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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Taiwan	South Sudan	Taiwan
1960	2,931,559	-	-	-
1961	2,976,724	11,030,385	1.54%	-
1962	3,024,308	11,392,513	1.6%	3.28%
1963	3,072,669	11,762,101	1.6%	3.24%
1964	3,129,918	12,137,143	1.86%	3.19%
1965	3,189,835	12,511,863	1.91%	3.09%
1966	3,236,423	12,874,153	1.46%	2.9%
1967	3,277,648	13,210,344	1.27%	2.61%
1968	3,321,528	13,548,537	1.34%	2.56%
1969	3,365,533	14,068,984	1.32%	3.84%
1970	3,409,614	14,582,944	1.31%	3.65%
1971	3,468,646	14,913,564	1.73%	2.27%
1972	3,542,497	15,220,495	2.13%	2.06%
1973	3,627,383	15,505,121	2.4%	1.87%
1974	3,723,259	15,784,817	2.64%	1.8%
1975	3,821,494	16,075,128	2.64%	1.84%
1976	3,921,910	16,401,413	2.63%	2.03%
1977	4,024,032	16,730,895	2.6%	2.01%
1978	4,127,657	17,042,272	2.58%	1.86%
1979	4,232,605	17,372,779	2.54%	1.94%
1980	4,339,030	17,704,538	2.51%	1.91%
1981	4,447,272	18,029,982	2.49%	1.84%
1982	4,557,686	18,354,855	2.48%	1.8%
1983	4,661,574	18,653,146	2.28%	1.63%
1984	4,750,627	18,929,866	1.91%	1.48%
1985	4,834,296	19,191,510	1.76%	1.38%
1986	4,921,240	19,411,454	1.8%	1.15%
1987	4,962,395	19,617,046	0.84%	1.06%
1988	4,848,029	19,839,704	-2.3%	1.14%
1989	4,713,229	20,055,492	-2.78%	1.09%
1990	4,737,633	20,278,946	0.52%	1.11%
1991	4,836,677	20,503,568	2.09%	1.11%
1992	4,909,749	20,704,227	1.51%	0.98%
1993	4,956,002	20,899,019	0.94%	0.94%
1994	5,071,184	21,086,645	2.32%	0.9%
1995	5,225,836	21,267,653	3.05%	0.86%
1996	5,356,925	21,441,432	2.51%	0.82%
1997	5,509,136	21,634,124	2.84%	0.9%
1998	5,620,068	21,835,703	2.01%	0.93%
1999	5,771,628	22,010,489	2.7%	0.8%
2000	6,032,267	22,184,530	4.52%	0.79%
2001	6,308,391	22,341,120	4.58%	0.71%
2002	6,596,806	22,463,172	4.57%	0.55%
2003	6,903,127	22,562,663	4.64%	0.44%
2004	7,233,041	22,646,836	4.78%	0.37%
2005	7,590,143	22,729,753	4.94%	0.37%
2006	7,976,526	22,823,455	5.09%	0.41%
2007	8,388,788	22,917,444	5.17%	0.41%
2008	8,817,647	22,997,696	5.11%	0.35%
2009	9,243,556	23,078,402	4.83%	0.35%
2010	9,745,953	23,140,948	5.44%	0.27%
2011	10,288,109	23,193,518	5.56%	0.23%
2012	10,756,240	23,270,367	4.55%	0.33%
2013	11,166,275	23,344,670	3.81%	0.32%
2014	11,235,073	23,403,635	0.62%	0.25%
2015	11,107,561	23,462,914	-1.13%	0.25%
2016	10,830,102	23,515,945	-2.5%	0.23%
2017	10,259,154	23,555,522	-5.27%	0.17%
2018	10,122,977	23,580,080	-1.33%	0.1%
2019	10,423,384	23,596,027	2.97%	0.07%
2020	10,698,467	23,582,179	2.64%	-0.06%
2021	10,865,780	23,468,275	1.56%	-0.48%
2022	11,021,177	23,319,977	1.43%	-0.63%
2023	11,483,374	23,342,541	4.19%	0.1%
2024	11,943,408	23,410,331	4.01%	0.29%
2025	12,188,793	23,308,308	2.05%	-0.44%
2026	12,436,036	23,205,944	2.03%	-0.44%
2027	12,687,301	23,102,120	2.02%	-0.45%
2028	12,941,503	22,996,693	2%	-0.46%
2029	13,198,080	22,890,335	1.98%	-0.46%
2030	13,457,446	22,781,040	1.97%	-0.48%
2031	13,725,413	22,667,327	1.99%	-0.5%
2032	13,996,343	22,549,689	1.97%	-0.52%
2033	14,261,762	22,428,721	1.9%	-0.54%
2034	14,527,550	22,302,402	1.86%	-0.56%
2035	14,798,602	22,170,689	1.87%	-0.59%
2036	15,070,098	22,034,775	1.83%	-0.61%
2037	15,335,700	21,893,029	1.76%	-0.64%
2038	15,595,968	21,746,001	1.7%	-0.67%
2039	15,850,696	21,594,236	1.63%	-0.7%
2040	16,101,470	21,436,947	1.58%	-0.73%
2041	16,350,149	21,274,187	1.54%	-0.76%
2042	16,593,361	21,105,682	1.49%	-0.79%
2043	16,829,209	20,932,105	1.42%	-0.82%
2044	17,060,176	20,754,623	1.37%	-0.85%
2045	17,286,412	20,571,741	1.33%	-0.88%
2046	17,509,693	20,384,903	1.29%	-0.91%
2047	17,728,331	20,194,425	1.25%	-0.93%
2048	17,938,437	19,999,753	1.19%	-0.96%
2049	18,142,893	19,801,293	1.14%	-0.99%
2050	18,341,968	19,598,997	1.1%	-1.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.