👥 Sudanese States by Population

Population of each of Sudan's 18 states (2018 estimate).

📅 2018📏 million people18 entries🇸🇩 See all of this country’s rankings →

Khartoum17%

South Darfur11%

Gezira11%

North Kordofan6.6%

Kassala5.2%

Central Darfur5.2%

White Nile5.2%

North Darfur4.8%

al Qadarif4.6%

South Kordofan4.4%

West Kordofan4.1%

Sennar4%

West Darfur3.7%

East Darfur3.3%

River Nile

Red Sea

Blue Nile2.3%

Northern

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 48.02M (18 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

KhartoumKhartoum

7.99M

South DarfurNyala

5.35M

GeziraWad Madani

5.10M

North KordofanEl Obeid

3.17M

KassalaKassala

2.52M

Central DarfurZalingei

2.50M

White NileRabak

2.49M

North Darfural-Fashir

2.30M

al Qadarifel-Gadarif

2.21M

South KordofanKadugli

2.11M

West Kordofanal-Fulah

1.95M

SennarSinga

1.92M

West Darfurel Geneina

1.78M

East DarfurEd Daein

1.59M

River Nilead-Damir

1.51M

Red SeaPort Sudan

1.48M

Blue Nilead-Damazin

1.11M

NorthernDongola

0.94M

Highlights

Within Sudan, Khartoum ranks first in 2018 with 7.99M, followed by South Darfur (5.35M) and Gezira (5.10M).

Across 18 entries, values run from 7.99M (Khartoum) to 0.94M (Northern), with a median of 2.16M.

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (2018 estimate) (via Wikipedia), 2018. Unit: million people.

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (2018 estimate) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026