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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Venezuela	South Sudan	Venezuela
1960	2,931,559	8,160,090	-	-
1961	2,976,724	8,455,915	1.54%	3.63%
1962	3,024,308	8,756,870	1.6%	3.56%
1963	3,072,669	9,064,021	1.6%	3.51%
1964	3,129,918	9,377,712	1.86%	3.46%
1965	3,189,835	9,697,790	1.91%	3.41%
1966	3,236,423	10,024,854	1.46%	3.37%
1967	3,277,648	10,358,513	1.27%	3.33%
1968	3,321,528	10,697,530	1.34%	3.27%
1969	3,365,533	11,040,280	1.32%	3.2%
1970	3,409,614	11,387,790	1.31%	3.15%
1971	3,468,646	11,741,008	1.73%	3.1%
1972	3,542,497	12,099,180	2.13%	3.05%
1973	3,627,383	12,463,537	2.4%	3.01%
1974	3,723,259	12,835,351	2.64%	2.98%
1975	3,821,494	13,215,892	2.64%	2.96%
1976	3,921,910	13,606,284	2.63%	2.95%
1977	4,024,032	14,006,812	2.6%	2.94%
1978	4,127,657	14,416,684	2.58%	2.93%
1979	4,232,605	14,834,552	2.54%	2.9%
1980	4,339,030	15,258,218	2.51%	2.86%
1981	4,447,272	15,687,297	2.49%	2.81%
1982	4,557,686	16,121,874	2.48%	2.77%
1983	4,661,574	16,562,205	2.28%	2.73%
1984	4,750,627	17,008,841	1.91%	2.7%
1985	4,834,296	17,461,434	1.76%	2.66%
1986	4,921,240	17,923,536	1.8%	2.65%
1987	4,962,395	18,394,963	0.84%	2.63%
1988	4,848,029	18,871,020	-2.3%	2.59%
1989	4,713,229	19,348,921	-2.78%	2.53%
1990	4,737,633	19,827,010	0.52%	2.47%
1991	4,836,677	20,304,896	2.09%	2.41%
1992	4,909,749	20,780,948	1.51%	2.34%
1993	4,956,002	21,254,520	0.94%	2.28%
1994	5,071,184	21,725,188	2.32%	2.21%
1995	5,225,836	22,193,821	3.05%	2.16%
1996	5,356,925	22,662,113	2.51%	2.11%
1997	5,509,136	23,131,685	2.84%	2.07%
1998	5,620,068	23,601,337	2.01%	2.03%
1999	5,771,628	24,066,593	2.7%	1.97%
2000	6,032,267	24,526,708	4.52%	1.91%
2001	6,308,391	24,979,922	4.58%	1.85%
2002	6,596,806	25,435,671	4.57%	1.82%
2003	6,903,127	25,892,703	4.64%	1.8%
2004	7,233,041	26,340,838	4.78%	1.73%
2005	7,590,143	26,785,804	4.94%	1.69%
2006	7,976,526	27,224,686	5.09%	1.64%
2007	8,388,788	27,649,363	5.17%	1.56%
2008	8,817,647	28,053,696	5.11%	1.46%
2009	9,243,556	28,438,298	4.83%	1.37%
2010	9,745,953	28,813,101	5.44%	1.32%
2011	10,288,109	29,185,212	5.56%	1.29%
2012	10,756,240	29,553,826	4.55%	1.26%
2013	11,166,275	29,912,198	3.81%	1.21%
2014	11,235,073	30,254,079	0.62%	1.14%
2015	11,107,561	30,573,972	-1.13%	1.06%
2016	10,830,102	30,765,720	-2.5%	0.63%
2017	10,259,154	30,565,323	-5.27%	-0.65%
2018	10,122,977	29,807,592	-1.33%	-2.48%
2019	10,423,384	28,938,098	2.97%	-2.92%
2020	10,698,467	28,444,077	2.64%	-1.71%
2021	10,865,780	28,237,826	1.56%	-0.73%
2022	11,021,177	28,213,017	1.43%	-0.09%
2023	11,483,374	28,300,854	4.19%	0.31%
2024	11,943,408	28,405,543	4.01%	0.37%
2025	12,188,793	28,516,898	2.05%	0.39%
2026	12,436,036	28,633,718	2.03%	0.41%
2027	12,687,301	28,758,565	2.02%	0.44%
2028	12,941,503	28,885,166	2%	0.44%
2029	13,198,080	29,014,444	1.98%	0.45%
2030	13,457,446	29,151,809	1.97%	0.47%
2031	13,725,413	29,295,744	1.99%	0.49%
2032	13,996,343	29,442,534	1.97%	0.5%
2033	14,261,762	29,587,099	1.9%	0.49%
2034	14,527,550	29,735,159	1.86%	0.5%
2035	14,798,602	29,883,329	1.87%	0.5%
2036	15,070,098	30,020,167	1.83%	0.46%
2037	15,335,700	30,146,546	1.76%	0.42%
2038	15,595,968	30,268,328	1.7%	0.4%
2039	15,850,696	30,386,284	1.63%	0.39%
2040	16,101,470	30,495,445	1.58%	0.36%
2041	16,350,149	30,590,207	1.54%	0.31%
2042	16,593,361	30,674,532	1.49%	0.28%
2043	16,829,209	30,749,671	1.42%	0.24%
2044	17,060,176	30,813,805	1.37%	0.21%
2045	17,286,412	30,871,490	1.33%	0.19%
2046	17,509,693	30,923,463	1.29%	0.17%
2047	17,728,331	30,974,366	1.25%	0.16%
2048	17,938,437	31,021,600	1.19%	0.15%
2049	18,142,893	31,059,954	1.14%	0.12%
2050	18,341,968	31,094,884	1.1%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.