Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — South Sudan

Population aged 15–64 in South Sudan in 2025 — 7,183,876 people. Ranked 86 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 349.2%.

2025 7.18M people +3.54% vs 2024
World rank 86of 217
Period maximum 7.18M people2025
Period minimum 1.6M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — South Sudan, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,599,270 people1962: 1,649,894 people1964: 1,699,415 people1966: 1,744,027 people1968: 1,777,840 people1970: 1,814,059 people1972: 1,874,346 people1974: 1,960,324 people1976: 2,054,852 people1978: 2,150,384 people1980: 2,246,156 people1982: 2,343,558 people1984: 2,426,985 people1986: 2,501,796 people1988: 2,495,034 people1990: 2,474,520 people1992: 2,557,155 people1994: 2,627,664 people1996: 2,763,492 people1998: 2,908,292 people2000: 3,141,888 people2002: 3,418,599 people2004: 3,743,024 people2006: 4,200,231 people2008: 4,733,180 people2010: 5,329,185 people2012: 5,972,542 people2014: 6,176,738 people2016: 5,819,652 people2018: 5,317,490 people2020: 5,871,358 people2022: 6,206,036 people2024: 6,938,028 people2025: 7,183,876 people
Change over the period: +5.58M (+349.2%) Average annual rate: 2.34 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Sudan

South Sudan 7.18M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Low-income countries computed 441M people
Population aged 15–64 — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 7.18M +245,848 +3.54%
2024 6.94M +365,396 +5.56%
2023 6.57M +366,596 +5.91%
2022 6.21M +164,245 +2.72%
2021 6.04M +170,433 +2.9%
2020 5.87M +262,257 +4.68%
2019 5.61M +291,611 +5.48%
2018 5.32M −61,360 −1.14%
2017 5.38M −440,802 −7.57%
2016 5.82M −220,964 −3.66%
2015 6.04M −136,122 −2.2%
2014 6.18M −28,645 −0.46%
2013 6.21M +232,841 +3.9%
2012 5.97M +285,061 +5.01%
2011 5.69M +358,296 +6.72%
2010 5.33M +330,122 +6.6%
2009 5M +265,883 +5.62%
2008 4.73M +271,833 +6.09%
2007 4.46M +261,116 +6.22%
2006 4.2M +240,523 +6.07%
2005 3.96M +216,684 +5.79%
2004 3.74M +179,979 +5.05%
2003 3.56M +144,446 +4.23%
2002 3.42M +135,944 +4.14%
2001 3.28M +140,767 +4.48%
2000 3.14M +139,752 +4.66%
1999 3M +93,844 +3.23%
1998 2.91M +70,146 +2.47%
1997 2.84M +74,654 +2.7%
1996 2.76M +59,648 +2.21%
1995 2.7M +76,180 +2.9%
1994 2.63M +54,969 +2.14%
1993 2.57M +15,540 +0.61%
1992 2.56M +32,932 +1.3%
1991 2.52M +49,703 +2.01%
1990 2.47M +8,308 +0.34%
1989 2.47M −28,822 −1.16%
1988 2.5M −20,044 −0.8%
1987 2.52M +13,282 +0.53%
1986 2.5M +39,070 +1.59%
1985 2.46M +35,741 +1.47%
1984 2.43M +37,723 +1.58%
1983 2.39M +45,704 +1.95%
1982 2.34M +49,293 +2.15%
1981 2.29M +48,109 +2.14%
1980 2.25M +47,896 +2.18%
1979 2.2M +47,876 +2.23%
1978 2.15M +47,729 +2.27%
1977 2.1M +47,803 +2.33%
1976 2.05M +47,592 +2.37%
1975 2.01M +46,936 +2.39%
1974 1.96M +45,919 +2.4%
1973 1.91M +40,059 +2.14%
1972 1.87M +34,084 +1.85%
1971 1.84M +26,203 +1.44%
1970 1.81M +18,211 +1.01%
1969 1.8M +18,008 +1.01%
1968 1.78M +17,733 +1.01%
1967 1.76M +16,080 +0.92%
1966 1.74M +18,837 +1.09%
1965 1.73M +25,775 +1.52%
1964 1.7M +25,692 +1.54%
1963 1.67M +23,829 +1.44%
1962 1.65M +25,479 +1.57%
1961 1.62M +25,145 +1.57%
1960 1.6M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.