Demographics of Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Sudan is projected at 44.91 million, up by 2.42% compared with 43.85 million in 2020. Sudan is ranked 33rd in terms of population and 34th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 1.4 million births in Sudan in 2021. That is 3,842 per day, which is ranked 20th. The crude birth rate is 31.17 per 1000 people. There are 0.31 million deaths in Sudan in 2021. That is 860 per day, which is ranked 32nd. The crude death rate is 6.98 per 1000 people.

15.87 million people are living in urban areas, which is 35.59% of Sudan population. Sudan is ranked 195th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Sudan in 2021 is 99.86 males per 100 females. There are 22.44 million males and 22.47 million females in Sudan. The percentage of female population is 50.04% compare to 49.96% male population. Sudan has 31.83 thousand more females than males. Sudan is at 119th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Sudan population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	5,733,789	-
1955	6,549,294	2.76
1960	7,544,498	2.94
1965	8,770,094	3.13
1970	10,281,695	3.29
1975	12,144,128	3.5
1980	14,507,466	3.61
1985	17,210,182	3.32
1990	20,147,592	3.44
1995	24,094,741	3.24
2000	27,275,019	2.44
2005	30,949,514	2.43
2010	34,545,014	2.25
2015	38,902,948	2.44
2016	39,847,433	2.43
2017	40,813,398	2.42
2018	41,801,532	2.42
2019	42,813,237	2.42
2020	43,849,269	2.42
2021	44,909,351	2.42

Total
Crude

Sudan death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	124,117	275,231	21.27	47.18
1955	126,729	306,191	19.30	46.68
1960	132,931	353,315	17.55	46.70
1965	141,730	413,870	16.10	47.05
1970	152,054	486,605	14.74	47.18
1975	167,908	570,934	13.75	46.76
1980	191,672	658,691	13.18	45.32
1985	216,872	740,639	12.61	43.08
1990	245,343	851,527	12.04	41.81
1995	270,336	979,854	11.31	40.99
2000	281,377	1,083,672	10.26	39.54
2005	283,447	1,165,194	9.17	37.71
2010	281,577	1,229,899	8.12	35.48
2015	289,654	1,298,280	7.43	33.32
2020	309,548	1,383,196	7.05	31.49
2021	313,890	1,402,232	6.98	31.17

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Sudan

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	391,254	5,342,535	-	6.824
1955	562,183	5,987,115	7.55	8.584
1960	810,765	6,733,726	7.63	10.746
1965	1,172,787	7,597,310	7.68	13.373
1970	1,698,802	8,582,898	7.68	16.523
1975	2,300,428	9,843,707	4.60	18.943
1980	2,895,483	11,611,985	4.69	19.959
1985	3,947,451	13,262,736	8.19	22.937
1990	5,764,212	14,383,378	7.98	28.610
1995	7,768,800	16,334,186	3.40	32.232
2000	8,855,115	18,395,420	2.59	32.495
2005	10,126,640	20,785,274	2.57	32.760
2010	11,378,101	23,007,862	2.48	33.089
2015	13,099,314	25,548,489	3.03	33.894
2020	15,349,424	28,191,779	3.35	35.253
2021	15,871,593	28,720,847	3.40	35.593

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Sudan population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,266,754	3,173,043	6,439,797	14.34	102.953
05-09	2,977,913	2,897,732	5,875,645	13.08	102.767
10-14	2,738,868	2,667,868	5,406,736	12.04	102.661
15-19	2,480,178	2,421,980	4,902,158	10.92	102.403
20-24	2,161,834	2,118,504	4,280,338	9.53	102.045
25-29	1,813,185	1,782,330	3,595,515	8.01	101.731
30-34	1,448,396	1,452,173	2,900,569	6.46	99.740
35-39	1,205,697	1,257,987	2,463,684	5.49	95.843
40-44	1,006,258	1,080,541	2,086,799	4.65	93.125
45-49	846,704	900,958	1,747,662	3.89	93.978
50-54	716,066	750,179	1,466,245	3.26	95.453
55-59	567,475	602,169	1,169,644	2.60	94.238
60-64	433,109	470,380	903,489	2.01	92.076
65-69	322,489	358,201	680,690	1.52	90.030
70-74	220,495	250,483	470,978	1.05	88.028
75-79	132,026	156,302	288,328	0.64	84.469
80-84	66,607	83,073	149,680	0.33	80.179
85-89	26,070	34,479	60,549	0.13	75.611
90-94	7,276	10,186	17,462	0.04	71.431
95-99	1,245	1,837	3,082	0.01	67.774
100+	117	184	301	0.00	63.587
Total	22,438,762	22,470,589	44,909,351		99.858