Belgium vs South Sudan: Population

Belgium

11.71 million people

in 2023

South Sudan

11.48 million people

in 2023

Belgium rank

81st

South Sudan rank

83rd

Population over time

Belgium currently reports 11.71 million people against 11.48 million people in South Sudan, a difference of 229,500 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 226 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 81st and South Sudan ranks 83rd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.