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States

The population of the states of Sudan according to cenus results and latest projections.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1993-04-15	Population Census (C) 2008-04-22	Population Projection (P) 2018-07-01
Sudan	SDN	السودان	Al-Kharṭūm	1,840,687	21,266,641	30,894,000	41,984,500
Al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar [Red Sea]	BHR	البحر الأحمر	Būr Sūdān	218,887	684,271	1,396,110	1,482,100	21888700
Al-Jazīrah [Al Gezira]	JZR	الجزيرة	Wad Madanī	23,373	2,715,605	3,575,280	5,096,900	2337300
Al-Kharṭūm [Khartoum]	KTM	الخرطوم	Al-Kharṭūm	22,142	3,512,144	5,274,321	7,993,900	2214200
Al-Qaḍārif [Gadaref]	QDR	القضارف	Al-Qaḍārif	75,263	1,148,262	1,348,378	2,208,400	7526300
An-Nīl al-Abyaḍ [White Nile]	NBY	النيل الأبيض	Ad-Duwaym	30,411	1,227,024	1,730,588	2,493,900	3041100
An-Nīl al-Azraq [Blue Nile]	NZR	النيل الأزرق	Ad-Damazīn	45,844	512,845	832,112	1,108,400	4584400
Ash-Shamālīyah [Northern]	SML	الشمالية	Dunqulā	348,765	511,693	699,065	936,300	34876500
Gharb al-Dārfūr [West Darfur]	GDF	غرب دارفور	Al-Junaynah	23,000	1,329,832	754,710	1,024,500	2300000
Gharb Kurdufān [West Kordofan]	GKF	غرب كردفان	Al-Fūlah	111,373	992,173	1,419,983	1,764,800	11137300
Janūb Dārfūr [South Darfur]	JDF	جنوب دارفور	Nyālā	72,000	2,152,499	2,879,810	3,765,800	7200000
Janūb Kurdufān [South Kordofan]	JKF	جنوب كردفان	Kāduqlī	79,470	1,003,560	867,918	1,300,700	7947000
Kassalā	KSL	كسلا	Kassalā	36,710	1,234,562	1,789,806	2,519,100	3671000
Nahr an-Nīl [River Nile]	NNL	نهر النيل	Ad-Dāmir	122,123	781,583	1,120,441	1,511,400	12212300
Sannār [Sennar]	SNR	سنار	Sannār	37,844	977,650	1,285,058	1,918,700	3784400
Shamāl Dārfūr [North Darfur]	SMD	شمال دارفور	Al-Fāshir	320,000	1,155,872	2,113,626	2,305,000	32000000
Shamāl Kurdufān [North Kordofan]	SKF	شمال كردفان	Al-Ubayyiḍ	185,302	1,327,066	2,039,495	2,216,200	18530200
Sharq Dārfūr [East Darfur]	SQD	شرق دارفور‏	Aḍ-Ḍu'ayn	55,000	Janūb Dārfūr	1,213,784	1,587,200	5500000
Wasaṭ Dārfūr [Central Darfur]	WDF	‏وسط دارفور‎	Zālingay	34,000	Gharb al-Dārfūr	553,515	751,400	3400000

East Darfur and Central Darfur were created in 2012. Western Kordofan was abolished in 2005 and reestablished in 2013. The 2008 population figures of the Darfur and Kordofan states are computed using district figures.
Central Bureau of Statistics Sudan (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cp) 2008-04-22
1	Umm Durmān	KTM	1,849,659
2	Al-Kharṭūm	KTM	1,410,858
3	Al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī	KTM	1,012,211
4	Nyālā	JDF	492,984
5	Būr Sūdān	BHR	394,561
6	Al-Ubayyiḍ	SKF	345,126

Major Agglomeration

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cp) 2008-04-22
1	Al-Kharṭūm	KTM	4,272,728

