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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Switzerland	South Sudan	Switzerland
1960	2,931,559	5,327,827	-	-
1961	2,976,724	5,434,294	1.54%	2%
1962	3,024,308	5,573,815	1.6%	2.57%
1963	3,072,669	5,694,247	1.6%	2.16%
1964	3,129,918	5,789,228	1.86%	1.67%
1965	3,189,835	5,856,472	1.91%	1.16%
1966	3,236,423	5,918,002	1.46%	1.05%
1967	3,277,648	5,991,785	1.27%	1.25%
1968	3,321,528	6,067,714	1.34%	1.27%
1969	3,365,533	6,136,387	1.32%	1.13%
1970	3,409,614	6,180,877	1.31%	0.73%
1971	3,468,646	6,213,399	1.73%	0.53%
1972	3,542,497	6,260,956	2.13%	0.77%
1973	3,627,383	6,307,347	2.4%	0.74%
1974	3,723,259	6,341,405	2.64%	0.54%
1975	3,821,494	6,338,632	2.64%	-0.04%
1976	3,921,910	6,302,504	2.63%	-0.57%
1977	4,024,032	6,281,174	2.6%	-0.34%
1978	4,127,657	6,281,738	2.58%	0.009%
1979	4,232,605	6,294,365	2.54%	0.2%
1980	4,339,030	6,319,408	2.51%	0.4%
1981	4,447,272	6,354,074	2.49%	0.55%
1982	4,557,686	6,391,309	2.48%	0.59%
1983	4,661,574	6,418,773	2.28%	0.43%
1984	4,750,627	6,441,865	1.91%	0.36%
1985	4,834,296	6,470,365	1.76%	0.44%
1986	4,921,240	6,504,124	1.8%	0.52%
1987	4,962,395	6,545,106	0.84%	0.63%
1988	4,848,029	6,593,386	-2.3%	0.74%
1989	4,713,229	6,646,912	-2.78%	0.81%
1990	4,737,633	6,715,519	0.52%	1.03%
1991	4,836,677	6,799,978	2.09%	1.26%
1992	4,909,749	6,875,364	1.51%	1.11%
1993	4,956,002	6,938,265	0.94%	0.91%
1994	5,071,184	6,993,795	2.32%	0.8%
1995	5,225,836	7,040,687	3.05%	0.67%
1996	5,356,925	7,071,850	2.51%	0.44%
1997	5,509,136	7,088,906	2.84%	0.24%
1998	5,620,068	7,110,001	2.01%	0.3%
1999	5,771,628	7,143,991	2.7%	0.48%
2000	6,032,267	7,184,250	4.52%	0.56%
2001	6,308,391	7,229,854	4.58%	0.63%
2002	6,596,806	7,284,753	4.57%	0.76%
2003	6,903,127	7,339,001	4.64%	0.74%
2004	7,233,041	7,389,625	4.78%	0.69%
2005	7,590,143	7,437,115	4.94%	0.64%
2006	7,976,526	7,483,934	5.09%	0.63%
2007	8,388,788	7,551,117	5.17%	0.9%
2008	8,817,647	7,647,675	5.11%	1.28%
2009	9,243,556	7,743,831	4.83%	1.26%
2010	9,745,953	7,824,909	5.44%	1.05%
2011	10,288,109	7,912,398	5.56%	1.12%
2012	10,756,240	7,996,861	4.55%	1.07%
2013	11,166,275	8,089,346	3.81%	1.16%
2014	11,235,073	8,188,649	0.62%	1.23%
2015	11,107,561	8,282,396	-1.13%	1.14%
2016	10,830,102	8,373,338	-2.5%	1.1%
2017	10,259,154	8,451,840	-5.27%	0.94%
2018	10,122,977	8,514,329	-1.33%	0.74%
2019	10,423,384	8,575,280	2.97%	0.72%
2020	10,698,467	8,638,167	2.64%	0.73%
2021	10,865,780	8,704,546	1.56%	0.77%
2022	11,021,177	8,777,088	1.43%	0.83%
2023	11,483,374	8,888,822	4.19%	1.27%
2024	11,943,408	9,005,582	4.01%	1.31%
2025	12,188,793	9,051,441	2.05%	0.51%
2026	12,436,036	9,092,200	2.03%	0.45%
2027	12,687,301	9,128,649	2.02%	0.4%
2028	12,941,503	9,161,558	2%	0.36%
2029	13,198,080	9,190,268	1.98%	0.31%
2030	13,457,446	9,215,844	1.97%	0.28%
2031	13,725,413	9,239,801	1.99%	0.26%
2032	13,996,343	9,260,664	1.97%	0.23%
2033	14,261,762	9,278,524	1.9%	0.19%
2034	14,527,550	9,295,500	1.86%	0.18%
2035	14,798,602	9,310,659	1.87%	0.16%
2036	15,070,098	9,323,296	1.83%	0.14%
2037	15,335,700	9,334,565	1.76%	0.12%
2038	15,595,968	9,344,395	1.7%	0.11%
2039	15,850,696	9,353,187	1.63%	0.09%
2040	16,101,470	9,363,095	1.58%	0.11%
2041	16,350,149	9,372,148	1.54%	0.1%
2042	16,593,361	9,380,579	1.49%	0.09%
2043	16,829,209	9,389,228	1.42%	0.09%
2044	17,060,176	9,396,409	1.37%	0.08%
2045	17,286,412	9,402,783	1.33%	0.07%
2046	17,509,693	9,408,721	1.29%	0.06%
2047	17,728,331	9,415,274	1.25%	0.07%
2048	17,938,437	9,422,270	1.19%	0.07%
2049	18,142,893	9,427,479	1.14%	0.06%
2050	18,341,968	9,430,133	1.1%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.