Population is about 11,062,113 people, the 83rd largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly 0.14 per cent of everyone alive.
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S. Sudan
Republic of South Sudan ยท South Sudan
Africa
ยท Eastern Africa
0Population
619.75Kkmยฒ of land
$1.09KGDP / person
-Capital
- ISO codes
- SS ยท SDS
- Density
- 18 /kmยฒ
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- South Sudanese pound (SSP)
- Dial code
- +211
- Internet domain
- .ss
- Time zones
- 1
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- Map centre
- 7.2300ยฐ N, 30.3900ยฐ E
- Demonym
- South Sudanese
- UN region
- Eastern Africa
- Economy
- Least developed region
- Income group
- Low income
- Total GDP
- $12B
- Sovereignty
- Independent ยท UN member
- Borders
- 6
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By the numbers
How S. Sudan stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.
Population
83rd
of 242 ยท 0.14% of world population
Land area
45th
of 242 ยท 0.41% of world land
GDP per person
211th
richest of 242 by output per person
Population density
197th
most crowded of 242
Ten facts about S. Sudan
The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.
Covers 619,745 kmยฒ, making it the 45th largest country here - about 6.7 times the size of Portugal.
Population density is about 18 people per kmยฒ.
Shares land borders with 6 countries: Central African Rep., Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan (and 1 more).
Landlocked: every route to the sea crosses at least one border.
Keeps a single time zone, Africa/Juba.
The currency is the South Sudanese pound (SSP, symbol ยฃ).
The official language is English.
Dials on +211 and uses the .ss internet domain.
Annual GDP is around $12 billion - the 146th largest economy here, or about $1,085 per person.
Local time
Live, from PHP's IANA database.
Africa/Juba
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UTC+02:00
Land neighbours
6 countries share a border with S. Sudan.