Sudan - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Sudan was 43,849,270 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43,849,270 in 2020 and a minimum value of 7,544,498 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 7,544,498
1961 7,769,475
1962 8,004,122
1963 8,248,818
1964 8,503,989
1965 8,770,094
1966 9,047,803
1967 9,337,662
1968 9,639,846
1969 9,954,411
1970 10,281,700
1971 10,621,470
1972 10,974,630
1973 11,343,920
1974 11,732,960
1975 12,144,130
1976 12,578,400
1977 13,034,630
1978 13,510,430
1979 14,002,300
1980 14,507,470
1981 15,027,250
1982 15,562,130
1983 16,107,610
1984 16,657,960
1985 17,210,180
1986 17,757,490
1987 18,303,430
1988 18,867,560
1989 19,476,650
1990 20,147,590
1991 20,891,440
1992 21,696,240
1993 22,527,840
1994 23,338,460
1995 24,094,740
1996 24,782,380
1997 25,413,910
1998 26,015,520
1999 26,626,510
2000 27,275,020
2001 27,971,080
2002 28,704,790
2003 29,460,520
2004 30,214,190
2005 30,949,510
2006 31,661,820
2007 32,360,620
2008 33,060,840
2009 33,783,780
2010 34,545,020
2011 35,349,680
2012 36,193,780
2013 37,072,560
2014 37,977,660
2015 38,902,950
2016 39,847,430
2017 40,813,400
2018 41,801,530
2019 42,813,240
2020 43,849,270

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population