Sub-Saharan Africa · SS
Where is South Sudan?
South Sudan is grouped in the World Bank's Sub-Saharan Africa region. Its listed capital is Juba. The profile's representative coordinates are 4.85° N, 31.6° E; they are orientation points, not geometric centroids or boundary claims.
How large is South Sudan?
EqualAtlas calculates a consistent spherical area from the same Natural Earth boundary geometry used for the map. For South Sudan, that mapped area is approximately 624,000 square kilometres, ranking #45 among 238 mapped country and territory profiles. It may differ slightly from figures published by national statistical offices because coastlines, inland water and territorial definitions vary by dataset.
People and place
South Sudan had a World Bank population value of 12,188,788 in 2025. Using the displayed mapped area, that is about 19.5 people per square kilometre. Area and population answer different questions, so EqualAtlas keeps their reference methods visible rather than combining them into an unexplained ranking.
Between the fixed comparison years 2000 and 2024, the imported population series changed from 6,032,267 to 11,943,408—a rise of 98%. This describes net population change, not its demographic causes.
For wider context, the latest imported World Bank GDP value is $12B for 2015, ranking #152 among 211 profiles with data. This current-dollar measure should not be read as a cost-of-living or household-income comparison.
The latest imported GDP per capita value is $1.1K for 2015, ranking #195 among 211 profiles with data. It is average economic output per person, not median household income or a direct measure of living standards.
The latest imported life expectancy at birth value is 57.7 years for 2024, ranking #212 among 215 profiles with data. It is a period estimate based on prevailing mortality rates, not a prediction for an individual person.
Population and economic data: World Bank Open Data. Boundary geometry: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Data and methods are explained on the data sources page.
Countries and territories closest in mapped area
These are the three profiles whose mapped areas are nearest to South Sudan under the same geometry and spherical calculation.
Central African Republic
France
Afghanistan