South Sudan Population Pyramid 2047
Year
2047South Sudan in 2047
United Nations projections (medium variant) put the population of South Sudan at 17,728,337 in 2047. Compared with 2037, when the projection stands at 15,335,703, that represents growth of 15.6% over ten years.
The median age is projected at 25.5 years, with 48.9 children under 15 and 9.1 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people of working age (15–64). This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of South Sudan was 3.86 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 57.6 years in 2023: 60.6 for women and 54.6 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
911,341 immigrants live in South Sudan, 7.6% of the population.
| Sudan | 608,817 |
| Uganda | 156,437 |
| D.R. Congo | 97,364 |
| Ethiopia | 13,582 |
| Kenya | 10,153 |
3,168,836 people born in South Sudan live in other countries.
| Sudan | 1,507,976 |
| Uganda | 923,658 |
| Ethiopia | 443,743 |
| Kenya | 114,885 |
| D.R. Congo | 103,594 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 17,728,337 | 25.5 | |
| Rwanda | 21,764,590 | 26.1 | |
| Burundi | 22,970,065 | 22.9 | |
| Zimbabwe | 24,816,447 | 24.0 | |
| Eritrea | 5,456,501 | 25.4 |
