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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Ukraine	South Sudan	Ukraine
1960	2,931,559	42,824,093	-	-
1961	2,976,724	43,399,766	1.54%	1.34%
1962	3,024,308	43,943,674	1.6%	1.25%
1963	3,072,669	44,462,372	1.6%	1.18%
1964	3,129,918	44,951,156	1.86%	1.1%
1965	3,189,835	45,386,892	1.91%	0.97%
1966	3,236,423	45,802,519	1.46%	0.92%
1967	3,277,648	46,215,988	1.27%	0.9%
1968	3,321,528	46,614,325	1.34%	0.86%
1969	3,365,533	46,976,256	1.32%	0.78%
1970	3,409,614	47,261,306	1.31%	0.61%
1971	3,468,646	47,573,287	1.73%	0.66%
1972	3,542,497	47,946,893	2.13%	0.79%
1973	3,627,383	48,277,121	2.4%	0.69%
1974	3,723,259	48,576,570	2.64%	0.62%
1975	3,821,494	48,865,229	2.64%	0.59%
1976	3,921,910	49,120,842	2.63%	0.52%
1977	4,024,032	49,336,481	2.6%	0.44%
1978	4,127,657	49,521,243	2.58%	0.37%
1979	4,232,605	49,721,381	2.54%	0.4%
1980	4,339,030	49,955,152	2.51%	0.47%
1981	4,447,272	50,189,281	2.49%	0.47%
1982	4,557,686	50,402,724	2.48%	0.43%
1983	4,661,574	50,637,029	2.28%	0.46%
1984	4,750,627	50,887,599	1.91%	0.49%
1985	4,834,296	51,108,770	1.76%	0.43%
1986	4,921,240	51,318,745	1.8%	0.41%
1987	4,962,395	51,515,732	0.84%	0.38%
1988	4,848,029	51,724,853	-2.3%	0.41%
1989	4,713,229	51,917,817	-2.78%	0.37%
1990	4,737,633	52,054,092	0.52%	0.26%
1991	4,836,677	52,170,961	2.09%	0.22%
1992	4,909,749	52,323,671	1.51%	0.29%
1993	4,956,002	52,350,126	0.94%	0.05%
1994	5,071,184	52,075,998	2.32%	-0.52%
1995	5,225,836	51,665,539	3.05%	-0.79%
1996	5,356,925	51,226,109	2.51%	-0.85%
1997	5,509,136	50,786,885	2.84%	-0.86%
1998	5,620,068	50,379,731	2.01%	-0.8%
1999	5,771,628	49,976,446	2.7%	-0.8%
2000	6,032,267	49,556,660	4.52%	-0.84%
2001	6,308,391	49,106,855	4.58%	-0.91%
2002	6,596,806	48,677,281	4.57%	-0.87%
2003	6,903,127	48,315,136	4.64%	-0.74%
2004	7,233,041	47,979,507	4.78%	-0.69%
2005	7,590,143	47,585,556	4.94%	-0.82%
2006	7,976,526	47,278,694	5.09%	-0.64%
2007	8,388,788	47,062,798	5.17%	-0.46%
2008	8,817,647	46,819,175	5.11%	-0.52%
2009	9,243,556	46,623,731	4.83%	-0.42%
2010	9,745,953	46,456,003	5.44%	-0.36%
2011	10,288,109	46,307,853	5.56%	-0.32%
2012	10,756,240	46,210,056	4.55%	-0.21%
2013	11,166,275	46,126,770	3.81%	-0.18%
2014	11,235,073	45,972,380	0.62%	-0.33%
2015	11,107,561	45,784,896	-1.13%	-0.41%
2016	10,830,102	45,616,832	-2.5%	-0.37%
2017	10,259,154	45,436,041	-5.27%	-0.4%
2018	10,122,977	45,208,907	-1.33%	-0.5%
2019	10,423,384	44,957,458	2.97%	-0.56%
2020	10,698,467	44,680,014	2.64%	-0.62%
2021	10,865,780	44,298,640	1.56%	-0.85%
2022	11,021,177	41,048,766	1.43%	-7.34%
2023	11,483,374	37,732,836	4.19%	-8.08%
2024	11,943,408	37,860,221	4.01%	0.34%
2025	12,188,793	38,980,379	2.05%	2.96%
2026	12,436,036	39,535,850	2.03%	1.43%
2027	12,687,301	39,245,208	2.02%	-0.74%
2028	12,941,503	38,952,086	2%	-0.75%
2029	13,198,080	38,654,416	1.98%	-0.76%
2030	13,457,446	38,353,848	1.97%	-0.78%
2031	13,725,413	38,050,624	1.99%	-0.79%
2032	13,996,343	37,746,688	1.97%	-0.8%
2033	14,261,762	37,442,088	1.9%	-0.81%
2034	14,527,550	37,135,839	1.86%	-0.82%
2035	14,798,602	36,828,149	1.87%	-0.83%
2036	15,070,098	36,519,767	1.83%	-0.84%
2037	15,335,700	36,209,679	1.76%	-0.85%
2038	15,595,968	35,897,705	1.7%	-0.86%
2039	15,850,696	35,584,263	1.63%	-0.87%
2040	16,101,470	35,270,911	1.58%	-0.88%
2041	16,350,149	34,957,580	1.54%	-0.89%
2042	16,593,361	34,641,778	1.49%	-0.9%
2043	16,829,209	34,324,132	1.42%	-0.92%
2044	17,060,176	34,004,074	1.37%	-0.93%
2045	17,286,412	33,680,448	1.33%	-0.95%
2046	17,509,693	33,351,499	1.29%	-0.98%
2047	17,728,331	33,017,828	1.25%	-1%
2048	17,938,437	32,680,968	1.19%	-1.02%
2049	18,142,893	32,338,515	1.14%	-1.05%
2050	18,341,968	31,990,136	1.1%	-1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.