Country or area · Northern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Sudan population

Sudan population now

53,678,860

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 51.3–56.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 50,042,790

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 53.2827 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 51.3–56.1 million
Median age: 19.8
Aged 65+: 3.5%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

SDN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Sudan in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 50,042,790 people in Sudan: the 30th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.62% of the world's people. That is 8.1 times its 1950 population of 6.2 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 137 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 53.5 million to 327 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 17.1 in 1950 and 19.3 in 2023; the projection has 36.5 in 2100. 3.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 15.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 30th in 2023, 21st in 2050, 14th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes South Korea in 2026, Colombia in 2027 and Myanmar in 2028. It is overtaken by Uganda in 2034 and Angola in 2077.

Population, mid-2023: 50,042,790
Rank by population, 2023: 30 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.62%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.34% · +659,445 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 27
Land area, 2023: 1,868,000 km²
Births, 2023: 1,682,049
Deaths, 2023: 320,491
Net migration, 2023: −1,349,998
Children per woman, 2023: 4.32
Median age, 2023: 19.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 66.3 years
In a city, 2025: 47 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 6,189,910
Projected, mid-2050: 85,206,382
Projected, mid-2100: 136,890,755

SDN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Sudan, 1950–2100

Sudan: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	6,098,654		296,853	117,687	6.66	45.8
1951	estimate	6,281,167		306,485	119,564	6.67	46.2
1952	estimate	6,470,953		316,485	122,065	6.67	46.5
1953	estimate	6,666,266		325,971	123,734	6.67	46.9
1954	estimate	6,865,544		335,738	125,441	6.68	47.3
1955	estimate	7,073,727		345,407	127,142	6.68	47.7
1956	estimate	7,289,657		355,311	128,989	6.68	48.1
1957	estimate	7,513,526		365,726	130,735	6.67	48.5
1958	estimate	7,745,372		376,669	132,576	6.67	48.9
1959	estimate	7,980,696		386,731	134,524	6.66	49.2
1960	estimate	8,232,273		398,709	136,475	6.66	49.6
1961	estimate	8,496,705		410,984	138,415	6.66	50.0
1962	estimate	8,773,177		427,728	140,416	6.70	50.4
1963	estimate	9,064,879		444,976	142,844	6.76	50.8
1964	estimate	9,371,276		462,375	147,210	6.80	50.9
1965	estimate	9,690,941		478,946	151,141	6.84	51.0
1966	estimate	10,025,118		496,957	154,843	6.88	51.3
1967	estimate	10,370,039		515,135	158,530	6.91	51.5
1968	estimate	10,731,156		533,077	162,164	6.95	51.8
1969	estimate	11,104,843		551,495	165,783	6.97	52.0
1970	estimate	11,493,030		570,669	169,663	6.99	52.3
1971	estimate	11,898,512		591,411	173,774	7.02	52.5
1972	estimate	12,312,566		605,716	177,381	6.98	52.8
1973	estimate	12,743,146		620,607	181,408	6.94	53.0
1974	estimate	13,355,483		631,133	186,680	6.91	53.2
1975	estimate	13,805,963		645,238	190,418	6.87	53.3
1976	estimate	14,323,632		665,997	195,971	6.82	53.3
1977	estimate	14,815,799		683,347	200,259	6.78	53.5
1978	estimate	15,357,430		706,312	208,322	6.72	53.3
1979	estimate	16,032,575		740,836	215,887	6.65	53.4
1980	estimate	16,678,128		771,169	218,231	6.59	54.1
1981	estimate	17,439,682		810,177	225,079	6.53	54.4
1982	estimate	18,121,463		839,827	233,474	6.47	54.4
1983	estimate	18,851,828		870,813	300,611	6.41	49.6
1984	estimate	19,367,713		881,820	304,427	6.34	49.8
1985	estimate	19,725,343		890,069	306,695	6.28	50.0
