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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Sudan	Zambia	South Sudan	Zambia
1960	2,931,559	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,976,724	3,254,086	1.54%	3.18%
1962	3,024,308	3,358,099	1.6%	3.2%
1963	3,072,669	3,465,907	1.6%	3.21%
1964	3,129,918	3,577,017	1.86%	3.21%
1965	3,189,835	3,692,086	1.91%	3.22%
1966	3,236,423	3,812,003	1.46%	3.25%
1967	3,277,648	3,936,343	1.27%	3.26%
1968	3,321,528	4,065,593	1.34%	3.28%
1969	3,365,533	4,197,116	1.32%	3.24%
1970	3,409,614	4,321,718	1.31%	2.97%
1971	3,468,646	4,442,525	1.73%	2.8%
1972	3,542,497	4,569,309	2.13%	2.85%
1973	3,627,383	4,702,693	2.4%	2.92%
1974	3,723,259	4,842,746	2.64%	2.98%
1975	3,821,494	4,990,086	2.64%	3.04%
1976	3,921,910	5,143,842	2.63%	3.08%
1977	4,024,032	5,302,480	2.6%	3.08%
1978	4,127,657	5,465,374	2.58%	3.07%
1979	4,232,605	5,631,728	2.54%	3.04%
1980	4,339,030	5,802,833	2.51%	3.04%
1981	4,447,272	5,983,289	2.49%	3.11%
1982	4,557,686	6,178,637	2.48%	3.26%
1983	4,661,574	6,381,038	2.28%	3.28%
1984	4,750,627	6,580,490	1.91%	3.13%
1985	4,834,296	6,780,953	1.76%	3.05%
1986	4,921,240	6,986,471	1.8%	3.03%
1987	4,962,395	7,191,282	0.84%	2.93%
1988	4,848,029	7,391,440	-2.3%	2.78%
1989	4,713,229	7,589,216	-2.78%	2.68%
1990	4,737,633	7,786,169	0.52%	2.6%
1991	4,836,677	7,981,650	2.09%	2.51%
1992	4,909,749	8,176,680	1.51%	2.44%
1993	4,956,002	8,373,921	0.94%	2.41%
1994	5,071,184	8,576,269	2.32%	2.42%
1995	5,225,836	8,785,763	3.05%	2.44%
1996	5,356,925	9,004,053	2.51%	2.48%
1997	5,509,136	9,237,063	2.84%	2.59%
1998	5,620,068	9,482,408	2.01%	2.66%
1999	5,771,628	9,740,005	2.7%	2.72%
2000	6,032,267	10,017,631	4.52%	2.85%
2001	6,308,391	10,325,185	4.58%	3.07%
2002	6,596,806	10,647,949	4.57%	3.13%
2003	6,903,127	10,983,595	4.64%	3.15%
2004	7,233,041	11,338,198	4.78%	3.23%
2005	7,590,143	11,718,819	4.94%	3.36%
2006	7,976,526	12,129,553	5.09%	3.5%
2007	8,388,788	12,565,085	5.17%	3.59%
2008	8,817,647	13,021,324	5.11%	3.63%
2009	9,243,556	13,490,389	4.83%	3.6%
2010	9,745,953	13,965,594	5.44%	3.52%
2011	10,288,109	14,437,796	5.56%	3.38%
2012	10,756,240	14,913,629	4.55%	3.3%
2013	11,166,275	15,398,997	3.81%	3.25%
2014	11,235,073	15,895,315	0.62%	3.22%
2015	11,107,561	16,399,089	-1.13%	3.17%
2016	10,830,102	16,914,423	-2.5%	3.14%
2017	10,259,154	17,441,320	-5.27%	3.12%
2018	10,122,977	17,973,569	-1.33%	3.05%
2019	10,423,384	18,513,839	2.97%	3.01%
2020	10,698,467	19,059,395	2.64%	2.95%
2021	10,865,780	19,603,607	1.56%	2.86%
2022	11,021,177	20,152,938	1.43%	2.8%
2023	11,483,374	20,723,965	4.19%	2.83%
2024	11,943,408	21,314,956	4.01%	2.85%
2025	12,188,793	21,913,869	2.05%	2.81%
2026	12,436,036	22,521,905	2.03%	2.77%
2027	12,687,301	23,138,716	2.02%	2.74%
2028	12,941,503	23,761,368	2%	2.69%
2029	13,198,080	24,389,681	1.98%	2.64%
2030	13,457,446	25,024,887	1.97%	2.6%
2031	13,725,413	25,666,496	1.99%	2.56%
2032	13,996,343	26,311,946	1.97%	2.51%
2033	14,261,762	26,960,073	1.9%	2.46%
2034	14,527,550	27,611,621	1.86%	2.42%
2035	14,798,602	28,266,887	1.87%	2.37%
2036	15,070,098	28,925,103	1.83%	2.33%
2037	15,335,700	29,583,482	1.76%	2.28%
2038	15,595,968	30,240,549	1.7%	2.22%
2039	15,850,696	30,895,586	1.63%	2.17%
2040	16,101,470	31,550,394	1.58%	2.12%
2041	16,350,149	32,204,340	1.54%	2.07%
2042	16,593,361	32,856,596	1.49%	2.03%
2043	16,829,209	33,510,500	1.42%	1.99%
2044	17,060,176	34,165,920	1.37%	1.96%
2045	17,286,412	34,821,101	1.33%	1.92%
2046	17,509,693	35,475,795	1.29%	1.88%
2047	17,728,331	36,129,270	1.25%	1.84%
2048	17,938,437	36,782,260	1.19%	1.81%
2049	18,142,893	37,434,667	1.14%	1.77%
2050	18,341,968	38,083,369	1.1%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Sudan increased by 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Sudan gained 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

South Sudan was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2006 and is 80th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.