PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE CENSUS RESULTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN BY TRIBES.

Although the census questionnaire did not include ethnicity, the published results by counties in Southern Sudan give a clear indication of the tribes therein. The following is an attempt to analyze these results by tribe.

The analysis is confined to the ten largest tribes as the census suggests. These tribes form more than three-quarters (76.7) of the population of Southern Sudan. In fact, two tribes, the Dinka and the Nuer, form more than 50% (56.1) of the population of Southern Sudan.

A number of assumptions have been made in regards to the population of Juba, Malakal and Wau towns. It has been assumed that the population of each of the three is comprised of two-thirds Bari, Chollo and Balanda, respectively. Northern Bahr El Ghazl is assumed to be entirely Dinka despite a sizeable presence of the Luo tribes there. This assumption is balanced out by not including the Marial-Bai Dinka in Western Bahr El Ghazal. Also, the presence of Moro tribe in Maridi town is not taken into account.

 

S/NO	T R I B E	P O P U L A T I O N STATE TOTAL	PERCENT OF SOUTH SUDAN
1	DINKA	Upper Nile 235,003
		Jonglei 471,111
		Unity 99,455
		Warrap 972,928
		N. BEG 720,898
		Lakes 532,348
		TOTAL 3,031,743	36.7
2	NUER	Upper Nile 437,674
		Jonglei 672,875
		Unity 489,346
		TOTAL 1,599,895	19.4
3	AZANDE	W. Equatoria 488,602	5.9
4	TOPOSA	E. Equatoria 346,551	4.2
5	BARI	C. Equatoria 248,275	3.0
6	CHOLLO	Upper Nile 204,277	2.5
7	LUO	W. BEG 127,771	1.6
8	BALANDA	W. BEG 100,880	1.2
9	LATUHO	E. Equatoria 99,740	1.2
10	MORO	W. Equatoria 82,293	1.0
	TOTAL	6,330,027	76.7