South Sudan vs Tanzania
South Sudan vs Tanzania: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: 39.6 per 1,000 people in South Sudan and -0.6 per 1,000 people in Tanzania, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 40.2 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- South Sudan has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Tanzania.
- In 2023, South Sudan ranked 1 and Tanzania ranked 142 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts South Sudan at 0.7 per 1,000 people and Tanzania at -0 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | South Sudan | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 39.6 | -0.6 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | -0.6 |
| 2021 | -14.2 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | -1.1 |
| 2018 | 15.6 | -1 |
| 2017 | -65.4 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | -60.4 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | -14.4 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | -42 | -0.4 |
| 2013 | 5.9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11.7 | -1.1 |
| 2011 | 18.9 | -1.8 |
| 2010 | 30.7 | -2.7 |
| 2009 | 15.1 | -7.4 |
| 2008 | 18.8 | -4.3 |
| 2007 | 20 | -3.1 |
| 2006 | 19.3 | -3.2 |
| 2005 | 17.5 | -3.3 |
| 2004 | 15.2 | -3.3 |
| 2003 | 13.3 | -3.4 |
| 2002 | 12.6 | -3.3 |
| 2001 | 12.3 | -3.6 |
| 2000 | 12.3 | -0.3 |
| 1999 | 12.2 | -0.1 |
| 1998 | 11.4 | -3.2 |
| 1997 | 8.8 | -0.4 |
| 1996 | 3.4 | -15.3 |
| 1995 | 3.3 | -3.6 |
| 1994 | 3.2 | 11.9 |
| 1993 | 3.2 | 10.2 |
| 1992 | 3.1 | -3.1 |
| 1991 | 3 | -3.4 |
| 1990 | 2.7 | -3.1 |
| 1989 | -27.8 | -2.8 |
| 1988 | -20 | -2.9 |
| 1987 | -2.4 | 3.9 |
| 1986 | -2.2 | 1 |
| 1985 | -2.1 | 3.9 |
| 1984 | -1.9 | -1.2 |
| 1983 | -1.7 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | -1.5 | -1.9 |
| 1981 | -1.3 | -2.1 |
| 1980 | -1.2 | -2.2 |
| 1979 | -0.9 | -0.3 |
| 1978 | -0.7 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | -0.5 | 2.9 |
| 1976 | -0.3 | 3.3 |
| 1975 | -0.1 | 3.3 |
| 1974 | -0.1 | 3.3 |
| 1973 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 1972 | 0.1 | 4 |
| 1971 | 0.1 | 3 |
| 1970 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 1969 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 1967 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1966 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1965 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 1964 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 1963 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 1962 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 1961 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 1960 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1959 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1958 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1957 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1956 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1955 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 1954 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1953 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1952 | -0.2 | 0.2 |
