Population in Sudan compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sudan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sudan	United Kingdom	Sudan	United Kingdom
1960	8,364,489	52,400,000	-	-
1961	8,634,941	52,800,000	3.23%	0.76%
1962	8,919,028	53,250,000	3.29%	0.85%
1963	9,218,077	53,650,000	3.35%	0.75%
1964	9,531,109	54,000,000	3.4%	0.65%
1965	9,858,030	54,348,050	3.43%	0.64%
1966	10,197,578	54,648,500	3.44%	0.55%
1967	10,550,597	54,943,600	3.46%	0.54%
1968	10,917,999	55,211,700	3.48%	0.49%
1969	11,298,936	55,441,750	3.49%	0.42%
1970	11,695,771	55,663,250	3.51%	0.4%
1971	12,105,539	55,896,223	3.5%	0.42%
1972	12,527,856	56,086,065	3.49%	0.34%
1973	13,049,315	56,194,527	4.16%	0.19%
1974	13,580,723	56,229,974	4.07%	0.06%
1975	14,064,798	56,225,800	3.56%	-0.007%
1976	14,569,716	56,211,968	3.59%	-0.02%
1977	15,086,614	56,193,492	3.55%	-0.03%
1978	15,695,003	56,196,504	4.03%	0.005%
1979	16,355,352	56,246,951	4.21%	0.09%
1980	17,058,905	56,314,216	4.3%	0.12%
1981	17,780,572	56,333,829	4.23%	0.03%
1982	18,486,645	56,313,641	3.97%	-0.04%
1983	19,109,770	56,332,848	3.37%	0.03%
1984	19,546,528	56,422,072	2.29%	0.16%
1985	19,905,872	56,550,268	1.84%	0.23%
1986	20,288,238	56,681,396	1.92%	0.23%
1987	20,704,904	56,802,050	2.05%	0.21%
1988	21,138,431	56,928,327	2.09%	0.22%
1989	21,578,022	57,076,711	2.08%	0.26%
1990	22,021,481	57,247,586	2.06%	0.3%
1991	22,470,676	57,424,897	2.04%	0.31%
1992	22,927,355	57,580,402	2.03%	0.27%
1993	23,445,592	57,718,614	2.26%	0.24%
1994	24,043,948	57,865,745	2.55%	0.25%
1995	24,672,143	58,019,030	2.61%	0.26%
1996	25,231,528	58,166,950	2.27%	0.25%
1997	25,799,821	58,316,954	2.25%	0.26%
1998	26,458,999	58,487,141	2.55%	0.29%
1999	27,130,613	58,682,466	2.54%	0.33%
2000	27,816,745	58,892,514	2.53%	0.36%
2001	28,516,770	59,119,673	2.52%	0.39%
2002	29,228,727	59,370,479	2.5%	0.42%
2003	29,896,035	59,647,577	2.28%	0.47%
2004	30,556,637	59,987,905	2.21%	0.57%
2005	31,262,444	60,401,206	2.31%	0.69%
2006	31,992,435	60,846,820	2.34%	0.74%
2007	32,764,135	61,322,463	2.41%	0.78%
2008	33,623,980	61,806,995	2.62%	0.79%
2009	34,569,113	62,276,270	2.81%	0.76%
2010	35,414,399	62,766,365	2.45%	0.79%
2011	36,140,806	63,258,810	2.05%	0.78%
2012	36,923,178	63,711,000	2.16%	0.71%
2013	37,785,849	64,139,000	2.34%	0.67%
2014	38,823,318	64,620,000	2.75%	0.75%
2015	40,024,431	65,088,000	3.09%	0.72%
2016	41,259,892	65,607,000	3.09%	0.8%
2017	42,714,306	65,966,000	3.53%	0.55%
2018	44,230,596	66,289,000	3.55%	0.49%
2019	45,548,175	66,631,000	2.98%	0.52%
2020	46,789,231	66,744,000	2.72%	0.17%
2021	48,066,924	66,984,000	2.73%	0.36%
2022	49,383,346	67,604,000	2.74%	0.93%
2023	50,042,791	68,492,000	1.34%	1.31%
2024	50,448,963	69,226,000	0.81%	1.07%
2025	51,662,152	69,639,673	2.4%	0.6%
2026	53,282,718	70,020,350	3.14%	0.55%
2027	54,724,215	70,382,853	2.71%	0.52%
2028	55,993,833	70,732,699	2.32%	0.5%
2029	57,275,443	71,061,482	2.29%	0.46%
2030	58,571,624	71,377,535	2.26%	0.44%
2031	59,872,936	71,678,351	2.22%	0.42%
2032	61,179,476	71,959,934	2.18%	0.39%
2033	62,497,205	72,234,509	2.15%	0.38%
2034	63,822,356	72,497,650	2.12%	0.36%
2035	65,148,317	72,749,096	2.08%	0.35%
2036	66,470,018	72,990,847	2.03%	0.33%
2037	67,791,240	73,218,850	1.99%	0.31%
2038	69,107,712	73,441,349	1.94%	0.3%
2039	70,416,631	73,658,392	1.89%	0.3%
2040	71,730,604	73,868,334	1.87%	0.29%
2041	73,056,213	74,074,316	1.85%	0.28%
2042	74,387,562	74,275,779	1.82%	0.27%
2043	75,723,670	74,475,035	1.8%	0.27%
2044	77,066,454	74,667,284	1.77%	0.26%
2045	78,415,205	74,848,605	1.75%	0.24%
2046	79,767,271	75,020,949	1.72%	0.23%
2047	81,115,241	75,184,478	1.69%	0.22%
2048	82,463,202	75,337,543	1.66%	0.2%
2049	83,828,356	75,476,141	1.66%	0.18%
2050	85,206,384	75,600,588	1.64%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sudan increased by 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sudan gained 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2006 and is 29th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.