South Sudan
Population 2026
12,436,040
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.03%
- Density
- 20 per km²
- Land area
- 631,930 km²
- Capital
- Juba
- Currency
- Pound (SSP)
- Official languages
- EN
- Urban population
- 21.7%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 365,9622026
- Deaths
- 123,0912026
- Birth rate
- 29.2per 1,000
- Death rate
- 9.8per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.79
- Life expectancy
- 57.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 19.0
- Net migration
- 6,145
Age distribution
- 0–1438.0%
- 15–6458.9%
- 65+3.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $12.0B
- GDP per capita
- $1.1K
- GDP growth
- -10.8%
- Inflation
- 91.4%
- Unemployment
- 12.4%
- Exports
- $4.4B
- Imports
- $3.5B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture10.4%
- Industry33.1%
- Manufacturing3.5%
- Services56.6%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture63.8%
- Industry1.7%
- Services34.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JubaCentral Equatoria | 450,0002020 |
| 2 | WinejokNorthern Bahr al Ghazal | 300,0002026 |
| 3 | YeiCentral Equatoria | 260,7202022 |
| 4 | MalakalUpper Nile | 160,7652026 |
| 5 | WauWestern Bahr al Ghazal | 127,3842026 |
| 6 | KuacjokWarrap | 78,0002026 |
| 7 | PajokEastern Equatoria | 49,0002020 |
| 8 | GogrialWarrap | 44,6002022 |
| 9 | YambioWestern Equatoria | 40,3822026 |
| 10 | AweilNorthern Bahr al Ghazal | 38,7452026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12,436,040 | 366K | 123K |
| 2020 | 10,698,471 | 315K | 103K |
| 2010 | 9,745,955 | 389K | 101K |
| 2000 | 6,032,274 | 301K | 104K |
| 1990 | 4,737,637 | 248K | 165K |
| 1980 | 4,339,041 | 226K | 113K |
| 1970 | 3,409,620 | 186K | 141K |
| 1960 | 2,931,567 | 153K | 110K |
| 1950 | 2,493,286 | 123K | 87.5K |