Population of South Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of South Sudan is 11,785,961 as of April 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Sudan is projected at 11,381,378 or 11.381 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in South Sudan is projected at 11,193,725 or 11.194 million people for the year 2020. South Sudan ranks number 83rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. South Sudan is ranked 32nd among 58 countries in Africa.

South Sudan's population will be increased year by year. The South Sudan population is projected to reach 13.84 million in 2030 and increase further to 19.96 million in 2050 and 31.74 million by 2100. South Sudan accounts for 0.14 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.10% in 1999 and is projected to increase by 0.29% by 2100.

South Sudan was at 99th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 64th in 2100.

South Sudan population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	11,193,725	131,612	1.19	0.14
2021	11,381,378	187,653	1.68	0.14
2022	11,618,511	237,133	2.08	0.14
2023	11,891,029	272,518	2.35	0.15
2024	12,176,472	285,443	2.40	0.15
2025	12,458,305	281,833	2.31	0.15
2026	12,733,026	274,721	2.21	0.15
2027	13,005,728	272,702	2.14	0.15
2028	13,278,372	272,644	2.10	0.16
2029	13,555,239	276,867	2.09	0.16
2030	13,839,272	284,033	2.10	0.16
2031	14,130,081	290,809	2.10	0.16
2032	14,425,423	295,342	2.09	0.16
2033	14,724,362	298,939	2.07	0.17
2034	15,025,648	301,286	2.05	0.17
2035	15,328,329	302,681	2.01	0.17
2036	15,631,919	303,590	1.98	0.17
2037	15,936,416	304,497	1.95	0.17
2038	16,241,854	305,438	1.92	0.18
2039	16,548,482	306,628	1.89	0.18
2040	16,856,415	307,933	1.86	0.18
2041	17,165,522	309,107	1.83	0.18
2042	17,475,473	309,951	1.81	0.19
2043	17,786,076	310,603	1.78	0.19
2044	18,097,097	311,021	1.75	0.19
2045	18,408,328	311,231	1.72	0.19
2046	18,719,600	311,272	1.69	0.19
2047	19,030,795	311,195	1.66	0.20
2048	19,341,783	310,988	1.63	0.20
2049	19,652,472	310,689	1.61	0.20
2050	19,962,712	310,240	1.58	0.20
2051	20,272,396	309,684	1.55	0.21
2052	20,581,352	308,956	1.52	0.21
2053	20,889,481	308,129	1.50	0.21
2054	21,196,655	307,174	1.47	0.21
2055	21,502,764	306,109	1.44	0.22
2056	21,807,647	304,883	1.42	0.22
2057	22,111,146	303,499	1.39	0.22
2058	22,413,126	301,980	1.37	0.22
2059	22,713,411	300,285	1.34	0.22
2060	23,011,839	298,428	1.31	0.23
2061	23,308,280	296,441	1.29	0.23
2062	23,602,548	294,268	1.26	0.23
2063	23,894,365	291,817	1.24	0.23
2064	24,183,435	289,070	1.21	0.24
2065	24,469,510	286,075	1.18	0.24
2066	24,752,387	282,877	1.16	0.24
2067	25,031,943	279,556	1.13	0.24
2068	25,308,064	276,121	1.10	0.25
2069	25,580,695	272,631	1.08	0.25
2070	25,849,733	269,038	1.05	0.25
2071	26,115,062	265,329	1.03	0.25
2072	26,376,510	261,448	1.00	0.25
2073	26,633,946	257,436	0.98	0.26
2074	26,887,219	253,273	0.95	0.26
2075	27,136,185	248,966	0.93	0.26
2076	27,380,719	244,534	0.90	0.26
2077	27,620,724	240,005	0.88	0.27
2078	27,856,095	235,371	0.85	0.27
2079	28,086,710	230,615	0.83	0.27
2080	28,312,489	225,779	0.80	0.27
2081	28,533,360	220,871	0.78	0.27
2082	28,749,243	215,883	0.76	0.28
2083	28,960,010	210,767	0.73	0.28
2084	29,165,472	205,462	0.71	0.28
2085	29,365,530	200,058	0.69	0.28
2086	29,560,095	194,565	0.66	0.28
2087	29,749,188	189,093	0.64	0.29
2088	29,932,939	183,751	0.62	0.29
2089	30,111,550	178,611	0.60	0.29
2090	30,285,172	173,622	0.58	0.29
2091	30,453,849	168,677	0.56	0.29
2092	30,617,529	163,680	0.54	0.29
2093	30,776,087	158,558	0.52	0.30
2094	30,929,431	153,344	0.50	0.30
2095	31,077,460	148,029	0.48	0.30
2096	31,220,135	142,675	0.46	0.30
2097	31,357,447	137,312	0.44	0.30
2098	31,489,463	132,016	0.42	0.30
2099	31,616,284	126,821	0.40	inf
2100	31,738,064	121,780	0.39	inf

