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South Sudan

Middle AfricaSSDDemonym: South Sudanese
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Population
11.19M
11,193,729 people
Area
620K km²
619,745 km²
Density
18.1 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Juba
Africa
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Middle Africa
Coordinates
7.00° N, 30.00° E
Area
620K km²
Neighbours
6
Regional blocs
African Union
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Juba
ISO alpha-2
SS
ISO alpha-3
SSD
Numeric code
728
Calling code
+211
Internet TLD
.ss
Languages

Spoken here

English
Currency

Money

South Sudanese pound
£ · SSP
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
45.5%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

6 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.