Population of Sudan

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

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The current population of Sudan is 51,163,943 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sudan is projected at 50,448,963, or 50.45 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Sudan is projected at 50,042,791, or 50.04 million people for the year 2023.

Sudan is the eighth-most populous country in Africa and is in the 30th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Sudan population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	6,098,654	6,189,910	182,513	2.949	0.248
1951	6,281,167	6,376,060	189,786	2.977	0.251
1952	6,470,953	6,568,609	195,313	2.974	0.254
1953	6,666,266	6,765,905	199,278	2.946	0.257
1954	6,865,544	6,969,636	208,183	2.987	0.259
1955	7,073,727	7,181,692	215,930	3.007	0.262
1956	7,289,657	7,401,592	223,869	3.025	0.265
1957	7,513,526	7,629,449	231,846	3.039	0.267
1958	7,745,372	7,863,034	235,324	2.993	0.270
1959	7,980,696	8,106,484	251,577	3.104	0.273
1960	8,232,273	8,364,489	264,432	3.162	0.277
1961	8,496,705	8,634,941	276,472	3.202	0.282
1962	8,773,177	8,919,028	291,702	3.271	0.286
1963	9,064,879	9,218,077	306,397	3.324	0.289
1964	9,371,276	9,531,109	319,665	3.354	0.292
1965	9,690,941	9,858,030	334,177	3.390	0.296
1966	10,025,118	10,197,578	344,921	3.383	0.300
1967	10,370,039	10,550,597	361,117	3.423	0.304
1968	10,731,156	10,917,999	373,687	3.423	0.308
1969	11,104,843	11,298,936	388,187	3.436	0.312
1970	11,493,030	11,695,771	405,482	3.467	0.317
1971	11,898,512	12,105,539	414,054	3.421	0.321
1972	12,312,566	12,527,856	430,580	3.437	0.326
1973	12,743,146	13,049,315	612,337	4.693	0.333
1974	13,355,483	13,580,723	450,480	3.317	0.340
1975	13,805,963	14,064,798	517,669	3.681	0.346
1976	14,323,632	14,569,716	492,167	3.378	0.352
1977	14,815,799	15,086,614	541,631	3.591	0.358
1978	15,357,430	15,695,003	675,145	4.302	0.366
1979	16,032,575	16,355,352	645,553	3.948	0.374
1980	16,678,128	17,058,905	761,554	4.465	0.384
1981	17,439,682	17,780,572	681,781	3.835	0.393
1982	18,121,463	18,486,645	730,365	3.951	0.401
1983	18,851,828	19,109,770	515,885	2.700	0.407
1984	19,367,713	19,546,528	357,630	1.830	0.409
1985	19,725,343	19,905,872	361,057	1.814	0.409
1986	20,086,400	20,288,238	403,676	1.990	0.409
1987	20,490,076	20,704,904	429,656	2.075	0.410
1988	20,919,732	21,138,431	437,399	2.069	0.411
1989	21,357,131	21,578,022	441,782	2.047	0.412
1990	21,798,913	22,021,481	445,135	2.021	0.413
1991	22,244,048	22,470,676	453,256	2.017	0.415
1992	22,697,304	22,927,355	460,101	2.007	0.416
1993	23,157,405	23,445,592	576,374	2.458	0.419
1994	23,733,779	24,043,948	620,339	2.580	0.424
1995	24,354,118	24,672,143	636,049	2.578	0.428
1996	24,990,167	25,231,528	482,721	1.913	0.432
1997	25,472,888	25,799,821	653,867	2.535	0.435
1998	26,126,755	26,458,999	664,488	2.512	0.440
1999	26,791,243	27,130,613	678,740	2.502	0.446
2000	27,469,983	27,816,745	693,523	2.493	0.451
2001	28,163,506	28,516,770	706,528	2.478	0.456
2002	28,870,034	29,228,727	717,386	2.455	0.461
2003	29,587,420	29,896,035	617,230	2.065	0.466
2004	30,204,650	30,556,637	703,974	2.304	0.470
2005	30,908,624	31,262,444	707,639	2.264	0.475
2006	31,616,263	31,992,435	752,344	2.352	0.480
2007	32,368,607	32,764,135	791,055	2.415	0.485
2008	33,159,662	33,623,980	928,635	2.762	0.491
2009	34,088,297	34,569,113	961,631	2.782	0.499
2010	35,049,928	35,414,399	728,943	2.058	0.504
2011	35,778,871	36,140,806	723,870	2.003	0.508
2012	36,502,741	36,923,178	840,874	2.277	0.513
2013	37,343,615	37,785,849	884,467	2.341	0.518
2014	38,228,082	38,823,318	1,190,472	3.067	0.526
2015	39,418,554	40,024,431	1,211,755	3.028	0.536
2016	40,630,309	41,259,892	1,259,166	3.052	0.546
2017	41,889,475	42,714,306	1,649,663	3.863	0.559
2018	43,539,138	44,230,596	1,382,916	3.127	0.572
2019	44,922,054	45,548,175	1,252,243	2.749	0.583
2020	46,174,297	46,789,231	1,229,868	2.629	0.593
2021	47,404,165	48,066,924	1,325,518	2.758	0.604
2022	48,729,683	49,383,346	1,307,325	2.647	0.616
2023	50,037,008	50,042,791	11,565	0.023	0.618

