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Refugees by country of origin — South Sudan

Refugees by country of origin in South Sudan in 2024 — 2,290,622 people. Ranked 197 in the world out of 200.

2024 2.29M people −0.08% vs 2023
World rank 197of 200
Period maximum 2.44M people2017
Period minimum 0 people2011

Trend over time

2011–2024 · people

Refugees by country of origin — South Sudan, 2011–202401M2M3M201120132015201720192021202320242011: 0 people2012: 87,007 people2013: 114,468 people2014: 616,206 people2015: 778,722 people2016: 1,436,707 people2017: 2,439,888 people2018: 2,285,301 people2019: 2,234,805 people2020: 2,188,785 people2021: 2,362,759 people2022: 2,295,082 people2023: 2,292,482 people2024: 2,290,622 people
Change over the period: +2.29M

Comparison, 2024

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

South Sudan 2.29M people
World computed 30.69M people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 9.7M people
Eastern Africa computed 4.51M people
Low-income countries computed 20.85M people
Refugees by country of origin — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2.29M −1,860 −0.08%
2023 2.29M −2,600 −0.11%
2022 2.3M −67,677 −2.86%
2021 2.36M +173,974 +7.95%
2020 2.19M −46,020 −2.06%
2019 2.23M −50,496 −2.21%
2018 2.29M −154,587 −6.34%
2017 2.44M +1M +69.83%
2016 1.44M +657,985 +84.5%
2015 778,722 +162,516 +26.37%
2014 616,206 +501,738 +438.32%
2013 114,468 +27,461 +31.56%
2012 87,007 +87,007 —
2011 0 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 10 MZ Mozambique 114 MU Mauritius 263 ZM Zambia 337 MW Malawi 570 MG Madagascar 604 TZ Tanzania 1,259 DJ Djibouti 2,055 KM Comoros 2,322 ZW Zimbabwe 7,992 UG Uganda 10,377 KE Kenya 11,696 ET Ethiopia 164,418 RW Rwanda 249,087 BI Burundi 322,462 ER Eritrea 551,296 SO Somalia 894,049 SS South Sudan 2.29M
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About the indicator

The number of refugees originating from a given country, wherever they are located, according to UNHCR. This is the mirror side of the indicator by country of asylum: there people are counted by the place where they found protection, here by the country they left. It is this series that shows the scale of forced exodus, and the largest displacement crises of recent decades are visible in it.

Important: The indicator counts only those who have crossed a border. People displaced inside their own country are not included, although they are usually more numerous — that is separate statistics, kept by the IDMC.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.

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