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South Sudan

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
12,188,788 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 12,575,714in 2017[4]
Land area
631,930 km²[5]
Total area
644,329 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo[10]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[11][10]
Continent
Official names
  • la République du Soudan du Sud[12]
  • Republic of South Sudan[13]
  • جمهورية جنوب السودان[14]
  • South Sudan[15]
  • جنوب السودان[16]

Parts of South Sudan

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202512.2M

2,931,559 in 1960, 12,188,788 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19602,931,559
19612,976,724
19623,024,308
19633,072,669
19643,129,918
19653,189,835
19663,236,423
19673,277,648
19683,321,528
19693,365,533
19703,409,614
19713,468,646
19723,542,497
19733,627,383
19743,723,259
19753,821,494
19763,921,910
19774,024,032
19784,127,657
19794,232,605
19804,339,030
19814,447,272
19824,557,686
19834,661,574
19844,750,627
19854,834,296
19864,921,240
19874,962,395
19884,848,029
19894,713,229
19904,737,633
19914,836,677
19924,909,749
19934,956,002
19945,071,184
19955,225,836
19965,356,925
19975,509,136
19985,620,068
19995,771,628
20006,032,267
20016,308,391
20026,596,806
20036,903,127
20047,233,041
20057,590,143
20067,976,526
20078,388,788
20088,817,647
20099,243,556
20109,745,953
201110,288,109
201210,756,240
201311,166,275
201411,235,073
201511,107,561
201610,830,102
201710,259,154
201810,122,977
201910,423,384
202010,698,467
202110,865,780
202211,021,177
202311,483,374
202411,943,408
202512,188,788

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SS[17]
ISO alpha-3
SSD[18]
ISO numeric
728[19]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), capital: Juba (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), population (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), area (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), official language: English (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of South Sudan
    • Cites: UNICEF 2016 - Language and Learning South Sudan
  8. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), currency: South Sudanese pound (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), continent: Africa (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), instance of (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), official name (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), official name (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), official name (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), official name (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), official name (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: South Sudan (Q958), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562956989) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of South Sudan.svg, Public domain, Achim1999, via Wikimedia Commons.