Population of South Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Jan 2025

The current population of South Sudan is 12,159,970 as of May 16, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Sudan is projected at 11,943,408, or 11.94 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in South Sudan is projected at 11,483,374, or 11.48 million people for the year 2023.

South Sudan ranks 81st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. South Sudan is ranked 32nd among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

South Sudan population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	11,819,853	11,943,408	247,111	2.069	0.146
2025	12,066,964	12,188,788	243,648	1.999	0.148
2026	12,310,612	12,436,037	250,850	2.017	0.150
2027	12,561,462	12,687,303	251,682	1.984	0.152
2028	12,813,144	12,941,500	256,712	1.984	0.153
2029	13,069,856	13,198,085	256,457	1.943	0.155
2030	13,326,313	13,457,453	262,281	1.949	0.157
2031	13,588,594	13,725,412	273,636	1.994	0.159
2032	13,862,230	13,996,351	268,242	1.917	0.161
2033	14,130,472	14,261,765	262,586	1.841	0.163
2034	14,393,058	14,527,550	268,985	1.852	0.165
2035	14,662,043	14,798,600	273,113	1.846	0.167
2036	14,935,156	15,070,095	269,879	1.791	0.168
2037	15,205,035	15,335,703	261,336	1.704	0.170
2038	15,466,371	15,595,970	259,199	1.662	0.172
2039	15,725,570	15,850,694	250,248	1.579	0.174
2040	15,975,818	16,101,480	251,325	1.561	0.175
2041	16,227,143	16,350,150	246,015	1.505	0.177
2042	16,473,158	16,593,363	240,411	1.449	0.179
2043	16,713,569	16,829,207	231,276	1.374	0.180
2044	16,944,845	17,060,174	230,658	1.352	0.182
2045	17,175,503	17,286,410	221,813	1.283	0.183
2046	17,397,316	17,509,696	224,760	1.284	0.185
2047	17,622,076	17,728,337	212,522	1.199	0.186
2048	17,834,598	17,938,440	207,684	1.158	0.187
2049	18,042,282	18,142,896	201,228	1.109	0.189
2050	18,243,510	18,341,974	196,927	1.074	0.190
2051	18,440,437	18,542,997	205,119	1.106	0.191
2052	18,645,556	18,754,446	217,780	1.161	0.193
2053	18,863,336	18,960,799	194,926	1.028	0.194
2054	19,058,262	19,160,601	204,677	1.068	0.195
2055	19,262,939	19,359,463	193,047	0.997	0.197
2056	19,455,986	19,552,147	192,323	0.984	0.198
2057	19,648,309	19,744,938	193,258	0.979	0.199
2058	19,841,567	19,933,628	184,123	0.924	0.201
2059	20,025,690	20,122,595	193,810	0.963	0.202
2060	20,219,500	20,307,632	176,264	0.868	0.203
2061	20,395,764	20,482,898	174,269	0.851	0.205
2062	20,570,033	20,659,136	178,205	0.863	0.206
2063	20,748,238	20,835,763	175,050	0.840	0.207
2064	20,923,288	21,010,107	173,638	0.826	0.208
2065	21,096,926	21,185,711	177,569	0.838	0.210
2066	21,274,495	21,356,305	163,620	0.766	0.211
2067	21,438,115	21,521,042	165,855	0.771	0.212
2068	21,603,970	21,690,000	172,061	0.793	0.214
2069	21,776,031	21,849,261	146,460	0.670	0.215
2070	21,922,491	21,989,974	134,965	0.614	0.216
2071	22,057,456	22,132,134	149,356	0.675	0.217
2072	22,206,812	22,278,428	143,232	0.643	0.218
2073	22,350,044	22,420,565	141,042	0.629	0.219
2074	22,491,086	22,561,549	140,925	0.625	0.220
2075	22,632,011	22,690,769	117,516	0.518	0.221
2076	22,749,527	22,798,640	98,226	0.431	0.222
2077	22,847,753	22,902,423	109,340	0.477	0.223
2078	22,957,093	23,005,183	96,180	0.418	0.224
2079	23,053,273	23,101,521	96,497	0.418	0.225
2080	23,149,770	23,186,729	73,918	0.319	0.225
2081	23,223,688	23,260,637	73,898	0.318	0.226
2082	23,297,586	23,335,453	75,735	0.325	0.227
2083	23,373,321	23,407,693	68,744	0.294	0.227
2084	23,442,065	23,477,727	71,324	0.304	0.228
2085	23,513,389	23,535,228	43,677	0.186	0.229
2086	23,557,066	23,583,756	53,380	0.226	0.229
2087	23,610,446	23,627,724	34,555	0.146	0.230
2088	23,645,001	23,667,427	44,852	0.190	0.230
2089	23,689,853	23,710,145	40,585	0.171	0.231
2090	23,730,438	23,741,231	21,586	0.091	0.231
2091	23,752,024	23,761,300	18,552	0.078	0.231
2092	23,770,576	23,780,454	19,757	0.083	0.232
2093	23,790,333	23,794,667	8,668	0.036	0.232
2094	23,799,001	23,798,293	-1,416	-0.006	0.232
2095	23,797,585	23,801,612	8,054	0.034	0.233
2096	23,805,639	23,810,976	10,673	0.045	0.233
2097	23,816,312	23,815,418	-1,788	-0.008	0.233
2098	23,814,524	23,823,439	17,830	0.075	0.233
2099	23,832,354	23,835,038	5,368	0.023	0.234
2100	23,837,722	23,840,772	6,101	0.026	0.234

