South Sudan
Middle Africa · Juba
Everything Mapfold knows about South Sudan, and the 6 answers that pick it out of all 192 countries the game can hide.
South Sudan in figures
- Capital
- Juba
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Area
- 619,745 km²
- Population
- 12,188,788
- Density
- 19.7 /km²
- Land neighbours
- 6
- Coast
- Landlocked
- Highest point
- 3,187 m
- Mean temperature
- 28 °C
- Life expectancy
- 57.7 years
- GDP per head
- US$ 1,080
- Urban
- 21.7 %
- Forest
- 11.3 %
South Sudan in Mapfold
Every question in the game, and what South Sudan answers to it. This is not a fact about South Sudan so much as a fact about where it sits among the other 191 — which is the only kind of fact a deduction game runs on.
The shortest way to find South Sudan
6 answers are enough to leave South Sudan alone in the daylight, starting from all 192. Taking the largest available cut each time, which is what the game scores you against:
- 1
It is landlocked.
43 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 2
It covers more than 500,000 km².
12 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 3
It is in Africa.
8 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 4
Neither tropic crosses it.
4 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 5
Less than 30% of it is forest.
2 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 6
Fewer than 50 people live there per square kilometre.
1 STILL IN DAYLIGHT
What makes South Sudan unusual
It is landlocked.
43 of 192 countriesIt covers more than 500,000 km².
51 of 192 countriesIt is in Africa.
54 of 192 countries
Every Mapfold question, answered
All 35 questions Mapfold can put to the world, ordered by how much hearing this answer would narrow it.
- BORDERS
It is landlocked.
43 of 192 countries - SIZE
It covers more than 500,000 km².
51 of 192 countries - REGION
It is in Africa.
54 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Fewer than 50 people live there per square kilometre.
59 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It borders five or more countries.
60 of 192 countries - NATURE
Less than 30% of it is forest.
92 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
More than ten million people live there.
95 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It lies east of 20°E.
97 of 192 countries - CLIMATE
It averages warmer than 22 °C all year.
104 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Life expectancy there is below 75.
107 of 192 countries - SIZE
It covers more than 100,000 km².
107 of 192 countries - ECONOMY
GDP per head is below $12,000.
114 of 192 countries - NATURE
Its highest point is above 2,000 m.
118 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Fewer than 70% of people live in towns and cities.
119 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It runs wider than it is tall.
126 of 192 countries - SIZE
It is bigger than Belgium.
135 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
It is thinner than 150 people per square kilometre.
136 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It borders at least two countries.
138 of 192 countries - CLIMATE
It averages over 12 °C all year.
143 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in Asia.
146 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in Europe.
148 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It lies in the northern hemisphere.
154 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It has at least one land neighbour.
155 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
More than a million people live there.
156 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in the Americas.
157 of 192 countries - LOCATION
Its centre lies south of 45°N.
160 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Fewer than fifty million people live there.
161 of 192 countries - ECONOMY
GDP per head is below $40,000.
163 of 192 countries - LOCATION
Neither tropic crosses it.
165 of 192 countries - NATURE
Less than 60% of it is forest.
166 of 192 countries - ECONOMY
It does not use the euro.
167 of 192 countries - NATURE
Its highest point is over 500 m.
171 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It spans less than 20° of longitude.
175 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in Oceania.
179 of 192 countries - LOCATION
The equator does not cross it.
181 of 192 countries
How South Sudan compares
- Bigger than Ukraine
- Smaller than Central African Republic
- More people than Belgium
- Fewer people than Tunisia
- 43rd largest of 192 by area
- 80th by population, of 192
Which countries border South Sudan
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