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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sudan	Zambia	Sudan	Zambia
1960	8,364,489	3,153,729	-	-
1961	8,634,941	3,254,086	3.23%	3.18%
1962	8,919,028	3,358,099	3.29%	3.2%
1963	9,218,077	3,465,907	3.35%	3.21%
1964	9,531,109	3,577,017	3.4%	3.21%
1965	9,858,030	3,692,086	3.43%	3.22%
1966	10,197,578	3,812,003	3.44%	3.25%
1967	10,550,597	3,936,343	3.46%	3.26%
1968	10,917,999	4,065,593	3.48%	3.28%
1969	11,298,936	4,197,116	3.49%	3.24%
1970	11,695,771	4,321,718	3.51%	2.97%
1971	12,105,539	4,442,525	3.5%	2.8%
1972	12,527,856	4,569,309	3.49%	2.85%
1973	13,049,315	4,702,693	4.16%	2.92%
1974	13,580,723	4,842,746	4.07%	2.98%
1975	14,064,798	4,990,086	3.56%	3.04%
1976	14,569,716	5,143,842	3.59%	3.08%
1977	15,086,614	5,302,480	3.55%	3.08%
1978	15,695,003	5,465,374	4.03%	3.07%
1979	16,355,352	5,631,728	4.21%	3.04%
1980	17,058,905	5,802,833	4.3%	3.04%
1981	17,780,572	5,983,289	4.23%	3.11%
1982	18,486,645	6,178,637	3.97%	3.26%
1983	19,109,770	6,381,038	3.37%	3.28%
1984	19,546,528	6,580,490	2.29%	3.13%
1985	19,905,872	6,780,953	1.84%	3.05%
1986	20,288,238	6,986,471	1.92%	3.03%
1987	20,704,904	7,191,282	2.05%	2.93%
1988	21,138,431	7,391,440	2.09%	2.78%
1989	21,578,022	7,589,216	2.08%	2.68%
1990	22,021,481	7,786,169	2.06%	2.6%
1991	22,470,676	7,981,650	2.04%	2.51%
1992	22,927,355	8,176,680	2.03%	2.44%
1993	23,445,592	8,373,921	2.26%	2.41%
1994	24,043,948	8,576,269	2.55%	2.42%
1995	24,672,143	8,785,763	2.61%	2.44%
1996	25,231,528	9,004,053	2.27%	2.48%
1997	25,799,821	9,237,063	2.25%	2.59%
1998	26,458,999	9,482,408	2.55%	2.66%
1999	27,130,613	9,740,005	2.54%	2.72%
2000	27,816,745	10,017,631	2.53%	2.85%
2001	28,516,770	10,325,185	2.52%	3.07%
2002	29,228,727	10,647,949	2.5%	3.13%
2003	29,896,035	10,983,595	2.28%	3.15%
2004	30,556,637	11,338,198	2.21%	3.23%
2005	31,262,444	11,718,819	2.31%	3.36%
2006	31,992,435	12,129,553	2.34%	3.5%
2007	32,764,135	12,565,085	2.41%	3.59%
2008	33,623,980	13,021,324	2.62%	3.63%
2009	34,569,113	13,490,389	2.81%	3.6%
2010	35,414,399	13,965,594	2.45%	3.52%
2011	36,140,806	14,437,796	2.05%	3.38%
2012	36,923,178	14,913,629	2.16%	3.3%
2013	37,785,849	15,398,997	2.34%	3.25%
2014	38,823,318	15,895,315	2.75%	3.22%
2015	40,024,431	16,399,089	3.09%	3.17%
2016	41,259,892	16,914,423	3.09%	3.14%
2017	42,714,306	17,441,320	3.53%	3.12%
2018	44,230,596	17,973,569	3.55%	3.05%
2019	45,548,175	18,513,839	2.98%	3.01%
2020	46,789,231	19,059,395	2.72%	2.95%
2021	48,066,924	19,603,607	2.73%	2.86%
2022	49,383,346	20,152,938	2.74%	2.8%
2023	50,042,791	20,723,965	1.34%	2.83%
2024	50,448,963	21,314,956	0.81%	2.85%
2025	51,662,152	21,913,869	2.4%	2.81%
2026	53,282,718	22,521,905	3.14%	2.77%
2027	54,724,215	23,138,716	2.71%	2.74%
2028	55,993,833	23,761,368	2.32%	2.69%
2029	57,275,443	24,389,681	2.29%	2.64%
2030	58,571,624	25,024,887	2.26%	2.6%
2031	59,872,936	25,666,496	2.22%	2.56%
2032	61,179,476	26,311,946	2.18%	2.51%
2033	62,497,205	26,960,073	2.15%	2.46%
2034	63,822,356	27,611,621	2.12%	2.42%
2035	65,148,317	28,266,887	2.08%	2.37%
2036	66,470,018	28,925,103	2.03%	2.33%
2037	67,791,240	29,583,482	1.99%	2.28%
2038	69,107,712	30,240,549	1.94%	2.22%
2039	70,416,631	30,895,586	1.89%	2.17%
2040	71,730,604	31,550,394	1.87%	2.12%
2041	73,056,213	32,204,340	1.85%	2.07%
2042	74,387,562	32,856,596	1.82%	2.03%
2043	75,723,670	33,510,500	1.8%	1.99%
2044	77,066,454	34,165,920	1.77%	1.96%
2045	78,415,205	34,821,101	1.75%	1.92%
2046	79,767,271	35,475,795	1.72%	1.88%
2047	81,115,241	36,129,270	1.69%	1.84%
2048	82,463,202	36,782,260	1.66%	1.81%
2049	83,828,356	37,434,667	1.66%	1.77%
2050	85,206,384	38,083,369	1.64%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sudan increased by 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sudan gained 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2006 and is 29th 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) Sudan's population will grow by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people with a rank change from 29th to 21st. The population of Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.