Sudan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	50,048,573	50,448,963	800,779	1.587	0.618
2025	50,849,352	51,662,147	1,625,591	3.147	0.628
2026	52,474,943	53,282,719	1,615,551	3.032	0.642
2027	54,090,494	54,724,217	1,267,447	2.316	0.654
2028	55,357,941	55,993,834	1,271,787	2.271	0.664
2029	56,629,728	57,275,440	1,291,423	2.255	0.674
2030	57,921,151	58,571,616	1,300,931	2.221	0.684
2031	59,222,082	59,872,938	1,301,711	2.174	0.693
2032	60,523,793	61,179,480	1,311,373	2.144	0.703
2033	61,835,166	62,497,204	1,324,075	2.119	0.713
2034	63,159,241	63,822,357	1,326,233	2.078	0.723
2035	64,485,474	65,148,317	1,325,685	2.035	0.733
2036	65,811,159	66,470,015	1,317,713	1.982	0.743
2037	67,128,872	67,791,240	1,324,737	1.954	0.753
2038	68,453,609	69,107,709	1,308,201	1.893	0.762
2039	69,761,810	70,416,626	1,309,632	1.860	0.772
2040	71,071,442	71,730,599	1,318,315	1.838	0.782
2041	72,389,757	73,056,220	1,332,925	1.825	0.791
2042	73,722,682	74,387,560	1,329,755	1.788	0.801
2043	75,052,437	75,723,663	1,342,451	1.773	0.811
2044	76,394,888	77,066,455	1,343,133	1.743	0.821
2045	77,738,021	78,415,203	1,354,364	1.727	0.831
2046	79,092,385	79,767,268	1,349,765	1.692	0.841
2047	80,442,150	81,115,239	1,346,177	1.660	0.851
2048	81,788,327	82,463,196	1,349,738	1.637	0.861
2049	83,138,065	83,828,354	1,380,578	1.647	0.871
2050	84,518,643	85,206,383	1,375,479	1.614	0.882
2051	85,894,122	86,579,067	1,369,889	1.582	0.892
2052	87,264,011	87,948,534	1,369,045	1.557	0.903
2053	88,633,056	89,312,188	1,358,264	1.521	0.913
2054	89,991,320	90,675,082	1,367,524	1.508	0.924
2055	91,358,844	92,037,874	1,358,059	1.476	0.935
2056	92,716,903	93,382,431	1,331,055	1.425	0.945
2057	94,047,958	94,710,345	1,324,774	1.399	0.956
2058	95,372,732	96,030,148	1,314,832	1.369	0.966
2059	96,687,564	97,334,647	1,294,165	1.330	0.977
2060	97,981,729	98,627,439	1,291,419	1.309	0.987
2061	99,273,148	99,911,421	1,276,547	1.278	0.998
2062	100,549,695	101,188,856	1,278,321	1.263	1.008
2063	101,828,016	102,453,591	1,251,149	1.221	1.018
2064	103,079,165	103,694,992	1,231,653	1.188	1.029
2065	104,310,818	104,912,031	1,202,427	1.146	1.039
2066	105,513,245	106,120,308	1,214,126	1.144	1.048
2067	106,727,371	107,327,492	1,200,243	1.118	1.058
2068	107,927,614	108,500,280	1,145,333	1.056	1.068
2069	109,072,947	109,646,932	1,147,970	1.047	1.078
2070	110,220,917	110,783,065	1,124,297	1.015	1.087
2071	111,345,214	111,909,753	1,129,078	1.009	1.097
2072	112,474,292	113,032,704	1,116,823	0.988	1.106
2073	113,591,115	114,137,401	1,092,572	0.957	1.116
2074	114,683,687	115,223,067	1,078,760	0.936	1.125
2075	115,762,447	116,288,195	1,051,496	0.904	1.134
2076	116,813,943	117,323,933	1,019,980	0.869	1.144
2077	117,833,923	118,343,023	1,018,201	0.860	1.153
2078	118,852,124	119,357,996	1,011,743	0.848	1.162
2079	119,863,867	120,351,201	974,668	0.810	1.171
2080	120,838,535	121,318,083	959,097	0.791	1.180
2081	121,797,632	122,265,939	936,615	0.766	1.189
2082	122,734,247	123,204,358	940,222	0.763	1.198
2083	123,674,469	124,144,981	941,023	0.758	1.207
2084	124,615,492	125,083,376	935,768	0.748	1.216
2085	125,551,260	126,001,731	900,942	0.715	1.225
2086	126,452,202	126,896,229	888,054	0.700	1.234
2087	127,340,256	127,774,773	869,035	0.680	1.242
2088	128,209,291	128,626,455	834,327	0.649	1.251
2089	129,043,618	129,448,912	810,587	0.626	1.260
2090	129,854,205	130,241,610	774,809	0.595	1.268
2091	130,629,014	131,002,820	747,612	0.571	1.276
2092	131,376,626	131,753,188	753,124	0.572	1.284
2093	132,129,750	132,484,572	709,644	0.536	1.292
2094	132,839,394	133,162,560	646,332	0.485	1.300
2095	133,485,726	133,817,375	663,297	0.496	1.307
2096	134,149,023	134,465,731	633,415	0.471	1.315
2097	134,782,438	135,099,798	634,720	0.470	1.322
2098	135,417,158	135,721,793	609,271	0.449	1.330
2099	136,026,429	136,314,739	576,619	0.423	1.337
2100	136,603,048	136,890,755	575,414	0.420	1.345