South Sudan
Population, total

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Global rank#80out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

12 M9.9 M7.6 M5.2 M2.9 M196019932025South Sudan · 2025: 12.19MSouth Sudan

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan records 12.19M for Population, total in 2025, ranking #80 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Population, total increased from 2.93M in 1960 to 12.19M in 2025, a gain of 9.26M.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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