South Sudan

Urban population in South Sudan

Urban population in South Sudan: 6.5% in 1950 and 21.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
21.7%
Since 1950
+15.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
220 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
30.9%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in South SudanUrban population in South Sudan: 6.5% in 1950 and 21.7% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 30.9% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 30.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearSouth Sudan
202521.7
202421.4
202321.1
202220.8
202120.5
202020.2
201919.9
201819.6
201719.4
201619.1
201518.8
201418.6
201318.3
201218
201117.8
201017.5
200917.3
200817
200717
200617
200516.9
200416.8
200316.6
200216.5
200116.3
200016
199915.8
199815.6
199715.3
199615
199514.7
199414.5
199314.2
199213.8
199113.3
199012.6
198911.9
198811.2
198710.4
19869.7
19859.2
19848.7
19838.5
19828.5
19818.5
19808.5
19798.5
19788.5
19778.5
19768.5
19758.5
19748.5
19738.5
19728.5
19718.5
19708.5
19698.5
19688.5
19678.5
19668.6
19658.6
19648.6
19638.6
19628.6
19618.6
19608.7
19598.7
19588.7
19578.7
19568.8
19558.8
19548.6
19538.3
19527.7
19517.1
19506.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearSouth Sudan
202622
202722.3
202822.6
202923
203023.3
203123.6
203224
203324.3
203424.7
203525
203625.4
203725.7
203826.1
203926.5
204026.9
204127.2
204227.6
204328
204428.4
204528.8
204629.2
204729.6
204830
204930.5
205030.9

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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