Africa · Middle Africa

South Sudan

Everything you need to work with South Sudan country data: capital, population, currencies, languages, and codes, sourced from the REST Countries API and ready to drop into your own project.

Country facts

Capital Juba

Population 12,703,714

Region Africa · Middle Africa

Codes SS · SSD

Currencies South Sudanese pound (SSP)

Languages English

More data These are just the highlights. The REST Countries API returns 85+ more fields for South Sudan, including borders, timezones, calling codes, native and translated names, and coordinates. See every field.

Call the South Sudan country API

Request the full South Sudan record from the REST Countries API. Copy the snippet for your language and drop in your own API key.

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curl "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS?pretty=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {{your_api_key}}"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}' } }
);
const data = await response.json();

fetch(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}' } }
)
  .then(function (response) { return response.json(); })
  .then(function (data) { console.log(data); });

import requests
response = requests.get(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS',
  headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}'}
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Authorization: Bearer {{your_api_key}}']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}'
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end
data = JSON.parse(response.body)

package main
import (
  "encoding/json"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var data map[string]interface{}
json.Unmarshal(body, &data)

use reqwest::blocking::Client;
use serde_json::Value;
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
  .get("https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
  .send()?;
let data: Value = response.json()?;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
  .uri(URI.create("https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS"))
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
  .GET()
  .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
String body = response.body();

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}");
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>(
  "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS");

import Foundation
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/SS")!)
request.addValue("Bearer {{your_api_key}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data)

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Integrate South Sudan data into your app

The REST Countries API returns South Sudan as structured JSON over HTTPS, ready to pull straight into web, mobile, and backend projects with no scraping and no manual data entry. Request only the fields you need and cache the response.

Populate country dropdowns, address forms, and checkout or shipping flows.
Localize your app with native names, languages, and currency details.
Enrich dashboards, CRMs, and analytics with region, population, and ISO codes.
Look up South Sudan by alpha-2 code, alpha-3 code, or country name.

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🇸🇸 South Sudan

Country facts

Call the South Sudan country API

Integrate South Sudan data into your app

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