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General Information

Region		Northern Africa
Population (000, 2024)		50 449^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		28.6^a
Capital city		Khartoum
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		5 677.9^b
UN membership date		12 November 1956
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.3^a
National currency		Sudanese Pound (SDG)
Exchange rate (per US$)		578.2^c

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product^d (million current US$)	83 934	34 291	36 729^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4	-3.6	-2.5^c
GDP per capita^d (current US$)	2 198.9	771.6	783.6^c
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	32	20.4	20.1^c
Economy: Industry^d (% of Gross Value Added)	16.3	21.1	21.7^c
Economy: Services and other activity^d (% of GVA)	51.8	58.4	58.1^c
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	42.7	41.1	40.4^c
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	14.8	14.3	14.5^c
Employment in services^e (% employed)	42.5	44.5	45^c
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	17.1	19.2	20.8
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	28.6 / 69.4	28.5 / 68.0	28.0 / 67.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e (2010=100)	350	3 539	55 732^c
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	92	118	117^c
International trade: exports^f (million current US$)	5 588	10 685^e	11 701^e,g
International trade: imports^f (million current US$)	8 413	9 534^e	5 760^e,g
International trade: balance^f (million current US$)	- 2 826	1 150^e	5 941^e,g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 5 461	- 5 841	- 4 443^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3	2.6	1.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	33.9	34.9^b	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.8^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.9	4.5	4.3^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	67.3 / 61.7	68.2 / 62.4	69.8 / 63.4^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.6 / 4.5	41.4 / 5.0	40.5 / 5.3^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	620.5 / 1.6^j	1 379.1 / 3.1^j	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2 767.9	2 963.6	4 001.1^g
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	64.8	55.3	53^a
Health: Current expenditure^k,l (% of GDP)	5.8	3^m	2.8^e,m,n
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.4	0.3^o	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	72.6 / 79.7	74.9 / 80.6^p	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	54.7 / 59.7	58.0 / 60.4^p	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	41.9 / 39.7	42.3 / 39.4^p	... / ...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	24.3	27.7^b	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	...	26.4	28.7^c
Threatened species (number)	123	158	174^g
Forested area (% of land area)	906.4	9.8	9.7ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	12.0 / 0.3	19.5 / 0.4	20.6 / 0.4^e,n
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	408	346	383^e,n
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	11	11	12^e,n
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	741	836^p	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	9.1	17.8	17.8^g
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1.17	9.21	11.74ⁿ

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2022
d		Data compiled in accordance with the System of National Accounts 1968 (1968 SNA).
e		Estimate.
f		Data up to 2011 refer to former Sudan (including South Sudan) and data beginning 2012 is attributed to Sudan without South Sudan.
g		2023
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Including refugees.
k		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
l		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
m		Data are based on SHA2011.
n		2021
o		2017
p		2018
q		Including nationals residing abroad.