Sudan Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Sudan vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Sudan	World
1960	16.7	22.5
1961	16.7	22.5
1962	16.7	22.4
1963	16.6	22.2
1964	16.5	22
1965	16.5	21.8
1966	16.4	21.7
1967	16.4	21.6
1968	16.3	21.5
1969	16.3	21.5
1970	16.2	21.4
1971	16.2	21.4
1972	16.1	21.5
1973	16	21.5
1974	15.9	21.6
1975	16	21.7
1976	16	21.9
1977	16.1	22
1978	16.2	22.2
1979	16.4	22.3
1980	16.5	22.5
1981	16.6	22.6
1982	16.7	22.7
1983	16.7	22.9
1984	16.8	23
1985	16.8	23.2
1986	16.8	23.3
1987	16.9	23.4
1988	16.9	23.6
1989	16.8	23.8
1990	16.8	23.9
1991	16.8	24.1
1992	16.8	24.3
1993	16.8	24.5
1994	16.8	24.7
1995	16.8	25
1996	16.8	25.2
1997	16.8	25.4
1998	16.8	25.7
1999	16.9	25.9
2000	16.9	26.1
2001	17	26.3
2002	17	26.5
2003	17.1	26.7
2004	17.1	27
2005	17.1	27.2
2006	17.2	27.4
2007	17.3	27.6
2008	17.3	27.8
2009	17.4	28
2010	17.5	28.2
2011	17.4	28.4
2012	17.5	28.6
2013	17.5	28.9
2014	17.7	29.1
2015	17.9	29.3
2016	18.1	29.5
2017	18.3	29.8
2018	18.6	30
2019	18.7	30.3
2020	18.9	30.6
2021	19	30.8
2022	19.2	31
2023	19.3	31.3
2024	19.4	31.6
2025	19.5	31.9
2026	19.8	32.1
2027	20	32.3
2028	20.1	32.6
2029	20.3	32.8
2030	20.5	33
2031	20.6	33.2
2032	20.8	33.4
2033	21	33.6
2034	21.2	33.8
2035	21.3	34
2036	21.5	34.2
2037	21.7	34.4
2038	22	34.6
2039	22.2	34.8
2040	22.4	35
2041	22.7	35.2
2042	22.9	35.4
2043	23.2	35.6
2044	23.4	35.8
2045	23.7	36
2046	24	36.2
2047	24.2	36.4
2048	24.5	36.6
2049	24.7	36.8
2050	25	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Sudan was 16.7 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 19.4 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 176th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Sudan ranks 172nd currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Sudan is expected to increase to around 25 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Sudan demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Sudan
	Male	Female
0-4	7.69%	7.45%
5-9	6.8%	6.62%
10-14	6.02%	5.89%
15-19	5.44%	5.34%
20-24	4.78%	4.74%
25-29	4.12%	4.13%
30-34	3.34%	3.47%
35-39	2.59%	2.83%
40-44	2.06%	2.37%
45-49	1.58%	1.93%
50-54	1.38%	1.65%
55-59	1.15%	1.33%
60-64	0.95%	1.04%
65-69	0.75%	0.76%
70-74	0.5%	0.45%
75-79	0.28%	0.23%
80+	0.17%	0.18%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Sudan has high demographic potential with 75.8% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 22/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Sudan			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	97.5%	91.8%	5.73%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	97.7%	92.1%	5.68%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	97.9%	92.3%	5.62%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	98.2%	92.6%	5.57%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	98.6%	93.1%	5.51%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	99%	93.6%	5.46%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	99.3%	93.9%	5.41%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	99.6%	94.2%	5.36%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	99.9%	94.6%	5.32%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	100.2%	94.9%	5.28%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	100.5%	95.2%	5.25%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	100.8%	95.6%	5.22%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	101.1%	95.9%	5.21%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	101.9%	96.8%	5.17%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	102.5%	97.3%	5.13%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	102%	96.9%	5.1%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	101.4%	96.3%	5.06%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	100.8%	95.7%	5.03%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	99.6%	94.7%	4.97%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	98.4%	93.5%	4.91%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	97.2%	92.4%	4.86%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	96.2%	91.4%	4.82%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	