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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Vietnam	South Sudan	Vietnam
1960	2,931,559	32,531,933	-	-
1961	2,976,724	33,409,059	1.54%	2.7%
1962	3,024,308	34,288,560	1.6%	2.63%
1963	3,072,669	35,249,101	1.6%	2.8%
1964	3,129,918	36,201,563	1.86%	2.7%
1965	3,189,835	37,129,656	1.91%	2.56%
1966	3,236,423	38,024,836	1.46%	2.41%
1967	3,277,648	38,895,080	1.27%	2.29%
1968	3,321,528	39,734,609	1.34%	2.16%
1969	3,365,533	40,582,096	1.32%	2.13%
1970	3,409,614	41,475,230	1.31%	2.2%
1971	3,468,646	42,449,276	1.73%	2.35%
1972	3,542,497	43,429,168	2.13%	2.31%
1973	3,627,383	44,409,861	2.4%	2.26%
1974	3,723,259	45,413,537	2.64%	2.26%
1975	3,821,494	46,482,903	2.64%	2.35%
1976	3,921,910	47,684,931	2.63%	2.59%
1977	4,024,032	48,954,872	2.6%	2.66%
1978	4,127,657	50,249,552	2.58%	2.64%
1979	4,232,605	51,378,211	2.54%	2.25%
1980	4,339,030	52,490,101	2.51%	2.16%
1981	4,447,272	53,738,141	2.49%	2.38%
1982	4,557,686	55,011,289	2.48%	2.37%
1983	4,661,574	56,337,921	2.28%	2.41%
1984	4,750,627	57,706,067	1.91%	2.43%
1985	4,834,296	59,060,622	1.76%	2.35%
1986	4,921,240	60,347,048	1.8%	2.18%
1987	4,962,395	61,584,651	0.84%	2.05%
1988	4,848,029	62,843,228	-2.3%	2.04%
1989	4,713,229	64,147,348	-2.78%	2.08%
1990	4,737,633	65,504,552	0.52%	2.12%
1991	4,836,677	66,891,775	2.09%	2.12%
1992	4,909,749	68,260,337	1.51%	2.05%
1993	4,956,002	69,586,384	0.94%	1.94%
1994	5,071,184	70,854,391	2.32%	1.82%
1995	5,225,836	72,049,940	3.05%	1.69%
1996	5,356,925	73,156,447	2.51%	1.54%
1997	5,509,136	74,226,889	2.84%	1.46%
1998	5,620,068	75,299,660	2.01%	1.45%
1999	5,771,628	76,287,452	2.7%	1.31%
2000	6,032,267	77,154,011	4.52%	1.14%
2001	6,308,391	77,969,361	4.58%	1.06%
2002	6,596,806	78,772,224	4.57%	1.03%
2003	6,903,127	79,563,777	4.64%	1%
2004	7,233,041	80,338,971	4.78%	0.97%
2005	7,590,143	81,088,313	4.94%	0.93%
2006	7,976,526	82,167,897	5.09%	1.33%
2007	8,388,788	83,633,375	5.17%	1.78%
2008	8,817,647	85,175,788	5.11%	1.84%
2009	9,243,556	86,460,018	4.83%	1.51%
2010	9,745,953	87,455,152	5.44%	1.15%
2011	10,288,109	88,468,314	5.56%	1.16%
2012	10,756,240	89,510,356	4.55%	1.18%
2013	11,166,275	90,573,104	3.81%	1.19%
2014	11,235,073	91,679,578	0.62%	1.22%
2015	11,107,561	92,823,254	-1.13%	1.25%
2016	10,830,102	94,000,117	-2.5%	1.27%
2017	10,259,154	95,176,977	-5.27%	1.25%
2018	10,122,977	96,237,319	-1.33%	1.11%
2019	10,423,384	97,173,776	2.97%	0.97%
2020	10,698,467	98,079,191	2.64%	0.93%
2021	10,865,780	98,935,098	1.56%	0.87%
2022	11,021,177	99,680,655	1.43%	0.75%
2023	11,483,374	100,352,192	4.19%	0.67%
2024	11,943,408	100,987,686	4.01%	0.63%
2025	12,188,793	101,598,531	2.05%	0.6%
2026	12,436,036	102,177,434	2.03%	0.57%
2027	12,687,301	102,727,392	2.02%	0.54%
2028	12,941,503	103,255,746	2%	0.51%
2029	13,198,080	103,761,151	1.98%	0.49%
2030	13,457,446	104,254,900	1.97%	0.48%
2031	13,725,413	104,737,913	1.99%	0.46%
2032	13,996,343	105,204,401	1.97%	0.45%
2033	14,261,762	105,656,307	1.9%	0.43%
2034	14,527,550	106,097,515	1.86%	0.42%
2035	14,798,602	106,530,671	1.87%	0.41%
2036	15,070,098	106,945,842	1.83%	0.39%
2037	15,335,700	107,346,046	1.76%	0.37%
2038	15,595,968	107,732,019	1.7%	0.36%
2039	15,850,696	108,097,653	1.63%	0.34%
2040	16,101,470	108,437,634	1.58%	0.31%
2041	16,350,149	108,752,199	1.54%	0.29%
2042	16,593,361	109,040,314	1.49%	0.26%
2043	16,829,209	109,292,559	1.42%	0.23%
2044	17,060,176	109,506,274	1.37%	0.2%
2045	17,286,412	109,685,396	1.33%	0.16%
2046	17,509,693	109,827,664	1.29%	0.13%
2047	17,728,331	109,930,243	1.25%	0.09%
2048	17,938,437	109,994,024	1.19%	0.06%
2049	18,142,893	110,018,017	1.14%	0.02%
2050	18,341,968	110,008,910	1.1%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.