# Population in South Sudan

Population in South Sudan was 12.19 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ss`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/south-sudan
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/south-sudan.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ss

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 12,188,788 |
| 2024 | 11,943,408 |
| 2023 | 11,483,374 |
| 2022 | 11,021,177 |
| 2021 | 10,865,780 |
| 2020 | 10,698,467 |
| 2019 | 10,423,384 |
| 2018 | 10,122,977 |
| 2017 | 10,259,154 |
| 2016 | 10,830,102 |
| 2015 | 11,107,561 |
| 2014 | 11,235,073 |
| 2013 | 11,166,275 |
| 2012 | 10,756,240 |
| 2011 | 10,288,109 |
| 2010 | 9,745,953 |
| 2009 | 9,243,556 |
| 2008 | 8,817,647 |
| 2007 | 8,388,788 |
| 2006 | 7,976,526 |
| 2005 | 7,590,143 |
| 2004 | 7,233,041 |
| 2003 | 6,903,127 |
| 2002 | 6,596,806 |
| 2001 | 6,308,391 |
| 2000 | 6,032,267 |
| 1999 | 5,771,628 |
| 1998 | 5,620,068 |
| 1997 | 5,509,136 |
| 1996 | 5,356,925 |
| 1995 | 5,225,836 |
| 1994 | 5,071,184 |
| 1993 | 4,956,002 |
| 1992 | 4,909,749 |
| 1991 | 4,836,677 |
| 1990 | 4,737,633 |
| 1989 | 4,713,229 |
| 1988 | 4,848,029 |
| 1987 | 4,962,395 |
| 1986 | 4,921,240 |
| 1985 | 4,834,296 |
| 1984 | 4,750,627 |
| 1983 | 4,661,574 |
| 1982 | 4,557,686 |
| 1981 | 4,447,272 |
| 1980 | 4,339,030 |
| 1979 | 4,232,605 |
| 1978 | 4,127,657 |
| 1977 | 4,024,032 |
| 1976 | 3,921,910 |
| 1975 | 3,821,494 |
| 1974 | 3,723,259 |
| 1973 | 3,627,383 |
| 1972 | 3,542,497 |
| 1971 | 3,468,646 |
| 1970 | 3,409,614 |
| 1969 | 3,365,533 |
| 1968 | 3,321,528 |
| 1967 | 3,277,648 |
| 1966 | 3,236,423 |
| 1965 | 3,189,835 |
| 1964 | 3,129,918 |
| 1963 | 3,072,669 |
| 1962 | 3,024,308 |
| 1961 | 2,976,724 |
| 1960 | 2,931,559 |