Sudan
Africa · Northern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 51.7 million (51,662,147) · rank 30 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,878,000 km² · rank 15 of 193
- People per km²
- 28 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Sudan, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Sudan in the map data: 7.
- Central African Republic capitals 1,970 km apart
- Chad capitals 1,930 km apart
- Egypt capitals 1,610 km apart
- Eritrea capitals 680 km apart
- Ethiopia capitals 990 km apart
- Libya capitals 2,740 km apart
- South Sudan capitals 1,200 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, Papua New Guinea.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Sudan is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Giants by area | Hard | Hard | Hard |
| Giants by population | Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sudan | Khartoum |
| Italiano | Sudan | Khartum |
| Magyar | Szudán | Kartúm |
| Suomi | Sudan | Khartum |