Demographics of Sudan

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date11 May 2024

There are 24.66 million males and 24.70 million females in Sudan. The percentage of the male population is 49.95%, compared to 50.05% of the female population. Sudan has 46k more females than males. The sex ratio in Sudan in 2024 will be 99.816 males per 100 females. Sudan is in the 148th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Sudan population

Year Population Growth (%)
19506,191,3232.99
19557,193,0653.03
19608,326,4622.95
19659,712,7853.14
197011,305,2063.07
197513,497,5434.14
198016,673,5864.32
198519,517,1961.76
199021,090,8861.76
199523,290,6022.41
200026,298,7732.54
200529,540,5772.55
201033,739,9332.02
201538,171,1783.07
202044,440,4862.76
202145,657,2022.65
202246,874,2042.61
202348,109,0062.59
202449,358,2282.54
  • Total
  • Crude

Sudan death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950113,700295,69318.36247.754
1955123,014343,14317.09547.687
1960150,638394,17718.09047.337
1965172,441471,15417.75548.513
1970209,172551,50218.50248.781
1975182,793636,32313.59247.314
1980217,179785,20113.08047.292
1985346,906897,76217.67945.753
1990314,494913,78514.83143.092
1995307,660939,73713.18940.284
2000255,5201,003,6369.69938.097
2005297,4321,061,70510.06535.929
2010259,3861,271,7477.64837.497
2015267,5941,389,5337.01236.413
2020296,4411,521,1886.67034.226
2021310,5151,534,3326.79933.596
2022313,0591,548,4736.67733.027
2023312,3561,566,5376.49132.555
2024316,0961,580,3566.40332.012
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Sudan

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950391,2545,342,5356.824
1955562,1835,987,1158.584
1960810,7656,733,72610.746
19651,172,7877,597,31013.373
19701,698,8028,582,89816.523
19752,300,4289,843,70718.943
19802,895,48311,611,98519.959
19853,947,45113,262,73622.937
19905,764,21214,383,37828.610
19957,768,80016,334,18632.232
20008,855,11518,395,42032.495
200510,126,64020,785,27432.760
201011,378,10123,007,86233.089
201513,099,31425,548,48933.894
202015,349,42428,191,77935.253
202115,871,59328,720,84735.593
202216,419,59429,246,69835.956
202316,993,68329,766,86236.342
202417,593,90530,278,52536.752
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  • Gender ratio

Sudan population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 3,745,345 3,627,710 7,373,055 14.94 103.243
05-09 3,396,896 3,307,465 6,704,360 13.58 102.704
10-14 2,972,767 2,906,222 5,878,990 11.91 102.290
15-19 2,546,221 2,497,363 5,043,584 10.22 101.956
20-24 2,213,039 2,188,439 4,401,479 8.92 101.124
25-29 1,951,481 1,945,848 3,897,329 7.90 100.289
30-34 1,725,755 1,724,937 3,450,693 6.99 100.047
35-39 1,542,006 1,494,066 3,036,073 6.15 103.209
40-44 1,293,216 1,215,031 2,508,246 5.08 106.435
45-49 922,720 907,817 1,830,537 3.71 101.642
50-54 651,826 725,222 1,377,048 2.79 89.880
55-59 486,471 622,179 1,108,650 2.25 78.188
60-64 402,495 547,812 950,307 1.93 73.473
65-69 345,373 451,848 797,220 1.62 76.436
70-74 250,262 297,474 547,736 1.11 84.129
75-79 136,673 150,183 286,856 0.58 91.004
80-84 53,972 61,661 115,633 0.23 87.530
85-89 15,829 22,363 38,191 0.08 70.782
90-94 3,479 6,845 10,324 0.02 50.825
95-99 478 1,310 1,789 0.00 36.489
100+ 29 101 130 0.00 28.713
Total 24,656,333 24,701,896 49,358,230 99.816