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South Sudan: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
12.2 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.9%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203113.8Forecast
203013.5Forecast
202913.2Forecast
202812.9Forecast
202712.7Forecast
202612.4Forecast
202512.2
202411.9
202311.5
202211.0
202110.9
202010.7
201910.4
201810.1
201710.3
201610.8

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2014
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations2008–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2011–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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South Sudan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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