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: 16 738 723*^[1], area 644329 km², population density 25.98 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

16 738 723

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 2026-09-11*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 282 008	⇐+3.2%	1 242 264
5-9	1 145 998	⇐+3%	1 112 707
10-14	1 004 969	⇐+2.6%	979 373
15-19	900 565	⇐+2%	882 727
20-24	820 507	⇐+1.7%	806 397
25-29	707 762	⇐+1.2%	699 102
30-34	567 926	⇐+0.4%	565 765
35-39	439 347	⇐+0.3%	438 096
40-44	369 508	⇐+0.3%	368 282
45-49	309 881	+0.5%⇒	311 483
50-54	258 812	+2.5%⇒	265 196
55-59	200 136	+5.2%⇒	210 519
60-64	134 783	+10.3%⇒	148 638
65-69	85 344	+16.2%⇒	99 145
70-74	79 970	+11.7%⇒	89 296
75-79	53 353	+15.1%⇒	61 395
80-84	27 604	+21.3%⇒	33 484
85-89	11 577	+36.8%⇒	15 838
90-94	3 278	+44.2%⇒	4 726
95-99	383	+40.2%⇒	537
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).