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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Vanuatu	South Sudan	Vanuatu
1960	2,931,559	64,431	-	-
1961	2,976,724	66,264	1.54%	2.84%
1962	3,024,308	68,174	1.6%	2.88%
1963	3,072,669	70,159	1.6%	2.91%
1964	3,129,918	72,219	1.86%	2.94%
1965	3,189,835	74,358	1.91%	2.96%
1966	3,236,423	76,590	1.46%	3%
1967	3,277,648	78,921	1.27%	3.04%
1968	3,321,528	81,314	1.34%	3.03%
1969	3,365,533	83,755	1.32%	3%
1970	3,409,614	86,266	1.31%	3%
1971	3,468,646	88,862	1.73%	3.01%
1972	3,542,497	91,562	2.13%	3.04%
1973	3,627,383	94,362	2.4%	3.06%
1974	3,723,259	97,260	2.64%	3.07%
1975	3,821,494	100,269	2.64%	3.09%
1976	3,921,910	103,388	2.63%	3.11%
1977	4,024,032	106,618	2.6%	3.12%
1978	4,127,657	109,963	2.58%	3.14%
1979	4,232,605	113,040	2.54%	2.8%
1980	4,339,030	115,660	2.51%	2.32%
1981	4,447,272	118,249	2.49%	2.24%
1982	4,557,686	121,035	2.48%	2.36%
1983	4,661,574	123,998	2.28%	2.45%
1984	4,750,627	127,109	1.91%	2.51%
1985	4,834,296	130,356	1.76%	2.55%
1986	4,921,240	133,720	1.8%	2.58%
1987	4,962,395	137,187	0.84%	2.59%
1988	4,848,029	140,756	-2.3%	2.6%
1989	4,713,229	144,393	-2.78%	2.58%
1990	4,737,633	148,063	0.52%	2.54%
1991	4,836,677	151,793	2.09%	2.52%
1992	4,909,749	155,608	1.51%	2.51%
1993	4,956,002	159,463	0.94%	2.48%
1994	5,071,184	163,314	2.32%	2.41%
1995	5,225,836	167,137	3.05%	2.34%
1996	5,356,925	170,911	2.51%	2.26%
1997	5,509,136	174,626	2.84%	2.17%
1998	5,620,068	178,313	2.01%	2.11%
1999	5,771,628	182,048	2.7%	2.09%
2000	6,032,267	186,281	4.52%	2.33%
2001	6,308,391	191,031	4.58%	2.55%
2002	6,596,806	195,863	4.57%	2.53%
2003	6,903,127	200,746	4.64%	2.49%
2004	7,233,041	205,711	4.78%	2.47%
2005	7,590,143	210,760	4.94%	2.45%
2006	7,976,526	215,923	5.09%	2.45%
2007	8,388,788	221,276	5.17%	2.48%
2008	8,817,647	226,896	5.11%	2.54%
2009	9,243,556	232,731	4.83%	2.57%
2010	9,745,953	238,248	5.44%	2.37%
2011	10,288,109	243,474	5.56%	2.19%
2012	10,756,240	248,883	4.55%	2.22%
2013	11,166,275	254,482	3.81%	2.25%
2014	11,235,073	260,240	0.62%	2.26%
2015	11,107,561	266,101	-1.13%	2.25%
2016	10,830,102	272,087	-2.5%	2.25%
2017	10,259,154	278,507	-5.27%	2.36%
2018	10,122,977	285,259	-1.33%	2.42%
2019	10,423,384	291,985	2.97%	2.36%
2020	10,698,467	298,858	2.64%	2.35%
2021	10,865,780	305,868	1.56%	2.35%
2022	11,021,177	313,046	1.43%	2.35%
2023	11,483,374	320,409	4.19%	2.35%
2024	11,943,408	327,777	4.01%	2.3%
2025	12,188,793	335,169	2.05%	2.26%
2026	12,436,036	342,565	2.03%	2.21%
2027	12,687,301	349,970	2.02%	2.16%
2028	12,941,503	357,397	2%	2.12%
2029	13,198,080	364,883	1.98%	2.09%
2030	13,457,446	372,429	1.97%	2.07%
2031	13,725,413	380,015	1.99%	2.04%
2032	13,996,343	387,657	1.97%	2.01%
2033	14,261,762	395,366	1.9%	1.99%
2034	14,527,550	403,188	1.86%	1.98%
2035	14,798,602	411,061	1.87%	1.95%
2036	15,070,098	419,006	1.83%	1.93%
2037	15,335,700	427,031	1.76%	1.92%
2038	15,595,968	435,150	1.7%	1.9%
2039	15,850,696	443,311	1.63%	1.88%
2040	16,101,470	451,509	1.58%	1.85%
2041	16,350,149	459,733	1.54%	1.82%
2042	16,593,361	468,003	1.49%	1.8%
2043	16,829,209	476,308	1.42%	1.77%
2044	17,060,176	484,636	1.37%	1.75%
2045	17,286,412	492,989	1.33%	1.72%
2046	17,509,693	501,316	1.29%	1.69%
2047	17,728,331	509,621	1.25%	1.66%
2048	17,938,437	517,889	1.19%	1.62%
2049	18,142,893	526,138	1.14%	1.59%
2050	18,341,968	534,374	1.1%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Sudan increased by 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Sudan gained 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 93rd most populous country in 2005 and is 81st in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) South Sudan's population will grow by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people with a rank change from 81st to 78th. The population of Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.