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: 16 155 149*^[1], area 644329 km², population density 25.07 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]

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Current South Sudan population

16 155 149

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 2025-03-17*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 243 574	⇐+3.2%	1 205 285
5-9	1 109 384	⇐+2.9%	1 077 654
10-14	973 490	⇐+2.6%	949 120
15-19	871 729	⇐+2%	854 706
20-24	788 884	⇐+1.7%	775 872
25-29	677 812	⇐+1.1%	670 171
30-34	543 767	⇐+0.3%	541 923
35-39	423 938	⇐+0.2%	422 903
40-44	356 012	⇐+0.2%	355 197
45-49	298 193	+0.7%⇒	300 228
50-54	247 505	+2.7%⇒	254 082
55-59	191 317	+5.4%⇒	201 606
60-64	129 896	+10.3%⇒	143 295
65-69	85 083	+15.4%⇒	98 207
70-74	77 259	+11.9%⇒	86 451
75-79	50 788	+15.5%⇒	58 682
80-84	25 961	+22.1%⇒	31 695
85-89	10 684	+37%⇒	14 640
90-94	2 975	+44.5%⇒	4 299
95-99	348	+41.7%⇒	493
100+	17	+47.1%⇒	25

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).