| 1951 | -0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1950 | -0.4 | 0.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | South Sudan | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3-28.4–27.4 | -0.4-7.3–5.5 |
| 2025 | 0.5-32.2–32.3 | -0.2-7.7–6.2 |
| 2026 | 0.6-35.1–33 | -0.3-7.8–5.9 |
| 2027 | 0.3-31.4–32.9 | -0.4-8.1–6.6 |
| 2028 | 0.3-33.1–31.7 | -0.4-7.6–6.7 |
| 2029 | -0-35.2–31.3 | -0.1-7.7–6.5 |
| 2030 | 0.1-34.8–32.3 | -0.2-7.3–7 |
| 2031 | 0.8-33.6–33.3 | -0.1-7.5–7.3 |
| 2032 | 0.3-34.5–32.5 | -0.1-7.7–6.9 |
| 2033 | -0.1-33.8–31.6 | -0.2-8.5–7 |
| 2034 | 0.5-35.8–34.2 | 0-7.3–7.5 |
| 2035 | 1-32.5–32.9 | -0.2-7.7–6.6 |
| 2036 | 0.9-32.8–32.2 | -0.1-7.5–7.3 |
| 2037 | 0.6-33.1–31.7 | -0.1-7.8–7 |
| 2038 | 0.7-34.9–32.5 | -0.1-7.7–7.2 |
| 2039 | 0.4-36.8–33.3 | -0.1-7.4–6.7 |
| 2040 | 0.7-35.5–31.6 | -0.2-7.6–6.8 |
| 2041 | 0.6-35.8–31.5 | -0.2-8–6.9 |
| 2042 | 0.6-35.8–32.4 | -0.1-7.7–7.1 |
| 2043 | 0.2-34.6–32.3 | -0.2-7.8–6 |
| 2044 | 0.4-31.9–32.9 | -0.2-7.4–6.9 |
| 2045 | 0.1-34.2–32.5 | -0.1-7.4–7.1 |
| 2046 | 0.5-33.6–33.2 | -0.2-7.6–7.1 |
| 2047 | -0-37.1–33.4 | -0.1-7.4–6.7 |
| 2048 | -0.1-35.5–32.2 | -0.1-7.9–7 |
| 2049 | -0.3-35.6–30.8 | -0.2-7.7–7.2 |
| 2050 | -0.4-35.5–31.3 | -0.2-7.9–6.9 |
| 2051 | 0.2-35.4–31.8 | -0.2-7.4–6.6 |
| 2052 | 1-32.9–33.4 | -0.3-7.7–6.8 |
| 2053 | -0.1-36.2–31.5 | -0.3-7.7–7 |
| 2054 | 0.6-34.6–33.2 | -0.1-7.4–6.5 |
| 2055 | 0.1-33.5–33.6 | -0-7.1–7.2 |
| 2056 | 0.2-34.6–34.6 | 0.1-7.3–6.9 |
| 2057 | 0.4-35.5–33.8 | -0.1-7.1–6.4 |
| 2058 | 0.1-35.6–32.5 | -0.2-7.2–6.5 |
| 2059 | 0.7-32.7–32.7 | -0.2-7.3–6.9 |
| 2060 | -0.1-36.4–32.5 | -0.2-7.1–6.5 |
| 2061 | -0-37.9–32.1 | -0.1-7.1–6.5 |
| 2062 | 0.4-34.4–33.1 | -0.1-7.6–6.3 |
| 2063 | 0.4-33.2–32.8 | -0.1-7.4–6.9 |
| 2064 | 0.5-34–33.3 | -0.1-7.5–6.9 |
| 2065 | 0.8-35.8–33.1 | 0.1-7.2–7 |
| 2066 | 0.3-36.4–32.9 | -0.2-7.9–6.8 |
| 2067 | 0.6-34.4–33.9 | -0.2-8–6.9 |
| 2068 | 1.1-36–32.7 | -0.2-7.4–6.7 |
| 2069 | 0.1-37.4–35.3 | -0.1-7.3–6.7 |
| 2070 | -0.2-36.4–31.1 | -0.1-7.5–6.7 |
| 2071 | 0.7-36.4–33.5 | -0.2-7.7–6.4 |
| 2072 | 0.7-35.4–34.7 | -0.2-7.9–6.7 |
| 2073 | 0.9-34.1–34.4 | -0.1-7.4–6.2 |
| 2074 | 1.2-34.7–33.2 | -0-7.1–6.8 |
| 2075 | 0.4-35.5–33.6 | -0.1-7.4–6.9 |
| 2076 | -0.2-36.5–34.3 | -0-7.4–6.6 |
| 2077 | 0.6-36.8–30.8 | -0.1-7.6–6.2 |
| 2078 | 0.4-31.8–32.8 | -0.1-7.6–6.8 |
| 2079 | 0.7-34.6–33.5 | -0.1-7.2–6.5 |
| 2080 | -0-37.9–31.6 | -0.1-7.9–6.4 |
| 2081 | 0.2-34.7–34.3 | -0.1-7.6–6.4 |
| 2082 | 0.6-39.2–32.1 | -0.2-7.2–5.8 |
| 2083 | 0.6-37.9–33.3 | -0.2-8–6.3 |
| 2084 | 0.9-38.6–32 | -0.1-7.6–6.6 |
| 2085 | -0-38.2–30.3 | -0-7.2–6.3 |
| 2086 | 0.6-39.2–33.8 | -0-7.2–6.5 |
| 2087 | 0-36.8–34.1 | -0.1-7.5–6.3 |
| 2088 | 0.6-36.2–34.2 | -0.1-7.2–6.2 |
| 2089 | 0.6-37.2–32.2 | -0.1-7.9–6.3 |
| 2090 | -0-38.4–31 | -0.2-7.8–5.9 |
| 2091 | 0-37.1–30 | -0.1-7.5–6.6 |
| 2092 | 0.2-38–33.7 | -0.1-7.7–6.2 |
| 2093 | -0.1-36.6–30.5 | -0.1-7.5–6.2 |
| 2094 | -0.4-36.1–30.1 | -0.2-7.4–6.3 |
| 2095 | 0.1-36.9–33.2 | -0.1-7.2–6.4 |
| 2096 | 0.4-37.4–32.7 | -0.1-7.4–6.3 |
| 2097 | -0-37.7–29.6 | -0.1-7.6–5.9 |
| 2098 | 0.9-39–33.5 | -0.1-7.6–6.1 |
| 2099 | 0.5-38.2–32.2 | -0.1-7.3–6.6 |
| 2100 | 0.7-37.3–34.5 | -0-7.2–6.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Sudan vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025