South Sudan population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,482,301	-	-	0.10
1951	2,501,578	19,277	0.78	0.10
1952	2,525,209	23,631	0.94	0.10
1953	2,552,937	27,728	1.10	0.10
1954	2,584,512	31,575	1.24	0.10
1955	2,619,712	35,200	1.36	0.10
1956	2,658,302	38,590	1.47	0.09
1957	2,700,075	41,773	1.57	0.09
1958	2,744,839	44,764	1.66	0.09
1959	2,792,443	47,604	1.73	0.09
1960	2,842,724	50,281	1.80	0.09
1961	2,895,605	52,881	1.86	0.09
1962	2,951,043	55,438	1.91	0.09
1963	3,009,062	58,019	1.97	0.09
1964	3,069,739	60,677	2.02	0.09
1965	3,133,150	63,411	2.07	0.09
1966	3,199,343	66,193	2.11	0.09
1967	3,268,405	69,062	2.16	0.09
1968	3,340,422	72,017	2.20	0.09
1969	3,415,576	75,154	2.25	0.09
1970	3,494,004	78,428	2.30	0.09
1971	3,575,900	81,896	2.34	0.09
1972	3,661,440	85,540	2.39	0.10
1973	3,750,782	89,342	2.44	0.10
1974	3,844,104	93,322	2.49	0.10
1975	3,941,618	97,514	2.54	0.10
1976	4,041,791	100,173	2.54	0.10
1977	4,144,554	102,763	2.54	0.10
1978	4,253,083	108,529	2.62	0.10
1979	4,371,714	118,631	2.79	0.10
1980	4,502,604	130,890	2.99	0.10
1981	4,646,489	143,885	3.20	0.10
1982	4,799,434	152,945	3.29	0.10
1983	4,953,151	153,717	3.20	0.11
1984	5,096,482	143,331	2.89	0.11
1985	5,220,747	124,265	2.44	0.11
1986	5,328,164	107,417	2.06	0.11
1987	5,419,809	91,645	1.72	0.11
1988	5,485,282	65,473	1.21	0.11
1989	5,511,579	26,297	0.48	0.11
1990	5,492,623	-18,956	-0.34	0.10
1991	5,420,171	-72,452	-1.32	0.10
1992	5,305,457	-114,714	-2.12	0.10
1993	5,185,699	-119,758	-2.26	0.09
1994	5,111,365	-74,334	-1.43	0.09
1995	5,118,083	6,718	0.13	0.09
1996	5,221,926	103,843	2.03	0.09
1997	5,411,655	189,729	3.63	0.09
1998	5,661,942	250,287	4.62	0.09
1999	5,933,882	271,940	4.80	0.10
2000	6,199,394	265,512	4.47	0.10
2001	6,447,793	248,399	4.01	0.10
2002	6,688,226	240,433	3.73	0.11
2003	6,935,676	247,450	3.70	0.11
2004	7,213,351	277,675	4.00	0.11
2005	7,535,932	322,581	4.47	0.11
2006	7,907,406	371,474	4.93	0.12
2007	8,315,139	407,733	5.16	0.12
2008	8,736,939	421,800	5.07	0.13
2009	9,142,259	405,320	4.64	0.13
2010	9,508,364	366,105	4.00	0.14
2011	9,830,699	322,335	3.39	0.14
2012	10,113,649	282,950	2.88	0.14
2013	10,355,035	241,386	2.39	0.14
2014	10,554,880	199,845	1.93	0.14
2015	10,715,658	160,778	1.52	0.14
2016	10,832,518	116,860	1.09	0.14
2017	10,910,763	78,245	0.72	0.14
2018	10,975,927	65,164	0.60	0.14
2019	11,062,113	86,186	0.79	0.14