List of Sudanese states by population

Map key:

1 Khartoum 2 North Kordofan 3 Northern 4 Kassala 5 Blue Nile 6 North Darfur 7 South Darfur 8 South Kordofan 9 Gezira

10 White Nile 11 River Nile 12 Red Sea 13 Al Qadarif 14 Sennar 15 West Darfur 16 Central Darfur 17 East Darfur 18 West Kordofan

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 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.

Total

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

Density

Rank	Name	Density
1	Khartoum

See also

• States of Sudan
• List of Sudanese states by Human Development Index
• List of current state governors in Sudan

References

1. "Pop. Proj. by satates" (PDF). Government of Sudan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
2. "Dabanga Sudan".
3. "West Kordofan". Knoema.
4. "East Darfur". Knoema.