Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Juba
South Sudan
#80 by population · Low income · ISO SSD
Population right now
12,465,956
650.8 net per day · 1 birth every 88.6 s
·anchor 12,188,788 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.150% of the world
👶 Births today
859
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
289
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
+1,229
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+573
1.95% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
29.22 /1,000
2024
Death rate
9.82 /1,000
2024
Fertility
3.79 births/woman
Life expectancy
57.7 yrs
Aged 0–14
38.0%
Aged 65+
3.1%
Urban
21.7%
Land area
646,883 km²
Density
18.8 /km²
GDP / capita
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Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 12,188,788 + 0.0075/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 975 (crude birth rate 29.22/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 328 (crude death rate 9.82/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.03%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →