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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sudan	Zimbabwe	Sudan	Zimbabwe
1960	8,364,489	3,809,389	-	-
1961	8,634,941	3,930,401	3.23%	3.18%
1962	8,919,028	4,055,959	3.29%	3.19%
1963	9,218,077	4,185,877	3.35%	3.2%
1964	9,531,109	4,320,006	3.4%	3.2%
1965	9,858,030	4,458,462	3.43%	3.2%
1966	10,197,578	4,601,217	3.44%	3.2%
1967	10,550,597	4,748,307	3.46%	3.2%
1968	10,917,999	4,900,440	3.48%	3.2%
1969	11,298,936	5,058,181	3.49%	3.22%
1970	11,695,771	5,215,918	3.51%	3.12%
1971	12,105,539	5,374,712	3.5%	3.04%
1972	12,527,856	5,542,445	3.49%	3.12%
1973	13,049,315	5,720,404	4.16%	3.21%
1974	13,580,723	5,908,328	4.07%	3.29%
1975	14,064,798	6,098,658	3.56%	3.22%
1976	14,569,716	6,287,105	3.59%	3.09%
1977	15,086,614	6,449,512	3.55%	2.58%
1978	15,695,003	6,543,575	4.03%	1.46%
1979	16,355,352	6,647,556	4.21%	1.59%
1980	17,058,905	7,041,303	4.3%	5.92%
1981	17,780,572	7,498,635	4.23%	6.49%
1982	18,486,645	7,796,496	3.97%	3.97%
1983	19,109,770	8,098,404	3.37%	3.87%
1984	19,546,528	8,391,488	2.29%	3.62%
1985	19,905,872	8,686,813	1.84%	3.52%
1986	20,288,238	8,982,578	1.92%	3.4%
1987	20,704,904	9,284,644	2.05%	3.36%
1988	21,138,431	9,583,094	2.09%	3.21%
1989	21,578,022	9,864,798	2.08%	2.94%
1990	22,021,481	10,137,281	2.06%	2.76%
1991	22,470,676	10,404,816	2.04%	2.64%
1992	22,927,355	10,702,700	2.03%	2.86%
1993	23,445,592	10,860,288	2.26%	1.47%
1994	24,043,948	10,873,148	2.55%	0.12%
1995	24,672,143	10,974,599	2.61%	0.93%
1996	25,231,528	11,158,360	2.27%	1.67%
1997	25,799,821	11,369,827	2.25%	1.9%
1998	26,458,999	11,594,297	2.55%	1.97%
1999	27,130,613	11,783,458	2.54%	1.63%
2000	27,816,745	11,892,055	2.53%	0.92%
2001	28,516,770	11,971,901	2.52%	0.67%
2002	29,228,727	12,087,653	2.5%	0.97%
2003	29,896,035	12,232,323	2.28%	1.2%
2004	30,556,637	12,365,896	2.21%	1.09%
2005	31,262,444	12,483,432	2.31%	0.95%
2006	31,992,435	12,636,445	2.34%	1.23%
2007	32,764,135	12,804,058	2.41%	1.33%
2008	33,623,980	12,959,149	2.62%	1.21%
2009	34,569,113	13,142,790	2.81%	1.42%
2010	35,414,399	13,356,548	2.45%	1.63%
2011	36,140,806	13,595,424	2.05%	1.79%
2012	36,923,178	13,817,887	2.16%	1.64%
2013	37,785,849	14,013,808	2.34%	1.42%
2014	38,823,318	14,207,359	2.75%	1.38%
2015	40,024,431	14,399,013	3.09%	1.35%
2016	41,259,892	14,600,294	3.09%	1.4%
2017	42,714,306	14,812,482	3.53%	1.45%
2018	44,230,596	15,034,452	3.55%	1.5%
2019	45,548,175	15,271,368	2.98%	1.58%
2020	46,789,231	15,526,888	2.72%	1.67%
2021	48,066,924	15,797,210	2.73%	1.74%
2022	49,383,346	16,069,056	2.74%	1.72%
2023	50,042,791	16,340,822	1.34%	1.69%
2024	50,448,963	16,634,373	0.81%	1.8%
2025	51,662,152	16,950,805	2.4%	1.9%
2026	53,282,718	17,273,591	3.14%	1.9%
2027	54,724,215	17,600,621	2.71%	1.89%
2028	55,993,833	17,932,015	2.32%	1.88%
2029	57,275,443	18,268,967	2.29%	1.88%
2030	58,571,624	18,610,356	2.26%	1.87%
2031	59,872,936	18,956,207	2.22%	1.86%
2032	61,179,476	19,311,368	2.18%	1.87%
2033	62,497,205	19,675,929	2.15%	1.89%
2034	63,822,356	20,041,125	2.12%	1.86%
2035	65,148,317	20,409,159	2.08%	1.84%
2036	66,470,018	20,778,662	2.03%	1.81%
2037	67,791,240	21,144,748	1.99%	1.76%
2038	69,107,712	21,512,919	1.94%	1.74%
2039	70,416,631	21,881,123	1.89%	1.71%
2040	71,730,604	22,250,123	1.87%	1.69%
2041	73,056,213	22,627,428	1.85%	1.7%
2042	74,387,562	23,000,906	1.82%	1.65%
2043	75,723,670	23,371,301	1.8%	1.61%
2044	77,066,454	23,740,630	1.77%	1.58%
2045	78,415,205	24,102,391	1.75%	1.52%
2046	79,767,271	24,462,491	1.72%	1.49%
2047	81,115,241	24,816,449	1.69%	1.45%
2048	82,463,202	25,168,419	1.66%	1.42%
2049	83,828,356	25,518,513	1.66%	1.39%
2050	85,206,384	25,866,397	1.64%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sudan increased by 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sudan gained 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2005 and is 29th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.