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Sudanese cities and towns with more than 20,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Native	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1973-04-03	Population Census (C) 1983-02-01	Population Census (C) 1993-04-15	Population Census (Cp) 2008-04-22
Abū Jubayhah	أبو جبيهة	JKF	10,418	14,491	...	47,188
Abū Zabad	أبو زبد	SKF	7,177	9,744	...	23,317
Ad-Damazīn	الدمازين	NZR	12,233	27,591	71,821	136,788
Ad-Dāmir	الدامر	NNL	17,086	26,841	50,995	73,654
Ad-Dillinj [Dalang]	الدلنج	JKF	19,216	24,681	...	59,089
Ad-Dindar [Dinder]	الدندر	SNR	5,303	9,496	...	25,567
Aḍ-Ḍu'ayn [El Duein]	الضعين	SQD	18,457	21,666	73,335	137,103
Ad-Duwaym [Ed Dueim]	الدويم	NBY	26,257	38,606	56,494	73,622
Al-Fashaqah (Shuwak)	الفشقة	QDR	4,824	8,639	...	21,106
Al-Fāshir [El Fasher]	الفاشر	SMD	51,932	84,298	141,884	217,827
Al-Fāw [El Fao]	الفاو	QDR	...	5,157	...	30,629
Al-Fūlah	الفولة	GKF	5,294	7,155	...	26,020
Al-Ḥuṣāyḥīṣā [El Hasahisa]	الحصاحيصا	JZR	18,747	18,328	...	47,408
Al-Ḥūwāttah [El Hawata]	الحواتة	QDR	7,841	15,110	...	30,184
Al-Jazīrah Abā	الجزيرة ابا	NBY	22,218	19,632	...	21,683
Al-Junaynah [Geneina]	الجنينة	GDF	35,424	55,480	92,831	134,264
Al-Kharṭūm [Khartoum]	الخرطوم	KTM	333,906	473,597	947,483	1,410,858
Al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī [Khartoum North]	الخرطوم بحري	KTM	150,989	340,857	700,887	1,012,211
Al-Manāqil [Al Managil]	المناقل	JZR	15,223	36,090	65,405	99,775
Al-Mujlad [Muglad]	المجلد	GKF	6,932	12,732	...	40,418
Al-Qaḍārif [Gedaref]	القضارف	QDR	66,465	116,876	191,164	269,395
Al-Quṭaynah [El Geteina]	القطينة	NBY	5,966	10,418	...	26,893
Al-Ubayyiḍ [El Obeid]	الأبيض	SKF	90,073	137,582	229,425	345,126
An-Nuhūd [El Nahud]	النهود	GKF	26,005	29,787	54,600	66,184
'Ārdamatā	آردمتا	GDF	...	...	...	55,637
Ar-Rahad	الرهد	SKF	14,444	16,341	...	36,518
Ar-Ruṣayrīṣ [Er Roseires]	الروصيرص	NZR	12,951	16,369	...	58,712
As-Sūkī [El Suki]	السوكي	SNR	16,197	21,021	...	23,509
'Aṭbarah [Atbara]	عطبرة	NNL	66,116	72,836	87,878	112,021
Bābanūsah [Babanusa]	بابنوسة	GKF	12,051	18,870	...	32,759
Barbar [Berber]	بربر	NNL	11,303	14,425	...	26,203
Buram	برام	JDF	...	...	...	65,473
Būr Sūdān [Port Sudan]	بور سودان	BHR	132,632	206,038	308,195	394,561
Dunqulā [Dongola]	دنقلا	SML	5,626	10,146	...	56,167
Ghubaysh	غبيش	GKF	...	...	...	22,733
Ḥalfā al-Jadīdah [New Halfa]	حلفا الجديدة	KSL	24,373	38,132	54,110	63,589
Jubayt [Gebeit]	جبيت	BHR	5,208	7,002	...	30,856
Kabkābīyah	كبكابية	SMD	...	...	...	42,376
Kāduqlī	كادقلي	JKF	18,468	45,698	62,104	67,095
Kas	كاس	JDF	...	...	...	55,255
Kassalā	كسلا	KSL	99,652	141,429	234,622	298,529
Khashim al-Qirbah [Khashm El Girba]	خشم القربة	KSL	8,343	19,962	...	42,900
Kotum [Kutum]	كتم	SMD	4,762	6,108	...	34,694
Kūstī [Kosti]	كوستي	NBY	65,404	89,135	173,599	213,080
Mellit	مليط	SMD	...	...	...	50,165
Nyālā	نيالا	JDF	59,583	111,693	227,183	492,984
Rabak	ربك	NBY	18,399	26,693	59,261	123,890
Rahad al-Bardī	رهيد البردي	JDF	...	...	...	24,768
Rufā'ah	رفاعة	JZR	15,681	20,750	...	28,374
Sannār [Sennar]	سنار	SNR	28,546	42,803	72,187	123,158
Sawākin [Suakin]	ســواكــن	BHR	5,895	18,030	...	42,456
Shandī [Shendi]	شندي	NNL	24,161	34,505	...	63,746
Sh'īarīah [Sheria]	شعيرية	SQD	...	...	...	48,966
Sinjah [Singa]	سنجة	SNR	19,452	27,982	...	56,058
Sinkāt	سنكات	BHR	6,439	7,918	...	35,617
Tandaltī	تندلتي	NBY	10,028	15,509	...	31,329
Ṭawkar [Tokar]	طــوكـــر	BHR	13,394	14,042	...	37,051
Tulus	تلس	JDF	...	...	...	41,807
Umm Durmān [Omdurman]	أم درمان	KTM	299,399	526,192	1,271,403	1,849,659
Umm Ruwābah	أم روابة	SKF	19,713	34,669	...	56,833
Umm Shūkah	أم شوكة	SNR	7,666	11,644	...	20,302
Wad Madanī [Medani]	ود مدني	JZR	106,715	145,015	211,362	289,482
Zālingay [Zalingei]	زالنجي	WDF	13,791	18,017	...	35,061

(1973) (1983) provided by Clive Thornton.
(1993) provided by Prof. El-Sayed El-Bushra.
(2008) Central Bureau of Statistics Sudan (web).