Which has higher population in largest city, Equatorial Guinea or South Sudan?

Equatorial Guinea, at 512,750 against 500,088 in South Sudan as of 2025.

What is the difference in population in largest city between Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan?

12,662, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in largest city. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs South Sudan: Population in largest city

Equatorial Guinea

512,750

in 2025

South Sudan

500,088

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

145th

South Sudan rank

148th

Population in largest city over time

Equatorial Guinea
South Sudan

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 512,750 against 500,088 in South Sudan, a difference of 12,662.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Sudan ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th and South Sudan ranks 148th of 153 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and South Sudan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	South Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	16,598	26,485	9,887	South Sudan
1970s	20,453	59,822	39,369	South Sudan
1980s	27,934	89,379	61,445	South Sudan
1990s	60,658	126,443	65,785	South Sudan
2000s	165,534	199,295	33,761	South Sudan
2010s	307,434	316,463	9,029	South Sudan
2020s	464,389	450,548	13,840	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in largest city, Equatorial Guinea or South Sudan?: Equatorial Guinea, at 512,750 against 500,088 in South Sudan as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in largest city between Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan?: 12,662, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan rank globally for population in largest city?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th and South Sudan ranks 148th of 153 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in largest city. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Equatorial Guinea vs South Sudan: Population in largest city. Statizoid, drawing on World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN). Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://urban.statizoid.com/compare/population-in-largest-city/equatorial-guinea/south-sudan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://urban.statizoid.com/compare/population-in-largest-city/equatorial-guinea/south-sudan/">Equatorial Guinea vs South Sudan: Population in largest city</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population in largest city
Source: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 153 places, 10,098 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.