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: 16 509 365*^[1], area 644329 km², population density 25.62 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

16 509 365

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 2026-02-10*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 266 903	⇐+3.2%	1 227 730
5-9	1 131 608	⇐+3%	1 098 931
10-14	992 597	⇐+2.6%	967 483
15-19	889 232	⇐+2%	871 714
20-24	808 079	⇐+1.7%	794 400
25-29	695 991	⇐+1.2%	687 731
30-34	558 431	⇐+0.4%	556 395
35-39	433 291	⇐+0.3%	432 125
40-44	364 204	⇐+0.3%	363 140
45-49	305 287	+0.6%⇒	307 059
50-54	254 368	+2.5%⇒	260 828
55-59	196 670	+5.3%⇒	207 016
60-64	132 862	+10.3%⇒	146 538
65-69	85 241	+15.9%⇒	98 776
70-74	78 905	+11.8%⇒	88 178
75-79	52 345	+15.3%⇒	60 329
80-84	26 958	+21.6%⇒	32 781
85-89	11 226	+36.9%⇒	15 367
90-94	3 159	+44.3%⇒	4 558
95-99	369	+40.9%⇒	520
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).