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South Sudan: map and facts
South Sudan is in Eastern Africa. It has about 12.2 million people (2025), the 80th largest population. It covers 646,883 km², the 41st largest by area. That is about 19 people per km². Its highest point is Kinyeti, at 3,187 m. The longest river on its map is the Akobo, 434 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 12,188,788 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 646,883 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 630,000 km².
- Capital: Juba
- Highest point: Kinyeti, 3,187 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 11.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of South Sudan, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Akobo: 434 km
- Sobat: 354 km
- Pibor: 320 km
- Kangen: 300 km
Also on the map: White Nile and Bahr el Zeraf.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Kinyeti: 3,187 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Chaine des Mongos.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Sudd.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): savanna 57.8%, grassland 35.2%, deciduous broadleaf forest 2.5%, farmland 1.9%, wetland 1.4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 92.5%, hills 5.7%, mountains 1.8%.
Forests covered 11.3% of its land in 2024, the same as in 2015 (World Bank).
Neighbours
South Sudan shares land borders with Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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