Demographics of Sudan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Dec 2024

As of 2024, the population of Sudan is projected at 50.45 million, compared to 50.04 million in 2023. It is the eight-most populous country in Africa and ranks 30th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 1.59 percent, the 71th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 25.01 million males and 25.44 million females in Sudan. The percentage of the male population is 49.58%, compared to 50.42% of the female population. Sudan has 423k more females than males. The sex ratio in Sudan in 2024 will be 98.335 males per 100 females. Sudan is in the 118th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Sudan population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	3,095,416	3,094,494	6,189,910	2.95	100.030
1955	3,598,388	3,583,304	7,181,692	3.01	100.421
1960	4,197,423	4,167,066	8,364,489	3.16	100.728
1965	4,951,935	4,906,095	9,858,030	3.39	100.934
1970	5,875,713	5,820,057	11,695,771	3.47	100.956
1975	7,082,191	6,982,606	14,064,798	3.68	101.426
1980	8,640,529	8,418,377	17,058,905	4.46	102.639
1985	10,071,783	9,834,088	19,905,872	1.81	102.417
1990	11,082,578	10,938,902	22,021,481	2.02	101.313
1995	12,374,268	12,297,874	24,672,143	2.58	100.621
2000	13,910,533	13,906,211	27,816,745	2.49	100.031
2005	15,574,449	15,687,995	31,262,444	2.26	99.276
2010	17,609,627	17,804,772	35,414,399	2.06	98.904
2015	19,881,275	20,143,157	40,024,431	3.03	98.700
2020	23,223,742	23,565,489	46,789,231	2.63	98.550
2021	23,852,137	24,214,787	48,066,924	2.76	98.502
2022	24,500,431	24,882,914	49,383,346	2.65	98.463
2023	24,821,596	25,221,195	50,042,791	0.02	98.416
2024	25,012,749	25,436,214	50,448,963	1.59	98.335
2025	25,605,038	26,057,109	51,662,147	3.15	98.265

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	45.806	16.140	6.663
1955	47.720	15.952	6.679
1960	49.566	15.633	6.663
1965	51.031	15.381	6.840
1970	52.294	15.122	6.986
1975	53.310	14.904	6.866
1980	54.072	15.388	6.592
1985	50.014	15.702	6.279
1990	55.497	15.763	6.074
1995	57.447	15.650	5.856
2000	58.946	15.832	5.596
2005	57.226	16.040	5.397
2010	62.979	16.327	5.141
2015	64.375	16.784	4.898
2020	65.124	17.817	4.542
2021	64.460	17.965	4.457
2022	65.695	18.120	4.384
2023	66.331	18.276	4.323
2024	66.521	18.388	4.264
2025	66.704	18.542	4.193

Total
Crude

Sudan death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	117,687	296,853	19.013	47.958
1955	127,142	345,407	17.704	48.096
1960	136,475	398,709	16.316	47.667
1965	151,141	478,946	15.332	48.584
1970	169,663	570,669	14.506	48.793
1975	190,418	645,238	13.539	45.876
1980	218,231	771,169	12.793	45.206
1985	306,695	890,069	15.407	44.714
1990	264,240	964,199	11.999	43.784
1995	269,693	1,050,403	10.931	42.574
2000	277,386	1,135,928	9.972	40.836
2005	331,363	1,238,372	10.599	39.612
2010	276,894	1,345,298	7.819	37.987
2015	282,931	1,428,209	7.069	35.683
2020	317,497	1,613,314	6.786	34.480
2021	336,272	1,630,110	6.996	33.913
2022	322,068	1,656,075	6.522	33.535
2023	320,491	1,682,049	6.404	33.612
2024	319,576	1,664,612	6.335	32.996
2025	322,292	1,656,421	6.238	32.063

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Sudan

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	391,254	5,342,535	6.824
1955	562,183	5,987,115	8.584
1960	810,765	6,733,726	10.746
1965	1,172,787	7,597,310	13.373
1970	1,698,802	8,582,898	16.523
1975	2,300,428	9,843,707	18.943
1980	2,895,483	11,611,985	19.959
1985	3,947,451	13,262,736	22.937
1990	5,764,212	14,383,378	28.610
1995	7,768,800	16,334,186	32.232
2000	8,855,115	18,395,420	32.495
2005	10,126,640	20,785,274	32.760
2010	11,378,101	23,007,862	33.089
2015	13,099,314	25,548,489	33.894
2020	15,349,424	28,191,779	35.253
2021	15,871,593	28,720,847	35.593
2022	16,419,594	29,246,698	35.956
2023	16,993,683	29,766,862	36.342
2024	17,593,905	30,278,525	36.752

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Sudan population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,880,180	3,758,927	7,639,108	15.14	103.226
05-09	3,428,274	3,340,490	6,768,765	13.42	102.628
10-14	3,036,434	2,973,072	6,009,505	11.91	102.131
15-19	2,742,200	2,695,345	5,437,544	10.78	101.738
20-24	2,411,896	2,392,351	4,804,247	9.52	100.817
25-29	2,078,354	2,082,854	4,161,209	8.25	99.784
30-34	1,684,499	1,752,546	3,437,046	6.81	96.117
35-39	1,306,253	1,429,478	2,735,731	5.42	91.380
40-44	1,037,649	1,198,046	2,235,695	4.43	86.612
45-49	795,963	973,731	1,769,694	3.51	81.744
50-54	695,855	831,034	1,526,889	3.03	83.734
55-59	581,957	671,871	1,253,828	2.49	86.617
60-64	477,318	526,705	1,004,023	1.99	90.623
65-69	377,452	380,955	758,407	1.50	99.080
70-74	251,873	224,504	476,376	0.94	112.191
75-79	138,781	114,257	253,038	0.50	121.464
80-84	61,696	55,072	116,767	0.23	112.028
85-89	21,038	25,356	46,394	0.09	82.971
90-94	4,521	8,079	12,601	0.02	55.960
95-99	526	1,434	1,960	0.00	36.681
100+	32	105	137	0.00	30.476
Total	25,012,751	25,436,212	50,448,964		98.335