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Sudan

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
51,662,147 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 40,533,330in 2017[4]
Land area
1,868,000 km²[5]
Total area
1,886,068 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Libya, Ethiopia, Bir Tawil, Chad, Egypt, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Eritrea[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • جمهورية السودان[12]
  • Sudan[13]

Parts of Sudan

Loading 17 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202551.7M

8,364,489 in 1960, 51,662,147 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19608,364,489
19618,634,941
19628,919,028
19639,218,077
19649,531,109
19659,858,030
196610,197,578
196710,550,597
196810,917,999
196911,298,936
197011,695,771
197112,105,539
197212,527,856
197313,049,315
197413,580,723
197514,064,798
197614,569,716
197715,086,614
197815,695,003
197916,355,352
198017,058,905
198117,780,572
198218,486,645
198319,109,770
198419,546,528
198519,905,872
198620,288,238
198720,704,904
198821,138,431
198921,578,022
199022,021,481
199122,470,676
199222,927,355
199323,445,592
199424,043,948
199524,672,143
199625,231,528
199725,799,821
199826,458,999
199927,130,613
200027,816,745
200128,516,770
200229,228,727
200329,896,035
200430,556,637
200531,262,444
200631,992,435
200732,764,135
200833,623,980
200934,569,113
201035,414,399
201136,140,806
201236,923,178
201337,785,849
201438,823,318
201540,024,431
201641,259,892
201742,714,306
201844,230,596
201945,548,175
202046,789,231
202148,066,924
202249,383,346
202350,042,791
202450,448,963
202551,662,147

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SD[14]
ISO alpha-3
SDN[15]
ISO numeric
729[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), capital: Khartoum (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), population (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), area (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), official language: Arabic (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Sudan
  8. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), official language: English (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Sudan
  9. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), currency: Sudanese pound (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), continent: Africa (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), official name (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), official name (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Sudan (Q1049), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564909832) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Sudan.svg, Public domain, See File history below for details., via Wikimedia Commons.