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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Sweden	South Sudan	Sweden
1960	2,931,559	7,484,656	-	-
1961	2,976,724	7,519,998	1.54%	0.47%
1962	3,024,308	7,561,588	1.6%	0.55%
1963	3,072,669	7,604,328	1.6%	0.57%
1964	3,129,918	7,661,354	1.86%	0.75%
1965	3,189,835	7,733,853	1.91%	0.95%
1966	3,236,423	7,807,797	1.46%	0.96%
1967	3,277,648	7,867,931	1.27%	0.77%
1968	3,321,528	7,912,273	1.34%	0.56%
1969	3,365,533	7,968,072	1.32%	0.71%
1970	3,409,614	8,042,801	1.31%	0.94%
1971	3,468,646	8,098,334	1.73%	0.69%
1972	3,542,497	8,122,300	2.13%	0.3%
1973	3,627,383	8,136,312	2.4%	0.17%
1974	3,723,259	8,159,955	2.64%	0.29%
1975	3,821,494	8,192,437	2.64%	0.4%
1976	3,921,910	8,222,286	2.63%	0.36%
1977	4,024,032	8,251,540	2.6%	0.36%
1978	4,127,657	8,275,599	2.58%	0.29%
1979	4,232,605	8,293,678	2.54%	0.22%
1980	4,339,030	8,310,531	2.51%	0.2%
1981	4,447,272	8,320,503	2.49%	0.12%
1982	4,557,686	8,325,263	2.48%	0.06%
1983	4,661,574	8,329,033	2.28%	0.05%
1984	4,750,627	8,336,605	1.91%	0.09%
1985	4,834,296	8,350,386	1.76%	0.17%
1986	4,921,240	8,369,829	1.8%	0.23%
1987	4,962,395	8,397,804	0.84%	0.33%
1988	4,848,029	8,436,489	-2.3%	0.46%
1989	4,713,229	8,492,964	-2.78%	0.67%
1990	4,737,633	8,558,835	0.52%	0.78%
1991	4,836,677	8,617,375	2.09%	0.68%
1992	4,909,749	8,668,067	1.51%	0.59%
1993	4,956,002	8,718,561	0.94%	0.58%
1994	5,071,184	8,780,745	2.32%	0.71%
1995	5,225,836	8,826,939	3.05%	0.53%
1996	5,356,925	8,840,998	2.51%	0.16%
1997	5,509,136	8,846,062	2.84%	0.06%
1998	5,620,068	8,850,974	2.01%	0.06%
1999	5,771,628	8,857,874	2.7%	0.08%
2000	6,032,267	8,872,109	4.52%	0.16%
2001	6,308,391	8,895,960	4.58%	0.27%
2002	6,596,806	8,924,958	4.57%	0.33%
2003	6,903,127	8,958,229	4.64%	0.37%
2004	7,233,041	8,993,531	4.78%	0.39%
2005	7,590,143	9,029,572	4.94%	0.4%
2006	7,976,526	9,080,505	5.09%	0.56%
2007	8,388,788	9,148,092	5.17%	0.74%
2008	8,817,647	9,219,637	5.11%	0.78%
2009	9,243,556	9,298,515	4.83%	0.86%
2010	9,745,953	9,378,126	5.44%	0.86%
2011	10,288,109	9,449,213	5.56%	0.76%
2012	10,756,240	9,519,374	4.55%	0.74%
2013	11,166,275	9,600,379	3.81%	0.85%
2014	11,235,073	9,696,110	0.62%	1%
2015	11,107,561	9,799,186	-1.13%	1.06%
2016	10,830,102	9,923,085	-2.5%	1.26%
2017	10,259,154	10,057,698	-5.27%	1.36%
2018	10,122,977	10,175,214	-1.33%	1.17%
2019	10,423,384	10,278,887	2.97%	1.02%
2020	10,698,467	10,353,442	2.64%	0.73%
2021	10,865,780	10,415,811	1.56%	0.6%
2022	11,021,177	10,486,941	1.43%	0.68%
2023	11,483,374	10,536,632	4.19%	0.47%
2024	11,943,408	10,569,709	4.01%	0.31%
2025	12,188,793	10,619,177	2.05%	0.47%
2026	12,436,036	10,663,427	2.03%	0.42%
2027	12,687,301	10,703,497	2.02%	0.38%
2028	12,941,503	10,740,420	2%	0.34%
2029	13,198,080	10,773,692	1.98%	0.31%
2030	13,457,446	10,803,699	1.97%	0.28%
2031	13,725,413	10,830,583	1.99%	0.25%
2032	13,996,343	10,855,855	1.97%	0.23%
2033	14,261,762	10,880,544	1.9%	0.23%
2034	14,527,550	10,903,924	1.86%	0.21%
2035	14,798,602	10,926,433	1.87%	0.21%
2036	15,070,098	10,949,062	1.83%	0.21%
2037	15,335,700	10,971,259	1.76%	0.2%
2038	15,595,968	10,993,203	1.7%	0.2%
2039	15,850,696	11,015,926	1.63%	0.21%
2040	16,101,470	11,039,663	1.58%	0.22%
2041	16,350,149	11,063,604	1.54%	0.22%
2042	16,593,361	11,088,299	1.49%	0.22%
2043	16,829,209	11,113,927	1.42%	0.23%
2044	17,060,176	11,139,125	1.37%	0.23%
2045	17,286,412	11,163,492	1.33%	0.22%
2046	17,509,693	11,186,803	1.29%	0.21%
2047	17,728,331	11,209,183	1.25%	0.2%
2048	17,938,437	11,230,526	1.19%	0.19%
2049	18,142,893	11,250,663	1.14%	0.18%
2050	18,341,968	11,269,877	1.1%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.