Population of South Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

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The current population of South Sudan is 12,011,974 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Sudan is projected at 11,277,092, or 11.28 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in South Sudan is projected at 11,088,796, or 11.09 million people for the year 2023.

South Sudan ranks 85th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. South Sudan is ranked 32nd among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

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Growth rate
Net change

South Sudan population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,476,015	2,492,077	32,124	1.289	0.10
1951	2,508,139	2,526,073	35,869	1.420	0.10
1952	2,544,008	2,563,626	39,236	1.531	0.10
1953	2,583,244	2,604,566	42,643	1.637	0.10
1954	2,625,887	2,648,678	45,582	1.721	0.10
1955	2,671,469	2,695,349	47,760	1.772	0.10
1956	2,719,229	2,742,974	47,489	1.731	0.10
1957	2,766,718	2,790,015	46,595	1.670	0.10
1958	2,813,313	2,831,370	36,115	1.276	0.10
1959	2,849,428	2,868,501	38,147	1.330	0.10
1960	2,887,575	2,907,724	40,297	1.386	0.10
1961	2,927,872	2,948,953	42,162	1.430	0.10
1962	2,970,034	2,992,270	44,472	1.486	0.10
1963	3,014,506	3,036,238	43,465	1.432	0.10
1964	3,057,971	3,088,701	61,460	1.990	0.09
1965	3,119,431	3,143,622	48,382	1.539	0.09
1966	3,167,813	3,185,305	34,984	1.098	0.09
1967	3,202,797	3,221,957	38,321	1.189	0.09
1968	3,241,118	3,261,725	41,214	1.264	0.09
1969	3,282,332	3,301,892	39,119	1.185	0.09
1970	3,321,451	3,342,410	41,917	1.254	0.09
1971	3,363,368	3,396,808	66,880	1.969	0.09
1972	3,430,248	3,464,715	68,933	1.990	0.09
1973	3,499,181	3,542,465	86,569	2.444	0.09
1974	3,585,750	3,629,608	87,717	2.417	0.09
1975	3,673,467	3,718,279	89,624	2.410	0.09
1976	3,763,091	3,808,615	91,048	2.391	0.09
1977	3,854,139	3,901,044	93,809	2.405	0.09
1978	3,947,948	3,995,911	95,926	2.401	0.09
1979	4,043,874	4,092,792	97,836	2.391	0.09
1980	4,141,710	4,192,012	100,604	2.400	0.09
1981	4,242,314	4,293,866	103,104	2.401	0.09
1982	4,345,418	4,398,297	105,759	2.405	0.10
1983	4,451,177	4,502,541	102,728	2.282	0.10
1984	4,553,905	4,603,039	98,268	2.135	0.10
1985	4,652,173	4,706,975	109,604	2.329	0.10
1986	4,761,777	4,819,667	115,780	2.402	0.10
1987	4,877,557	4,893,809	32,503	0.664	0.10
1988	4,910,060	4,814,879	-190,362	-3.954	0.09
1989	4,719,698	4,706,626	-26,145	-0.555	0.09
1990	4,693,553	4,750,817	114,528	2.411	0.09
1991	4,808,081	4,867,185	118,208	2.429	0.09
1992	4,926,289	4,956,969	61,360	1.238	0.09
1993	4,987,649	5,018,172	61,047	1.217	0.09
1994	5,048,696	5,142,863	188,334	3.662	0.09
1995	5,237,030	5,302,042	130,025	2.452	0.09
1996	5,367,055	5,434,894	135,678	2.497	0.09
1997	5,502,733	5,589,410	173,355	3.102	0.09
1998	5,676,088	5,699,436	46,696	0.819	0.10
1999	5,722,784	5,850,145	254,722	4.355	0.10
2000	5,977,506	6,114,440	273,869	4.480	0.10
2001	6,251,375	6,394,431	286,112	4.475	0.10
2002	6,537,487	6,686,100	297,225	4.446	0.11
2003	6,834,712	6,992,367	315,310	4.510	0.11
2004	7,150,022	7,317,118	334,191	4.568	0.11
2005	7,484,213	7,662,654	356,883	4.658	0.12
2006	7,841,096	8,029,517	376,842	4.694	0.12
2007	8,217,938	8,417,823	399,769	4.750	0.13
2008	8,617,707	8,823,888	412,363	4.674	0.13
2009	9,030,070	9,229,227	398,313	4.316	0.13
2010	9,428,383	9,714,419	572,073	5.891	0.14
2011	10,000,456	10,243,050	485,188	4.738	0.14
2012	10,485,644	10,701,604	431,921	4.037	0.15
2013	10,917,565	11,106,031	376,932	3.394	0.15
2014	11,294,497	11,213,284	-162,425	-1.449	0.15
2015	11,132,072	11,194,299	124,455	1.112	0.15
2016	11,256,527	11,066,105	-380,844	-3.442	0.15
2017	10,875,683	10,658,226	-434,915	-4.081	0.14
2018	10,440,768	10,395,329	-90,877	-0.874	0.14
2019	10,349,891	10,447,666	195,550	1.872	0.13
2020	10,545,441	10,606,227	121,572	1.146	0.14
2021	10,667,013	10,748,272	162,519	1.512	0.14

