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World Development Indicators

Population, total: South Sudan

Most recent
12,188,788 (2025)
Earliest
2,931,559 (1960)
Highest
12,188,788 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
South Sudan at the United Nations
010,000,00020,000,0001960: 2,931,5591961: 2,976,7241962: 3,024,3081963: 3,072,6691964: 3,129,9181965: 3,189,8351966: 3,236,4231967: 3,277,6481968: 3,321,5281969: 3,365,5331970: 3,409,6141971: 3,468,6461972: 3,542,4971973: 3,627,3831974: 3,723,2591975: 3,821,4941976: 3,921,9101977: 4,024,0321978: 4,127,6571979: 4,232,6051980: 4,339,0301981: 4,447,2721982: 4,557,6861983: 4,661,5741984: 4,750,6271985: 4,834,2961986: 4,921,2401987: 4,962,3951988: 4,848,0291989: 4,713,2291990: 4,737,6331991: 4,836,6771992: 4,909,7491993: 4,956,0021994: 5,071,1841995: 5,225,8361996: 5,356,9251997: 5,509,1361998: 5,620,0681999: 5,771,6282000: 6,032,2672001: 6,308,3912002: 6,596,8062003: 6,903,1272004: 7,233,0412005: 7,590,1432006: 7,976,5262007: 8,388,7882008: 8,817,6472009: 9,243,5562010: 9,745,9532011: 10,288,1092012: 10,756,2402013: 11,166,2752014: 11,235,0732015: 11,107,5612016: 10,830,1022017: 10,259,1542018: 10,122,9772019: 10,423,3842020: 10,698,4672021: 10,865,7802022: 11,021,1772023: 11,483,3742024: 11,943,4082025: 12,188,78819602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202512,188,788
202411,943,408
202311,483,374
202211,021,177
202110,865,780
202010,698,467
201910,423,384
201810,122,977
201710,259,154
201610,830,102
201511,107,561
201411,235,073
201311,166,275
201210,756,240
201110,288,109
20109,745,953
20099,243,556
20088,817,647
20078,388,788
20067,976,526
20057,590,143
20047,233,041
20036,903,127
20026,596,806
20016,308,391
20006,032,267
19995,771,628
19985,620,068
19975,509,136
19965,356,925
19955,225,836
19945,071,184
19934,956,002
19924,909,749
19914,836,677
19904,737,633
19894,713,229
19884,848,029
19874,962,395
19864,921,240
19854,834,296
19844,750,627
19834,661,574
19824,557,686
19814,447,272
19804,339,030
19794,232,605
19784,127,657
19774,024,032
19763,921,910
19753,821,494
19743,723,259
19733,627,383
19723,542,497
19713,468,646
19703,409,614
19693,365,533
19683,321,528
19673,277,648
19663,236,423
19653,189,835
19643,129,918
19633,072,669
19623,024,308
19612,976,724
19602,931,559

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