South Sudan

Facts

What the numbers say about South Sudan

• Russia, the largest place listed, is 27.1× the size of South Sudan.
• South Sudan ranks 42nd of 239 by area but only 78th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
• At 20 people per km², South Sudan is the 147th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
• South Sudan lies at 7°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
• Laid out flat, South Sudan's main territory stretches about 971 km north to south and 1,300 km east to west.
• Our measured 627,000 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 644,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

How South Sudan measures up

South Sudan holds 2.1% of the land area and 0.9% of the people of the 54 countries listed for Africa. In Eastern Africa it is the 5th largest of 17.

Where South Sudan sits

• South Sudan's centre lies at 7.3°N, 30.3°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 810 km from the equator.
• Its main territory spans 3°N to 12°N, about 970 km from its southern edge to its northern.

If South Sudan had other densities

• At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², South Sudan would have 785.1 million people. It has 12.6 million.
• At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², South Sudan would have 2.3 million people. It has 12.6 million.
• At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 45.4 million.

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