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Population in Sudan compared to Tanzania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sudan was 50,448,963 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sudan's population is 52,963,918 people compared to 72,166,806 in Tanzania.

Population statistics:

  • Tanzania's population is 1.36 times bigger than Sudan's.
  • Sudan is ranked the 29th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
  • The countries together account for 1.51% of the world: 0.64% for Sudan vs 0.87% for Tanzania.
  • For the last 10 years, Sudan has had an average growth rate of +2.67% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sudan has increased from 31.3M people to 53M (69.4% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 39.2M to 72.2M (84.2% growth).
  • Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 137M people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.

Sudan vs Tanzania: live population counter

Sudan Tanzania
Current population
52963918
72166806
Population rank 29/197 20/197
Percent of world population 0.64% 0.87%
One net population change
1.29 minutes
16.2 seconds
One birth every
18.7 seconds
13.4 seconds
One death every
1.64 minutes
1.36 minutes
One migration net change every
57.9 seconds
17.6 minutes
Annual migration change -544,257 -29,865
Daily growth/decline +1,113 +5,322
Annual growth/decline +406,172 +1,942,551
Annual growth/decline rate +0.81% +2.92%
Population growth rate rank 118/197 19/197

Sudan and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Tanzania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sudan Tanzania Sudan Tanzania
1960 8,364,489 9,901,419 - -
1961 8,634,941 10,187,886 3.23% 2.89%
1962 8,919,028 10,487,756 3.29% 2.94%
1963 9,218,077 10,799,528 3.35% 2.97%
1964 9,531,109 11,127,826 3.4% 3.04%
1965 9,858,030 11,470,728 3.43% 3.08%
1966 10,197,578 11,827,459 3.44% 3.11%
1967 10,550,597 12,200,109 3.46% 3.15%
1968 10,917,999 12,602,076 3.48% 3.29%
1969 11,298,936 13,036,700 3.49% 3.45%
1970 11,695,771 13,492,677 3.51% 3.5%
1971 12,105,539 13,971,451 3.5% 3.55%
1972 12,527,856 14,479,308 3.49% 3.63%
1973 13,049,315 15,010,101 4.16% 3.67%
1974 13,580,723 15,561,630 4.07% 3.67%
1975 14,064,798 16,138,361 3.56% 3.71%
1976 14,569,716 16,736,211 3.59% 3.7%
1977 15,086,614 17,352,929 3.55% 3.68%
1978 15,695,003 17,976,566 4.03% 3.59%
1979 16,355,352 18,592,038 4.21% 3.42%
1980 17,058,905 19,189,769 4.3% 3.21%
1981 17,780,572 19,784,703 4.23% 3.1%
1982 18,486,645 20,398,571 3.97% 3.1%
1983 19,109,770 21,079,874 3.37% 3.34%
1984 19,546,528 21,779,066 2.29% 3.32%
1985 19,905,872 22,501,693 1.84% 3.32%
1986 20,288,238 23,258,959 1.92% 3.37%
1987 20,704,904 24,030,378 2.05% 3.32%
1988 21,138,431 24,769,686 2.09% 3.08%
1989 21,578,022 25,438,759 2.08% 2.7%
1990 22,021,481 26,110,207 2.06% 2.64%
1991 22,470,676 26,780,436 2.04% 2.57%
1992 22,927,355 27,457,588 2.03% 2.53%
1993 23,445,592 28,332,692 2.26% 3.19%
1994 24,043,948 29,442,356 2.55% 3.92%
1995 24,672,143 30,383,497 2.61% 3.2%
1996 25,231,528 30,945,762 2.27% 1.85%
1997 25,799,821 31,578,089 2.25% 2.04%
1998 26,458,999 32,420,458 2.55% 2.67%
1999 27,130,613 33,300,330 2.54% 2.71%
2000 27,816,745 34,260,139 2.53% 2.88%
2001 28,516,770 35,198,299 2.52% 2.74%
2002 29,228,727 36,121,304 2.5% 2.62%
2003 29,896,035 37,089,555 2.28% 2.68%
2004 30,556,637 38,109,668 2.21% 2.75%
2005 31,262,444 39,182,076 2.31% 2.81%
2006 31,992,435 40,294,902 2.34% 2.84%
2007 32,764,135 41,435,512 2.41% 2.83%
2008 33,623,980 42,570,728 2.62% 2.74%
2009 34,569,113 43,633,982 2.81% 2.5%
2010 35,414,399 44,758,488 2.45% 2.58%
2011 36,140,806 46,029,367 2.05% 2.84%
2012 36,923,178 47,374,260 2.16% 2.92%
2013 37,785,849 48,824,128 2.34% 3.06%
2014 38,823,318 50,351,512 2.75% 3.13%
2015 40,024,431 52,020,962 3.09% 3.32%
2016 41,259,892 53,824,013 3.09% 3.47%
2017 42,714,306 55,652,890 3.53% 3.4%
2018 44,230,596 57,437,145 3.55% 3.21%
2019 45,548,175 59,174,891 2.98% 3.03%
2020 46,789,231 60,972,798 2.72% 3.04%
2021 48,066,924 62,830,412 2.73% 3.05%
2022 49,383,346 64,711,821 2.74% 2.99%
2023 50,042,791 66,617,606 1.34% 2.95%
2024 50,448,963 68,560,157 0.81% 2.92%
2025 51,662,152 70,545,858 2.4% 2.9%
2026 53,282,718 72,563,773 3.14% 2.86%
2027 54,724,215 74,604,804 2.71% 2.81%
2028 55,993,833 76,670,483 2.32% 2.77%
2029 57,275,443 78,773,192 2.29% 2.74%
2030 58,571,624 80,913,118 2.26% 2.72%
2031 59,872,936 83,087,927 2.22% 2.69%
2032 61,179,476 85,293,126 2.18% 2.65%
2033 62,497,205 87,520,491 2.15% 2.61%
2034 63,822,356 89,788,673 2.12% 2.59%
2035 65,148,317 92,091,418 2.08% 2.56%
2036 66,470,018 94,420,808 2.03% 2.53%
2037 67,791,240 96,775,766 1.99% 2.49%
2038 69,107,712 99,156,465 1.94% 2.46%
2039 70,416,631 101,567,525 1.89% 2.43%
2040 71,730,604 103,999,350 1.87% 2.39%
2041 73,056,213 106,448,475 1.85% 2.35%
2042 74,387,562 108,926,272 1.82% 2.33%
2043 75,723,670 111,433,788 1.8% 2.3%
2044 77,066,454 113,966,263 1.77% 2.27%
2045 78,415,205 116,525,463 1.75% 2.25%
2046 79,767,271 119,109,670 1.72% 2.22%
2047 81,115,241 121,721,018 1.69% 2.19%
2048 82,463,202 124,351,294 1.66% 2.16%
2049 83,828,356 126,981,394 1.66% 2.12%
2050 85,206,384 129,621,083 1.64% 2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sudan increased by 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sudan gained 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2005 and is 29th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sudan's population will grow by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people with a rank change from 29th to 21st. The population of Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.

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