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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	United States	South Sudan	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,931,559	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,976,724	183,691,481	1.54%	1.67%
1962	3,024,308	186,537,737	1.6%	1.55%
1963	3,072,669	189,241,798	1.6%	1.45%
1964	3,129,918	191,888,791	1.86%	1.4%
1965	3,189,835	194,302,963	1.91%	1.26%
1966	3,236,423	196,560,338	1.46%	1.16%
1967	3,277,648	198,712,056	1.27%	1.09%
1968	3,321,528	200,706,052	1.34%	1%
1969	3,365,533	202,676,946	1.32%	0.98%
1970	3,409,614	205,052,174	1.31%	1.17%
1971	3,468,646	207,660,677	1.73%	1.27%
1972	3,542,497	209,896,021	2.13%	1.08%
1973	3,627,383	211,908,788	2.4%	0.96%
1974	3,723,259	213,853,928	2.64%	0.92%
1975	3,821,494	215,973,199	2.64%	0.99%
1976	3,921,910	218,035,164	2.63%	0.95%
1977	4,024,032	220,239,425	2.6%	1.01%
1978	4,127,657	222,584,545	2.58%	1.06%
1979	4,232,605	225,055,487	2.54%	1.11%
1980	4,339,030	226,542,250	2.51%	0.66%
1981	4,447,272	229,465,744	2.49%	1.29%
1982	4,557,686	231,664,432	2.48%	0.96%
1983	4,661,574	233,792,014	2.28%	0.92%
1984	4,750,627	235,824,908	1.91%	0.87%
1985	4,834,296	237,923,734	1.76%	0.89%
1986	4,921,240	240,132,831	1.8%	0.93%
1987	4,962,395	242,288,936	0.84%	0.9%
1988	4,848,029	244,499,004	-2.3%	0.91%
1989	4,713,229	246,819,222	-2.78%	0.95%
1990	4,737,633	250,131,894	0.52%	1.34%
1991	4,836,677	253,492,503	2.09%	1.34%
1992	4,909,749	256,894,189	1.51%	1.34%
1993	4,956,002	260,255,352	0.94%	1.31%
1994	5,071,184	263,435,673	2.32%	1.22%
1995	5,225,836	266,557,091	3.05%	1.18%
1996	5,356,925	269,667,391	2.51%	1.17%
1997	5,509,136	272,911,760	2.84%	1.2%
1998	5,620,068	276,115,288	2.01%	1.17%
1999	5,771,628	279,294,713	2.7%	1.15%
2000	6,032,267	282,162,411	4.52%	1.03%
2001	6,308,391	284,968,955	4.58%	0.99%
2002	6,596,806	287,625,193	4.57%	0.93%
2003	6,903,127	290,107,933	4.64%	0.86%
2004	7,233,041	292,805,298	4.78%	0.93%
2005	7,590,143	295,516,599	4.94%	0.93%
2006	7,976,526	298,379,912	5.09%	0.97%
2007	8,388,788	301,231,207	5.17%	0.96%
2008	8,817,647	304,093,966	5.11%	0.95%
2009	9,243,556	306,771,529	4.83%	0.88%
2010	9,745,953	309,327,143	5.44%	0.83%
2011	10,288,109	311,583,481	5.56%	0.73%
2012	10,756,240	313,877,662	4.55%	0.74%
2013	11,166,275	316,059,947	3.81%	0.7%
2014	11,235,073	318,386,329	0.62%	0.74%
2015	11,107,561	320,738,994	-1.13%	0.74%
2016	10,830,102	323,071,755	-2.5%	0.73%
2017	10,259,154	325,122,128	-5.27%	0.63%
2018	10,122,977	326,838,199	-1.33%	0.53%
2019	10,423,384	328,329,953	2.97%	0.46%
2020	10,698,467	331,526,933	2.64%	0.97%
2021	10,865,780	331,893,745	1.56%	0.11%
2022	11,021,177	333,271,411	1.43%	0.42%
2023	11,483,374	334,914,895	4.19%	0.49%
2024	11,943,408	340,110,988	4.01%	1.55%
2025	12,188,793	341,931,772	2.05%	0.54%
2026	12,436,036	343,664,369	2.03%	0.51%
2027	12,687,301	345,331,185	2.02%	0.49%
2028	12,941,503	346,981,137	2%	0.48%
2029	13,198,080	348,601,982	1.98%	0.47%
2030	13,457,446	350,176,974	1.97%	0.45%
2031	13,725,413	351,725,612	1.99%	0.44%
2032	13,996,343	353,249,060	1.97%	0.43%
2033	14,261,762	354,749,644	1.9%	0.42%
2034	14,527,550	356,234,239	1.86%	0.42%
2035	14,798,602	357,694,316	1.87%	0.41%
2036	15,070,098	359,119,002	1.83%	0.4%
2037	15,335,700	360,517,853	1.76%	0.39%
2038	15,595,968	361,895,407	1.7%	0.38%
2039	15,850,696	363,229,908	1.63%	0.37%
2040	16,101,470	364,512,364	1.58%	0.35%
2041	16,350,149	365,753,139	1.54%	0.34%
2042	16,593,361	366,969,419	1.49%	0.33%
2043	16,829,209	368,146,925	1.42%	0.32%
2044	17,060,176	369,258,123	1.37%	0.3%
2045	17,286,412	370,318,770	1.33%	0.29%
2046	17,509,693	371,328,255	1.29%	0.27%
2047	17,728,331	372,299,116	1.25%	0.26%
2048	17,938,437	373,230,539	1.19%	0.25%
2049	18,142,893	374,119,803	1.14%	0.24%
2050	18,341,968	374,986,259	1.1%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.