The latest officially reported population of Sudan was 50,448,963 in 2024 vs 21,314,956 people in Zambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sudan's population is 52,963,918 people compared to 22,402,291 in Zambia.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 2.36 times bigger than Zambia's.
- Sudan is ranked the 29th most populous country in the world, while Zambia is the 62nd.
- The countries together account for 0.91% of the world: 0.64% for Sudan vs 0.27% for Zambia.
- For the last 10 years, Sudan has had an average growth rate of +2.67% per year vs +3% in Zambia.
- Since 2005, the population of Sudan has increased from 31.3M people to 53M (69.4% growth), while Zambia has grown from 11.7M to 22.4M (91.2% growth).
- Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 137M people compared to the peak of 64.5M people in 2100 for Zambia.
Sudan vs Zambia: live population counter
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| Current population |
52963918
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22402291
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| Population rank | 29/197 | 62/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.64% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
1.29 minutes
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53.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
18.7 seconds
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46 seconds
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| One death every |
1.64 minutes
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4.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
57.9 seconds
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1.19 hours
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| Annual migration change | -544,257 | +7,381 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,113 | +1,619 |
| Annual growth/decline | +406,172 | +590,991 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.81% | +2.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 118/197 | 22/197 |
Sudan and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,364,489 | 3,153,729 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,634,941 | 3,254,086 | 3.23% | 3.18% |
| 1962 | 8,919,028 | 3,358,099 | 3.29% | 3.2% |
| 1963 | 9,218,077 | 3,465,907 | 3.35% | 3.21% |
| 1964 | 9,531,109 | 3,577,017 | 3.4% | 3.21% |
| 1965 | 9,858,030 | 3,692,086 | 3.43% | 3.22% |
| 1966 | 10,197,578 | 3,812,003 | 3.44% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 10,550,597 | 3,936,343 | 3.46% | 3.26% |
| 1968 | 10,917,999 | 4,065,593 | 3.48% | 3.28% |
| 1969 | 11,298,936 | 4,197,116 | 3.49% | 3.24% |
| 1970 | 11,695,771 | 4,321,718 | 3.51% | 2.97% |
| 1971 | 12,105,539 | 4,442,525 | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| 1972 | 12,527,856 | 4,569,309 | 3.49% | 2.85% |
| 1973 | 13,049,315 | 4,702,693 | 4.16% | 2.92% |
| 1974 | 13,580,723 | 4,842,746 | 4.07% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 14,064,798 | 4,990,086 | 3.56% | 3.04% |
| 1976 | 14,569,716 | 5,143,842 | 3.59% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 15,086,614 | 5,302,480 | 3.55% | 3.08% |
| 1978 | 15,695,003 | 5,465,374 | 4.03% | 3.07% |
| 1979 | 16,355,352 | 5,631,728 | 4.21% | 3.04% |
| 1980 | 17,058,905 | 5,802,833 | 4.3% | 3.04% |
| 1981 | 17,780,572 | 5,983,289 | 4.23% | 3.11% |
| 1982 | 18,486,645 | 6,178,637 | 3.97% | 3.26% |
| 1983 | 19,109,770 | 6,381,038 | 3.37% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 19,546,528 | 6,580,490 | 2.29% | 3.13% |
| 1985 | 19,905,872 | 6,780,953 | 1.84% | 3.05% |
| 1986 | 20,288,238 | 6,986,471 | 1.92% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 20,704,904 | 7,191,282 | 2.05% | 2.93% |
| 1988 | 21,138,431 | 7,391,440 | 2.09% | 2.78% |
| 1989 | 21,578,022 | 7,589,216 | 2.08% | 2.68% |
| 1990 | 22,021,481 | 7,786,169 | 2.06% | 2.6% |
| 1991 | 22,470,676 | 7,981,650 | 2.04% | 2.51% |
| 1992 | 22,927,355 | 8,176,680 | 2.03% | 2.44% |
| 1993 | 23,445,592 | 8,373,921 | 2.26% | 2.41% |
| 1994 | 24,043,948 | 8,576,269 | 2.55% | 2.42% |
