Sudan Population Pyramid 1968
Year
1968Sudan in 1968
The population of Sudan in 1968 was 10,918,000. A decade earlier, in 1958, the population was 7,863,034; it has grown by 38.9% since.
The median age was 16.3 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 94.6 children under 15 and 5.3 people aged 65 or over. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Sudan was 4.32 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 66.3 years in 2023: 69.6 for women and 63.3 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
2,344,685 immigrants live in Sudan, 4.6% of the population.
| South Sudan | 1,507,976 |
| Eritrea | 384,053 |
| Chad | 179,139 |
| Ethiopia | 121,969 |
| Central African Republic | 45,125 |
3,786,603 people born in Sudan live in other countries.
| Chad | 1,071,034 |
| Saudi Arabia | 895,646 |
| South Sudan | 608,817 |
| Egypt | 500,000 |
| Uganda | 141,990 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 10,918,000 | 16.3 | |
| Algeria | 13,172,614 | 16.4 | |
| Morocco | 14,347,900 | 16.6 | |
| Tunisia | 4,879,899 | 17.6 | |
| Libya | 1,952,781 | 14.9 |





