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title: "The Newest Country in the World, 2023"  
description: "A short explanation of the world's newest country in the world in 2023"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2575/the-newest-country-in-the-world-2023  
category: "country"  
tags: ["geography", "education", "facts", "general knowledge", "country"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# The Newest Country in the World, 2023

![The Newest Country in the World 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9213b99-0ced-470e-ae34-96072f3e2ca6/images/5a7d040e-81ae-4056-9da9-2215de41e24c.jpeg) ![The Newest Country in the World 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9213b99-0ced-470e-ae34-96072f3e2ca6/images/f3047d99-c3d2-4fbf-9063-078dbb2d54ab.jpeg) South Sudan is the newest country in the world. ![The Newest Country in the World 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9213b99-0ced-470e-ae34-96072f3e2ca6/images/9cde1e36-59cb-4113-9060-1d157df5edf8.jpeg) It declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. ![The Newest Country in the World 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9213b99-0ced-470e-ae34-96072f3e2ca6/images/33bc57f6-c51b-4f68-a828-72ed5522a48d.jpeg) It is a country in East Africa with a population of about 12 million people with over 60 different ethnic groups. ![The Newest Country in the World 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9213b99-0ced-470e-ae34-96072f3e2ca6/images/32cb3dba-f52c-4205-836e-48ad336269de.jpeg) It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya. ![The Newest Country in the World 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9213b99-0ced-470e-ae34-96072f3e2ca6/images/0f132dc0-8288-42d6-ae0b-2c81b64842c6.jpeg) Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan

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