South Sudan | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 3242318 |
| 1961 | 3294215 |
| 1962 | 3348167 |
| 1963 | 3403964 |
| 1964 | 3461387 |
| 1965 | 3520318 |
| 1966 | 3580795 |
| 1967 | 3643508 |
| 1968 | 3709617 |
| 1969 | 3780599 |
| 1970 | 3857446 |
| 1971 | 3939513 |
| 1972 | 4026517 |
| 1973 | 4119549 |
| 1974 | 4219587 |
| 1975 | 4328032 |
| 1976 | 4443651 |
| 1977 | 4564690 |
| 1978 | 4692389 |
| 1979 | 4828439 |
| 1980 | 4973709 |
| 1981 | 5130731 |
| 1982 | 5297654 |
| 1983 | 5466742 |
| 1984 | 5628153 |
| 1985 | 5774011 |
| 1986 | 5886526 |
| 1987 | 5957715 |
| 1988 | 5998046 |
| 1989 | 6020764 |
| 1990 | 6037146 |
| 1991 | 5984714 |
| 1992 | 5839103 |
| 1993 | 5672268 |
| 1994 | 5563609 |
| 1995 | 5602332 |
| 1996 | 5768916 |
| 1997 | 5970577 |
| 1998 | 6192700 |
| 1999 | 6418803 |
| 2000 | 6631346 |
| 2001 | 6824267 |
| 2002 | 7009780 |
| 2003 | 7198267 |
| 2004 | 7401951 |
| 2005 | 7632757 |
| 2006 | 7968599 |
| 2007 | 8438853 |
| 2008 | 8976845 |
| 2009 | 9507428 |
| 2010 | 9948304 |
| 2011 | 10314021 |
| 2012 |
South Sudan | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.