Sudan
Country
Key facts
- Currency: Sudanese pound
- Capital city: Khartoum
- Region: Northern Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 1,868,000 km²
- Population: 46,874,204
- Political Leader: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (Leader of the Sovereignty Council)
Latest news (see all)
World News in Brief: 'Barbaric' sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti's transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper's death sentence
Read: Global Issues
2024-04-25
Acute hunger rose sharply in 2023, with greatest concerns in Gaza, Sudan: UN report
Read: CBC
2024-04-25
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
Read: Global Issues
2024-04-24
Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
Read: The Guardian
2024-04-24
Russian envoy, Sudan's intelligence chief discuss military-political situation in republic
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-23
Russia looking to open diplomatic missions in South Sudan, Niger, Sierra Leone -- diplomat
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-23
Metrics
General information
Business
Central government debt | 8.66 % of GDP |
Expense | 9.73 % of GDP |
GDP | 51,662,200,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 138.81 annual % |
Self-employed | 59.70 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 7.39 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 20.81 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 58.22 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 1,126,650.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 4.37 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 20,796.10 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 64.54 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 22.62 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.00 % of total |
Net energy imports | -8.99 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 4.46 births per woman |
Forest area | 181,874 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 31.73 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 2,266.35 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 14.50 years |
Methane emissions | 55,887.40 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 29,300.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 23,454,198 |
Male Population | 23,420,005 |
Renewable energy consumption | 62.13 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 1,859,900.00 km² |
Rural population | 30,020,115 |
Urban land area | 3,789.64 km² |
Urban population | 16,854,089 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.42 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 33.60 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 6.80 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 23.39 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 3.02 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.07 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 0.74 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 65 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 3.80 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 61.77 % of population |
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 3,553,000 |
Individuals using the Internet | 28.40 % of population |
Net migration | -9,999 |
Press freedom | 1.08 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 144,000 |
Democracy score | 2.15 |
Democracy type | Authoritarian |
Military expenditure | 0.92 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 30.52 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago