Demographics of South Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of South Sudan is projected at 11.38 million, up by 1.68% compared with 11.19 million in 2020. South Sudan is ranked 83rd in terms of population and 62nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.39 million births in South Sudan in 2021. That is 1,073 per day, which is ranked 64th. The crude birth rate is 33.94 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in South Sudan in 2021. That is 319 per day, which is ranked 71st. The crude death rate is 10.09 per 1000 people.

2.86 million people are living in urban areas, which is 20.51% of South Sudan population. South Sudan is ranked 221st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in South Sudan in 2021 is 100.24 males per 100 females. There are 5.70 million males and 5.68 million females in South Sudan. The percentage of female population is 49.94% compare to 50.06% male population. South Sudan has 13.64 thousand more males than females. South Sudan is at 134th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

South Sudan population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,482,306	-
1955	2,619,718	1.36
1960	2,842,718	1.8
1965	3,133,155	2.07
1970	3,494,011	2.3
1975	3,941,613	2.54
1980	4,502,603	2.99
1985	5,220,748	2.44
1990	5,492,620	-0.34
1995	5,118,084	0.13
2000	6,199,396	4.47
2005	7,535,931	4.47
2010	9,508,372	4
2015	10,715,657	1.52
2016	10,832,520	1.09
2017	10,910,774	0.72
2018	10,975,924	0.6
2019	11,062,114	0.79
2020	11,193,729	1.19
2021	11,381,377	1.68

Total
Crude

South Sudan death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	98,225	117,847	39.30	47.22
1955	93,121	129,770	35.41	49.36
1960	92,663	144,256	32.51	50.66
1965	95,140	160,356	30.30	51.08
1970	98,626	176,855	28.15	50.52
1975	102,830	195,078	26.02	49.35
1980	111,969	218,289	24.61	48.06
1985	120,389	246,507	23.35	47.74
1990	111,324	253,251	20.80	47.41
1995	97,418	246,433	18.06	45.70
2000	99,226	265,325	16.07	43.08
2005	107,643	309,834	14.05	40.39
2010	112,404	358,409	11.98	38.22
2015	114,901	382,710	10.83	36.12
2020	116,132	389,714	10.22	34.30
2021	116,501	391,749	10.09	33.94

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of South Sudan

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	228,973	2,353,956	-	8.865
1955	239,670	2,481,874	1.21	8.806
1960	258,524	2,696,628	1.69	8.748
1965	283,626	2,980,012	1.98	8.690
1970	314,909	3,332,800	2.20	8.633
1975	353,282	3,766,156	2.41	8.576
1980	400,849	4,304,375	2.84	8.519
1985	536,559	4,913,865	8.91	9.844
1990	765,828	5,002,653	5.90	13.276
1995	866,570	4,592,949	1.30	15.873
2000	1,105,850	5,594,806	5.42	16.504
2005	1,391,012	6,717,865	4.93	17.154
2010	1,797,991	8,269,201	5.04	17.860
2015	2,240,020	9,642,116	4.29	18.852
2020	2,749,061	10,860,946	4.16	20.199
2021	2,863,900	11,096,528	4.18	20.514

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

South Sudan population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	871,499	848,908	1,720,407	15.12	102.661
05-09	786,470	767,209	1,553,679	13.65	102.511
10-14	708,379	691,884	1,400,263	12.30	102.384
15-19	616,964	604,902	1,221,866	10.74	101.994
20-24	542,375	535,873	1,078,248	9.47	101.213
25-29	461,714	459,677	921,391	8.10	100.443
30-34	382,119	382,625	764,744	6.72	99.868
35-39	302,851	304,233	607,084	5.33	99.546
40-44	249,571	251,560	501,131	4.40	99.209
45-49	204,886	208,690	413,576	3.63	98.177
50-54	166,324	172,961	339,285	2.98	96.163
55-59	130,385	139,517	269,902	2.37	93.455
60-64	98,245	108,747	206,992	1.82	90.343
65-69	68,095	78,451	146,546	1.29	86.799
70-74	51,901	59,697	111,598	0.98	86.941
75-79	33,070	39,139	72,209	0.63	84.494
80-84	15,740	19,910	35,650	0.31	79.056
85-89	5,473	7,661	13,134	0.12	71.440
90-94	1,273	1,941	3,214	0.03	65.585
95-99	166	264	430	0.00	62.879
100+	10	18	28	0.00	55.556
Total	5,697,510	5,683,867	11,381,377		100.240