018	10,122,977	599,513	-1.33%	0.98%
2019	10,423,384	605,768	2.97%	1.04%
2020	10,698,467	612,317	2.64%	1.08%
2021	10,865,780	617,896	1.56%	0.91%
2022	11,021,177	623,164	1.43%	0.85%
2023	11,483,374	628,886	4.19%	0.92%
2024	11,943,408	634,431	4.01%	0.88%
2025	12,188,793	639,852	2.05%	0.85%
2026	12,436,036	645,257	2.03%	0.84%
2027	12,687,301	650,564	2.02%	0.82%
2028	12,941,503	655,783	2%	0.8%
2029	13,198,080	660,793	1.98%	0.76%
2030	13,457,446	665,650	1.97%	0.74%
2031	13,725,413	670,421	1.99%	0.72%
2032	13,996,343	675,070	1.97%	0.69%
2033	14,261,762	679,573	1.9%	0.67%
2034	14,527,550	683,911	1.86%	0.64%
2035	14,798,602	688,189	1.87%	0.63%
2036	15,070,098	692,343	1.83%	0.6%
2037	15,335,700	696,213	1.76%	0.56%
2038	15,595,968	699,908	1.7%	0.53%
2039	15,850,696	703,569	1.63%	0.52%
2040	16,101,470	707,156	1.58%	0.51%
2041	16,350,149	710,619	1.54%	0.49%
2042	16,593,361	713,900	1.49%	0.46%
2043	16,829,209	716,999	1.42%	0.43%
2044	17,060,176	719,920	1.37%	0.41%
2045	17,286,412	722,759	1.33%	0.39%
2046	17,509,693	725,322	1.29%	0.35%
2047	17,728,331	727,726	1.25%	0.33%
2048	17,938,437	730,038	1.19%	0.32%
2049	18,142,893	732,021	1.14%	0.27%
2050	18,341,968	733,898	1.1%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.