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South Sudan
7.0N 30.0E · 29 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM SUDAN · 9 JULY 2011
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2013 – present · A Young Nation at War
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Dec 2013 · Civil war erupts in Juba 2 REFS
Feb 2017 · Famine declared in Unity state 2 REFS
2005 – 2011 · Peace, Referendum and a New State
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9 Jan 2005 · Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed 2 REFS
Jul 2005 · Death of John Garang 2 REFS
1955 – 2005 · Marginalisation and Two Civil Wars
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Aug 1955 · Torit mutiny begins the First Civil War 2 REFS
27 Feb 1972 · Addis Ababa Agreement 2 REFS
1899 – 1955 · The Condominium and the Southern Policy
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1899 · Anglo-Egyptian Condominium established 2 REFS
1922 · Closed District ordinances 2 REFS
1821 – 1898 · Conquest, Ivory and the Slave Raids
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1821 · Turco-Egyptian conquest reaches Sudan 2 REFS
1850s–1870s · Zariba slave and ivory raids 2 REFS
c. 3000 BCE – c. 1700 CE · Peoples of the Upper Nile
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c. 3000 BCE · Cattle-herding cultures in the Sudd 2 REFS
c. 14th century · Nilotic expansion across the upper Nile 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Juba
- Population
- 13 m
- Area
- 619,745 km²
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- South Sudanese pound (£)
- Demonym
- South Sudanese
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$12 B’15 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,080’15 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-10.8%’15 WB-WDI
Inflation
91.4%’24 WB-WDI
Trade openness
65.6%’15 WB-WDI
Society
Population
12 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
57.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
21.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.8’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
26.8%’08 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
23.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
40.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
9.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
24.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
23.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
6.1’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
11.6%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.04’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
96.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
72.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
26.8%’08 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
1.6%’16 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
98.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
122.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
Internet users
6.7%’19 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
47’23 WB-ITU
Geography
Land area
631,930 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
11.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
44.9%’23 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
32.4%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
13.1%’15 WB-WDI
Oil rents
10.4%’15 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’15 WB-WDI
Forest rents
2.6%’15 WB-WDI
Electricity access
5.4%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
2.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$2.0 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
53,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (5.4%), superseding 2023 (5.4%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (12 m), superseding 2024 (12 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (21.7%), superseding 2024 (21.4%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14