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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Tajikistan	South Sudan	Tajikistan
1960	2,931,559	2,112,131	-	-
1961	2,976,724	2,181,805	1.54%	3.3%
1962	3,024,308	2,255,026	1.6%	3.36%
1963	3,072,669	2,331,736	1.6%	3.4%
1964	3,129,918	2,411,260	1.86%	3.41%
1965	3,189,835	2,492,998	1.91%	3.39%
1966	3,236,423	2,577,184	1.46%	3.38%
1967	3,277,648	2,664,130	1.27%	3.37%
1968	3,321,528	2,753,848	1.34%	3.37%
1969	3,365,533	2,845,273	1.32%	3.32%
1970	3,409,614	2,936,779	1.31%	3.22%
1971	3,468,646	3,028,837	1.73%	3.13%
1972	3,542,497	3,123,691	2.13%	3.13%
1973	3,627,383	3,222,290	2.4%	3.16%
1974	3,723,259	3,324,499	2.64%	3.17%
1975	3,821,494	3,430,425	2.64%	3.19%
1976	3,921,910	3,540,076	2.63%	3.2%
1977	4,024,032	3,653,265	2.6%	3.2%
1978	4,127,657	3,768,508	2.58%	3.15%
1979	4,232,605	3,882,691	2.54%	3.03%
1980	4,339,030	3,995,256	2.51%	2.9%
1981	4,447,272	4,109,022	2.49%	2.85%
1982	4,557,686	4,227,171	2.48%	2.88%
1983	4,661,574	4,350,874	2.28%	2.93%
1984	4,750,627	4,480,026	1.91%	2.97%
1985	4,834,296	4,619,003	1.76%	3.1%
1986	4,921,240	4,772,139	1.8%	3.32%
1987	4,962,395	4,939,059	0.84%	3.5%
1988	4,848,029	5,114,989	-2.3%	3.56%
1989	4,713,229	5,267,249	-2.78%	2.98%
1990	4,737,633	5,398,768	0.52%	2.5%
1991	4,836,677	5,541,205	2.09%	2.64%
1992	4,909,749	5,649,400	1.51%	1.95%
1993	4,956,002	5,724,993	0.94%	1.34%
1994	5,071,184	5,825,368	2.32%	1.75%
1995	5,225,836	5,948,584	3.05%	2.12%
1996	5,356,925	6,066,523	2.51%	1.98%
1997	5,509,136	6,139,829	2.84%	1.21%
1998	5,620,068	6,176,397	2.01%	0.6%
1999	5,771,628	6,208,370	2.7%	0.52%
2000	6,032,267	6,284,735	4.52%	1.23%
2001	6,308,391	6,407,377	4.58%	1.95%
2002	6,596,806	6,531,669	4.57%	1.94%
2003	6,903,127	6,658,575	4.64%	1.94%
2004	7,233,041	6,790,547	4.78%	1.98%
2005	7,590,143	6,924,720	4.94%	1.98%
2006	7,976,526	7,057,566	5.09%	1.92%
2007	8,388,788	7,194,477	5.17%	1.94%
2008	8,817,647	7,338,403	5.11%	2%
2009	9,243,556	7,490,230	4.83%	2.07%
2010	9,745,953	7,652,141	5.44%	2.16%
2011	10,288,109	7,824,785	5.56%	2.26%
2012	10,756,240	8,014,084	4.55%	2.42%
2013	11,166,275	8,216,724	3.81%	2.53%
2014	11,235,073	8,425,552	0.62%	2.54%
2015	11,107,561	8,643,840	-1.13%	2.59%
2016	10,830,102	8,865,631	-2.5%	2.57%
2017	10,259,154	9,085,946	-5.27%	2.49%
2018	10,122,977	9,307,333	-1.33%	2.44%
2019	10,423,384	9,529,966	2.97%	2.39%
2020	10,698,467	9,749,310	2.64%	2.3%
2021	10,865,780	9,966,908	1.56%	2.23%
2022	11,021,177	10,182,222	1.43%	2.16%
2023	11,483,374	10,389,799	4.19%	2.04%
2024	11,943,408	10,590,927	4.01%	1.94%
2025	12,188,793	10,786,735	2.05%	1.85%
2026	12,436,036	10,978,598	2.03%	1.78%
2027	12,687,301	11,168,387	2.02%	1.73%
2028	12,941,503	11,356,920	2%	1.69%
2029	13,198,080	11,545,276	1.98%	1.66%
2030	13,457,446	11,733,066	1.97%	1.63%
2031	13,725,413	11,920,472	1.99%	1.6%
2032	13,996,343	12,110,150	1.97%	1.59%
2033	14,261,762	12,302,290	1.9%	1.59%
2034	14,527,550	12,496,888	1.86%	1.58%
2035	14,798,602	12,695,586	1.87%	1.59%
2036	15,070,098	12,899,096	1.83%	1.6%
2037	15,335,700	13,104,339	1.76%	1.59%
2038	15,595,968	13,308,237	1.7%	1.56%
2039	15,850,696	13,511,372	1.63%	1.53%
2040	16,101,470	13,713,948	1.58%	1.5%
2041	16,350,149	13,915,192	1.54%	1.47%
2042	16,593,361	14,115,137	1.49%	1.44%
2043	16,829,209	14,311,598	1.42%	1.39%
2044	17,060,176	14,504,865	1.37%	1.35%
2045	17,286,412	14,694,858	1.33%	1.31%
2046	17,509,693	14,879,388	1.29%	1.26%
2047	17,728,331	15,059,869	1.25%	1.21%
2048	17,938,437	15,236,594	1.19%	1.17%
2049	18,142,893	15,408,032	1.14%	1.13%
2050	18,341,968	15,574,643	1.1%	1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.