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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Thailand	South Sudan	Thailand
1960	2,931,559	26,851,747	-	-
1961	2,976,724	27,650,334	1.54%	2.97%
1962	3,024,308	28,481,040	1.6%	3%
1963	3,072,669	29,342,322	1.6%	3.02%
1964	3,129,918	30,232,141	1.86%	3.03%
1965	3,189,835	31,149,337	1.91%	3.03%
1966	3,236,423	32,086,071	1.46%	3.01%
1967	3,277,648	33,037,801	1.27%	2.97%
1968	3,321,528	34,002,560	1.34%	2.92%
1969	3,365,533	34,973,782	1.32%	2.86%
1970	3,409,614	35,954,408	1.31%	2.8%
1971	3,468,646	36,937,387	1.73%	2.73%
1972	3,542,497	37,933,929	2.13%	2.7%
1973	3,627,383	38,947,787	2.4%	2.67%
1974	3,723,259	39,952,891	2.64%	2.58%
1975	3,821,494	40,940,005	2.64%	2.47%
1976	3,921,910	41,896,504	2.63%	2.34%
1977	4,024,032	42,843,974	2.6%	2.26%
1978	4,127,657	43,788,976	2.58%	2.21%
1979	4,232,605	44,718,434	2.54%	2.12%
1980	4,339,030	45,650,022	2.51%	2.08%
1981	4,447,272	46,575,855	2.49%	2.03%
1982	4,557,686	47,494,577	2.48%	1.97%
1983	4,661,574	48,423,309	2.28%	1.96%
1984	4,750,627	49,351,708	1.91%	1.92%
1985	4,834,296	50,270,753	1.76%	1.86%
1986	4,921,240	51,177,834	1.8%	1.8%
1987	4,962,395	52,074,105	0.84%	1.75%
1988	4,848,029	52,969,595	-2.3%	1.72%
1989	4,713,229	53,848,956	-2.78%	1.66%
1990	4,737,633	54,738,329	0.52%	1.65%
1991	4,836,677	55,637,434	2.09%	1.64%
1992	4,909,749	56,528,834	1.51%	1.6%
1993	4,956,002	57,408,198	0.94%	1.56%
1994	5,071,184	58,260,854	2.32%	1.49%
1995	5,225,836	59,098,232	3.05%	1.44%
1996	5,356,925	59,920,064	2.51%	1.39%
1997	5,509,136	60,724,584	2.84%	1.34%
1998	5,620,068	61,522,630	2.01%	1.31%
1999	5,771,628	62,299,043	2.7%	1.26%
2000	6,032,267	63,007,815	4.52%	1.14%
2001	6,308,391	63,651,141	4.58%	1.02%
2002	6,596,806	64,266,437	4.57%	0.97%
2003	6,903,127	64,868,166	4.64%	0.94%
2004	7,233,041	65,452,047	4.78%	0.9%
2005	7,590,143	66,017,420	4.94%	0.86%
2006	7,976,526	66,567,687	5.09%	0.83%
2007	8,388,788	67,102,394	5.17%	0.8%
2008	8,817,647	67,619,830	5.11%	0.77%
2009	9,243,556	68,121,080	4.83%	0.74%
2010	9,745,953	68,579,447	5.44%	0.67%
2011	10,288,109	69,007,208	5.56%	0.62%
2012	10,756,240	69,436,098	4.55%	0.62%
2013	11,166,275	69,845,114	3.81%	0.59%
2014	11,235,073	70,216,367	0.62%	0.53%
2015	11,107,561	70,540,795	-1.13%	0.46%
2016	10,830,102	70,859,841	-2.5%	0.45%
2017	10,259,154	71,160,187	-5.27%	0.42%
2018	10,122,977	71,376,079	-1.33%	0.3%
2019	10,423,384	71,522,271	2.97%	0.2%
2020	10,698,467	71,641,484	2.64%	0.17%
2021	10,865,780	71,727,332	1.56%	0.12%
2022	11,021,177	71,735,329	1.43%	0.01%
2023	11,483,374	71,702,435	4.19%	-0.05%
2024	11,943,408	71,668,011	4.01%	-0.05%
2025	12,188,793	71,619,867	2.05%	-0.07%
2026	12,436,036	71,559,621	2.03%	-0.08%
2027	12,687,301	71,488,156	2.02%	-0.1%
2028	12,941,503	71,406,996	2%	-0.11%
2029	13,198,080	71,316,195	1.98%	-0.13%
2030	13,457,446	71,215,017	1.97%	-0.14%
2031	13,725,413	71,104,025	1.99%	-0.16%
2032	13,996,343	70,982,286	1.97%	-0.17%
2033	14,261,762	70,847,947	1.9%	-0.19%
2034	14,527,550	70,701,651	1.86%	-0.21%
2035	14,798,602	70,540,884	1.87%	-0.23%
2036	15,070,098	70,366,496	1.83%	-0.25%
2037	15,335,700	70,180,031	1.76%	-0.26%
2038	15,595,968	69,979,034	1.7%	-0.29%
2039	15,850,696	69,763,928	1.63%	-0.31%
2040	16,101,470	69,535,003	1.58%	-0.33%
2041	16,350,149	69,288,477	1.54%	-0.35%
2042	16,593,361	69,025,348	1.49%	-0.38%
2043	16,829,209	68,748,075	1.42%	-0.4%
2044	17,060,176	68,456,533	1.37%	-0.42%
2045	17,286,412	68,150,148	1.33%	-0.45%
2046	17,509,693	67,827,309	1.29%	-0.47%
2047	17,728,331	67,489,358	1.25%	-0.5%
2048	17,938,437	67,136,737	1.19%	-0.52%
2049	18,142,893	66,767,316	1.14%	-0.55%
2050	18,341,968	66,382,732	1.1%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Sudan increased by 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Sudan gained 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 93rd most populous country in 2005 and is 81st in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) South Sudan's population will grow by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people with a rank change from 81st to 78th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.