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South Sudan vs Sudan

South Sudan and Sudan are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

South Sudan

SSD · +211

VS

Sudan

SDN · +249

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Official name

South Sudan

السودان

Capital

Juba

Khartoum

Country calling code

+211

+249

ISO alpha-2

SS

SD

ISO alpha-3

SSD

SDN

Currency

South Sudanese pound

Sudanese pound

Currency code

SSP

SDG

Population

11,193,729

43,849,269larger

Area

619,745 km²

1,886,068 km²larger

Continent

Africa

Region

Middle Africa

Northern Africa

Languages

English

Arabic, English

Time zone

UTC+03:00

Land borders

6

7

Internet domain

.ss

.sd

Drives on the

right

Centre point

7, 30

15, 30

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