South Sudan

Republic of South Sudan

South Sudan (SS, SSD) is a country in Middle Africa, with Juba as its capital. The currency is the South Sudanese Pound (SSP, SSP). The international dialling code is +211 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0977 123 456. The time zone is Africa/Juba. Official language: English.

CurrencySSPSSP

Dial code+211e.g. 0977 123 456

Time zoneJubaUTC+02:00

LanguageEnglish

CapitalJuba

Population12.7M619.7K km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of South Sudan
Native name: South Sudan
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SSD
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 728
Demonym: South Sudanese
Capital: Juba
Region: Africa › Middle Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Eastern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .ss
Coordinates: 7, 30
Area: 619,745 km²
Population: 12,703,700
GDP: $20B ($1.6K per person)
Literacy: 27%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇺🇬 Uganda

Currency

South Sudanese Pound SSP

Symbol: SSP narrow £
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: £1,234.50

Former currencies: SDG

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
English en	Official	27% (3.4M)
Arabic ar		27% (3.4M)
Nuer nus		5.6% (711.4K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Juba		UTC+02:00	none	Central Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +211
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 9 digits
Emergency number: 999 pattern 999

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	0181 234 567	+211 181 234 567	XXXX XXX XXX	9
Mobile	0977 123 456	+211 977 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	9

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Show the 1 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`[19]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: ar-SS
en-SS
nus-SS

Number and date formats

As written by the English (South Sudan) locale (en-SS), amounts in SSP.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (SSP): £1,234,567.89
Accounting: (£1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 South Sudanese pounds
Compact short: 1.2M
Compact long: 1.2 million
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 kilometres per hour
Temperature: 21.5°C
Date, full: Friday, 27 March 2026
Date, long: 27 March 2026
Date, medium: 27 Mar 2026
Date, short: 27/03/2026
Time, medium: 3:04:05 pm
Time, short: 3:04 pm
Date and time: 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
Month and year: March 2026
Weekday: Friday
Relative time: yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
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