South Sudan
South Sudan in numbers — 10 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
South Sudan recorded Population: 12.19 million (2025), ranking 80 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 57.7 (2024), ranking 214 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 91.44% (2024), ranking 3 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, Inflation shows the largest increase (+1727%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-63%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits above the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 10 comparable series are higher and 4 are lower.
Its population of 12.19 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 10 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 12,188,788 | 2025 | +315.8% |
| Population growth | 2.03% | 2025 | +33.0% |
| Urban population | 21.68% | 2025 | +150.4% |
| Life expectancy | 57.74 | 2024 | +105.8% |
| Infant mortality | 71.9 | 2024 | -63.3% |
| Electricity access | 5.4% | 2024 | +575.0% |
| Labor participation | 73.41% | 2023 | -1.3% |
| Inflation | 91.44% | 2024 | +1726.5% |
| Unemployment | 12.37% | 2023 | +0.3% |
| Forest area | 11.33% | 2023 | 0.0% |