Country record

Sudan

Sudan reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Seven of ten datasets here reach 2025; three stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Sudan ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
16thGDP$49.7bn3
—Mobilenot in the record
—Internet usenot in the record
Last updated 1 Sep 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
ChadCentral African RepublicEritreaEgyptLibyaEthiopiaSouth SudanKhartoumPort Sudan
Seven land borders, 853 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalKhartoumLanguagesArabic, EnglishCurrencySudanese pound · SDGArea1,886,068 km²

At a glance

51.7 million people, half of them under 19, in an economy of $44.7bn in 2026, growing 0.7% a year.

Sudan’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
712
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population51.7mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age18.8years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$864current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use26.4%of population · Reported · 2020
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Seven of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; FX rates stops at 2023; markets stops at 2022. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
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ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
04820142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 1.7 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
0$500$1k$1.5k20142024$985
Reported every year, including the 2023 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%200%400%20142024185.7%
185.7% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 359.1% in 2021.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
01220142024$0.02bn
Flat over the decade in current prices.World BankSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%200%400%20142024262.6%
Up 178 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Pound per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
040080020142024635.6
Stops at 2023; the line ends where the record ends.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202466.0%
Up 21 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
4060802014202461.6
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202466.5 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
60801002014202470
Stops at 2022; the line ends where the record ends.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
30%35%40%2014202434.9%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerTwo heads of state since 2019, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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20192026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

No current head of state is in the record for Sudan; the last recorded term, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s, ended 21 Aug 2019. The record holds 18 ministers for today; no deputy is recorded.

ElectedAppointed
No head of stateno current head of state is in the record
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
18 seats confirmed current · 18 recorded for 2025
18Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Foreign AffairsDefenceCultureEnergy and MiningIrrigation and Water ResourcesAgricultureCabinet AffairsCivil Development, Roads and BridgesCommunications and Information TechnologyHealthIndustryInvestmentLabourReligious AffairsTradeYouth and SportsInformationInterior
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
1One regional or local office1 vice-president

The record holds one regional and local office for Sudan — 1 vice-president — as Wikidata records them, not a complete roster. Governors and administrators it does not name are not shown.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Sudan
The whole table

Seven measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity66.0%202444.9%+21.1 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Clean cooking fuel47.0%202441.0%+6.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality61.6202465.4−3.8 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth66.5 yrs202464.0 yrs+2.5 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population34.9%202533.8%+1.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use26.4%2020——ReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions70 / 100202272 / 100−1ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Sudan

127 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Sudan. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Sudan ranks across Africa

Sudan's position on 126 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Sudan with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
ITU2025
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Sudan: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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