Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Sudan

Population in cities over 1 million in Sudan in 2025 — 6,754,180 people. Ranked 45 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,848.8%.

2025 6.75M people +3.24% vs 2024
World rank 45of 121
Period maximum 6.75M people2025
Period minimum 346,586 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Sudan, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 346,586 people1962: 393,900 people1964: 447,752 people1966: 508,877 people1968: 578,448 people1970: 657,414 people1972: 747,293 people1974: 839,329 people1976: 936,102 people1978: 1,043,876 people1980: 1,164,234 people1982: 1,298,273 people1984: 1,493,207 people1986: 1,739,224 people1988: 2,026,202 people1990: 2,360,035 people1992: 2,749,447 people1994: 3,010,784 people1996: 3,167,462 people1998: 3,332,060 people2000: 3,505,456 people2002: 3,687,617 people2004: 3,879,516 people2006: 4,081,116 people2008: 4,293,492 people2010: 4,517,078 people2012: 4,752,308 people2014: 4,999,787 people2016: 5,260,153 people2018: 5,534,079 people2020: 5,828,858 people2022: 6,160,327 people2024: 6,542,070 people2025: 6,754,180 people
Change over the period: +6.41M (+1,848.77%) Average annual rate: 4.67 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Sudan 6.75M people
World computed 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 204M people
Northern Africa computed 51.14M people
Low-income countries computed 94.17M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 6.75M +212,110 +3.24%
2024 6.54M +197,722 +3.12%
2023 6.34M +184,021 +2.99%
2022 6.16M +171,303 +2.86%
2021 5.99M +160,166 +2.75%
2020 5.83M +150,937 +2.66%
2019 5.68M +143,842 +2.6%
2018 5.53M +138,701 +2.57%
2017 5.4M +135,225 +2.57%
2016 5.26M +131,835 +2.57%
2015 5.13M +128,531 +2.57%
2014 5M +125,310 +2.57%
2013 4.87M +122,169 +2.57%
2012 4.75M +119,108 +2.57%
2011 4.63M +116,122 +2.57%
2010 4.52M +113,212 +2.57%
2009 4.4M +110,374 +2.57%
2008 4.29M +107,608 +2.57%
2007 4.19M +104,768 +2.57%
2006 4.08M +102,146 +2.57%
2005 3.98M +99,454 +2.56%
2004 3.88M +97,232 +2.57%
2003 3.78M +94,667 +2.57%
2002 3.69M +92,297 +2.57%
2001 3.6M +89,864 +2.56%
2000 3.51M +87,858 +2.57%
1999 3.42M +85,538 +2.57%
1998 3.33M +83,398 +2.57%
1997 3.25M +81,200 +2.56%
1996 3.17M +79,386 +2.57%
1995 3.09M +77,292 +2.57%
1994 3.01M +75,356 +2.57%
1993 2.94M +185,981 +6.76%
1992 2.75M +202,270 +7.94%
1991 2.55M +187,142 +7.93%
1990 2.36M +173,393 +7.93%
1989 2.19M +160,440 +7.92%
1988 2.03M +149,064 +7.94%
1987 1.88M +137,914 +7.93%
1986 1.74M +127,781 +7.93%
1985 1.61M +118,236 +7.92%
1984 1.49M +109,852 +7.94%
1983 1.38M +85,082 +6.55%
1982 1.3M +68,891 +5.6%
1981 1.23M +65,148 +5.6%
1980 1.16M +61,862 +5.61%
1979 1.1M +58,496 +5.6%
1978 1.04M +55,392 +5.6%
1977 988,484 +52,382 +5.6%
1976 936,102 +49,740 +5.61%
1975 886,362 +47,033 +5.6%
1974 839,329 +44,538 +5.6%
1973 794,791 +47,498 +6.36%
1972 747,293 +46,409 +6.62%
1971 700,884 +43,470 +6.61%
1970 657,414 +40,773 +6.61%
1969 616,641 +38,193 +6.6%
1968 578,448 +35,924 +6.62%
1967 542,524 +33,647 +6.61%
1966 508,877 +31,561 +6.61%
1965 477,316 +29,564 +6.6%
1964 447,752 +27,807 +6.62%
1963 419,945 +26,045 +6.61%
1962 393,900 +24,430 +6.61%
1961 369,470 +22,884 +6.6%
1960 346,586

Northern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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