Population of South Sudan
Current Population
11,943,408
10yr Growth Rate
+6.3%
Rank
#80 of 209
Population Over Time
Analysis# South Sudan Population Analysis
South Sudan's population of 11.9 million ranks 80th globally and reflects a nation still recovering from decades of conflict and partition. The 6.3% growth over the past decade significantly lags the country's peak growth period in the 2011s (following independence), indicating demographic deceleration due to sustained instability, displacement, and limited economic development. With 64 years of available data since 1960, the trajectory reveals a young nation whose population expansion has been constrained by conflict-related mortality and emigration rather than declining fertility rates.
Historical Population Data
| Year | Population | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,943,408 | +4.01% |
| 2023 | 11,483,374 | +4.19% |
| 2022 | 11,021,177 | +1.43% |
| 2021 | 10,865,780 | +1.56% |
| 2020 | 10,698,467 | +2.64% |
| 2019 | 10,423,384 | +2.97% |
| 2018 | 10,122,977 | -1.33% |
| 2017 | 10,259,154 | -5.27% |
| 2016 | 10,830,102 | -2.50% |
| 2015 | 11,107,561 | -1.13% |
| 2014 | 11,235,073 | +0.62% |
| 2013 | 11,166,275 | +3.81% |
| 2012 | 10,756,240 | +4.55% |
| 2011 | 10,288,109 | +5.56% |
| 2010 | 9,745,953 | +5.44% |
| 2009 | 9,243,556 | +4.83% |
| 2008 | 8,817,647 | +5.11% |
| 2007 | 8,388,788 | +5.17% |
| 2006 | 7,976,526 | +5.09% |
| 2005 | 7,590,143 | +4.94% |
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| Year | Population | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7,233,041 | +4.78% |
| 2003 | 6,903,127 | +4.64% |
| 2002 | 6,596,806 | +4.57% |
| 2001 | 6,308,391 | +4.58% |
| 2000 | 6,032,267 | +4.52% |
| 1999 | 5,771,628 | +2.70% |
| 1998 | 5,620,068 | +2.01% |
| 1997 | 5,509,136 | +2.84% |
| 1996 | 5,356,925 | +2.51% |
| 1995 | 5,225,836 | +3.05% |
| 1994 | 5,071,184 | +2.32% |
| 1993 | 4,956,002 | +0.94% |
| 1992 | 4,909,749 | +1.51% |
| 1991 | 4,836,677 | +2.09% |
| 1990 | 4,737,633 | +0.52% |
| 1989 | 4,713,229 | -2.78% |
| 1988 | 4,848,029 | -2.30% |
| 1987 | 4,962,395 | +0.84% |
| 1986 | 4,921,240 | +1.80% |
| 1985 | 4,834,296 | +1.76% |
| 1984 | 4,750,627 | +1.91% |
| 1983 | 4,661,574 | +2.28% |
| 1982 | 4,557,686 | +2.48% |
| 1981 | 4,447,272 | +2.49% |
| 1980 | 4,339,030 | +2.51% |
| 1979 | 4,232,605 | +2.54% |
| 1978 | 4,127,657 | +2.58% |
| 1977 | 4,024,032 | +2.60% |
| 1976 | 3,921,910 | +2.63% |
| 1975 | 3,821,494 | +2.64% |
| 1974 | 3,723,259 | +2.64% |
| 1973 | 3,627,383 | +2.40% |
| 1972 | 3,542,497 | +2.13% |
| 1971 | 3,468,646 | +1.73% |
| 1970 | 3,409,614 | +1.31% |
| 1969 | 3,365,533 | +1.32% |
| 1968 | 3,321,528 | +1.34% |
| 1967 | 3,277,648 | +1.27% |
| 1966 | 3,236,423 | +1.46% |
| 1965 | 3,189,835 | +1.91% |
| 1964 | 3,129,918 | +1.86% |
| 1963 | 3,072,669 | +1.60% |
| 1962 | 3,024,308 | +1.60% |
| 1961 | 2,976,724 | +1.54% |
| 1960 | 2,931,559 | — |