Population, total

RecordSTO-WVC4NKD4R3-Z5TXNADE7Q-662JVP

10,259,154

estimate

South Sudan · 2017

Population, total in South Sudan was 10,259,154 in 2017 (World Bank).

Original source

Publisher: World Bank
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: World Bank population, total
Locator: SP.POP.TOTL: {"countryiso3code":"SSD","date":"2017","indicator.id":"SP.POP.TOTL"}
Retrieved: 4 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): SP.POP.TOTL, SS, 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31: 10259154 count (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 10,259,154matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

World Bank. (2017). World Bank population, total. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2015:2025. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WVC4NKD4R3Z5TXNADE7Q662JVP

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

MLA: World Bank. "World Bank population, total." 2017, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2015:2025. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WVC4NKD4R3Z5TXNADE7Q662JVP.
Chicago: World Bank. "World Bank population, total." 2017. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2015:2025. Accessed October 4, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WVC4NKD4R3Z5TXNADE7Q662JVP.
BibTeX: @misc{worldbank2017population662jvp, author = {{World Bank}}, title = {World Bank population, total}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WVC4NKD4R3Z5TXNADE7Q662JVP}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json\&per\_page=20000\&date=2015:2025. Accessed October 4, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: World Bank · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: World Bank population, total
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: SP.POP.TOTL
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: 4fbcfd2b877de4be059fcc3825bdecb43206853b7e1005ddbceba16887c1cc7a
Response retrieved: 4 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: SP.POP.TOTL: {"countryiso3code":"SSD","date":"2017","indicator.id":"SP.POP.TOTL"}
Retrieved: 4 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 4 October 2026
Last revision: 4 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_WVC4NKD4R3Z5TXNADE7Q662JVP

Same indicator, other countries

2017 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
China	1,396,215,000	World Bank	Open record
India	1,359,657,400	World Bank	Open record
United States	326,608,609	World Bank	Open record
Indonesia	267,346,658	World Bank	Open record
Pakistan	223,273,967	World Bank	Open record
Brazil	204,703,445	World Bank	Open record
Nigeria	200,254,579	World Bank	Open record
Bangladesh	162,186,147	World Bank	Open record
Russian Federation	145,293,260	World Bank	Open record
Japan	126,972,000	World Bank	Open record
Mexico	123,400,057	World Bank	Open record
Ethiopia	109,666,481	World Bank	Open record
Philippines	108,119,693	World Bank	Open record
Egypt	103,696,057	World Bank	Open record
Viet Nam	95,176,977	World Bank	Open record

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Record last modified 4 October 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_WVC4NKD4R3Z5TXNADE7Q662JVP.