1986	estimate	20,086,400		902,838	253,191	6.22	54.6
1987	estimate	20,490,076		914,784	256,373	6.17	54.8
1988	estimate	20,919,732		932,002	259,390	6.13	55.0
1989	estimate	21,357,131		949,637	265,880	6.11	54.9
1990	estimate	21,798,913		964,199	264,240	6.07	55.5
1991	estimate	22,244,048		983,448	268,847	6.05	55.5
1992	estimate	22,697,304		1,001,111	269,920	6.02	56.0
1993	estimate	23,157,405		1,016,875	273,635	5.97	56.1
1994	estimate	23,733,779		1,033,444	268,781	5.91	57.0
1995	estimate	24,354,118		1,050,403	269,693	5.86	57.5
1996	estimate	24,990,167		1,065,880	272,944	5.79	57.6
1997	estimate	25,472,888		1,074,419	272,167	5.72	58.1
1998	estimate	26,126,755		1,088,804	274,055	5.65	58.3
1999	estimate	26,791,243		1,112,097	276,256	5.62	58.6
2000	estimate	27,469,983		1,135,928	277,386	5.60	59.0
2001	estimate	28,163,506		1,159,198	278,925	5.56	59.3
2002	estimate	28,870,034		1,181,995	284,002	5.53	59.3
2003	estimate	29,587,420		1,201,996	303,762	5.49	58.3
2004	estimate	30,204,650		1,221,251	331,884	5.46	56.8
2005	estimate	30,908,624		1,238,372	331,363	5.40	57.2
2006	estimate	31,616,263		1,253,700	289,961	5.33	60.4
2007	estimate	32,368,607		1,273,576	280,750	5.27	61.4
2008	estimate	33,159,662		1,290,879	289,057	5.21	61.3
2009	estimate	34,088,297		1,316,518	274,732	5.17	62.7
2010	estimate	35,049,928		1,345,298	276,894	5.14	63.0
2011	estimate	35,778,871		1,348,667	277,771	5.09	63.2
2012	estimate	36,502,741		1,351,018	277,951	5.03	63.4
2013	estimate	37,343,615		1,360,851	282,409	4.96	63.4
2014	estimate	38,228,082		1,377,885	279,917	4.91	64.0
2015	estimate	39,418,554		1,428,209	282,931	4.90	64.4
2016	estimate	40,630,309		1,461,090	286,654	4.83	64.7
2017	estimate	41,889,475		1,495,973	287,933	4.76	65.2
2018	estimate	43,539,138		1,551,365	293,941	4.68	65.5
2019	estimate	44,922,054		1,590,030	298,310	4.62	65.8
2020	estimate	46,174,297		1,613,314	317,497	4.54	65.1
2021	estimate	47,404,165		1,630,110	336,272	4.46	64.5
2022	estimate	48,729,683		1,656,075	322,068	4.38	65.7
2023	estimate	50,037,008		1,682,049	320,491	4.32	66.3
2024	estimate	50,048,573		1,664,612	319,576	4.26	66.5
2025	projection	50,849,352	50.2–51.4 million	1,656,421	322,292	4.19	66.7
2026	projection	52,474,943	50.8–53.7 million	1,694,024	330,515	4.13	66.9
2027	projection	54,090,494	51.3–56.1 million	1,724,552	338,689	4.06	67.1
2028	projection	55,357,941	51.5–58.3 million	1,736,764	344,905	4.00	67.3
2029	projection	56,629,728	51.8–60.7 million	1,749,542	350,763	3.95	67.4
2030	projection	57,921,151	52.0–63.1 million	1,756,395	357,122	3.88	67.6
2031	projection	59,222,082	52.1–65.4 million	1,761,601	363,553	3.82	67.8
2032	projection	60,523,793	52.2–67.9 million	1,772,840	370,440	3.77	68.0
2033	projection	61,835,166	52.4–70.2 million	1,777,543	377,351	3.70	68.1
2034	projection	63,159,241	52.6–72.6 million	1,792,919	384,901	3.66	68.3
2035	projection	64,485,474	52.6–75.0 million	1,797,020	391,891	3.60	68.5
2036	projection	65,811,159	52.6–77.4 million	1,799,840	398,868	3.54	68.6
2037	projection	67,128,872	52.7–79.8 million	1,810,346	406,369	3.49	68.8
2038	projection	68,453,609	52.7–82.3 million	1,821,306	414,372	3.45	69.0
2039	projection	69,761,810	52.7–85.0 million	1,831,377	421,825	3.40	69.1
2040	projection	71,071,442	52.9–87.4 million	1,842,003	429,612	3.36	69.3
2041	projection	72,389,757	53.1–90.2 million	1,853,645	437,923	3.32	69.5
2042	projection	73,722,682	53.0–92.8 million	1,866,591	446,169	3.28	69.6
2043	projection	75,052,437	53.3–95.2 million	1,880,126	454,780	3.24	69.8
2044	projection	76,394,888	53.4–98.1 million	1,892,944	463,258	3.20	69.9
2045	projection	77,738,021	53.6–101.5 million	1,908,130	472,181	3.17	70.1
2046	projection	79,092,385	53.8–104.5 million	1,919,257	481,203	3.13	70.3
2047	projection	80,442,150	54.3–107.3 million	1,934,334	490,400	3.10	70.4
2048	projection	81,788,327	54.6–110.4 million	1,949,570	500,176	3.07	70.6
