Sudan
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#47out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

18 M14 M9.5 M5.2 M980 K196019932025Sudan · 2025: 18.05MSudan

Analytical takeaways

  • Sudan records 18.05M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #47 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 980,283 in 1960 to 18.05M in 2025, a gain of 17.07M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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