South Sudan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	10,829,532	10,913,164	167,263	1.533	0.14
2023	10,996,795	11,088,796	184,002	1.659	0.14
2024	11,180,797	11,277,092	192,590	1.708	0.14
2025	11,373,387	11,473,439	200,104	1.744	0.14
2026	11,573,491	11,676,686	206,391	1.768	0.14
2027	11,779,882	11,887,262	214,760	1.807	0.14
2028	11,994,642	12,105,957	222,630	1.839	0.14
2029	12,217,272	12,333,241	231,938	1.881	0.15
2030	12,449,210	12,570,402	242,384	1.928	0.15
2031	12,691,594	12,816,418	249,649	1.948	0.15
2032	12,941,243	13,069,562	256,638	1.964	0.15
2033	13,197,881	13,327,397	259,031	1.944	0.15
2034	13,456,912	13,588,252	262,680	1.933	0.15
2035	13,719,592	13,850,995	262,806	1.897	0.16
2036	13,982,398	14,112,524	260,252	1.844	0.16
2037	14,242,650	14,371,522	257,743	1.793	0.16
2038	14,500,393	14,628,915	257,044	1.757	0.16
2039	14,757,437	14,883,663	252,451	1.696	0.16
2040	15,009,888	15,134,633	249,491	1.649	0.16
2041	15,259,379	15,383,050	247,343	1.608	0.17
2042	15,506,722	15,628,860	244,276	1.563	0.17
2043	15,750,998	15,871,459	240,922	1.518	0.17
2044	15,991,920	16,110,244	236,648	1.469	0.17
2045	16,228,568	16,343,904	230,672	1.411	0.17
2046	16,459,240	16,573,684	228,889	1.381	0.17
2047	16,688,129	16,800,487	224,716	1.338	0.18
2048	16,912,845	17,023,893	222,095	1.305	0.18
2049	17,134,940	17,243,955	218,030	1.264	0.18
2050	17,352,970	17,460,846	215,752	1.236	0.18
2051	17,568,722	17,675,282	213,120	1.206	0.18
2052	17,781,842	17,886,381	209,079	1.169	0.18
2053	17,990,921	18,094,509	207,176	1.145	0.18
2054	18,198,097	18,300,053	203,911	1.114	0.19
2055	18,402,008	18,503,071	202,125	1.092	0.19
2056	18,604,133	18,704,513	200,760	1.073	0.19
2057	18,804,893	18,904,694	199,601	1.056	0.19
2058	19,004,494	19,103,065	197,141	1.032	0.19
2059	19,201,635	19,299,676	196,082	1.016	0.19
2060	19,397,717	19,495,206	194,978	1.000	0.19
2061	19,592,695	19,690,183	194,977	0.990	0.20
2062	19,787,672	19,884,336	193,328	0.972	0.20
2063	19,981,000	20,076,181	190,362	0.948	0.20
2064	20,171,362	20,265,487	188,250	0.929	0.20
2065	20,359,612	20,452,754	186,284	0.911	0.20
2066	20,545,896	20,637,432	183,072	0.887	0.20
2067	20,728,968	20,818,870	179,804	0.864	0.20
2068	20,908,772	20,996,658	175,772	0.837	0.20
2069	21,084,544	21,170,579	172,070	0.813	0.21
2070	21,256,614	21,339,913	166,599	0.781	0.21
2071	21,423,213	21,503,005	159,585	0.742	0.21
2072	21,582,798	21,658,462	151,327	0.699	0.21
2073	21,734,125	21,807,905	147,559	0.677	0.21
2074	21,881,684	21,952,423	141,478	0.644	0.21
2075	22,023,162	22,090,435	134,547	0.609	0.21
2076	22,157,709	22,221,355	127,291	0.573	0.21
2077	22,285,000	22,344,858	119,716	0.536	0.22
2078	22,404,716	22,461,737	114,042	0.508	0.22
2079	22,518,758	22,572,754	107,992	0.478	0.22
2080	22,626,750	22,677,387	101,273	0.447	0.22
2081	22,728,023	22,775,233	94,420	0.415	0.22
2082	22,822,443	22,866,693	88,500	0.387	0.22
2083	22,910,943	22,952,512	83,137	0.362	0.22
2084	22,994,080	23,032,835	77,510	0.337	0.22
2085	23,071,590	23,107,008	70,836	0.307	0.22
2086	23,142,426	23,175,094	65,336	0.282	0.22
2087	23,207,762	23,237,802	60,079	0.259	0.22
2088	23,267,841	23,295,783	55,884	0.240	0.22
2089	23,323,725	23,349,447	51,444	0.220	0.22
2090	23,375,169	23,398,668	46,999	0.201	0.22
2091	23,422,168	23,443,248	42,159	0.180	0.22
2092	23,464,327	23,483,975	39,296	0.167	0.23
2093	23,503,623	23,521,851	36,456	0.155	0.23
2094	23,540,079	23,556,908	33,658	0.143	0.23
2095	23,573,737	23,589,531	31,587	0.134	0.23
2096	23,605,324	23,619,762	28,876	0.122	0.23
2097	23,634,200	23,647,704	27,008	0.114	0.23
2098	23,661,208	23,673,711	25,006	0.106	0.23
2099	23,686,214	23,697,861	23,294	0.098	0.23
2100	23,709,508	23,720,027	21,038	0.089	0.23