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Sudan: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
51.7 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.6%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203160.1Forecast
203058.6Forecast
202957.3Forecast
202856.0Forecast
202754.7Forecast
202653.3Forecast
202551.7
202450.4
202350.0
202249.4
202148.1
202046.8
201945.5
201844.2
201742.7
201641.3

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2011
  • United Nations2008–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2011–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Sudan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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