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South Sudan: Rural population

78.32percent · 2025-3.5% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for South Sudan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202578.316
202478.623
202378.926
202279.225
202179.519
202079.809
201980.094
201880.375
201780.651
201680.923
201581.191
201481.454
201381.713
201281.968
201182.218
201082.464
200982.706
200882.97
200783.001
200683.049
200583.13
200483.243
200383.385
200283.552
200183.744
200083.957
199984.189
199884.438
199784.7
199684.975
199585.258
199485.548
199385.837
199286.199
199186.721
199087.368
198988.093
198888.849
198789.591
198690.272
198590.846
198491.267
198391.481
198291.51
198191.51
198091.51
197991.509
197891.509
197791.507
197691.506
197591.504
197491.501
197391.497
197291.492
197191.487
197091.481
196991.473
196891.464
196791.454
196691.443
196591.43
196491.415
196391.399
196291.381
196191.361
196091.34

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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