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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Tunisia	South Sudan	Tunisia
1960	2,931,559	4,267,288	-	-
1961	2,976,724	4,316,278	1.54%	1.15%
1962	3,024,308	4,369,136	1.6%	1.22%
1963	3,072,669	4,427,131	1.6%	1.33%
1964	3,129,918	4,489,869	1.86%	1.42%
1965	3,189,835	4,561,385	1.91%	1.59%
1966	3,236,423	4,652,287	1.46%	1.99%
1967	3,277,648	4,760,970	1.27%	2.34%
1968	3,321,528	4,879,899	1.34%	2.5%
1969	3,365,533	5,004,697	1.32%	2.56%
1970	3,409,614	5,131,396	1.31%	2.53%
1971	3,468,646	5,261,658	1.73%	2.54%
1972	3,542,497	5,396,557	2.13%	2.56%
1973	3,627,383	5,537,242	2.4%	2.61%
1974	3,723,259	5,684,674	2.64%	2.66%
1975	3,821,494	5,839,262	2.64%	2.72%
1976	3,921,910	5,996,994	2.63%	2.7%
1977	4,024,032	6,155,931	2.6%	2.65%
1978	4,127,657	6,309,390	2.58%	2.49%
1979	4,232,605	6,456,419	2.54%	2.33%
1980	4,339,030	6,606,195	2.51%	2.32%
1981	4,447,272	6,758,284	2.49%	2.3%
1982	4,557,686	6,908,642	2.48%	2.22%
1983	4,661,574	7,053,800	2.28%	2.1%
1984	4,750,627	7,220,044	1.91%	2.36%
1985	4,834,296	7,409,903	1.76%	2.63%
1986	4,921,240	7,600,301	1.8%	2.57%
1987	4,962,395	7,789,987	0.84%	2.5%
1988	4,848,029	7,974,440	-2.3%	2.37%
1989	4,713,229	8,151,660	-2.78%	2.22%
1990	4,737,633	8,324,509	0.52%	2.12%
1991	4,836,677	8,501,827	2.09%	2.13%
1992	4,909,749	8,682,512	1.51%	2.13%
1993	4,956,002	8,857,910	0.94%	2.02%
1994	5,071,184	9,018,448	2.32%	1.81%
1995	5,225,836	9,161,258	3.05%	1.58%
1996	5,356,925	9,294,432	2.51%	1.45%
1997	5,509,136	9,421,270	2.84%	1.36%
1998	5,620,068	9,541,667	2.01%	1.28%
1999	5,771,628	9,655,963	2.7%	1.2%
2000	6,032,267	9,764,935	4.52%	1.13%
2001	6,308,391	9,869,677	4.58%	1.07%
2002	6,596,806	9,971,515	4.57%	1.03%
2003	6,903,127	10,071,632	4.64%	1%
2004	7,233,041	10,166,163	4.78%	0.94%
2005	7,590,143	10,255,472	4.94%	0.88%
2006	7,976,526	10,346,410	5.09%	0.89%
2007	8,388,788	10,441,702	5.17%	0.92%
2008	8,817,647	10,542,635	5.11%	0.97%
2009	9,243,556	10,650,681	4.83%	1.02%
2010	9,745,953	10,765,980	5.44%	1.08%
2011	10,288,109	10,886,035	5.56%	1.12%
2012	10,756,240	11,009,647	4.55%	1.14%
2013	11,166,275	11,141,361	3.81%	1.2%
2014	11,235,073	11,274,288	0.62%	1.19%
2015	11,107,561	11,402,264	-1.13%	1.14%
2016	10,830,102	11,528,674	-2.5%	1.11%
2017	10,259,154	11,650,498	-5.27%	1.06%
2018	10,122,977	11,765,514	-1.33%	0.99%
2019	10,423,384	11,875,081	2.97%	0.93%
2020	10,698,467	11,974,057	2.64%	0.83%
2021	10,865,780	12,048,622	1.56%	0.62%
2022	11,021,177	12,119,334	1.43%	0.59%
2023	11,483,374	12,200,431	4.19%	0.67%
2024	11,943,408	12,277,109	4.01%	0.63%
2025	12,188,793	12,348,580	2.05%	0.58%
2026	12,436,036	12,415,147	2.03%	0.54%
2027	12,687,301	12,476,105	2.02%	0.49%
2028	12,941,503	12,531,994	2%	0.45%
2029	13,198,080	12,582,709	1.98%	0.4%
2030	13,457,446	12,628,154	1.97%	0.36%
2031	13,725,413	12,669,925	1.99%	0.33%
2032	13,996,343	12,709,155	1.97%	0.31%
2033	14,261,762	12,746,538	1.9%	0.29%
2034	14,527,550	12,781,017	1.86%	0.27%
2035	14,798,602	12,812,275	1.87%	0.24%
2036	15,070,098	12,842,495	1.83%	0.24%
2037	15,335,700	12,872,063	1.76%	0.23%
2038	15,595,968	12,900,190	1.7%	0.22%
2039	15,850,696	12,927,314	1.63%	0.21%
2040	16,101,470	12,953,871	1.58%	0.21%
2041	16,350,149	12,979,696	1.54%	0.2%
2042	16,593,361	13,005,242	1.49%	0.2%
2043	16,829,209	13,030,307	1.42%	0.19%
2044	17,060,176	13,054,103	1.37%	0.18%
2045	17,286,412	13,076,097	1.33%	0.17%
2046	17,509,693	13,095,748	1.29%	0.15%
2047	17,728,331	13,113,228	1.25%	0.13%
2048	17,938,437	13,127,662	1.19%	0.11%
2049	18,142,893	13,138,151	1.14%	0.08%
2050	18,341,968	13,145,144	1.1%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.