Census

States, counties, and population

Browse the census geography hierarchy and explore county population totals aggregated from payam-level population data.

Visible counties

79

Visible population total

8,236,080

Top visible county

Juba

368,436

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County population table

CountyState / AreaPopulation
JubaCentral Equatoria368,436
Aweil EastNorthern Bahr el Ghazal309,921
Gogrial WestWarrap243,921
BorJonglei221,106
Luakpiny/NasirUpper Nile210,002
TwicWarrap204,905
Yei RiverCentral Equatoria201,443
Kajo-KejiCentral Equatoria196,387
UrorJonglei178,519
MagwiEastern Equatoria169,826
Aweil WestNorthern Bahr el Ghazal166,217
Tonj NorthWarrap165,222
Kapoeta EastEastern Equatoria163,997
Rumbek CentreLakes153,550
YambioWestern Equatoria152,347
WauWestern Bahr el Ghazal151,320
PiborGreater Pibor Administrative Area148,475
TerekekaCentral Equatoria144,373
AyodJonglei139,282
RenkUpper Nile137,751
AkoboJonglei136,210
Aweil NorthNorthern Bahr el Ghazal129,127
Jur RiverWestern Bahr el Ghazal127,771
MalakalUpper Nile126,483
Rumbek EastLakes122,832
MayomUnity120,715
Tonj EastWarrap116,122
FangakJonglei110,130
NyirolJonglei108,674
LopaEastern Equatoria106,161
MoroboCentral Equatoria103,603
Gogrial EastWarrap103,283
Yirol WestLakes103,190
Kapoeta NorthEastern Equatoria103,084
RubkonaUnity100,236
ToritEastern Equatoria99,740
BudiEastern Equatoria99,234
Pigi/CanalJonglei99,068
CueibetLakes93,255
LainyaCentral Equatoria89,315
Tonj SouthWarrap86,592
Twic EastJonglei85,349
UlangUpper Nile85,044
IkotosEastern Equatoria84,649
MaridiWestern Equatoria82,461
PariangRuweng Administrative Area82,443
EzoWestern Equatoria80,861
Kapoeta SouthEastern Equatoria79,470
MaiwutUpper Nile79,462
KochUnity74,863
Aweil SouthNorthern Bahr el Ghazal73,806
Yirol EastLakes67,402
PochallaGreater Pibor Administrative Area66,201
NzaraWestern Equatoria65,712
DukJonglei65,588
LongochukUpper Nile63,166
TamburaWestern Equatoria55,365
RagaWestern Bahr el Ghazal54,340
MayenditUnity53,783
LeerUnity53,022
AbyeiAbyei Administrative Area52,883
PanyijiarUnity50,723
MelutUpper Nile49,242
Mundri EastWestern Equatoria48,318
MvoloWestern Equatoria48,134
BalietUpper Nile48,010
AwerialLakes47,041
PanyikangUpper Nile45,427
MabanUpper Nile45,238
Rumbek NorthLakes43,410
IbbaWestern Equatoria41,869
Aweil CentreNorthern Bahr el Ghazal41,827
WuluLakes40,550
ManyoUpper Nile38,010
FashodaUpper Nile36,518
Mundri WestWestern Equatoria33,975
GuitUnity33,004
AbiemnhomRuweng Administrative Area17,012
NageroWestern Equatoria10,077