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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Tonga	South Sudan	Tonga
1960	2,931,559	66,170	-	-
1961	2,976,724	68,037	1.54%	2.82%
1962	3,024,308	69,940	1.6%	2.8%
1963	3,072,669	71,885	1.6%	2.78%
1964	3,129,918	73,879	1.86%	2.77%
1965	3,189,835	75,924	1.91%	2.77%
1966	3,236,423	78,002	1.46%	2.74%
1967	3,277,648	79,814	1.27%	2.32%
1968	3,321,528	81,353	1.34%	1.93%
1969	3,365,533	82,885	1.32%	1.88%
1970	3,409,614	84,401	1.31%	1.83%
1971	3,468,646	85,896	1.73%	1.77%
1972	3,542,497	87,356	2.13%	1.7%
1973	3,627,383	88,805	2.4%	1.66%
1974	3,723,259	90,683	2.64%	2.11%
1975	3,821,494	93,017	2.64%	2.57%
1976	3,921,910	95,325	2.63%	2.48%
1977	4,024,032	96,725	2.6%	1.47%
1978	4,127,657	97,204	2.58%	0.5%
1979	4,232,605	97,544	2.54%	0.35%
1980	4,339,030	97,769	2.51%	0.23%
1981	4,447,272	97,909	2.49%	0.14%
1982	4,557,686	97,980	2.48%	0.07%
1983	4,661,574	97,998	2.28%	0.02%
1984	4,750,627	97,990	1.91%	-0.008%
1985	4,834,296	97,984	1.76%	-0.006%
1986	4,921,240	98,010	1.8%	0.03%
1987	4,962,395	98,376	0.84%	0.37%
1988	4,848,029	98,969	-2.3%	0.6%
1989	4,713,229	99,403	-2.78%	0.44%
1990	4,737,633	99,700	0.52%	0.3%
1991	4,836,677	99,895	2.09%	0.2%
1992	4,909,749	100,022	1.51%	0.13%
1993	4,956,002	100,103	0.94%	0.08%
1994	5,071,184	100,166	2.32%	0.06%
1995	5,225,836	100,225	3.05%	0.06%
1996	5,356,925	100,275	2.51%	0.05%
1997	5,509,136	100,674	2.84%	0.4%
1998	5,620,068	101,388	2.01%	0.71%
1999	5,771,628	102,046	2.7%	0.65%
2000	6,032,267	102,677	4.52%	0.62%
2001	6,308,391	103,288	4.58%	0.6%
2002	6,596,806	103,874	4.57%	0.57%
2003	6,903,127	104,464	4.64%	0.57%
2004	7,233,041	105,071	4.78%	0.58%
2005	7,590,143	105,671	4.94%	0.57%
2006	7,976,526	106,253	5.09%	0.55%
2007	8,388,788	106,726	5.17%	0.45%
2008	8,817,647	107,020	5.11%	0.28%
2009	9,243,556	107,203	4.83%	0.17%
2010	9,745,953	107,400	5.44%	0.18%
2011	10,288,109	107,570	5.56%	0.16%
2012	10,756,240	107,460	4.55%	-0.1%
2013	11,166,275	107,078	3.81%	-0.36%
2014	11,235,073	106,609	0.62%	-0.44%
2015	11,107,561	106,095	-1.13%	-0.48%
2016	10,830,102	105,524	-2.5%	-0.54%
2017	10,259,154	105,356	-5.27%	-0.16%
2018	10,122,977	105,567	-1.33%	0.2%
2019	10,423,384	105,669	2.97%	0.1%
2020	10,698,467	105,704	2.64%	0.03%
2021	10,865,780	105,490	1.56%	-0.2%
2022	11,021,177	105,042	1.43%	-0.42%
2023	11,483,374	104,597	4.19%	-0.42%
2024	11,943,408	104,175	4.01%	-0.4%
2025	12,188,793	103,744	2.05%	-0.41%
2026	12,436,036	103,290	2.03%	-0.44%
2027	12,687,301	102,899	2.02%	-0.38%
2028	12,941,503	102,568	2%	-0.32%
2029	13,198,080	102,280	1.98%	-0.28%
2030	13,457,446	102,069	1.97%	-0.21%
2031	13,725,413	101,927	1.99%	-0.14%
2032	13,996,343	101,837	1.97%	-0.09%
2033	14,261,762	101,807	1.9%	-0.03%
2034	14,527,550	101,806	1.86%	-0.001%
2035	14,798,602	101,833	1.87%	0.03%
2036	15,070,098	101,895	1.83%	0.06%
2037	15,335,700	101,993	1.76%	0.1%
2038	15,595,968	102,173	1.7%	0.18%
2039	15,850,696	102,367	1.63%	0.19%
2040	16,101,470	102,568	1.58%	0.2%
2041	16,350,149	102,805	1.54%	0.23%
2042	16,593,361	103,038	1.49%	0.23%
2043	16,829,209	103,306	1.42%	0.26%
2044	17,060,176	103,612	1.37%	0.3%
2045	17,286,412	103,928	1.33%	0.3%
2046	17,509,693	104,232	1.29%	0.29%
2047	17,728,331	104,502	1.25%	0.26%
2048	17,938,437	104,744	1.19%	0.23%
2049	18,142,893	104,975	1.14%	0.22%
2050	18,341,968	105,193	1.1%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.