Sudan's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 48.1 million in 2021.
The population of Sudan grew at 2.4% in the last year and is ranked the 9th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Algeria.
Sudan last conducted a national census in 2008 and 67.3% of births in Sudan are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Sudan compares to other countries around the world and in the Africa region.
Sudan's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London