| 1995 | 24,672,143 | 8,785,763 | 2.61% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 25,231,528 | 9,004,053 | 2.27% | 2.48% |
| 1997 | 25,799,821 | 9,237,063 | 2.25% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 26,458,999 | 9,482,408 | 2.55% | 2.66% |
| 1999 | 27,130,613 | 9,740,005 | 2.54% | 2.72% |
| 2000 | 27,816,745 | 10,017,631 | 2.53% | 2.85% |
| 2001 | 28,516,770 | 10,325,185 | 2.52% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 29,228,727 | 10,647,949 | 2.5% | 3.13% |
| 2003 | 29,896,035 | 10,983,595 | 2.28% | 3.15% |
| 2004 | 30,556,637 | 11,338,198 | 2.21% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 31,262,444 | 11,718,819 | 2.31% | 3.36% |
| 2006 | 31,992,435 | 12,129,553 | 2.34% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 32,764,135 | 12,565,085 | 2.41% | 3.59% |
| 2008 | 33,623,980 | 13,021,324 | 2.62% | 3.63% |
| 2009 | 34,569,113 | 13,490,389 | 2.81% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 35,414,399 | 13,965,594 | 2.45% | 3.52% |
| 2011 | 36,140,806 | 14,437,796 | 2.05% | 3.38% |
| 2012 | 36,923,178 | 14,913,629 | 2.16% | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 37,785,849 | 15,398,997 | 2.34% | 3.25% |
| 2014 | 38,823,318 | 15,895,315 | 2.75% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 40,024,431 | 16,399,089 | 3.09% | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 41,259,892 | 16,914,423 | 3.09% | 3.14% |
| 2017 | 42,714,306 | 17,441,320 | 3.53% | 3.12% |
| 2018 | 44,230,596 | 17,973,569 | 3.55% | 3.05% |
| 2019 | 45,548,175 | 18,513,839 | 2.98% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 46,789,231 | 19,059,395 | 2.72% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 48,066,924 | 19,603,607 | 2.73% | 2.86% |
| 2022 | 49,383,346 | 20,152,938 | 2.74% | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 50,042,791 | 20,723,965 | 1.34% | 2.83% |
| 2024 | 50,448,963 | 21,314,956 | 0.81% | 2.85% |
| 2025 | 51,662,152 | 21,913,869 | 2.4% | 2.81% |
| 2026 | 53,282,718 | 22,521,905 | 3.14% | 2.77% |
| 2027 | 54,724,215 | 23,138,716 | 2.71% | 2.74% |
| 2028 | 55,993,833 | 23,761,368 | 2.32% | 2.69% |
| 2029 | 57,275,443 | 24,389,681 | 2.29% | 2.64% |
| 2030 | 58,571,624 | 25,024,887 | 2.26% | 2.6% |
| 2031 | 59,872,936 | 25,666,496 | 2.22% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 61,179,476 | 26,311,946 | 2.18% | 2.51% |
| 2033 | 62,497,205 | 26,960,073 | 2.15% | 2.46% |
| 2034 | 63,822,356 | 27,611,621 | 2.12% | 2.42% |
| 2035 | 65,148,317 | 28,266,887 | 2.08% | 2.37% |
| 2036 | 66,470,018 | 28,925,103 | 2.03% | 2.33% |
| 2037 | 67,791,240 | 29,583,482 | 1.99% | 2.28% |
| 2038 | 69,107,712 | 30,240,549 | 1.94% | 2.22% |
| 2039 | 70,416,631 | 30,895,586 | 1.89% | 2.17% |
| 2040 | 71,730,604 | 31,550,394 | 1.87% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 73,056,213 | 32,204,340 | 1.85% | 2.07% |
| 2042 | 74,387,562 | 32,856,596 | 1.82% | 2.03% |
| 2043 | 75,723,670 | 33,510,500 | 1.8% | 1.99% |
| 2044 | 77,066,454 | 34,165,920 | 1.77% | 1.96% |
| 2045 | 78,415,205 | 34,821,101 | 1.75% | 1.92% |
| 2046 | 79,767,271 | 35,475,795 | 1.72% | 1.88% |
| 2047 | 81,115,241 | 36,129,270 | 1.69% | 1.84% |
| 2048 | 82,463,202 | 36,782,260 | 1.66% | 1.81% |
| 2049 | 83,828,356 | 37,434,667 | 1.66% | 1.77% |
| 2050 | 85,206,384 | 38,083,369 | 1.64% | 1.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sudan increased by 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sudan gained 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).
Sudan was ranked 36th most populous country in 2005 and is 29th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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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Population differences between Sudan and Zambia
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| Life expectancy | 66.7 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 22.6 years |
| Median age | 19.4 years | 18.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 4.32 births per woman | 4.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.9 ppl/mi² | 74.3 ppl/mi² |
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