General info

Entity:
Sudan
Capital:
Khartoum
Population (2008-07-01):
40,218,456 (CIA)
Area:
2,505,810 sq.km.
Country code:
sd
Region:
Northern Africa

Sudan

Administrative units

region
state
capital area (sq.km.) population
1993-04-15
census
population
2007-07-01
estimate
source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan.
note: Shamal = North, Gharb = West, Janub = South.
note: Kordofan = Kurdufun. West Kordofan was divided amongst the other two Kordofans in 2005.
Northern States   1,840,687 21,266,641 31,622,000
Northern (Ash Shamaliyah) State Dongula 348,765 511,693 654,000
Nahr Elnil (River Nile) State Al-Damar 122,123 781,583 1,026,000
Red Sea (Al Bahr al Ahmar) State Port Sudan 218,887 684,271 740,000
Kassala State Kassala 36,710 1,234,562 1,752,000
El Gadarif (Al Qadarif) State Gedarif 75,263 1,148,262 1,843,000
Khartoum (Al Khartum) State Khartoum 22,142 3,512,144 6,203,000
El Gezira (Al Jazirah) State Wad Medani 23,373 2,715,605 4,130,000
Sinnar State Sinnar 37,844 977,650 1,404,000
White Nile (An Nil al Abyad) State Rabak 30,411 1,227,024 1,762,000
Blue Nile (An Nil al Azraq) State Al-Damazin 45,844 512,845 783,000
North Kordofan State Al-Obeid 185,302 1,327,066 2,424,000
West Kordofan State Al-Fula 111,373 992,173  
South Kordofan State Kadugli 79,470 1,003,560 1,704,000
North Darfur State Al-Fashir 296,420 1,155,872 1,821,000
West Darfur State Geneina 79,460 1,329,832 1,863,000
South Darfur State Nyala 127,300 2,152,000 3,514,000
Southern States   478,969 4,322,000 5,617,000
Upper Nile (A'ali an Nil) Region Malakal 200,252 1,345,000 1,542,000
Bahr El Ghazal Region Juba 93,900 1,968,000 2,733,000
Equatoria Region Kapoita 184,817 1,154,000 1,341,000
total   2,347,063 31,081,000 37,239,000

Main cities

name population
1993-04-15
census
Omdurman 1,271,403
Khartoum 947,483
Khartoum North 700,887
Port Sudan 308,195
Kassala 234,622
El Obeid 229,425
Nyala 227,183
El Gezira 211,362
El Gadarif 191,164
Kosti 173,599
El Fasher 141,884
Juba 114,980
source: United Nations Statistics Division.