Country
Sudan
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Khartoum
- ISO code
- SD · SDN
70 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 51.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,873 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 66.5 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.4 t CO₂
Population
- Population 51.7M 2025 30th of 214
- Population density 27 people/km² 2024 172nd of 212
- Population growth 2.38 % per year 2025 30th of 214
- Natural increase 27.2 per 1,000 people 2023 15th of 228
- Net migration 5.6 per 1,000 people 2025 20th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.26 births per woman 2024 16th of 214
- Urban population 34.9 % 2025 181st of 214
- Median age 18.3 years 2023 202nd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.4 % 2025 179th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.0 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 177th of 214
- Children under 15 40.2 % 2025 24th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 66.5 years 2024 179th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 69.8 years 2024 173rd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 63.4 years 2024 184th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 6.4 years 2024 47th of 214
- Infant mortality 42.9 per 1,000 births 2024 23rd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 61.6 per 1,000 births 2024 20th of 195
- Maternal mortality 256 per 100,000 births 2023 28th of 193
- Health spending per person 21 USD 2023 189th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 28 $ (PPP) 2023 191st of 191
- Physicians 0.25 per 1,000 people 2017 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 people 2021 136th of 150
- Measles immunization 46 % 2024 185th of 191
- Undernourishment 10.9 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Calorie supply 2,513 kcal per day 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Meat supply 18.4 kg per person per year 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
- GDP 60.2B USD 2025 90th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,164 USD 2025 168th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,873 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 175th of 184
- GDP growth 3.1 % 2025 101st of 185
- GDP per capita growth 0.6 % 2025 146th of 185
- Inflation 138.8 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 7.5 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Youth unemployment 12.0 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Youth not in education, employment or training 46.5 % 2022 4th of 150
- Trade 2 % of GDP 2024 172nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 34.2 2014 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Extreme poverty 10.1 % 2014 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Agriculture in the economy 22.2 % of GDP 2024 27th of 187
- Women in the labour force 14.5 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.511 2023 175th of 192
- Literacy rate 53.5 % 2008 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 2.0 % of GDP 2009 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 44 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 16 % 2015 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 60 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 30.5 % 2018 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Homicide rate 5.1 per 100,000 people 2008 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 19 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Mobile phone subscriptions 70 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 0.1 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 66.0 % 2024 177th of 212
- Research and development 0.22 % of GDP 2005 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 21.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 84th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.4 t CO₂ 2024 164th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.35 t CO₂ 2024 185th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.5 Gt CO₂ 2024 102nd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 2.7 t CO₂e 2024 129th of 201
- Forest area 11.9 % of land 2024 158th of 208
- Water stress 119 % 2022 13th of 176
- Arable land 11.2 % of land 2024 93rd of 205
- Renewable energy 61.0 % of final energy 2021 37th of 210
- Renewable electricity 79.7 % of electricity 2024 34th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 1.1 % of electricity 2024 130th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 154 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 153rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 293 kWh 2024 159th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 37.6 µg/m³ 2023 27th of 199
Sudan on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldArabic, English · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSudanese pound (SDG)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map4 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)