Sudan
population: UN projection (1 Jul 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 16 metros tracked
🏙️ 16 tracked metros
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| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #403 | Khartoum★ Capital▲ Largest | Khartoum | 6.2M | 6.4 | Established Metro |
| #1419 | Port Sudan | Red Sea | 506K | 0.9 | Local Metro |
| #1477 | Nyala | South Darfur | 1.0M | 0.8 | Local Metro |
| #1801 | Atbara | River Nile | 135K | 0.5 | Local Metro |
| #1993 | Al Ubayyid | North Kordofan | 512K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2044 | Al Kamlin | Al Jazirah | 402K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2052 | Wad Medani | Al Jazirah | 394K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2058 | Kassala | Kassala | 381K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2067 | Al Qadarif | Al Qadarif | 376K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2095 | Kosti | White Nile | 345K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2172 | Al-Fasher | North Darfur | 253K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2381 | El Manaqil | Al Jazirah | 138K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2485 | En Nahud | West Kordofan | 108K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2678 | Umm Ruwaba | North Kordofan | 56K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2679 | Shendi | River Nile | 56K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2870 | Merowe | Northern | 10K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
🗂️ States
18 entries listed under Sudan. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- English, Arabic
- Currency
- Sudanese pound (SDG)
- Government
- Federal republic
- Legislature
- National Legislature
- Constitution
- 1998, 6 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Sudanese
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +249
- Internet TLD
- .sd
- ISO 3166
- SD
- Established
- 1956
- Highest point
- Deriba Caldera (3,042 m (9,980 ft))
- National anthem
- Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news2 stories
The Washington Post · 6 Sept 2026
Trove of documents reveals alleged chemical weapons stockpile in SudanA document trove on an alleged chemical weapons stockpile in Sudan converts years of deniable claims into record.
Semafor · 17 Aug 2026
UAE firm recruits Colombian fighters for SudanA UAE security firm recruited hundreds of Colombian mercenaries over WhatsApp to fight in Sudan, per the FT.
💹 Economy and developmentLow income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History14 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Sovereignty Council / civil war
Kamil Idris✦ Current
2025–PresentPrime Minister
⚠️ Abdel Fattah al-Burhan✦ Current
2019–PresentPresident (Sovereignty Council Chairman)
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kamil Idris✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2025–Present |
| ⚠️ Abdel Fattah al-Burhan✦ Current | President (Sovereignty Council Chairman) | 2019–Present |
2019 transition
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
2019–2019President (Transitional Military Council Chairman)
Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
2019–2019President (Transitional Military Council Chairman)
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | President (Transitional Military Council Chairman) | 2019–2019 |
| Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf | President (Transitional Military Council Chairman) | 2019–2019 |
Bashir era
⚠️ Omar al-Bashir
1989–2019President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Omar al-Bashir | President | 1989–2019 |
Third parliamentary era
Ahmed al-Mirghani
1986–1989President (Supreme Council Chairman)
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed al-Mirghani | President (Supreme Council Chairman) | 1986–1989 |
Transitional military rule
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
1985–1986President (Transitional Military Council Chairman)
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab | President (Transitional Military Council Chairman) | 1985–1986 |
Nimeiry era
Jaafar Nimeiry
1969–1985President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Jaafar Nimeiry | President | 1969–1985 |
Second parliamentary era
Ismail al-Azhari
1965–1969President (Supreme Council Chairman)
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ismail al-Azhari | President (Supreme Council Chairman) | 1965–1969 |
First military rule
Ibrahim Abboud
1958–1964President (military, Supreme Council Chairman)
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Abboud | President (military, Supreme Council Chairman) | 1958–1964 |
Independence & parliamentary era
Abdallah Khalil
1956–1958Prime Minister
Ismail al-Azhari
1956–1956Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Abdallah Khalil | Prime Minister | 1956–1958 |
| Ismail al-Azhari | Prime Minister | 1956–1956 |
Mahdist State
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (the Khalifa)
1885–1898Khalifa
Muhammad Ahmad (the Mahdi)
1881–1885Mahdi
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (the Khalifa) | Khalifa | 1885–1898 |
| Muhammad Ahmad (the Mahdi) | Mahdi | 1881–1885 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19456 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heglig Crisis | 2012 | South Sudan | 316–1,485 |
| Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) | 2005–2010 | Sudan (until 2010) | — |
| First Congo War● | 1996–1997 | AFDL,Rwanda,Uganda,Burundi,Angola,SPLA,Eritrea | 235,000–250,000 |
| Six-Day War● | 1967 | Israel | 12,336–19,264 |
| First Sudanese Civil War● | 1955–1972 | North Vietnam,Viet Cong and PRG,Pathet Lao,Khmer Rouge,GRUNK (from 1970),China (1965–1969),Soviet Union,North Korea,South Vietnam,United States,South Korea,Australia | — |
| Mahdist War | 1881–1899 | Egypt,British Empire,Italy,Belgium,Ethiopian Empire | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Sudan: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Sudan on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Sudan's national teams, newest first. 1 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1970-02-16 | Sudan | Africa Cup of Nations |
