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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Vatican	South Sudan	Vatican
1960	2,931,559	-	-	-
1961	2,976,724	-	1.54%	-
1962	3,024,308	-	1.6%	-
1963	3,072,669	-	1.6%	-
1964	3,129,918	-	1.86%	-
1965	3,189,835	-	1.91%	-
1966	3,236,423	-	1.46%	-
1967	3,277,648	-	1.27%	-
1968	3,321,528	-	1.34%	-
1969	3,365,533	-	1.32%	-
1970	3,409,614	-	1.31%	-
1971	3,468,646	-	1.73%	-
1972	3,542,497	-	2.13%	-
1973	3,627,383	-	2.4%	-
1974	3,723,259	-	2.64%	-
1975	3,821,494	-	2.64%	-
1976	3,921,910	-	2.63%	-
1977	4,024,032	-	2.6%	-
1978	4,127,657	-	2.58%	-
1979	4,232,605	-	2.54%	-
1980	4,339,030	-	2.51%	-
1981	4,447,272	-	2.49%	-
1982	4,557,686	-	2.48%	-
1983	4,661,574	-	2.28%	-
1984	4,750,627	-	1.91%	-
1985	4,834,296	-	1.76%	-
1986	4,921,240	-	1.8%	-
1987	4,962,395	-	0.84%	-
1988	4,848,029	-	-2.3%	-
1989	4,713,229	-	-2.78%	-
1990	4,737,633	-	0.52%	-
1991	4,836,677	-	2.09%	-
1992	4,909,749	-	1.51%	-
1993	4,956,002	-	0.94%	-
1994	5,071,184	-	2.32%	-
1995	5,225,836	-	3.05%	-
1996	5,356,925	-	2.51%	-
1997	5,509,136	-	2.84%	-
1998	5,620,068	-	2.01%	-
1999	5,771,628	-	2.7%	-
2000	6,032,267	880	4.52%	-
2001	6,308,391	890	4.58%	1.14%
2002	6,596,806	900	4.57%	1.12%
2003	6,903,127	911	4.64%	1.22%
2004	7,233,041	921	4.78%	1.1%
2005	7,590,143	921	4.94%	0%
2006	7,976,526	932	5.09%	1.19%
2007	8,388,788	821	5.17%	-11.9%
2008	8,817,647	824	5.11%	0.37%
2009	9,243,556	826	4.83%	0.24%
2010	9,745,953	829	5.44%	0.36%
2011	10,288,109	832	5.56%	0.36%
2012	10,756,240	836	4.55%	0.48%
2013	11,166,275	839	3.81%	0.36%
2014	11,235,073	842	0.62%	0.36%
2015	11,107,561	1,000	-1.13%	18.8%
2016	10,830,102	-	-2.5%	0%
2017	10,259,154	1,000	-5.27%	0%
2018	10,122,977	-	-1.33%	0%
2019	10,423,384	1,000	2.97%	0%
2020	10,698,467	987	2.64%	-1.29%
2021	10,865,780	970	1.56%	-1.68%
2022	11,021,177	944	1.43%	-2.66%
2023	11,483,374	922	4.19%	-2.34%
2024	11,943,408	933	4.01%	1.2%
2025	12,188,793	939	2.05%	0.59%
2026	12,436,036	952	2.03%	1.37%
2027	12,687,301	974	2.02%	2.32%
2028	12,941,503	985	2%	1.13%
2029	13,198,080	983	1.98%	-0.19%
2030	13,457,446	976	1.97%	-0.75%
2031	13,725,413	968	1.99%	-0.75%
2032	13,996,343	968	1.97%	0%
2033	14,261,762	988	1.9%	2.09%
2034	14,527,550	992	1.86%	0.37%
2035	14,798,602	1,000	1.87%	0.74%
2036	15,070,098	998	1.83%	-0.18%
2037	15,335,700	1,003	1.76%	0.55%
2038	15,595,968	1,022	1.7%	1.83%
2039	15,850,696	1,060	1.63%	3.78%
2040	16,101,470	1,095	1.58%	3.3%
2041	16,350,149	1,127	1.54%	2.86%
2042	16,593,361	1,149	1.49%	1.96%
2043	16,829,209	1,169	1.42%	1.76%
2044	17,060,176	1,186	1.37%	1.42%
2045	17,286,412	1,209	1.33%	2.02%
2046	17,509,693	1,224	1.29%	1.22%
2047	17,728,331	1,248	1.25%	1.95%
2048	17,938,437	1,272	1.19%	1.92%
2049	18,142,893	1,296	1.14%	1.88%
2050	18,341,968	1,325	1.1%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.