Sudan
Population 2026
53,282,716
Overview
- Yearly change
- +3.14%
- Density
- 29 per km²
- Land area
- 1,868,000 km²
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Currency
- Pound (SDG)
- Official languages
- AR-SD, EN, FIA
- Urban population
- 34.9%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 1,694,0242026
- Deaths
- 330,5182026
- Birth rate
- 33.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.3per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 4.26
- Life expectancy
- 66.5At birth, years
- Median age
- 18.8
- Net migration
- 291,469
Age distribution
- 0–1440.2%
- 15–6456.4%
- 65+3.4%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $60.2B
- GDP per capita
- $1.2K
- GDP growth
- +3.1%
- Inflation
- 138.8%
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Exports
- $664M
- Imports
- $769M
- Tourism receipts
- 20.9%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture29.4%
- Industry33.6%
- Manufacturing5.1%
- Services37.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture39.8%
- Industry14.0%
- Services46.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KhartoumKhartoum | 1,974,6472025 |
| 2 | OmdurmanKhartoum | 1,849,6592025 |
| 3 | Khartoum NorthKhartoum | 1,012,2112025 |
| 4 | NyalaSouthern Darfur | 565,7342026 |
| 5 | Port SudanRed Sea | 489,7252026 |
| 6 | KassalaKassala | 401,4772026 |
| 7 | El ObeidNorth Kordofan | 393,3112026 |
| 8 | Al QadarifAl Qaḑārif | 363,9452026 |
| 9 | KostiWhite Nile | 345,0682014 |
| 10 | Wad MedaniAl Jazirah | 332,7142026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53,282,716 | 1.7M | 331K |
| 2020 | 46,789,237 | 1.6M | 318K |
| 2010 | 35,414,403 | 1.3M | 277K |
| 2000 | 27,816,748 | 1.1M | 277K |
| 1990 | 22,021,484 | 964K | 264K |
| 1980 | 17,058,908 | 771K | 218K |
| 1970 | 11,695,768 | 571K | 170K |
| 1960 | 8,364,491 | 399K | 136K |
| 1950 | 6,189,915 | 297K | 118K |