Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Region
- Africa, Northern Africa
- Population
- 51,662,147 (2025)
- Area
- 1,861,484 km²
- Currency
- Sudanese pound (SDG)
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Nobiin
- Calling code
- +249
- Internet domain
- .sd
- ISO codes
- SD, SDN, 729
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Sudan covers about 1,861,484 square kilometres. By area it ranks 17th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Indonesia and a little larger than Libya. It shares a land border with 7 neighbours: Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, Chad. Its centre lies at about 15° north, 30° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
Central African RepublicBangui
EgyptCairo
EritreaAsmara
EthiopiaAddis Ababa
LibyaTripoli
South SudanJuba
ChadN'Djamena
People
About 51.7 million people live in Sudan (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 30th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.63 percent of the world's people. On average there are 28 people to each square kilometre. About 35 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, English, Nobiin. A person from Sudan is called Sudanese.
Money and economy
The currency is the Sudanese pound (code SDG, symbol PT). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 60.2 billion (2025), which is about US$ 1,165 for each person (2025).
Time
Sudan uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Africa/Khartoum). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Khartoum | 1,974,647 |
| Omdurman | 1,849,659 |
| Khartoum North | 1,012,211 |
| Nyala | 565,734 |
| Port Sudan | 489,725 |
| Kassala | 401,477 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Africa
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.