Page last modified 21 August 2021
South Sudan
Community
Area 644,329 square kilometres
Population, Census years in bold
2,720,000 (1955)
2,843,000 (1960)
3,494,000 (1970)
4,502,000 (1980)
5,492,000 (1990)
6,199,000 (2000)
9,508,000 (2010)
10,716,000 (2015)
10,976,000 (2018)
Religion, %,
|
|
Animist |
Christian |
Muslim |
|
2012 |
32.9 |
60.5 |
6.2 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1960 |
6.7 |
50.9 (+18.5) |
|
32.4 |
41.6 |
2.7 |
8.7 |
|
1970 |
6.9 |
50.9 (+22.7) |
|
28.2 |
43.5 |
2.5 |
8.6 |
|
1980 |
6.9 |
48.1 (+23.6) |
177.0 |
24.5 |
44.5 |
2.6 |
8.5 |
|
1990 |
6.8 |
47.4 (+26.7) |
152.0 |
20.7 |
44.3 |
2.7 |
13.3 |
|
2000 |
6.2 |
43.1 (+27.1) |
111.0 |
16.0 |
44.8 |
3.0 |
16.5 |
|
2010 |
5.4 |
38.3 (+25.5) |
64.9 |
12.8 |
43.3 |
3.4 |
17.9 |
|
2015 |
4.9 |
36.3 (+25.1) |
63.7 |
11.2 |
42.1 |
3.5 |
18.8 |
|
2017 |
4.8 |
35.4 (+24.7) |
|
10.7 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
63.7 |
|
41.8 |
3.4 |
19.6 |
Life expectancy,
31.7 (1960)
35.8 (1970)
39.0 (1980)
43.5 (1990)
49.2 (2000)
53.6 (2010)
57.9 (2020); 56.5 (M), 59.5 (F)
Population of principal cities
JUBA,
250,000 (2008)
492,970 (2014)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values), Much of the economy consists of subsistence agriculture.� Landlocked and isolated, economic development of South Sudan presents a major challenge.� However the country has large oil reserves and potential for tourism.
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
2008 |
15,550 |
|
1,680 |
|
|
2010 |
15,730 |
0.11 |
1,560 |
3.22 |
|
2012 |
10.370 |
|
1,100 |
|
|
2015 |
9,000 |
0.05 |
760 |
1.32 |
Communications
Language, Official, Arabic and English.
Literacy
27.0% (2010); 40.0% (M),16.0% (F)
Physical communications � roads
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|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
2010 |
7,000* |
60 |
|
|
|
*Almost all of these� roads are (2012)� unsurfaced, and poorly maintained. However in 2012 a 192 km surfaced road was constructed between Juba and the Ugandan border with USAID funds.
Railways; Much of the system is in disrepair (2010)
Length, kilometres
236 (2010)
248 (2014)
Electronic communications
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
2012 |
2,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
|
2,900,000 |
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|
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2017 |
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|
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|
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2,180,000 |