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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Syria	South Sudan	Syria
1960	2,931,559	4,673,500	-	-
1961	2,976,724	4,815,466	1.54%	3.04%
1962	3,024,308	4,959,340	1.6%	2.99%
1963	3,072,669	5,110,467	1.6%	3.05%
1964	3,129,918	5,269,087	1.86%	3.1%
1965	3,189,835	5,435,267	1.91%	3.15%
1966	3,236,423	5,609,047	1.46%	3.2%
1967	3,277,648	5,790,198	1.27%	3.23%
1968	3,321,528	5,978,742	1.34%	3.26%
1969	3,365,533	6,175,166	1.32%	3.29%
1970	3,409,614	6,380,609	1.31%	3.33%
1971	3,468,646	6,598,094	1.73%	3.41%
1972	3,542,497	6,826,024	2.13%	3.45%
1973	3,627,383	7,060,321	2.4%	3.43%
1974	3,723,259	7,302,160	2.64%	3.43%
1975	3,821,494	7,554,364	2.64%	3.45%
1976	3,921,910	7,817,320	2.63%	3.48%
1977	4,024,032	8,090,501	2.6%	3.49%
1978	4,127,657	8,372,759	2.58%	3.49%
1979	4,232,605	8,661,909	2.54%	3.45%
1980	4,339,030	8,957,663	2.51%	3.41%
1981	4,447,272	9,260,189	2.49%	3.38%
1982	4,557,686	9,572,511	2.48%	3.37%
1983	4,661,574	9,904,809	2.28%	3.47%
1984	4,750,627	10,258,398	1.91%	3.57%
1985	4,834,296	10,625,672	1.76%	3.58%
1986	4,921,240	11,002,844	1.8%	3.55%
1987	4,962,395	11,388,923	0.84%	3.51%
1988	4,848,029	11,782,264	-2.3%	3.45%
1989	4,713,229	12,179,060	-2.78%	3.37%
1990	4,737,633	12,579,208	0.52%	3.29%
1991	4,836,677	12,980,821	2.09%	3.19%
1992	4,909,749	13,385,571	1.51%	3.12%
1993	4,956,002	13,795,686	0.94%	3.06%
1994	5,071,184	14,208,583	2.32%	2.99%
1995	5,225,836	14,616,801	3.05%	2.87%
1996	5,356,925	15,018,104	2.51%	2.75%
1997	5,509,136	15,417,542	2.84%	2.66%
1998	5,620,068	15,820,413	2.01%	2.61%
1999	5,771,628	16,228,061	2.7%	2.58%
2000	6,032,267	16,637,888	4.52%	2.53%
2001	6,308,391	17,051,338	4.58%	2.48%
2002	6,596,806	17,468,332	4.57%	2.45%
2003	6,903,127	17,889,296	4.64%	2.41%
2004	7,233,041	18,336,875	4.78%	2.5%
2005	7,590,143	18,814,091	4.94%	2.6%
2006	7,976,526	19,637,022	5.09%	4.37%
2007	8,388,788	20,884,125	5.17%	6.35%
2008	8,817,647	21,636,564	5.11%	3.6%
2009	9,243,556	21,976,969	4.83%	1.57%
2010	9,745,953	22,482,421	5.44%	2.3%
2011	10,288,109	22,878,098	5.56%	1.76%
2012	10,756,240	22,759,763	4.55%	-0.52%
2013	11,166,275	21,666,917	3.81%	-4.8%
2014	11,235,073	20,273,659	0.62%	-6.43%
2015	11,107,561	19,424,618	-1.13%	-4.19%
2016	10,830,102	19,193,834	-2.5%	-1.19%
2017	10,259,154	19,224,668	-5.27%	0.16%
2018	10,122,977	19,577,845	-1.33%	1.84%
2019	10,423,384	20,353,534	2.97%	3.96%
2020	10,698,467	21,049,429	2.64%	3.42%
2021	10,865,780	21,628,839	1.56%	2.75%
2022	11,021,177	22,462,173	1.43%	3.85%
2023	11,483,374	23,594,623	4.19%	5.04%
2024	11,943,408	24,672,760	4.01%	4.57%
2025	12,188,793	25,620,422	2.05%	3.84%
2026	12,436,036	26,472,499	2.03%	3.33%
2027	12,687,301	27,261,544	2.02%	2.98%
2028	12,941,503	28,006,558	2%	2.73%
2029	13,198,080	28,719,309	1.98%	2.54%
2030	13,457,446	29,395,545	1.97%	2.35%
2031	13,725,413	30,029,824	1.99%	2.16%
2032	13,996,343	30,633,661	1.97%	2.01%
2033	14,261,762	31,212,478	1.9%	1.89%
2034	14,527,550	31,768,138	1.86%	1.78%
2035	14,798,602	32,294,792	1.87%	1.66%
2036	15,070,098	32,788,153	1.83%	1.53%
2037	15,335,700	33,258,407	1.76%	1.43%
2038	15,595,968	33,710,718	1.7%	1.36%
2039	15,850,696	34,131,238	1.63%	1.25%
2040	16,101,470	34,533,185	1.58%	1.18%
2041	16,350,149	34,916,936	1.54%	1.11%
2042	16,593,361	35,279,863	1.49%	1.04%
2043	16,829,209	35,623,325	1.42%	0.97%
2044	17,060,176	35,944,394	1.37%	0.9%
2045	17,286,412	36,265,295	1.33%	0.89%
2046	17,509,693	36,583,260	1.29%	0.88%
2047	17,728,331	36,878,640	1.25%	0.81%
2048	17,938,437	37,171,029	1.19%	0.79%
2049	18,142,893	37,477,690	1.14%	0.83%
2050	18,341,968	37,793,378	1.1%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.