Sudan: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 6.19 million people, so the population is now 8.6 times as large.

The UN projects 1.69 million births and 331,000 deaths in 2026, 1.36 million more births than deaths.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 252,000.

The median age is 18.8, which is 12.3 years below the world’s 31.1.

40% of the people are under 15 and 3.4% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

In the UN projection, children under 15 outnumber people aged 65 and over in every year to 2100.

Women have 4.1 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 6.7 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 66.9 years, below the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 45.8.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 85.2 million people, 60% more than now, with a median age of 24.0.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 66.3 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 15.4 more years for women and 13.7 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 6.1 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 8.3.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 137 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 53.5 million to 330 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 2.4 million international migrants lived here, 4.8% of the population.

In mid-2024, 3.79 million people from here lived in other countries.