The current population of Sudan is 52,963,918 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 50,448,963 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Sudan accounts for 0.64% of the world's population.
- Sudan is ranked 29/197 by population and was ranked 36th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Sudan has had an average growth rate of 3.47% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 31.3M people to 53M (69.4% growth in 20 years).
- Sudan is projected to reach 137M people in 2100.
Sudan population clock
Sudan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
52963918
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 29/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.64% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.29 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
18.7 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.64 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,113 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +406,172 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.81% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 118/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
57.9 seconds
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -544,257 | N/A |
Sudan population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,364,489 | - |
| 1961 | 8,634,941 | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 8,919,028 | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 9,218,077 | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 9,531,109 | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 9,858,030 | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 10,197,578 | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 10,550,597 | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 10,917,999 | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 11,298,936 | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 11,695,771 | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 12,105,539 | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 12,527,856 | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 13,049,315 | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 13,580,723 | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 14,064,798 | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 14,569,716 | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 15,086,614 | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 15,695,003 | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 16,355,352 | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 17,058,905 | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 17,780,572 | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 18,486,645 | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 19,109,770 | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 19,546,528 | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 19,905,872 | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 20,288,238 | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 20,704,904 | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 21,138,431 | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 21,578,022 | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 22,021,481 | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 22,470,676 | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 22,927,355 | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 23,445,592 | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 24,043,948 | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 24,672,143 | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 25,231,528 | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 25,799,821 | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 26,458,999 | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 27,130,613 | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 27,816,745 | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 28,516,770 | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 29,228,727 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 29,896,035 | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 30,556,637 | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 31,262,444 | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 31,992,435 | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 32,764,135 | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 33,623,980 | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 34,569,113 | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 35,414,399 | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 36,140,806 | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 36,923,178 | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 37,785,849 | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 38,823,318 | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 40,024,431 | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 41,259,892 | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 42,714,306 | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 44,230,596 | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 45,548,175 | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 46,789,231 | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 48,066,924 | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 49,383,346 | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 50,042,791 | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 50,448,963 | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 51,662,152 | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 53,282,718 | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 54,724,215 | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 55,993,833 | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 57,275,443 | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 58,571,624 | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 59,872,936 | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 61,179,476 | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 62,497,205 | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 63,822,356 | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 65,148,317 | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 66,470,018 | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 67,791,240 | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 69,107,712 | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 70,416,631 | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 71,730,604 | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 73,056,213 | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 74,387,562 | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 75,723,670 | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 77,066,454 | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 78,415,205 | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 79,767,271 | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 81,115,241 | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 82,463,202 | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 83,828,356 | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 85,206,384 | 1.64% |
Sudan has a population of 53M as of 2025, compared to 40M in 2015, 31.3M in 2005, and 24.7M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.23% per year. Sudan is ranked 29th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Sudan will have 78,415,205 people (48.1% growth) with a rank change from 29th to 23rd.
By the year 2100, Sudan's population is projected to grow by 158.5% to 137M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Sudan
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Sudan population statistics
|
Sudan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 66.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.32 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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