South Sudan vs Vatican statistics compared

South Sudan has a population of 11.9M (ranked 81/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). South Sudan's land area is 243,990 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 41st vs. 197th).

By GDP, South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

South Sudan and Vatican: Comparison Charts

South Sudan vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Sudan

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Sudan	Vatican
1950	30.2	65.9
1951	30.6	65.3
1952	31	65.7
1953	31.4	66.3
1954	31.7	67.5
1955	32	67.8
1956	31.6	67.3
1957	30.9	67.5
1958	27.6	68.7
1959	27.8	69.2
1960	28.1	69.2
1961	28.3	69.8
1962	28.5	69.2
1963	28.2	69.3
1964	32.5	70.3
1965	28.8	70.1
1966	25.6	70.9
1967	25.9	70.9
1968	26.1	70.7
1969	25.4	70.7
1970	25.6	71.5
1971	31	71.7
1972	31.3	72
1973	36.3	71.9
1974	36.6	72.7
1975	36.9	72.6
1976	37.1	72.9
1977	37.4	73.3
1978	37.6	73.7
1979	37.8	74
1980	38	74.1
1981	38.3	74.3
1982	38.7	74.8
1983	34.7	74.7
1984	31.8	75.1
1985	32.4	75.5
1986	32.8	75.7
1987	20.7	76.2
1988	11	76.4
1989	28.2	76.8
1990	28.6	76.9
1991	29.2	76.9
1992	21.9	77.3
1993	22.3	77
1994	44.9	77.7
1995	31.5	77.8
1996	32.1	78.5
1997	33.1	78.2
1998	19	78.3
1999	44.5	78.7
2000	47.6	79.3
2001	48.6	79.9
2002	49.4	80
2003	52.3	79.8
2004	53.1	80.2
2005	54	80.6
2006	54.7	81.2
2007	55.4	81.3
2008	56.3	81.4
2009	56.8	81.3
2010	57.5	81.5
2011	57.7	81.7
2012	58.2	82
2013	58.3	82.5
2014	45.6	82.6
2015	39.8	82.5
2016	36.7	82.9
2017	35.4	82.7
2018	51.9	83.3
2019	58.1	83.6
2020	57.6	83
2021	57	82.9
2022	57.2	83.3
2023	57.6	83
2024	57.7	83.1
2025	57.9	83.3

South Sudan and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

South Sudan

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	South Sudan	Vatican
1960	2,931,559	-
1961	2,976,724	-
1962	3,024,308	-
1963	3,072,669	-
1964	3,129,918	-
1965	3,189,835	-
1966	3,236,423	-
1967	3,277,648	-
1968	3,321,528	-
1969	3,365,533	-
1970	3,409,614	-
1971	3,468,646	-
1972	3,542,497	-
1973	3,627,383	-
1974	3,723,259	-
1975	3,821,494	-
1976	3,921,910	-
1977	4,024,032	-
1978	4,127,657	-
1979	4,232,605	-
1980	4,339,030	-
1981	4,447,272	-
1982	4,557,686	-
1983	4,661,574	-
1984	4,750,627	-
1985	4,834,296	-
1986	4,921,240	-
1987	4,962,395	-
1988	4,848,029	-
1989	4,713,229	-
1990	4,737,633	-
1991	4,836,677	-
1992	4,909,749	-
1993	4,956,002	-
1994	5,071,184	-
1995	5,225,836	-
1996	5,356,925	-
1997	5,509,136	-
1998	5,620,068	-
1999	5,771,628	-
2000	6,032,267	880
2001	6,308,391	890
2002	6,596,806	900
2003	6,903,127	911
2004	7,233,041	921
2005	7,590,143	921
2006	7,976,526	932
2007	8,388,788	821
2008	8,817,647	824
2009	9,243,556	826
2010	9,745,953	829
2011	10,288,109	832
2012	10,756,240	836
2013	11,166,275	839
2014	11,235,073	842
2015	11,107,561	1,000
2016	10,830,102	-
2017	10,259,154	1,000
2018	10,122,977	-
2019	10,423,384	1,000
2020	10,698,467	-
2021	10,865,780	-
2022	11,021,177	-
2023	11,483,374	-
2024	11,943,408	-

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