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title: "South Sudan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "South Sudan: capital Juba, area 644,329 km², population 12,188,788 (2025), currency South Sudanese pound. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/south-sudan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# South Sudan

**South Sudan: Capital Juba**

644,329 km² · 12,188,788 people (2025) · South Sudanese pound

The Sudd, where the White Nile spreads across the plain, is one of the largest wetlands in the world and can more than double in size in the wet season. So much water evaporates there that the Nile leaves South Sudan with roughly half the flow it entered with.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Juba
- **Area:** 644,329 km² — 248,777 sq mi
- **Population:** 12,188,788 (2025)
- **Density:** 18.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** South Sudanese pound (SSP, £)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +211
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** SS · SSD
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 43 of 200
- **By population:** 81 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Myanmar | 676,578 | 54,850,648 |
| Afghanistan | 652,230 | 43,844,111 |
| South Sudan ← | 644,329 | 12,188,788 |
| France | 643,801 | 68,720,337 |
| Somalia | 637,657 | 19,654,739 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of South Sudan?

Juba

### What currency does South Sudan use?

The South Sudanese pound (SSP).

### How big is South Sudan?

644,329 km², or 248,777 square miles — 43 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does South Sudan drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Myanmar](https://atoneplace.net/country/myanmar/)
- [Afghanistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/afghanistan/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Somalia](https://atoneplace.net/country/somalia/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]