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Sudan

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Key facts

  • currency: Sudanese pound
  • capital city: Khartoum
  • region: Northern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 1,868,000 km²
  • population: 48,109,006
  • political leader: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (Leader of the Sovereignty Council)

Location on a map: [15°0′N, 30°0′E]

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Profile

Sudan is a country in Northern Africa, Africa. It has a land area of 1,868,000 km² and a population of 48,109,006. The capital city is Khartoum. The political leader is Abdel Fattah al-Burhan whose title is Leader of the Sovereignty Council.

In the news

Sudan has been mentioned 895 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

Sudan's paramilitary chief to participate in US-mediated ceasefire talks
Read: France 24 link
As Starvation Spreads in Sudan, Military Blocks Aid Trucks at Border
Sudan: Constant flow of arms fuelling relentless civilian suffering in conflict - new investigation
Sudan's warring parties using starvation as weapon: UN experts

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Environment

Sudan is one of the countries in Africa and one of the countries in Northern Africa.
  • Agricultural land: 1,126,648.40 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: 4.38 births per woman
  • Forest area: 181,873 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: 14.60 years
  • Methane emissions: 55,887.40 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 29,300.73 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 24,074,537.00
  • Male population: 24,034,469.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 61.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,859,899.89 km²
  • Rural population: 30,625,231.00
  • Urban land area: 3,789.64 km²
  • Urban population: 17,483,775.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.42 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Sudan by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Sudan

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Sudan

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Sudan

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Sudan

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Sudan (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Sudan

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Sudan

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Sudan (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Sudan

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Sudan

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Sudan

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Sudan

Evolution of historical forest area in Sudan

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Sudan

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Sudan

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Sudan

Evolution of historical internet access in Sudan

Evolution of historical land area in Sudan

Evolution of historical median age in Sudan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Sudan

Evolution of historical net migration in Sudan

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Sudan

Evolution of historical population in Sudan

Evolution of historical female population in Sudan

Evolution of historical male population in Sudan

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Sudan

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Sudan

Evolution of historical rural population in Sudan

Evolution of historical total urban land in Sudan

Evolution of historical urban population in Sudan

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Sudan

Distribution of sites in Sudan by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Sudan by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Sudan

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Sudan by total fire area

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Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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