List of Sudanese states by population


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Sudan is divided into 18 states, or wilyat. The state with the largest population is Khartoum with 7,993,851 and the state with the smallest population is the Northern State with 936,235 as of 2018.[1] As of 2015, the Northern state is the only state in Sudan not to have surpassed 1 million in total population.

Map key:
Rank Name Population [1]
1   Khartoum 7,993,235
2   South Darfur 5,353,025
3   Gezira 5,096,920
4   North Kordofan 3,174,029
5   Kassala 2,519,071
6   Central Darfur 2,499,000 [2]
7   White Nile 2,493,880
8   North Darfur 2,304,950
9   Al Qadarif 2,208,385
10   South Kordofan 2,107,623
11   Sinnar 1,918,692
12   West Darfur 1,775,945
13   River Nile 1,511,442
14   Red Sea 1,482,053
15   West Kordofan 1,178,537 [3]
16   East Darfur 1,119,451[4]
17   Blue Nile 1,107,623
18   Northern 936,255
Rank Name Density
1   Khartoum
  1. ^ a b "Pop. Proj. by satates" (PDF). Government of Sudan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Dabanga Sudan".
  3. ^ "West Kordofan". Knoema.
  4. ^ "East Darfur". Knoema.