South Sudan
جنوب السودان
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
South Sudan, admitted in 2011, is the newest of the 193 UN member states. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 374.8K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 5.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.8 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 4%
- women 4.9%, men 3.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2010
Languages
82 languages, 34 of them endangered
- IndriSeverely endangered
- MabaanSeverely endangered
- AjaDefinitely endangered
- BaiDefinitely endangered
- BaleesiDefinitely endangered
- Belanda BorDefinitely endangered
- BeliDefinitely endangered
- GoloDefinitely endangered
- GuruDefinitely endangered
- KeloDefinitely endangered
- KomoDefinitely endangered
- LaarimDefinitely endangered
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- MangayaDefinitely endangered
- Mo'daDefinitely endangered
- MorokodoDefinitely endangered
- NubiDefinitely endangered
- Nyamusa-MoloDefinitely endangered
- NyolgeDefinitely endangered
- OpuoDefinitely endangered
- TennetDefinitely endangered
- YuluDefinitely endangered
- BongoVulnerable
- DaasanachVulnerable
- DanaVulnerable
- DongoVulnerable
- DongotonoVulnerable
- KaligiVulnerable
- KreshVulnerable
- KukuVulnerable
- LokoyaVulnerable
- MurleVulnerable
- ReelVulnerable
- SuriVulnerable
- ThuriVulnerable
- Acholi
- Anuak
- Aringa
- Avokaya
- Baka
- Banda-Banda
- Banda-Mbrès
- Banda-Ndele
- Bari
- Belanda Viri
- Burun
- Didinga
- Juba Arabic
- Jumjum
- Jur Modo
- Kakwa
- Karamojong
- Keliko
- Lango
- Logoti
- Lopit
- Lotuko
- Luwo
- Ma'di
- Mandari
- Mid-Southern Banda
- Moru
- Mündü
- Ndogo
- Northeastern Dinka
- Northwestern Dinka
- Nuer
- Nyangatom
- Okolie
- Olu’bo
- Päri
- Shilluk
- South Central Dinka
- Southeastern Dinka
- Southwestern Dinka
- Tar Gula
- Togbo-Vara Banda
- Toposa
- Turkana
- Uduk
- West Banda
- Zande
- South Sudanese Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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