Population in South Sudan compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

South Sudan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	United Kingdom	South Sudan	United Kingdom
1960	2,931,559	52,400,000	-	-
1961	2,976,724	52,800,000	1.54%	0.76%
1962	3,024,308	53,250,000	1.6%	0.85%
1963	3,072,669	53,650,000	1.6%	0.75%
1964	3,129,918	54,000,000	1.86%	0.65%
1965	3,189,835	54,348,050	1.91%	0.64%
1966	3,236,423	54,648,500	1.46%	0.55%
1967	3,277,648	54,943,600	1.27%	0.54%
1968	3,321,528	55,211,700	1.34%	0.49%
1969	3,365,533	55,441,750	1.32%	0.42%
1970	3,409,614	55,663,250	1.31%	0.4%
1971	3,468,646	55,896,223	1.73%	0.42%
1972	3,542,497	56,086,065	2.13%	0.34%
1973	3,627,383	56,194,527	2.4%	0.19%
1974	3,723,259	56,229,974	2.64%	0.06%
1975	3,821,494	56,225,800	2.64%	-0.007%
1976	3,921,910	56,211,968	2.63%	-0.02%
1977	4,024,032	56,193,492	2.6%	-0.03%
1978	4,127,657	56,196,504	2.58%	0.005%
1979	4,232,605	56,246,951	2.54%	0.09%
1980	4,339,030	56,314,216	2.51%	0.12%
1981	4,447,272	56,333,829	2.49%	0.03%
1982	4,557,686	56,313,641	2.48%	-0.04%
1983	4,661,574	56,332,848	2.28%	0.03%
1984	4,750,627	56,422,072	1.91%	0.16%
1985	4,834,296	56,550,268	1.76%	0.23%
1986	4,921,240	56,681,396	1.8%	0.23%
1987	4,962,395	56,802,050	0.84%	0.21%
1988	4,848,029	56,928,327	-2.3%	0.22%
1989	4,713,229	57,076,711	-2.78%	0.26%
1990	4,737,633	57,247,586	0.52%	0.3%
1991	4,836,677	57,424,897	2.09%	0.31%
1992	4,909,749	57,580,402	1.51%	0.27%
1993	4,956,002	57,718,614	0.94%	0.24%
1994	5,071,184	57,865,745	2.32%	0.25%
1995	5,225,836	58,019,030	3.05%	0.26%
1996	5,356,925	58,166,950	2.51%	0.25%
1997	5,509,136	58,316,954	2.84%	0.26%
1998	5,620,068	58,487,141	2.01%	0.29%
1999	5,771,628	58,682,466	2.7%	0.33%
2000	6,032,267	58,892,514	4.52%	0.36%
2001	6,308,391	59,119,673	4.58%	0.39%
2002	6,596,806	59,370,479	4.57%	0.42%
2003	6,903,127	59,647,577	4.64%	0.47%
2004	7,233,041	59,987,905	4.78%	0.57%
2005	7,590,143	60,401,206	4.94%	0.69%
2006	7,976,526	60,846,820	5.09%	0.74%
2007	8,388,788	61,322,463	5.17%	0.78%
2008	8,817,647	61,806,995	5.11%	0.79%
2009	9,243,556	62,276,270	4.83%	0.76%
2010	9,745,953	62,766,365	5.44%	0.79%
2011	10,288,109	63,258,810	5.56%	0.78%
2012	10,756,240	63,711,000	4.55%	0.71%
2013	11,166,275	64,139,000	3.81%	0.67%
2014	11,235,073	64,620,000	0.62%	0.75%
2015	11,107,561	65,088,000	-1.13%	0.72%
2016	10,830,102	65,607,000	-2.5%	0.8%
2017	10,259,154	65,966,000	-5.27%	0.55%
2018	10,122,977	66,289,000	-1.33%	0.49%
2019	10,423,384	66,631,000	2.97%	0.52%
2020	10,698,467	66,744,000	2.64%	0.17%
2021	10,865,780	66,984,000	1.56%	0.36%
2022	11,021,177	67,604,000	1.43%	0.93%
2023	11,483,374	68,492,000	4.19%	1.31%
2024	11,943,408	69,226,000	4.01%	1.07%
2025	12,188,793	69,639,673	2.05%	0.6%
2026	12,436,036	70,020,350	2.03%	0.55%
2027	12,687,301	70,382,853	2.02%	0.52%
2028	12,941,503	70,732,699	2%	0.5%
2029	13,198,080	71,061,482	1.98%	0.46%
2030	13,457,446	71,377,535	1.97%	0.44%
2031	13,725,413	71,678,351	1.99%	0.42%
2032	13,996,343	71,959,934	1.97%	0.39%
2033	14,261,762	72,234,509	1.9%	0.38%
2034	14,527,550	72,497,650	1.86%	0.36%
2035	14,798,602	72,749,096	1.87%	0.35%
2036	15,070,098	72,990,847	1.83%	0.33%
2037	15,335,700	73,218,850	1.76%	0.31%
2038	15,595,968	73,441,349	1.7%	0.3%
2039	15,850,696	73,658,392	1.63%	0.3%
2040	16,101,470	73,868,334	1.58%	0.29%
2041	16,350,149	74,074,316	1.54%	0.28%
2042	16,593,361	74,275,779	1.49%	0.27%
2043	16,829,209	74,475,035	1.42%	0.27%
2044	17,060,176	74,667,284	1.37%	0.26%
2045	17,286,412	74,848,605	1.33%	0.24%
2046	17,509,693	75,020,949	1.29%	0.23%
2047	17,728,331	75,184,478	1.25%	0.22%
2048	17,938,437	75,337,543	1.19%	0.2%
2049	18,142,893	75,476,141	1.14%	0.18%
2050	18,341,968	75,600,588	1.1%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.