2049	projection	83,138,065	54.8–113.5 million	1,960,719	509,697	3.03	70.7
2050	projection	84,518,643	55.0–116.4 million	1,972,190	519,821	3.00	70.9
2051	projection	85,894,122	55.7–119.5 million	1,983,728	530,456	2.97	71.0
2052	projection	87,264,011	55.8–122.3 million	1,995,502	540,807	2.94	71.2
2053	projection	88,633,056	56.3–124.8 million	2,004,510	551,732	2.91	71.3
2054	projection	89,991,320	56.6–128.1 million	2,014,208	562,873	2.89	71.5
2055	projection	91,358,844	57.0–131.0 million	2,022,662	574,508	2.86	71.6
2056	projection	92,716,903	56.9–134.6 million	2,027,243	585,883	2.83	71.8
2057	projection	94,047,958	57.0–138.0 million	2,032,063	598,255	2.81	71.9
2058	projection	95,372,732	57.5–141.2 million	2,034,834	610,558	2.78	72.0
2059	projection	96,687,564	57.7–144.4 million	2,036,795	623,472	2.76	72.2
2060	projection	97,981,729	57.8–147.3 million	2,038,364	636,558	2.74	72.3
2061	projection	99,273,148	57.9–151.3 million	2,033,794	650,784	2.71	72.5
2062	projection	100,549,695	57.8–154.5 million	2,034,693	664,726	2.69	72.6
2063	projection	101,828,016	57.9–158.5 million	2,034,835	679,117	2.67	72.8
2064	projection	103,079,165	57.6–162.6 million	2,034,330	694,058	2.64	72.9
2065	projection	104,310,818	57.6–166.7 million	2,033,337	709,146	2.62	73.0
2066	projection	105,513,245	57.4–170.9 million	2,032,524	725,494	2.60	73.2
2067	projection	106,727,371	57.9–174.6 million	2,032,477	740,826	2.58	73.3
2068	projection	107,927,614	58.0–178.4 million	2,033,869	756,457	2.57	73.5
2069	projection	109,072,947	58.0–182.8 million	2,033,109	772,195	2.55	73.6
2070	projection	110,220,917	57.6–186.9 million	2,031,757	788,775	2.53	73.8
2071	projection	111,345,214	57.6–191.1 million	2,032,348	804,375	2.51	73.9
2072	projection	112,474,292	57.6–195.8 million	2,034,104	820,957	2.50	74.0
2073	projection	113,591,115	57.5–200.5 million	2,037,384	836,838	2.48	74.2
2074	projection	114,683,687	57.5–204.6 million	2,038,840	852,776	2.47	74.4
2075	projection	115,762,447	57.2–208.1 million	2,038,001	869,054	2.45	74.5
2076	projection	116,813,943	56.9–211.5 million	2,040,387	885,334	2.44	74.7
2077	projection	117,833,923	56.6–215.4 million	2,040,143	902,852	2.42	74.8
2078	projection	118,852,124	56.8–219.8 million	2,040,431	919,069	2.41	74.9
2079	projection	119,863,867	56.6–223.4 million	2,040,784	934,799	2.40	75.1
2080	projection	120,838,535	56.4–228.7 million	2,038,787	950,913	2.38	75.2
2081	projection	121,797,632	56.4–234.2 million	2,036,134	966,933	2.37	75.3
2082	projection	122,734,247	56.5–239.5 million	2,035,017	982,093	2.35	75.5
2083	projection	123,674,469	55.8–245.0 million	2,031,607	997,194	2.34	75.7
2084	projection	124,615,492	55.9–249.8 million	2,031,305	1,011,471	2.33	75.8
2085	projection	125,551,260	55.7–253.4 million	2,027,039	1,025,338	2.31	76.0
2086	projection	126,452,202	54.8–256.4 million	2,022,028	1,039,584	2.30	76.1
2087	projection	127,340,256	54.4–259.6 million	2,015,440	1,053,590	2.29	76.2
2088	projection	128,209,291	54.3–263.7 million	2,011,334	1,068,177	2.27	76.4
2089	projection	129,043,618	53.7–267.2 million	2,005,735	1,081,747	2.26	76.5
2090	projection	129,854,205	53.7–273.2 million	1,997,542	1,095,681	2.25	76.7
2091	projection	130,629,014	54.1–279.9 million	1,989,545	1,109,683	2.24	76.8
2092	projection	131,376,626	54.6–287.1 million	1,982,510	1,123,629	2.23	77.0
2093	projection	132,129,750	54.3–293.6 million	1,973,608	1,137,407	2.21	77.1
2094	projection	132,839,394	53.9–298.6 million	1,963,777	1,150,445	2.20	77.2
2095	projection	133,485,726	53.6–301.9 million	1,952,092	1,164,131	2.19	77.4
2096	projection	134,149,023	53.7–307.5 million	1,943,805	1,177,466	2.18	77.5
2097	projection	134,782,438	53.6–314.0 million	1,936,291	1,191,371	2.17	77.7
2098	projection	135,417,158	53.6–317.9 million	1,928,853	1,205,819	2.16	77.8
2099	projection	136,026,429	53.0–321.6 million	1,922,708	1,220,004	2.15	78.0
2100	projection	136,603,048	53.5–327.4 million	1,915,834	1,234,070	2.15	78.1

