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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sudan	Uganda	Sudan	Uganda
1960	8,364,489	7,640,973	-	-
1961	8,634,941	7,862,217	3.23%	2.9%
1962	8,919,028	8,092,231	3.29%	2.93%
1963	9,218,077	8,333,663	3.35%	2.98%
1964	9,531,109	8,586,363	3.4%	3.03%
1965	9,858,030	8,849,203	3.43%	3.06%
1966	10,197,578	9,122,864	3.44%	3.09%
1967	10,550,597	9,408,924	3.46%	3.14%
1968	10,917,999	9,708,632	3.48%	3.19%
1969	11,298,936	10,014,858	3.49%	3.15%
1970	11,695,771	10,321,603	3.51%	3.06%
1971	12,105,539	10,618,206	3.5%	2.87%
1972	12,527,856	10,885,796	3.49%	2.52%
1973	13,049,315	11,144,236	4.16%	2.37%
1974	13,580,723	11,424,846	4.07%	2.52%
1975	14,064,798	11,725,240	3.56%	2.63%
1976	14,569,716	12,037,294	3.59%	2.66%
1977	15,086,614	12,359,669	3.55%	2.68%
1978	15,695,003	12,692,113	4.03%	2.69%
1979	16,355,352	13,002,163	4.21%	2.44%
1980	17,058,905	13,275,741	4.3%	2.1%
1981	17,780,572	13,556,452	4.23%	2.11%
1982	18,486,645	13,873,631	3.97%	2.34%
1983	19,109,770	14,221,881	3.37%	2.51%
1984	19,546,528	14,607,677	2.29%	2.71%
1985	19,905,872	15,023,681	1.84%	2.85%
1986	20,288,238	15,467,579	1.92%	2.95%
1987	20,704,904	15,954,170	2.05%	3.15%
1988	21,138,431	16,470,483	2.09%	3.24%
1989	21,578,022	17,010,698	2.08%	3.28%
1990	22,021,481	17,569,897	2.06%	3.29%
1991	22,470,676	18,155,901	2.04%	3.34%
1992	22,927,355	18,785,032	2.03%	3.47%
1993	23,445,592	19,445,161	2.26%	3.51%
1994	24,043,948	20,108,801	2.55%	3.41%
1995	24,672,143	20,665,667	2.61%	2.77%
1996	25,231,528	21,231,550	2.27%	2.74%
1997	25,799,821	21,856,046	2.25%	2.94%
1998	26,458,999	22,515,806	2.55%	3.02%
1999	27,130,613	23,257,281	2.54%	3.29%
2000	27,816,745	24,000,150	2.53%	3.19%
2001	28,516,770	24,745,676	2.52%	3.11%
2002	29,228,727	25,532,870	2.5%	3.18%
2003	29,896,035	26,352,124	2.28%	3.21%
2004	30,556,637	27,154,515	2.21%	3.04%
2005	31,262,444	27,963,289	2.31%	2.98%
2006	31,992,435	28,794,003	2.34%	2.97%
2007	32,764,135	29,653,430	2.41%	2.98%
2008	33,623,980	30,539,553	2.62%	2.99%
2009	34,569,113	31,451,151	2.81%	2.98%
2010	35,414,399	32,390,802	2.45%	2.99%
2011	36,140,806	33,354,543	2.05%	2.98%
2012	36,923,178	34,337,438	2.16%	2.95%
2013	37,785,849	35,337,042	2.34%	2.91%
2014	38,823,318	36,395,539	2.75%	3%
2015	40,024,431	37,531,446	3.09%	3.12%
2016	41,259,892	38,799,152	3.09%	3.38%
2017	42,714,306	40,177,388	3.53%	3.55%
2018	44,230,596	41,565,831	3.55%	3.46%
2019	45,548,175	42,999,637	2.98%	3.45%
2020	46,789,231	44,457,152	2.72%	3.39%
2021	48,066,924	45,910,930	2.73%	3.27%
2022	49,383,346	47,312,719	2.74%	3.05%
2023	50,042,791	48,656,601	1.34%	2.84%
2024	50,448,963	50,015,092	0.81%	2.79%
2025	51,662,152	51,384,895	2.4%	2.74%
2026	53,282,718	52,761,471	3.14%	2.68%
2027	54,724,215	54,144,274	2.71%	2.62%
2028	55,993,833	55,532,564	2.32%	2.56%
2029	57,275,443	56,922,797	2.29%	2.5%
2030	58,571,624	58,312,944	2.26%	2.44%
2031	59,872,936	59,703,537	2.22%	2.38%
2032	61,179,476	61,089,060	2.18%	2.32%
2033	62,497,205	62,464,116	2.15%	2.25%
2034	63,822,356	63,833,872	2.12%	2.19%
2035	65,148,317	65,205,570	2.08%	2.15%
2036	66,470,018	66,573,737	2.03%	2.1%
2037	67,791,240	67,942,634	1.99%	2.06%
2038	69,107,712	69,312,210	1.94%	2.02%
2039	70,416,631	70,669,875	1.89%	1.96%
2040	71,730,604	72,020,414	1.87%	1.91%
2041	73,056,213	73,372,658	1.85%	1.88%
2042	74,387,562	74,730,004	1.82%	1.85%
2043	75,723,670	76,090,991	1.8%	1.82%
2044	77,066,454	77,449,517	1.77%	1.79%
2045	78,415,205	78,797,995	1.75%	1.74%
2046	79,767,271	80,139,174	1.72%	1.7%
2047	81,115,241	81,478,503	1.69%	1.67%
2048	82,463,202	82,812,102	1.66%	1.64%
2049	83,828,356	84,130,056	1.66%	1.59%
2050	85,206,384	85,431,202	1.64%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sudan increased by 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sudan gained 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2006 and is 29th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Sudan's population will grow by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people with a rank change from 29th to 21st. The population of Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.