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Sudan — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Sudan, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.38%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -25.3% since 1961
Population growth for Sudan was 2.38% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.21% in 1980. The lowest was 0.81% in 2024 (about 2.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.46% per year.
Sudan ranks 30 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Sudan sits above it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 44% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 22%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.38%
First (1961)
3.18%
Change
-25.3%
Highest
4.21%
in 1980
Lowest
0.81%
in 2024
Average
2.80%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.46%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.38% |
| 2024 | 0.81% |
| 2023 | 1.33% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 2.69% |
| 2019 | 2.94% |
| 2018 | 3.49% |
| 2017 | 3.46% |
| 2016 | 3.04% |
| 2015 | 3.05% |
| 2014 | 2.71% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.