Population 12,188,788
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history South Sudan 2025 · 12.19M
0 3.05M 6.09M 9.14M 12.19M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 2,931,559 1961: 2,976,724 1962: 3,024,308 1963: 3,072,669 1964: 3,129,918 1965: 3,189,835 1966: 3,236,423 1967: 3,277,648 1968: 3,321,528 1969: 3,365,533 1970: 3,409,614 1971: 3,468,646 1972: 3,542,497 1973: 3,627,383 1974: 3,723,259 1975: 3,821,494 1976: 3,921,910 1977: 4,024,032 1978: 4,127,657 1979: 4,232,605 1980: 4,339,030 1981: 4,447,272 1982: 4,557,686 1983: 4,661,574 1984: 4,750,627 1985: 4,834,296 1986: 4,921,240 1987: 4,962,395 1988: 4,848,029 1989: 4,713,229 1990: 4,737,633 1991: 4,836,677 1992: 4,909,749 1993: 4,956,002 1994: 5,071,184 1995: 5,225,836 1996: 5,356,925 1997: 5,509,136 1998: 5,620,068 1999: 5,771,628 2000: 6,032,267 2001: 6,308,391 2002: 6,596,806 2003: 6,903,127 2004: 7,233,041 2005: 7,590,143 2006: 7,976,526 2007: 8,388,788 2008: 8,817,647 2009: 9,243,556 2010: 9,745,953 2011: 10,288,109 2012: 10,756,240 2013: 11,166,275 2014: 11,235,073 2015: 11,107,561 2016: 10,830,102 2017: 10,259,154 2018: 10,122,977 2019: 10,423,384 2020: 10,698,467 2021: 10,865,780 2022: 11,021,177 2023: 11,483,374 2024: 11,943,408 2025: 12,188,788 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.
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