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Population in Sudan compared to Switzerland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sudan was 50,448,963 in 2024 vs 9,034,102 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sudan's population is 52,963,918 people compared to 9,112,950 in Switzerland.

Population statistics:

  • Sudan's population is 5.81 times bigger than Switzerland's.
  • Sudan is ranked the 29th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
  • The countries together account for 0.75% of the world: 0.64% for Sudan vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
  • For the last 10 years, Sudan has had an average growth rate of +2.67% per year vs +1.01% in Switzerland.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sudan has increased from 31.3M people to 53M (69.4% growth), while Switzerland has grown from 7.44M to 9.11M (22.5% growth).
  • Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 137M people compared to the peak of 9.46M people in 2052 for Switzerland.

Sudan vs Switzerland: live population counter

Sudan Switzerland
Current population
52963918
9112950
Population rank 29/197 100/197
Percent of world population 0.64% 0.11%
One net population change
1.29 minutes
3.6 minutes
One birth every
18.7 seconds
6.57 minutes
One death every
1.64 minutes
7.3 minutes
One migration net change every
57.9 seconds
13.1 minutes
Annual migration change -544,257 +40,099
Daily growth/decline +1,113 +400
Annual growth/decline +406,172 +146,009
Annual growth/decline rate +0.81% +1.64%
Population growth rate rank 118/197 70/197

Sudan and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Switzerland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sudan Switzerland Sudan Switzerland
1960 8,364,489 5,327,827 - -
1961 8,634,941 5,434,294 3.23% 2%
1962 8,919,028 5,573,815 3.29% 2.57%
1963 9,218,077 5,694,247 3.35% 2.16%
1964 9,531,109 5,789,228 3.4% 1.67%
1965 9,858,030 5,856,472 3.43% 1.16%
1966 10,197,578 5,918,002 3.44% 1.05%
1967 10,550,597 5,991,785 3.46% 1.25%
1968 10,917,999 6,067,714 3.48% 1.27%
1969 11,298,936 6,136,387 3.49% 1.13%
1970 11,695,771 6,180,877 3.51% 0.73%
1971 12,105,539 6,213,399 3.5% 0.53%
1972 12,527,856 6,260,956 3.49% 0.77%
1973 13,049,315 6,307,347 4.16% 0.74%
1974 13,580,723 6,341,405 4.07% 0.54%
1975 14,064,798 6,338,632 3.56% -0.04%
1976 14,569,716 6,302,504 3.59% -0.57%
1977 15,086,614 6,281,174 3.55% -0.34%
1978 15,695,003 6,281,738 4.03% 0.009%
1979 16,355,352 6,294,365 4.21% 0.2%
1980 17,058,905 6,319,408 4.3% 0.4%
1981 17,780,572 6,354,074 4.23% 0.55%
1982 18,486,645 6,391,309 3.97% 0.59%
1983 19,109,770 6,418,773 3.37% 0.43%
1984 19,546,528 6,441,865 2.29% 0.36%
1985 19,905,872 6,470,365 1.84% 0.44%
1986 20,288,238 6,504,124 1.92% 0.52%
1987 20,704,904 6,545,106 2.05% 0.63%
1988 21,138,431 6,593,386 2.09% 0.74%
1989 21,578,022 6,646,912 2.08% 0.81%
1990 22,021,481 6,715,519 2.06% 1.03%
1991 22,470,676 6,799,978 2.04% 1.26%
1992 22,927,355 6,875,364 2.03% 1.11%
1993 23,445,592 6,938,265 2.26% 0.91%
1994 24,043,948 6,993,795 2.55% 0.8%
1995 24,672,143 7,040,687 2.61% 0.67%
1996 25,231,528 7,071,850 2.27% 0.44%
1997 25,799,821 7,088,906 2.25% 0.24%
1998 26,458,999 7,110,001 2.55% 0.3%
1999 27,130,613 7,143,991 2.54% 0.48%
2000 27,816,745 7,184,250 2.53% 0.56%
2001 28,516,770 7,229,854 2.52% 0.63%
2002 29,228,727 7,284,753 2.5% 0.76%
2003 29,896,035 7,339,001 2.28% 0.74%
2004 30,556,637 7,389,625 2.21% 0.69%
2005 31,262,444 7,437,115 2.31% 0.64%
2006 31,992,435 7,483,934 2.34% 0.63%
2007 32,764,135 7,551,117 2.41% 0.9%
2008 33,623,980 7,647,675 2.62% 1.28%
2009 34,569,113 7,743,831 2.81% 1.26%
2010 35,414,399 7,824,909 2.45% 1.05%
2011 36,140,806 7,912,398 2.05% 1.12%
2012 36,923,178 7,996,861 2.16% 1.07%
2013 37,785,849 8,089,346 2.34% 1.16%
2014 38,823,318 8,188,649 2.75% 1.23%
2015 40,024,431 8,282,396 3.09% 1.14%
2016 41,259,892 8,373,338 3.09% 1.1%
2017 42,714,306 8,451,840 3.53% 0.94%
2018 44,230,596 8,514,329 3.55% 0.74%
2019 45,548,175 8,575,280 2.98% 0.72%
2020 46,789,231 8,638,167 2.72% 0.73%
2021 48,066,924 8,704,546 2.73% 0.77%
2022 49,383,346 8,777,088 2.74% 0.83%
2023 50,042,791 8,888,093 1.34% 1.26%
2024 50,448,963 9,034,102 0.81% 1.64%
2025 51,662,152 9,080,106 2.4% 0.51%
2026 53,282,718 9,120,994 3.14% 0.45%
2027 54,724,215 9,157,559 2.71% 0.4%
2028 55,993,833 9,190,572 2.32% 0.36%
2029 57,275,443 9,219,373 2.29% 0.31%
2030 58,571,624 9,245,030 2.26% 0.28%
2031 59,872,936 9,269,063 2.22% 0.26%
2032 61,179,476 9,289,991 2.18% 0.23%
2033 62,497,205 9,307,909 2.15% 0.19%
2034 63,822,356 9,324,938 2.12% 0.18%
2035 65,148,317 9,340,145 2.08% 0.16%
2036 66,470,018 9,352,822 2.03% 0.14%
2037 67,791,240 9,364,126 1.99% 0.12%
2038 69,107,712 9,373,988 1.94% 0.11%
2039 70,416,631 9,382,808 1.89% 0.09%
2040 71,730,604 9,392,748 1.87% 0.11%
2041 73,056,213 9,401,829 1.85% 0.1%
2042 74,387,562 9,410,286 1.82% 0.09%
2043 75,723,670 9,418,963 1.8% 0.09%
2044 77,066,454 9,426,166 1.77% 0.08%
2045 78,415,205 9,432,561 1.75% 0.07%
2046 79,767,271 9,438,518 1.72% 0.06%
2047 81,115,241 9,445,091 1.69% 0.07%
2048 82,463,202 9,452,109 1.66% 0.07%
2049 83,828,356 9,457,335 1.66% 0.06%
2050 85,206,384 9,459,997 1.64% 0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sudan increased by 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sudan gained 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2005 and is 29th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sudan's population will grow by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people with a rank change from 29th to 21st. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.

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