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🇸🇸 South Sudan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SSD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SS
UN M49 numeric728
IOC code
Official nameRepublic of South Sudan
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of South Sudan; common: South Sudan
Alt spellingsSS
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalJuba
Area (km²)619,745
Lat / Lng7.0000, 30.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CAF, COD, ETH, KEN, SDN, UGA
Top-level domain.ss
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 11

Demographics

Population (World Bank)12,188,788 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)57.738 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: South Sudanese; m: South Sudanese; fra: f: Sud-Soudanaise; m: Sud-Soudanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)11,997,800,760.224 (2015)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,080.147 (2015)
Unemployment rate (%)12.374 (2023)
CurrenciesSSP: name: South Sudanese pound; symbol: £

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,493,283
19512,529,620
19522,569,209
19532,611,733
19542,657,093
19552,705,082
19562,754,592
19572,804,096
19582,848,354
19592,888,785
19602,931,559
19612,976,724
19623,024,308
19633,072,669
19643,129,918
19653,189,835
19663,236,423
19673,277,648
19683,321,528
19693,365,533
19703,409,614
19713,468,646
19723,542,497
19733,627,383
19743,723,259
19753,821,494
19763,921,910
19774,024,032
19784,127,657
19794,232,605
19804,339,030
19814,447,272
19824,557,686
19834,661,574
19844,750,627
19854,834,296
19864,921,240
19874,962,395
19884,848,029
19894,713,229
19904,737,633
19914,836,677
19924,909,749
19934,956,002
19945,071,184
19955,225,836
19965,356,925
19975,509,136
19985,620,068
19995,771,628
20006,032,267
20016,308,391
20026,596,806
20036,903,127
20047,233,041
20057,590,143
20067,976,526
20078,388,788
20088,817,647
20099,243,556
20109,745,953
201110,288,109
201210,756,240
201311,166,275
201411,235,073
201511,107,561
201610,830,102
201710,259,154
201810,122,977
201910,423,384
202010,698,467
202110,865,780
202211,021,177
202311,483,374

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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      "official": "جمهورية جنوب السودان",
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      "official": "Republik Südsudan",
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "Zuid-Soedan"
      },
      "per": {
        "official": "جمهوری سودان جنوبی",
        "common": "سودان جنوبی"
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        "common": "Južný Sudán"
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