South Sudan's population rose from 5.36M in 1996 to 12.2M in 2025.
South Sudan · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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South Sudan's population growth fell from 2.5 % in 1996 to 2.0 % in 2025.
South Sudan's population density rose from 17.0 in 2012 to 18.2 in 2023.
South Sudan's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.5 % in 1996 to 50.8 % in 2025.
South Sudan's urbanisation rose from 15.0 % in 1996 to 21.7 % in 2025.
South Sudan's urban population rose from 804,896 in 1996 to 2.64M in 2025.
South Sudan's rural population rose from 4.55M in 1996 to 9.55M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.0 %32nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +2.2 %34th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +2.2 %44th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.9 %199th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs196th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.9 pts33rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.8 pts176th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts192nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −2.5 pts42nd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts194th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −60.0 %50th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.5 pts95th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +35.0 %17th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs214th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs213th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs215th of 217