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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Uganda	South Sudan	Uganda
1960	2,931,559	7,640,973	-	-
1961	2,976,724	7,862,217	1.54%	2.9%
1962	3,024,308	8,092,231	1.6%	2.93%
1963	3,072,669	8,333,663	1.6%	2.98%
1964	3,129,918	8,586,363	1.86%	3.03%
1965	3,189,835	8,849,203	1.91%	3.06%
1966	3,236,423	9,122,864	1.46%	3.09%
1967	3,277,648	9,408,924	1.27%	3.14%
1968	3,321,528	9,708,632	1.34%	3.19%
1969	3,365,533	10,014,858	1.32%	3.15%
1970	3,409,614	10,321,603	1.31%	3.06%
1971	3,468,646	10,618,206	1.73%	2.87%
1972	3,542,497	10,885,796	2.13%	2.52%
1973	3,627,383	11,144,236	2.4%	2.37%
1974	3,723,259	11,424,846	2.64%	2.52%
1975	3,821,494	11,725,240	2.64%	2.63%
1976	3,921,910	12,037,294	2.63%	2.66%
1977	4,024,032	12,359,669	2.6%	2.68%
1978	4,127,657	12,692,113	2.58%	2.69%
1979	4,232,605	13,002,163	2.54%	2.44%
1980	4,339,030	13,275,741	2.51%	2.1%
1981	4,447,272	13,556,452	2.49%	2.11%
1982	4,557,686	13,873,631	2.48%	2.34%
1983	4,661,574	14,221,881	2.28%	2.51%
1984	4,750,627	14,607,677	1.91%	2.71%
1985	4,834,296	15,023,681	1.76%	2.85%
1986	4,921,240	15,467,579	1.8%	2.95%
1987	4,962,395	15,954,170	0.84%	3.15%
1988	4,848,029	16,470,483	-2.3%	3.24%
1989	4,713,229	17,010,698	-2.78%	3.28%
1990	4,737,633	17,569,897	0.52%	3.29%
1991	4,836,677	18,155,901	2.09%	3.34%
1992	4,909,749	18,785,032	1.51%	3.47%
1993	4,956,002	19,445,161	0.94%	3.51%
1994	5,071,184	20,108,801	2.32%	3.41%
1995	5,225,836	20,665,667	3.05%	2.77%
1996	5,356,925	21,231,550	2.51%	2.74%
1997	5,509,136	21,856,046	2.84%	2.94%
1998	5,620,068	22,515,806	2.01%	3.02%
1999	5,771,628	23,257,281	2.7%	3.29%
2000	6,032,267	24,000,150	4.52%	3.19%
2001	6,308,391	24,745,676	4.58%	3.11%
2002	6,596,806	25,532,870	4.57%	3.18%
2003	6,903,127	26,352,124	4.64%	3.21%
2004	7,233,041	27,154,515	4.78%	3.04%
2005	7,590,143	27,963,289	4.94%	2.98%
2006	7,976,526	28,794,003	5.09%	2.97%
2007	8,388,788	29,653,430	5.17%	2.98%
2008	8,817,647	30,539,553	5.11%	2.99%
2009	9,243,556	31,451,151	4.83%	2.98%
2010	9,745,953	32,390,802	5.44%	2.99%
2011	10,288,109	33,354,543	5.56%	2.98%
2012	10,756,240	34,337,438	4.55%	2.95%
2013	11,166,275	35,337,042	3.81%	2.91%
2014	11,235,073	36,395,539	0.62%	3%
2015	11,107,561	37,531,446	-1.13%	3.12%
2016	10,830,102	38,799,152	-2.5%	3.38%
2017	10,259,154	40,177,388	-5.27%	3.55%
2018	10,122,977	41,565,831	-1.33%	3.46%
2019	10,423,384	42,999,637	2.97%	3.45%
2020	10,698,467	44,457,152	2.64%	3.39%
2021	10,865,780	45,910,930	1.56%	3.27%
2022	11,021,177	47,312,719	1.43%	3.05%
2023	11,483,374	48,656,601	4.19%	2.84%
2024	11,943,408	50,015,092	4.01%	2.79%
2025	12,188,793	51,384,895	2.05%	2.74%
2026	12,436,036	52,761,471	2.03%	2.68%
2027	12,687,301	54,144,274	2.02%	2.62%
2028	12,941,503	55,532,564	2%	2.56%
2029	13,198,080	56,922,797	1.98%	2.5%
2030	13,457,446	58,312,944	1.97%	2.44%
2031	13,725,413	59,703,537	1.99%	2.38%
2032	13,996,343	61,089,060	1.97%	2.32%
2033	14,261,762	62,464,116	1.9%	2.25%
2034	14,527,550	63,833,872	1.86%	2.19%
2035	14,798,602	65,205,570	1.87%	2.15%
2036	15,070,098	66,573,737	1.83%	2.1%
2037	15,335,700	67,942,634	1.76%	2.06%
2038	15,595,968	69,312,210	1.7%	2.02%
2039	15,850,696	70,669,875	1.63%	1.96%
2040	16,101,470	72,020,414	1.58%	1.91%
2041	16,350,149	73,372,658	1.54%	1.88%
2042	16,593,361	74,730,004	1.49%	1.85%
2043	16,829,209	76,090,991	1.42%	1.82%
2044	17,060,176	77,449,517	1.37%	1.79%
2045	17,286,412	78,797,995	1.33%	1.74%
2046	17,509,693	80,139,174	1.29%	1.7%
2047	17,728,331	81,478,503	1.25%	1.67%
2048	17,938,437	82,812,102	1.19%	1.64%
2049	18,142,893	84,130,056	1.14%	1.59%
2050	18,341,968	85,431,202	1.1%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.