South Sudan

==== 2008 census ====
[[File:South Sudan 034.jpg|thumb|upright|Woman in South Sudan]]
[[File:Village in South Sudan.jpg|thumb|A village in South Sudan]]

The "Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan", for Sudan as a whole, was conducted in April 2008. The census counted the Southern Sudan population at 8.26&nbsp;million;<ref name="n24">{{cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/World/News/Discontent-over-Sudan-census-20090521|title=Discontent over Sudan census|date=21 May 2009|work=News24.com|access-date=14 July 2011|agency=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713214109/http://www.news24.com/World/News/Discontent-over-Sudan-census-20090521|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="epro">{{cite news|url=http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/s-sudan-census-bureau-releases-official-results-amidst-ongoing-census-controversy|title=S. Sudan Census Bureau Releases Official Results Amidst Ongoing Census Controversy|work=!enough The project to end genocide and crimes against humanity|date=8 June 2009|first=Maggie|last=Fick|access-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717031826/http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/s-sudan-census-bureau-releases-official-results-amidst-ongoing-census-controversy|archive-date=17 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> however, Southern Sudanese officials rejected the census results of Southern Sudan because "the central bureau of statistics in [[Khartoum]] refused to share the national Sudan raw census data with the southern Sudan centre for census, statistics and evaluation."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article31746|title=South Sudan parliament throws out census results|work=SudanTribune|date=8 July 2009|access-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712230242/http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article31746|archive-date=12 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition, President Kiir "suspected figures were being deflated in some regions and inflated in others, and that made the final tally 'unacceptable'."<ref name="newvis">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsudanvision.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1677:southern-sudanese-officials-decry-unfortunate-announcement-of-census-results&catid=1:sudan-news-stories&Itemid=6|title=South Sudanese officials decry 'unfortunate' announcement of census results|work=The New Sudan Vision|date=10 May 2009|first=Marvis|last=Birungi|access-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174659/http://www.newsudanvision.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1677:southern-sudanese-officials-decry-unfortunate-announcement-of-census-results&catid=1:sudan-news-stories&Itemid=6|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He claimed that the Southern Sudanese population actually constituted one-third of that of Sudan, though the census showed it to be only 22%.<ref name="epro" />

Many southern Sudanese were also said to have been uncounted "due to bad weather, poor communication and transport networks, and some areas were unreachable, while many southern Sudanese remained in exile in neighbouring countries, leading to 'unacceptable results', according [to] southern Sudanese authorities."<ref name="newvis" /> The chief American technical adviser for the census in the south said that the census-takers probably reached only 89% of the population.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103124761|title=Ethnic Divisions Complicate Sudan's Census|work=NPR|first=Gwen|last=Thompkins|date=15 April 2009|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134348/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103124761|archive-date=9 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>