Demographics of South Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jul 2024

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There are 5.59 million males and 5.69 million females in South Sudan. The percentage of the male population is 49.57%, compared to 50.43% of the female population. South Sudan has 98k more females than males. The sex ratio in South Sudan in 2024 will be 98.278 males per 100 females. South Sudan is in the 110th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

South Sudan population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,492,077	1.29
1955	2,695,349	1.77
1960	2,907,724	1.39
1965	3,143,622	1.54
1970	3,342,410	1.25
1975	3,718,279	2.41
1980	4,192,012	2.40
1985	4,706,975	2.33
1990	4,750,817	2.41
1995	5,302,042	2.45
2000	6,114,440	4.48
2005	7,662,654	4.66
2010	9,714,419	5.89
2015	11,194,299	1.11
2020	10,606,227	1.15
2021	10,748,272	1.51
2022	10,913,164	1.53
2023	11,088,796	1.66
2024	11,277,092	1.71

Population
Growth

South Sudan death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	83,039	115,170	33.330	46.227
1955	82,892	130,654	30.749	48.465
1960	104,977	145,279	36.098	49.956
1965	112,994	161,376	35.940	51.329
1970	133,469	175,387	39.927	52.467
1975	101,351	190,977	27.254	51.355
1980	106,189	206,798	25.328	49.326
1985	144,147	253,742	30.611	53.885
1990	161,640	263,178	34.067	55.467
1995	173,177	286,128	32.710	54.045
2000	112,979	312,632	18.587	51.432
2005	106,554	330,569	14.028	43.519
2010	111,744	384,420	11.680	40.180
2015	124,768	409,331	11.072	36.325
2020	114,527	310,480	10.759	29.166
2021	118,956	313,347	11.050	29.107
2022	117,433	315,390	10.745	28.857
2023	114,111	321,400	10.278	28.949
2024	113,110	326,409	10.020	28.914

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of South Sudan
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	228,973	2,353,956	8.865
1955	239,670	2,481,874	8.806
1960	258,524	2,696,628	8.748
1965	283,626	2,980,012	8.690
1970	314,909	3,332,800	8.633
1975	353,282	3,766,156	8.576
1980	400,849	4,304,375	8.519
1985	536,559	4,913,865	9.844
1990	765,828	5,002,653	13.276
1995	866,570	4,592,949	15.873
2000	1,105,850	5,594,806	16.504
2005	1,391,012	6,717,865	17.154
2010	1,797,991	8,269,201	17.860
2015	2,240,020	9,642,116	18.852
2020	2,749,061	10,860,946	20.199
2021	2,863,900	11,096,528	20.514
2022	2,984,030	11,330,428	20.846
2023	3,109,689	11,562,285	21.195
2024	3,241,033	11,791,407	21.560

Population
Urbanization

South Sudan population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	737,494	718,805	1,456,299	12.91	102.600
05-09	793,797	773,034	1,566,831	13.89	102.686
10-14	867,900	845,157	1,713,057	15.19	102.691
15-19	718,713	700,674	1,419,388	12.59	102.575
20-24	581,000	561,631	1,142,632	10.13	103.449
25-29	342,365	325,988	668,353	5.93	105.024
30-34	260,464	265,913	526,377	4.67	97.951
35-39	228,367	250,855	479,222	4.25	91.035
40-44	247,476	277,924	525,400	4.66	89.044
45-49	233,287	264,115	497,402	4.41	88.328
50-54	192,663	220,643	413,305	3.66	87.319
55-59	141,248	165,025	306,272	2.72	85.592
60-64	101,734	122,066	223,800	1.98	83.343
65-69	68,481	85,992	154,472	1.37	79.636
70-74	40,072	54,292	94,364	0.84	73.808
75-79	22,489	33,782	56,272	0.50	66.571
80-84	9,362	15,704	25,066	0.22	59.615
85-89	2,414	4,940	7,354	0.07	48.866
90-94	254	923	1,177	0.01	27.519
95-99	4	44	48	0.00	9.091
100+	0	1	1	0.00	0.000
Total	5,589,584	5,687,508	11,277,092		98.278

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Gender ratio