Show the numbers: Sudan, mid-2026, by single year of age

Sudan: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	827,749	802,747
1	810,240	788,166
2	798,738	776,130
3	783,770	760,293
4	768,522	746,130
5	755,157	734,291
6	742,566	722,772
7	725,696	707,381
8	703,336	686,363
9	681,602	665,710
10	663,684	648,788
11	642,246	628,346
12	623,402	610,365
13	612,822	600,497
14	605,292	593,550
15	599,103	587,886
16	587,749	577,165
17	571,095	561,264
18	555,212	546,342
19	539,388	531,574
20	523,416	516,745
21	508,695	503,576
22	495,832	492,212
23	486,106	483,668
24	477,353	475,697
25	467,420	466,108
26	456,265	455,382
27	443,612	443,444
28	431,016	431,618
29	419,620	421,298
30	407,102	410,498
31	392,278	398,032
32	376,485	385,310
33	358,874	371,082
34	339,006	354,378
35	319,068	336,788
36	302,264	321,694
37	287,773	308,877
38	273,924	296,975
39	262,161	287,428
40	249,648	277,620
41	235,898	265,812
42	224,127	254,878
43	215,384	246,638
44	208,757	241,094
45	199,318	233,339
46	187,328	222,375
47	175,360	211,134
48	164,236	201,110
49	156,156	193,398
50	149,578	185,841
51	144,417	178,750
52	141,228	173,218
53	141,052	170,686
54	140,805	168,088
55	134,386	160,142
56	127,044	151,098
57	122,312	144,382
58	117,808	138,199
59	113,459	132,214
60	109,107	126,273
61	104,846	120,501
62	100,487	114,658
63	95,872	108,517
64	91,178	102,210
65	86,976	96,274
66	83,188	90,619
67	79,379	84,904
68	75,357	79,022
69	70,926	72,809
70	66,218	66,460
71	61,219	59,993
72	55,935	53,470
73	50,541	47,108
74	45,192	41,063
75	40,046	35,520
76	34,342	29,590
77	29,963	25,416
78	26,710	22,727
79	23,118	19,664
80	19,643	16,776
81	16,444	14,182
82	13,577	11,896
83	11,084	9,928
84	8,935	8,330
85	7,116	7,043
86	5,623	5,956
87	4,402	5,022
88	3,372	4,183
89	2,504	3,391
90	1,804	2,669
91	1,266	2,060
92	868	1,559
93	580	1,154
94	379	832
95	240	586
96	149	400
97	90	262
98	52	164
99	29	97
100+	32	118

SDN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Sudan, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SDN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Sudan

In Sudan the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 28,093,500 of them.