95.5%	90.7%	4.8%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	95%	90.3%	4.78%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	94.9%	90.1%	4.84%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	94.9%	89.9%	4.96%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	94.9%	89.8%	5.09%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	94.9%	89.7%	5.23%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	95.2%	89.8%	5.36%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	95.6%	90.1%	5.49%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	96.1%	90.5%	5.61%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	96.6%	90.8%	5.73%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	97%	91.2%	5.83%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	97.3%	91.4%	5.89%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	97.3%	91.4%	5.92%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	97.1%	91.2%	5.92%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	97%	91%	5.91%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	96.7%	90.8%	5.89%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	96.2%	90.3%	5.83%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	95.7%	89.9%	5.77%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	95.2%	89.5%	5.69%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	94.6%	89%	5.6%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	94.1%	88.5%	5.52%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	93.7%	88.2%	5.44%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	93.3%	87.9%	5.35%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	92.7%	87.5%	5.24%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	92.1%	87%	5.15%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	91.4%	86.4%	5.08%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	90.6%	85.6%	5%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	89.8%	84.8%	4.93%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	89.4%	84.5%	4.9%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	89.4%	84.5%	4.9%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	89.2%	84.3%	4.91%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	88.6%	83.7%	4.93%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	87.5%	82.5%	4.95%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	86%	81%	4.97%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	84.6%	79.6%	5.02%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	82.9%	77.8%	5.08%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	81.3%	76.2%	5.16%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	80.5%	75.2%	5.27%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	79.9%	74.6%	5.38%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	79.3%	73.8%	5.48%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	78.7%	73.1%	5.58%	54%	39%	15%
2023	78.1%	72.4%	5.72%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	77.9%	72%	5.87%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Sudan decreased from 93.3% to 77.9% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Sudan working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Sudan	World
1960	50.6%	57.6%
1961	50.6%	57.5%
1962	50.5%	57.4%
1963	50.5%	57.2%
1964	50.3%	57%
1965	50.2%	56.9%
1966	50.2%	56.8%
1967	50.1%	56.9%
1968	50%	56.9%
1969	50%	56.9%
1970	49.9%	57%
1971	49.8%	57.1%
1972	49.7%	57.2%
1973	49.5%	57.3%
1974	49.4%	57.3%
1975	49.5%	57.4%
1976	49.7%	57.5%
1977	49.8%	57.7%
1978	50.1%	58%
1979	50.4%	58.4%
1980	50.7%	58.7%
1981	51%	59%
1982	51.1%	59.3%
1983	51.3%	59.6%
1984	51.3%	59.9%
1985	51.3%	60.1%
1986	51.3%	60.4%
1987	51.3%	60.5%
1988	51.2%	60.7%
1989	51.1%	60.8%
1990	51%	60.9%
1991	50.9%	61%
1992	50.8%	61.1%
1993	50.7%	61.2%
1994	50.7%	61.3%
1995	50.7%	61.5%
1996	50.8%	61.7%
1997	50.8%	61.9%
1998	51%	62.2%
1999	51.1%	62.5%
2000	51.2%	62.8%
2001	51.4%	63.1%
2002	51.5%	63.4%
2003	51.6%	63.7%
2004	51.7%	64%
2005	51.9%	64.3%
2006	52%	64.5%
2007	52.2%	64.7%
2008	52.5%	64.9%
2009	52.7%	65%
2010	52.8%	65.1%
2011	52.8%	65.2%
2012	52.9%	65.2%
2013	53%	65.2%
