List of Sudanese states by population
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 approximately 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.
Listings
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 |
References
- ^ a b "Pop. Proj. by satates" (PDF). Government of Sudan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Dabanga Sudan".
- ^ "West Kordofan". Knoema.
- ^ "East Darfur". Knoema.