Sudan (Republic of the Sudan) , SD

Sudan: Independent country in Northeast Africa

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Republic of the Sudan Quick Facts

Population :	40,533,330
Country :	Sudan
Different from :	Sedan, Sudanese Republic
Head of government :	Prime Minister of Sudan
Area :	1886068 km²
Official name :	Sudan, la République du Soudan, جمهورية السودان
Continent :	Africa
Easternmost point :	Point(38.58327627 18.02260896)
Northernmost point :	Point(31.47 22.2)
Legislative body :	National Legislature
Official language :	Arabic, English
Capital :	Khartoum
Establishment :	January 01, 1956 (66 years ago)
Time Zone :	UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Local time :	16:52:53 (26th May 2022)

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Geography

Republic of the Sudan is located at 16°0'0"N 30°0'0"E (16.0000000, 30.0000000). It has 9 neighbors: Kenya, Congo Kinshasa, Uganda, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Egypt, Chad and South Sudan.

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The largest city of Republic of the Sudan is Khartoum with a population of 5,345,000. Other cities include, Omdurman population 2,805,396, El Obeid population 418,280, Wad Medani population 332,714 and Malakal population 160,765. See all Republic of the Sudan cities & populated places.

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Mohamed Tahir Ayala , 11 April, 2019 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z
Motazz Moussa , 23 February, 2019 2018-09-10T00:00:00Z
Abdalla Hamdok , 2019-08-21T00:00:00Z
Bakri Hassan Saleh , 9 September, 2018 2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

Republic of the Sudan has 9 neighbours.

Republic of Kenya Independent country in East Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Independent country in Central Africa
Republic of Uganda Independent country in East Africa
Central African Republic Independent country in Africa
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia country in East Africa
State of Eritrea Independent country in Africa
Arab Republic of Egypt Independent country in Africa and Asia
Republic of Chad Independent country in central Africa
South Sudan Independent country in Africa

South Kordofan
North Kordofan
White Nile
West Darfur
Northern
River Nile
Khartoum
South Darfur
North Darfur
Red Sea
Kassala
Sennar
Al Qadarif
Blue Nile
Al Jazirah

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	7,544,491	-	(Worldbank)
1961	7,769,482	2.9%	(Worldbank)
1962	8,004,121	2.93%	(Worldbank)
1963	8,248,812	2.97%	(Worldbank)
1964	8,503,994	3%	(Worldbank)
1965	8,770,097	3.03%	(Worldbank)
1966	9,047,798	3.07%	(Worldbank)
1967	9,337,657	3.1%	(Worldbank)
1968	9,639,840	3.13%	(Worldbank)
1969	9,954,410	3.16%	(Worldbank)
1970	10,281,700	3.18%	(Worldbank)
1971	10,621,472	3.2%	(Worldbank)
1972	10,974,622	3.22%	(Worldbank)
1973	11,343,926	3.26%	(Worldbank)
1974	11,732,958	3.32%	(Worldbank)
1975	12,144,135	3.39%	(Worldbank)
1976	12,578,407	3.45%	(Worldbank)
1977	13,034,625	3.5%	(Worldbank)
1978	13,510,421	3.52%	(Worldbank)
1979	14,002,303	3.51%	(Worldbank)
1980	14,507,468	3.48%	(Worldbank)
1981	15,027,248	3.46%	(Worldbank)
1982	15,562,125	3.44%	(Worldbank)
1983	16,107,620	3.39%	(Worldbank)
1984	16,657,959	3.3%	(Worldbank)
1985	17,210,187	3.21%	(Worldbank)
1986	17,757,491	3.08%	(Worldbank)
1987	18,303,435	2.98%	(Worldbank)
1988	18,867,560	2.99%	(Worldbank)
1989	19,476,647	3.13%	(Worldbank)
1990	20,147,590	3.33%	(Worldbank)
1991	20,891,441	3.56%	(Worldbank)
1992	21,696,244	3.71%	(Worldbank)
1993	22,527,834	3.69%	(Worldbank)
1994	23,338,464	3.47%	(Worldbank)
1995	24,094,747	3.14%	(Worldbank)
1996	24,782,383	2.77%	(Worldbank)
1997	25,413,917	2.48%	(Worldbank)
1998	26,015,521	2.31%	(Worldbank)
1999	26,626,520	2.29%	(Worldbank)
2000	27,275,015	2.38%	(Worldbank)
2001	27,971,082	2.49%	(Worldbank)
2002	28,704,778	2.56%	(Worldbank)
2003	29,460,519	2.57%	(Worldbank)
2004	30,214,193	2.49%	(Worldbank)
2005	30,949,516	2.38%	(Worldbank)
2006	31,661,823	2.25%	(Worldbank)
2007	32,360,621	2.16%	(Worldbank)
2008	30,894,000	-4.75%	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
2009	33,783,788	8.55%	(Worldbank)
2010	34,545,013	2.2%	(Worldbank)
2011	35,349,681	2.28%	(Worldbank)
2012	36,193,783	2.33%	(Worldbank)
2013	37,072,550	2.37%	(Worldbank)
2014	37,977,655	2.38%	(Worldbank)
2015	40,235,000	5.61%	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
2016	39,847,440	-0.97%	(Worldbank)
2017	40,533,330	1.69%	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
2018	41,801,533	3.03%	(Worldbank)
2019	42,813,238	2.36%	(Worldbank)

Map of countries with a smaller population than Republic of the Sudan

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