Population
51.8M
Federal republic under a military junta
GDP per capita, PPP
$3,201
in 2031
Passport power
#186
13 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
7
Top: Omdurman
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of the Sudan
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Continent
- Africa / Northern Africa
- Area
- 1,886,068 km²
- Population
- 51.8M
- Density
- 21.5/km²
- Government
- Federal republic under a military junta
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .sd
- Calling code
- +249
- Timezone
- UTC+03:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #186 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 13
- Total accessible
- 39
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic (العربية), English
- Religions
- Sunni islam 97.0%, Christianity 3.0%
- Currencies
- ج.س SDG — Sudanese pound
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.511
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $3,201
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.5 yrs
- Internet users (2017)
- 18.6%
- Gini index (2014)
- 34.2
- Inflation (2031)
- 12.5%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 50.2%
- Urban population (2025)
- 34.9%
- Life satisfaction (2017)
- 4.1/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 28.8 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2008)
- 5.2/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.38