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🌆 Largest Cities in South Sudan

Cities of South Sudan with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).

📅 2026📏 people16 entries🇸🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 1,679,674 (16 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
JubaCentral Equatoria
450,000
2
WinejokNorthern Bahr al Ghazal
300,000
3
YeiCentral Equatoria
260,720
4
MalakalUpper Nile
160,765
5
WauWestern Bahr al Ghazal
127,384
6
KuacjokWarrap
78,000
7
PajokEastern Equatoria
49,000
8
GogrialWarrap
44,600
9
YambioWestern Equatoria
40,382
10
AweilNorthern Bahr al Ghazal
38,745
11
RumbekLakes
32,083
12
BorJonglei
26,782
13
ToritEastern Equatoria
20,048
14
LeerUnity
17,827
15
TonjWarrap
17,338
16
Kafia KingiWestern Bahr al Ghazal
16,000

Highlights

Within South Sudan, Juba ranks first in 2026 with 450,000, followed by Winejok (300,000) and Yei (260,720).

Juba is 1.5 times higher than Winejok, the runner-up.

Across 16 entries, values run from 450,000 (Juba) to 16,000 (Kafia Kingi), with a median of 42,491.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.