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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Yemen	South Sudan	Yemen
1960	2,931,559	5,532,301	-	-
1961	2,976,724	5,655,232	1.54%	2.22%
1962	3,024,308	5,782,221	1.6%	2.25%
1963	3,072,669	5,911,135	1.6%	2.23%
1964	3,129,918	6,048,006	1.86%	2.32%
1965	3,189,835	6,195,593	1.91%	2.44%
1966	3,236,423	6,351,494	1.46%	2.52%
1967	3,277,648	6,516,444	1.27%	2.6%
1968	3,321,528	6,690,524	1.34%	2.67%
1969	3,365,533	6,875,859	1.32%	2.77%
1970	3,409,614	7,065,279	1.31%	2.75%
1971	3,468,646	7,257,462	1.73%	2.72%
1972	3,542,497	7,460,068	2.13%	2.79%
1973	3,627,383	7,672,796	2.4%	2.85%
1974	3,723,259	7,896,783	2.64%	2.92%
1975	3,821,494	8,133,598	2.64%	3%
1976	3,921,910	8,384,113	2.63%	3.08%
1977	4,024,032	8,648,222	2.6%	3.15%
1978	4,127,657	8,926,586	2.58%	3.22%
1979	4,232,605	9,224,194	2.54%	3.33%
1980	4,339,030	9,543,358	2.51%	3.46%
1981	4,447,272	9,882,362	2.49%	3.55%
1982	4,557,686	10,241,006	2.48%	3.63%
1983	4,661,574	10,621,499	2.28%	3.72%
1984	4,750,627	11,025,597	1.91%	3.8%
1985	4,834,296	11,453,825	1.76%	3.88%
1986	4,921,240	11,901,040	1.8%	3.9%
1987	4,962,395	12,369,912	0.84%	3.94%
1988	4,848,029	12,859,708	-2.3%	3.96%
1989	4,713,229	13,364,174	-2.78%	3.92%
1990	4,737,633	13,887,862	0.52%	3.92%
1991	4,836,677	14,430,201	2.09%	3.91%
1992	4,909,749	14,989,494	1.51%	3.88%
1993	4,956,002	15,563,914	0.94%	3.83%
1994	5,071,184	16,149,147	2.32%	3.76%
1995	5,225,836	16,740,058	3.05%	3.66%
1996	5,356,925	17,313,177	2.51%	3.42%
1997	5,509,136	17,873,936	2.84%	3.24%
1998	5,620,068	18,446,013	2.01%	3.2%
1999	5,771,628	19,029,420	2.7%	3.16%
2000	6,032,267	19,624,141	4.52%	3.13%
2001	6,308,391	20,226,147	4.58%	3.07%
2002	6,596,806	20,835,086	4.57%	3.01%
2003	6,903,127	21,456,379	4.64%	2.98%
2004	7,233,041	22,095,167	4.78%	2.98%
2005	7,590,143	22,790,085	4.94%	3.15%
2006	7,976,526	23,543,083	5.09%	3.3%
2007	8,388,788	24,318,082	5.17%	3.29%
2008	8,817,647	25,111,941	5.11%	3.26%
2009	9,243,556	25,927,724	4.83%	3.25%
2010	9,745,953	26,754,387	5.44%	3.19%
2011	10,288,109	27,582,897	5.56%	3.1%
2012	10,756,240	28,433,647	4.55%	3.08%
2013	11,166,275	29,312,952	3.81%	3.09%
2014	11,235,073	30,226,309	0.62%	3.12%
2015	11,107,561	31,159,379	-1.13%	3.09%
2016	10,830,102	32,109,010	-2.5%	3.05%
2017	10,259,154	33,090,921	-5.27%	3.06%
2018	10,122,977	34,085,182	-1.33%	3%
2019	10,423,384	35,111,408	2.97%	3.01%
2020	10,698,467	36,134,863	2.64%	2.91%
2021	10,865,780	37,140,230	1.56%	2.78%
2022	11,021,177	38,222,876	1.43%	2.92%
2023	11,483,374	39,390,799	4.19%	3.06%
2024	11,943,408	40,583,164	4.01%	3.03%
2025	12,188,793	41,773,871	2.05%	2.93%
2026	12,436,036	42,961,650	2.03%	2.84%
2027	12,687,301	44,145,620	2.02%	2.76%
2028	12,941,503	45,323,685	2%	2.67%
2029	13,198,080	46,497,573	1.98%	2.59%
2030	13,457,446	47,667,649	1.97%	2.52%
2031	13,725,413	48,827,503	1.99%	2.43%
2032	13,996,343	49,979,089	1.97%	2.36%
2033	14,261,762	51,129,867	1.9%	2.3%
2034	14,527,550	52,279,989	1.86%	2.25%
2035	14,798,602	53,429,308	1.87%	2.2%
2036	15,070,098	54,578,046	1.83%	2.15%
2037	15,335,700	55,724,259	1.76%	2.1%
2038	15,595,968	56,872,152	1.7%	2.06%
2039	15,850,696	58,024,713	1.63%	2.03%
2040	16,101,470	59,181,514	1.58%	1.99%
2041	16,350,149	60,345,667	1.54%	1.97%
2042	16,593,361	61,517,965	1.49%	1.94%
2043	16,829,209	62,696,517	1.42%	1.92%
2044	17,060,176	63,880,172	1.37%	1.89%
2045	17,286,412	65,066,344	1.33%	1.86%
2046	17,509,693	66,253,578	1.29%	1.82%
2047	17,728,331	67,438,796	1.25%	1.79%
2048	17,938,437	68,620,844	1.19%	1.75%
2049	18,142,893	69,799,794	1.14%	1.72%
2050	18,341,968	70,976,389	1.1%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.