2014	53.3%	65.2%
2015	53.8%	65.1%
2016	54.2%	65.1%
2017	54.7%	65%
2018	55.1%	64.9%
2019	55.4%	64.9%
2020	55.6%	64.8%
2021	55.8%	64.9%
2022	56%	64.9%
2023	56.1%	65%
2024	56.2%	65.1%
2025	56.4%	65.2%
2026	56.7%	65.3%
2027	56.9%	65.4%
2028	57%	65.4%
2029	57.2%	65.4%
2030	57.3%	65.4%
2031	57.6%	65.4%
2032	57.8%	65.4%
2033	58.1%	65.4%
2034	58.4%	65.3%
2035	58.7%	65.2%
2036	59.1%	65%
2037	59.4%	64.9%
2038	59.7%	64.7%
2039	60.1%	64.6%
2040	60.4%	64.5%
2041	60.8%	64.4%
2042	61.1%	64.3%
2043	61.4%	64.2%
2044	61.7%	64.1%
2045	62%	63.9%
2046	62.3%	63.8%
2047	62.5%	63.7%
2048	62.7%	63.6%
2049	62.9%	63.4%
2050	63.1%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Sudan changed from 51.7% to 56.2% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Sudan	World
1960	46.5%	37.4%
1961	46.6%	37.5%
1962	46.6%	37.6%
1963	46.7%	37.8%
1964	46.9%	38%
1965	47%	38%
1966	47.1%	38%
1967	47.2%	38%
1968	47.3%	37.9%
1969	47.4%	37.8%
1970	47.5%	37.7%
1971	47.6%	37.6%
1972	47.7%	37.5%
1973	47.9%	37.3%
1974	48.1%	37.2%
1975	48%	37.1%
1976	47.8%	36.9%
1977	47.7%	36.7%
1978	47.4%	36.3%
1979	47.1%	35.9%
1980	46.8%	35.5%
1981	46.6%	35.2%
1982	46.4%	34.9%
1983	46.3%	34.6%
1984	46.2%	34.3%
1985	46.1%	34%
1986	46.1%	33.8%
1987	46%	33.6%
1988	46%	33.4%
1989	46.1%	33.2%
1990	46.1%	33%
1991	46.2%	32.9%
1992	46.3%	32.7%
1993	46.3%	32.5%
1994	46.3%	32.3%
1995	46.3%	32.1%
1996	46.2%	31.8%
1997	46.2%	31.5%
1998	46.1%	31.1%
1999	45.9%	30.8%
2000	45.8%	30.4%
2001	45.7%	30%
2002	45.6%	29.6%
2003	45.6%	29.2%
2004	45.5%	28.8%
2005	45.4%	28.5%
2006	45.3%	28.1%
2007	45.1%	27.9%
2008	44.9%	27.6%
2009	44.7%	27.5%
2010	44.6%	27.3%
2011	44.6%	27.1%
2012	44.5%	27%
2013	44.4%	26.9%
2014	44%	26.8%
2015	43.6%	26.6%
2016	43.1%	26.5%
2017	42.6%	26.4%
2018	42%	26.2%
2019	41.7%	26%
2020	41.4%	25.8%
2021	41.2%	25.6%
2022	40.9%	25.3%
2023	40.6%	25%
2024	40.5%	24.7%
2025	40.2%	24.4%
2026	39.8%	24.1%
2027	39.5%	23.8%
2028	39.3%	23.4%
2029	39.1%	23.1%
2030	38.9%	22.8%
2031	38.6%	22.6%
2032	38.3%	22.3%
2033	37.9%	22.1%
2034	37.5%	21.9%
2035	37.1%	21.7%
2036	36.7%	21.6%
2037	36.3%	21.5%
2038	35.9%	21.4%
2039	35.5%	21.3%
2040	35.1%	21.2%
2041	34.7%	21.1%
2042	34.3%	21%
2043	33.9%	21%
2044	33.6%	20.9%
2045	33.2%	20.8%
2046	32.8%	20.7%
2047	32.5%	20.7%
2048	32.2%	20.6%
2049	31.9%	20.5%
2050	31.6%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Sudan decreased from 45.5% to 40.5% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Sudan	World
1960	2.9%	4.97%
1961	2.87%	4.99%
1962	2.84%	5.01%
1963	2.81%	5.02%
1964	2.78%	5.04%
1965	2.74%	5.08%
1966	2.71%	5.12%
1967	2.69%	5.16%
1968	2.66%	5.2%
1969	2.64%	5.24%
1970	2.62%	5.28%
1971	2.6%	5.32%
1972	2.59%	5.37%
1973	2.56%	5.42%
1974	2.53%	5.47%
1975	2.52%	5.53%
1976	2.51%	5.59%
1977	2.51%	5.65%
1978	2.49%	5.71%
1979	2.48%	5.77%
1980	2.46%	5.81%
1981	2.45%	5.81%
1982	2.45%	5.8%
1983	2.45%	5.79%
1984	2.49%	5.8%
1985	2.55%	5.82%
1986	2.61%	5.86%
1987	2.68%	5.91%
1988	2.75%	5.95%
1989	2.81%	6.01%
1990	2.86%	6.07%
1991	2.91%	6.14%
1992	2.96%	6.21%
1993	2.99%	6.29%
1994	3%	6.37%
1995	3%	6.45%
1996	3%	6.53%
1997	3%	6.61%
1998	2.97%	6.68%
1999	2.95%	6.76%
2000	2.91%	6.84%
2001	2.88%	6.92%
2002	2.84%	7.01%
2003	2.81%	7.1%
2004	2.77%	7.18%
2005	2.72%	7.26%
2006	2.68%	7.34%
2007	2.65%	7.41%
2008	2.62%	7.47%
2009	2.6%	7.52%
2010	2.59%	7.58%
2011	2.59%	7.66%
2012	2.6%	7.78%
2013	2.62%	7.92%
2014	2.64%	8.08%
2015	2.67%	8.26%
2016	2.72%	8.45%
2017	2.78%	8.65%
2018	2.84%	8.88%
2019	2.92%	9.1%
2020	2.99%	9.33%
2021	3.05%	9.53%
2022	3.13%	9.74%
2023	3.21%	9.98%
2024	3.3%	10.2%
2025	3.39%	10.4%
2026	3.47%	10.6%
2027	3.55%	10.8%
2028	3.63%	11.1%
2029	3.71%	11.5%
2030	3.78%	11.7%
2031	3.85%	12%
2032	3.93%	12.3%
2033	4%	12.6%
2034	4.06%	12.8%
2035	4.13%	13.1%
2036	4.21%	13.4%
2037	4.29%	13.7%
2038	4.35%	13.9%
2039	4.41%	14.1%
2040	4.46%	14.3%
2041	4.52%	14.5%
2042	4.58%	14.7%
2043	4.64%	14.9%
2044	4.71%	15%
2045	4.8%	15.2%
2046	4.89%	15.4%
2047	4.99%	15.7%
2048	5.09%	15.9%
2049	5.19%	16.1%
2050	5.3%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Sudan increased from 2.77% to 3.3% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.