South Sudan Population Pyramid 2063
Year
2063South Sudan in 2063
By 2063, the population of South Sudan is expected to reach 20,835,763. Ten years before, in 2053, the projected population is 18,960,799 — 9.9% lower.
With a projected median age of 29.2 years, South Sudan would have a youth dependency ratio of 37.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 8.3 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
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 | 20,835,763 | 29.2 | |
| Rwanda | 26,401,102 | 30.1 | |
| Burundi | 28,759,212 | 26.7 | |
| Zimbabwe | 30,043,621 | 27.8 | |
| Eritrea | 6,709,275 | 29.7 |





