Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Sudan

Urban population share in Sudan in 2025 — 34.9%. Ranked 183 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 23.2 pp.

2025 34.9% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 183of 217
Period maximum 34.9%2025
Period minimum 11.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Sudan, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.7%1962: 13%1964: 14.2%1966: 15.4%1968: 16.5%1970: 17.5%1972: 18.3%1974: 18.8%1976: 19.2%1978: 19.5%1980: 19.8%1982: 20.3%1984: 21.4%1986: 24%1988: 27.1%1990: 30%1992: 31.7%1994: 32%1996: 32.2%1998: 32.3%2000: 32.3%2002: 32.4%2004: 32.4%2006: 32.5%2008: 32.5%2010: 32.7%2012: 33.1%2014: 33.8%2016: 34.2%2018: 34.4%2020: 34.6%2022: 34.7%2024: 34.9%2025: 34.9%
Change over the period: +23.2 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sudan

Sudan 34.9%
World 57.8%
Northern Africa computed 52.4%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.9 +0.1 pp
2024 34.9 +0.1 pp
2023 34.8 +0.1 pp
2022 34.7 +0.1 pp
2021 34.6 +0.1 pp
2020 34.6 +0.1 pp
2019 34.5 +0.1 pp
2018 34.4 +0.1 pp
2017 34.3 +0.1 pp
2016 34.2 +0.1 pp
2015 34.1 +0.3 pp
2014 33.8 +0.3 pp
2013 33.4 +0.3 pp
2012 33.1 +0.2 pp
2011 32.9 +0.2 pp
2010 32.7 +0.1 pp
2009 32.6 +0.1 pp
2008 32.5 +0 pp
2007 32.5 +0 pp
2006 32.5 +0 pp
2005 32.5 +0 pp
2004 32.4 +0 pp
2003 32.4 +0 pp
2002 32.4 +0 pp
2001 32.4 +0 pp
2000 32.3 +0 pp
1999 32.3 +0 pp
1998 32.3 +0 pp
1997 32.2 +0.1 pp
1996 32.2 +0.1 pp
1995 32.1 +0.1 pp
1994 32 +0.1 pp
1993 32 +0.2 pp
1992 31.7 +0.7 pp
1991 31 +1.1 pp
1990 30 +1.4 pp
1989 28.6 +1.5 pp
1988 27.1 +1.6 pp
1987 25.5 +1.5 pp
1986 24 +1.4 pp
1985 22.6 +1.1 pp
1984 21.4 +0.7 pp
1983 20.7 +0.4 pp
1982 20.3 +0.3 pp
1981 20 +0.2 pp
1980 19.8 +0.2 pp
1979 19.6 +0.2 pp
1978 19.5 +0.1 pp
1977 19.3 +0.2 pp
1976 19.2 +0.2 pp
1975 19 +0.2 pp
1974 18.8 +0.2 pp
1973 18.6 +0.3 pp
1972 18.3 +0.4 pp
1971 17.9 +0.4 pp
1970 17.5 +0.5 pp
1969 17 +0.5 pp
1968 16.5 +0.5 pp
1967 16 +0.6 pp
1966 15.4 +0.6 pp
1965 14.9 +0.6 pp
1964 14.2 +0.6 pp
1963 13.6 +0.6 pp
1962 13 +0.6 pp
1961 12.4 +0.6 pp
1960 11.7

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.