South Sudan population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,476,015	2,493,283	34,536	1.385	0.100
1951	2,510,551	2,529,620	38,138	1.508	0.100
1952	2,548,689	2,569,209	41,039	1.597	0.099
1953	2,589,728	2,611,733	44,011	1.685	0.099
1954	2,633,739	2,657,093	46,709	1.758	0.099
1955	2,680,448	2,705,082	49,268	1.821	0.099
1956	2,729,716	2,754,592	49,752	1.806	0.099
1957	2,779,468	2,804,096	49,256	1.757	0.098
1958	2,828,724	2,848,354	39,261	1.378	0.098
1959	2,867,985	2,888,785	41,600	1.440	0.097
1960	2,909,585	2,931,559	43,948	1.499	0.097
1961	2,953,533	2,976,724	46,382	1.558	0.097
1962	2,999,915	3,024,308	48,786	1.613	0.097
1963	3,048,701	3,072,669	47,935	1.560	0.096
1964	3,096,636	3,129,918	66,563	2.127	0.096
1965	3,163,199	3,189,835	53,272	1.670	0.096
1966	3,216,471	3,236,423	39,904	1.233	0.095
1967	3,256,375	3,277,648	42,546	1.298	0.094
1968	3,298,921	3,321,528	45,213	1.361	0.094
1969	3,344,134	3,365,533	42,798	1.272	0.093
1970	3,386,932	3,409,614	45,364	1.330	0.092
1971	3,432,296	3,468,646	72,699	2.096	0.092
1972	3,504,995	3,542,497	75,005	2.117	0.092
1973	3,580,000	3,627,383	94,767	2.613	0.093
1974	3,674,767	3,723,259	96,984	2.605	0.093
1975	3,771,751	3,821,494	99,485	2.603	0.094
1976	3,871,236	3,921,910	101,348	2.584	0.095
1977	3,972,584	4,024,032	102,897	2.557	0.095
1978	4,075,481	4,127,657	104,351	2.528	0.096
1979	4,179,832	4,232,605	105,545	2.494	0.097
1980	4,285,377	4,339,030	107,307	2.473	0.098
1981	4,392,684	4,447,272	109,176	2.455	0.098
1982	4,501,860	4,557,686	111,652	2.450	0.099
1983	4,613,512	4,661,574	96,124	2.062	0.099
1984	4,709,636	4,750,627	81,981	1.726	0.099
1985	4,791,617	4,834,296	85,358	1.766	0.099
1986	4,876,975	4,921,240	88,531	1.799	0.099
1987	4,965,506	4,962,395	-6,221	-0.125	0.098
1988	4,959,285	4,848,029	-222,513	-4.591	0.094
1989	4,736,772	4,713,229	-47,087	-0.999	0.090
1990	4,689,685	4,737,633	95,896	2.024	0.089
1991	4,785,581	4,836,677	102,192	2.113	0.089
1992	4,887,773	4,909,749	43,953	0.895	0.089
1993	4,931,726	4,956,002	48,553	0.980	0.089
1994	4,980,279	5,071,184	181,810	3.586	0.089
1995	5,162,089	5,225,836	127,493	2.440	0.091
1996	5,289,582	5,356,925	134,686	2.514	0.092
1997	5,424,268	5,509,136	169,735	3.081	0.093
1998	5,594,003	5,620,068	52,129	0.928	0.094
1999	5,646,132	5,771,628	250,993	4.349	0.095
2000	5,897,125	6,032,267	270,285	4.481	0.098
2001	6,167,410	6,308,391	281,963	4.470	0.101
2002	6,449,373	6,596,806	294,867	4.471	0.104
2003	6,744,240	6,903,127	317,773	4.604	0.108
2004	7,062,013	7,233,041	342,056	4.730	0.111
2005	7,404,069	7,590,143	372,148	4.904	0.115
2006	7,776,217	7,976,526	400,619	5.024	0.120
2007	8,176,836	8,388,788	423,903	5.054	0.124
2008	8,600,739	8,817,647	433,816	4.921	0.129
2009	9,034,555	9,243,556	418,002	4.523	0.133
2010	9,452,557	9,745,953	586,793	6.023	0.139
2011	10,039,350	10,288,109	497,518	4.837	0.145
2012	10,536,868	10,756,240	438,744	4.080	0.149
2013	10,975,612	11,166,275	381,327	3.415	0.153
2014	11,356,939	11,235,073	-243,733	-2.169	0.152
2015	11,113,206	11,107,561	-11,289	-0.102	0.149
2016	11,101,917	10,830,102	-543,630	-5.021	0.143
2017	10,558,287	10,259,154	-598,267	-5.833	0.134
2018	9,960,020	10,122,977	325,914	3.220	0.131
2019	10,285,934	10,423,384	274,900	2.637	0.133
2020	10,560,834	10,698,467	275,266	2.573	0.136
2021	10,836,100	10,865,780	59,360	0.546	0.137
2022	10,895,460	11,021,177	251,435	2.281	0.137
2023	11,146,895	11,483,374	672,958	5.862	0.142