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🇸🇩 Sudan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SDN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SD
UN M49 numeric729
IOC codeSUD
Official nameRepublic of the Sudan
Native name(s)ara: official: جمهورية السودان; common: السودان; eng: official: Republic of the Sudan; common: Sudan
Alt spellingsSD, Republic of the Sudan, Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionNorthern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalKhartoum
Area (km²)1,886,068
Lat / Lng15.0000, 30.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CAF, TCD, EGY, ERI, ETH, LBY, SSD
Top-level domain.sd
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 49

Demographics

Population (World Bank)51,662,147 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)66.521 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; eng: English
Demonymseng: f: Sudanese; m: Sudanese; fra: f: Soudanaise; m: Soudanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)60,162,634,574.469 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,164.54 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)7.53 (2022)
CurrenciesSDG: name: Sudanese pound; symbol: PT

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19506,189,910
19516,376,060
19526,568,609
19536,765,905
19546,969,636
19557,181,692
19567,401,592
19577,629,449
19587,863,034
19598,106,484
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

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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