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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Tanzania	South Sudan	Tanzania
1960	2,931,559	9,901,419	-	-
1961	2,976,724	10,187,886	1.54%	2.89%
1962	3,024,308	10,487,756	1.6%	2.94%
1963	3,072,669	10,799,528	1.6%	2.97%
1964	3,129,918	11,127,826	1.86%	3.04%
1965	3,189,835	11,470,728	1.91%	3.08%
1966	3,236,423	11,827,459	1.46%	3.11%
1967	3,277,648	12,200,109	1.27%	3.15%
1968	3,321,528	12,602,076	1.34%	3.29%
1969	3,365,533	13,036,700	1.32%	3.45%
1970	3,409,614	13,492,677	1.31%	3.5%
1971	3,468,646	13,971,451	1.73%	3.55%
1972	3,542,497	14,479,308	2.13%	3.63%
1973	3,627,383	15,010,101	2.4%	3.67%
1974	3,723,259	15,561,630	2.64%	3.67%
1975	3,821,494	16,138,361	2.64%	3.71%
1976	3,921,910	16,736,211	2.63%	3.7%
1977	4,024,032	17,352,929	2.6%	3.68%
1978	4,127,657	17,976,566	2.58%	3.59%
1979	4,232,605	18,592,038	2.54%	3.42%
1980	4,339,030	19,189,769	2.51%	3.21%
1981	4,447,272	19,784,703	2.49%	3.1%
1982	4,557,686	20,398,571	2.48%	3.1%
1983	4,661,574	21,079,874	2.28%	3.34%
1984	4,750,627	21,779,066	1.91%	3.32%
1985	4,834,296	22,501,693	1.76%	3.32%
1986	4,921,240	23,258,959	1.8%	3.37%
1987	4,962,395	24,030,378	0.84%	3.32%
1988	4,848,029	24,769,686	-2.3%	3.08%
1989	4,713,229	25,438,759	-2.78%	2.7%
1990	4,737,633	26,110,207	0.52%	2.64%
1991	4,836,677	26,780,436	2.09%	2.57%
1992	4,909,749	27,457,588	1.51%	2.53%
1993	4,956,002	28,332,692	0.94%	3.19%
1994	5,071,184	29,442,356	2.32%	3.92%
1995	5,225,836	30,383,497	3.05%	3.2%
1996	5,356,925	30,945,762	2.51%	1.85%
1997	5,509,136	31,578,089	2.84%	2.04%
1998	5,620,068	32,420,458	2.01%	2.67%
1999	5,771,628	33,300,330	2.7%	2.71%
2000	6,032,267	34,260,139	4.52%	2.88%
2001	6,308,391	35,198,299	4.58%	2.74%
2002	6,596,806	36,121,304	4.57%	2.62%
2003	6,903,127	37,089,555	4.64%	2.68%
2004	7,233,041	38,109,668	4.78%	2.75%
2005	7,590,143	39,182,076	4.94%	2.81%
2006	7,976,526	40,294,902	5.09%	2.84%
2007	8,388,788	41,435,512	5.17%	2.83%
2008	8,817,647	42,570,728	5.11%	2.74%
2009	9,243,556	43,633,982	4.83%	2.5%
2010	9,745,953	44,758,488	5.44%	2.58%
2011	10,288,109	46,029,367	5.56%	2.84%
2012	10,756,240	47,374,260	4.55%	2.92%
2013	11,166,275	48,824,128	3.81%	3.06%
2014	11,235,073	50,351,512	0.62%	3.13%
2015	11,107,561	52,020,962	-1.13%	3.32%
2016	10,830,102	53,824,013	-2.5%	3.47%
2017	10,259,154	55,652,890	-5.27%	3.4%
2018	10,122,977	57,437,145	-1.33%	3.21%
2019	10,423,384	59,174,891	2.97%	3.03%
2020	10,698,467	60,972,798	2.64%	3.04%
2021	10,865,780	62,830,412	1.56%	3.05%
2022	11,021,177	64,711,821	1.43%	2.99%
2023	11,483,374	66,617,606	4.19%	2.95%
2024	11,943,408	68,560,157	4.01%	2.92%
2025	12,188,793	70,545,858	2.05%	2.9%
2026	12,436,036	72,563,773	2.03%	2.86%
2027	12,687,301	74,604,804	2.02%	2.81%
2028	12,941,503	76,670,483	2%	2.77%
2029	13,198,080	78,773,192	1.98%	2.74%
2030	13,457,446	80,913,118	1.97%	2.72%
2031	13,725,413	83,087,927	1.99%	2.69%
2032	13,996,343	85,293,126	1.97%	2.65%
2033	14,261,762	87,520,491	1.9%	2.61%
2034	14,527,550	89,788,673	1.86%	2.59%
2035	14,798,602	92,091,418	1.87%	2.56%
2036	15,070,098	94,420,808	1.83%	2.53%
2037	15,335,700	96,775,766	1.76%	2.49%
2038	15,595,968	99,156,465	1.7%	2.46%
2039	15,850,696	101,567,525	1.63%	2.43%
2040	16,101,470	103,999,350	1.58%	2.39%
2041	16,350,149	106,448,475	1.54%	2.35%
2042	16,593,361	108,926,272	1.49%	2.33%
2043	16,829,209	111,433,788	1.42%	2.3%
2044	17,060,176	113,966,263	1.37%	2.27%
2045	17,286,412	116,525,463	1.33%	2.25%
2046	17,509,693	119,109,670	1.29%	2.22%
2047	17,728,331	121,721,018	1.25%	2.19%
2048	17,938,437	124,351,294	1.19%	2.16%
2049	18,142,893	126,981,394	1.14%	2.12%
2050	18,341,968	129,621,083	1.1%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.