Sudan: Fact file
Updated November 2022
| Name | Republic of Sudan |
| Area | 1.882 million sq km (UN Development Programme 2020) |
| Major towns | Khartoum (capital), Omdurman, Khartoum North, Port Sudan (Frame 2011, 1196) |
| Boundaries | Central African Republic (west), Chad (west), Lybia (west), Egypt (North), Red Sea (east), Eritrea (east), Ethiopia (east), Southern Sudan (South) |
| Population | 46.87 million, 2022 est (UN Statistics Division 2022a) |
| Pop growth | 2.6%, 2022 est (UN Statistics Division 2022b) |
| Urbanisation | 36%, 2021 est. (World Bank 2018) |
| Life expectancy | Female 68.2 yrs, male 63.0 yrs; 2022 est (UN Statistics Division 2022c, 2022d) |
| Infant mortality | 37/1000, 2022 est (UN Statistics Division 2022e) |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence | 0.1%, 15-49 yr 2021 est (UN AIDS 2021a) |
| Adult literacy rate | 61%, 2018 est. (World Bank 2018a) |
| Military expenditure | 1.1%, 2021 (UN Statistics Division 2022f) |
| Health expenditure | 9.5%, 2021 (World Bank 2019a) |
| Legal system | British colonial penal law, Egyptian civil code, Islamic law, customary law (Parmar 2007) |
| Independence | 1 January 1956 from Egypt and UK |
| GDP | US$60.885 billion, 2020 (UN Statistics Division 2022g) |
| GDP per capita | US$1,415, 2020 (UN Statistics Division 2022h) |
| GDP growth rate | -0.3%, 2022 (IMF DataMapper 2022a) |
| Main exports | Gold, crude petroleum, ground nuts, sheep and goat (OEC 2020) |
| Currency | 1 Sudanese Dinar (SDD) = 10 Sudanese pounds (Frame 2011, 1197) |
| Unemployment | 30.6%, 2022 (IMF DataMapper 2022b) |
| Inflation rate | 154%, 2022 (IMF DataMapper 2022c) |
| External debt ratio | 185.5%, (IMF DataMapper 2022d) |
| Infrastructure | Railway 7,251 km; 16 (58 with paved runways); major ports 1 |
| Ethnic groups | Arab, African and Nubian (Government of Sudan 2011) Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata |
| Languages | Official: Arabic, English. Other major: Bedawiyet and Fur (Lewis 2009) |
| Religion | Majority Muslim and minority Christian (Frame 2011, 1204) |
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WORLD BANK 2018 "Urban population (% of total population) - Sudan" IN DataBank, [www] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?locations=SD (accessed 18 November 2022)
WORLD BANK 2018a "Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - Sudan" IN DataBank, [www] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?locations=SD (accessed 18 November 2022)
WORLD BANK 2019a "Current health expenditure (% of GDP) - Sudan" IN DataBank, [www] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?locations=SD (accessed 18 November 2022)
