Sudan

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Republic of the Sudan

Capital
Khartoum
Population
50M (2023)30th/241
Area
1.9 M km²15th/241
Density
26.8/km²
Nominal GDP
$40B (2025)105th/195
GDP per capita
$2,427 (2025)181st/193
HDI
0.511177th/194
Life expectancy
66.3 years179th/216
Fertility rate
4.2617th/216
Unemployment rate
11.5%33rd/187
CO₂ emissions
17.8 Mt CO₂95th/200
Forest area
9.6%155th/199
Currency
Sudanese Pound (SDG)

Land borders — Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Libya, Uganda