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The South Sudanese population is composed mostly of [[Nilotic peoples]] spanning a variety of ethnic, tribal, and linguistic groups. It is demographically among the youngest nations in the world, with roughly half its people under 18 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1018671|title='Children's crisis' in South Sudan must be addressed, says top UN official calling for real accountability|date=7 September 2018|access-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930193622/https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1018671|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The majority of inhabitants adhere to [[Christianity]] or various [[Traditional African religions|traditional indigenous faiths]], with a sizeable Muslim minority.
South Sudan is a [[Member states of the United Nations|member of the United Nations]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sudan-un-membership-idUKTRE76D3I120110714|title=South Sudan admitted to U.N. as 193rd member|last=Worsnip|first=Patrick|date=14 July 2011|publisher=[[Reuters]]|access-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715144119/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/uk-sudan-un-membership-idUKTRE76D3I120110714|archive-date=15 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39034&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1=|title=UN welcomes South Sudan as 193rd Member State|publisher=United Nations News Service|date=14 July 2011|access-date=14 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803100613/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39034&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1=|archive-date=3 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[African Union]],<ref name="au54">{{cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/South-Sudan-Becomes-African-Unions-54th-Member-126320433.html|title=South Sudan Becomes African Union's 54th Member|publisher=Voice of America News|date=28 July 2011|access-date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916115846/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/South-Sudan-Becomes-African-Unions-54th-Member-126320433.html|archive-date=16 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[East African Community]],<ref>"South Sudan admitted into EAC", Daily Nation, 2 March 2016, reprinted at nation.co.ke, accessed 4 March 2016</ref> and the [[Intergovernmental Authority on Development]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-25/ethiopia-agrees-to-back-somalia-army-operations-igad-says.html|title=Ethiopia Agrees to Back Somalia Army Operations, IGAD Says|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=25 November 2011|date=25 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729154359/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-25/ethiopia-agrees-to-back-somalia-army-operations-igad-says.html|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> It is one of the [[least developed countries]] in the world, ranking second to last in the [[List of countries by Human Development Index|Human Development Index]],
==Etymology==
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