100 aged 15–64

72 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

SDN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Sudan, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Sudan loses 355,298 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 50,829 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 441,623 (2017) and the most it lost was 1,349,998 (2023).

In 2024, 2,397,113 people living in Sudan had been born in another country, 5 of every 100 people there, against 6 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SDN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Sudan

Of every 100 babies born in Sudan in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 17 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 22 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
22 · 64 · 14

2023
11 · 72 · 17

2050 · projected
7 · 74 · 19

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 1,682,049
Average age when women have a baby: 29.8 years; 28.9 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 66; 175 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Sudan by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	9,053	13,214	15,750	6,729	2,017	417
15–19	56,566	103,899	158,234	180,160	144,163	71,625
20–24	69,867	173,560	268,907	431,459	462,732	336,640
25–29	70,971	149,741	267,878	447,278	551,721	554,267
30–34	49,253	108,897	224,403	330,325	437,462	523,965
35–39	26,317	60,123	135,733	193,707	259,806	319,424
40–44	11,459	27,493	52,411	73,464	92,360	94,840
45–49	3,194	7,862	12,098	17,992	20,927	14,209
50–54	173	449	514	935	1,002	447
All babies	296,853	645,238	1,135,928	1,682,049	1,972,190	1,915,834

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SDN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Sudan

A baby born in Sudan in 2021 could expect 67.6 years of life, 58.5 of them in full health (95% range 57.7–59.5). That leaves 9.1 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

58.5 in full health, 10.4 not: 68.9 years

Men

58.5 in full health, 7.8 not: 66.3 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 58.5 healthy years of 68.9. Men: 58.5 of 66.3. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 60.1.

SDN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Sudan

At the end of 2025, 9,139,309 people were displaced inside Sudan, about 177 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad859,963
displaced inside it9,139,309
Sudan nationals abroad3,761,034

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 200,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Sudan living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 11,858 people asked for asylum in Sudan for the first time; 306,981 people from Sudan asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Sudan whose claims were decided that year, 92 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SDN · of every 100 people

How people live in Sudan

Of every 100 people in Sudan in 2025, 47 lived in a city, 28 in a town or suburb and 25 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

34 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

SDN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Sudan went in school

Of every 100 adults in Sudan in 2020, 45 never went to school and 24 finished upper secondary or went further.

45 never went to school 20 some primary 3 finished primary 8 finished lower secondary 15 finished upper secondary 9 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 72.4 of every 100 women and 53.5 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 34.9 and 30.1.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2085; the ones who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

SDN · cities · 2025

Cities in Sudan

Sudan had 105 cities in 2025, home to 24.2 million people. The largest, Khartoum, holds 13 of every 100 people in Sudan.

Khartoum6,809,355
Nyala950,803
Kebkabiya694,415
Al-Ubayyid659,964
Al-Fashir633,077
Ad Da'ein581,730
Buram537,169
Port Sudan517,023
Timerein486,586
Kosti431,504

All 25 cities in Sudan that reach 300,000 people

Khartoum 6,809,355
Nyala 950,803
Kebkabiya 694,415
Al-Ubayyid 659,964
Al-Fashir 633,077
Ad Da'ein 581,730
Buram 537,169
Port Sudan 517,023
Timerein 486,586
Kosti 431,504
Wad Madanī 403,988
Kassala 390,525
Kas 381,286
Al-Qadarif 317,258
Saraf `Umrah 278,467
Rabak 253,166
Shendi 252,344
Derudeib 238,164
El Geneina 233,696
Atbara 232,808
Mellit 207,693
Ed Al Fursan 188,089
Sinkāt 180,082
ad-Damer 157,497
Tokar 62,788

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Sudan are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.