Chad vs South Sudan: Population growth rate

Chad

5.7%

in 2023

South Sudan

5.9%

in 2023

Chad rank

2nd

South Sudan rank

1st

Population growth rate over time

South Sudan currently reports 5.9% against 5.7% in Chad, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chad ahead.

Globally, Chad ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.