South Sudan · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for South Sudan (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of South Sudan? Answer: Current population of South Sudan is: 16 787 178*^[1], area 644329 km², population density 26.05 p/km². Capital of South Sudan is Juba. Continent: Africa.

South Sudan · Population 1950-2100

South Sudan · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in South Sudan as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the South Sudan population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current South Sudan population

16 787 178

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 80.338 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 58.823 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 219.638 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

South Sudan population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 1075 / day = 44.81 / hour = 0.747 / minute = 0.0124 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1468 / day = 61.19 / hour = 1.023 / minute = 0.0166 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 393 / day = 16.39 / hour = 0.273 / minute = 0.0046 / seconds.

Current South Sudan population by age and sex for 2026-10-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 285 199	⇐+3.2%	1 245 334
5-9	1 149 038	⇐+3%	1 115 618
10-14	1 007 583	⇐+2.6%	981 884
15-19	902 959	⇐+2%	885 054
20-24	823 133	⇐+1.8%	808 931
25-29	710 248	⇐+1.2%	701 504
30-34	569 931	⇐+0.4%	567 745
35-39	440 626	⇐+0.3%	439 358
40-44	370 629	⇐+0.3%	369 369
45-49	310 851	+0.5%⇒	312 417
50-54	259 750	+2.5%⇒	266 119
55-59	200 868	+5.2%⇒	211 259
60-64	135 189	+10.3%⇒	149 082
65-69	85 366	+16.2%⇒	99 223
70-74	80 195	+11.6%⇒	89 532
75-79	53 566	+15%⇒	61 621
80-84	27 740	+21.2%⇒	33 633
85-89	11 651	+36.8%⇒	15 937
90-94	3 303	+44.1%⇒	4 761
95-99	386	+40.2%⇒	541
100+	18	+44.4%⇒	26

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).