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South Sudan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 10,913,164 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.522 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 87.813 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 20.846 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 63.8 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 54.975 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 0.57 billion kWh (2021) #163
Consumption 0.55 billion kWh (2021) #163
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.01 billion kWh (2021) #168

Oil

Ranking
Production 157.12 thousand bbl/day (2021) #39
Consumption 13.02 thousand bbl/day (2021) #149
Proved Reserves (Crude) 3.75 billion bbl (2021) #25

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #97
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #122
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 89 (2020)
Cellular Telephones 3,672,871 (2018 est.)
Highways 7,000 km (2012)
Railways 248 km (2018)
Telephones 0 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSahel region of northeastern Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia
Total Area644,329 sq. km
Land Area0 sq. km
Water Area0 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatehot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall is heaviest in the upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north
Terrainthe terrain gradually rises from plains in the north and center to southern highlands along the border with Uganda and Kenya; the White Nile, flowing north out of the uplands of Central Africa, is the major geographic feature of the country supporting agriculture and extensive wild animal populations; The Sudd (a name derived from floating vegetation that hinders navigation) is a large swampy area of more than 100,000 sq km fed by the waters of the White Nile that dominates the center of the country
Lowest PointWhite Nile 381 m
Highest Point Kinyeti 3,187 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020