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title: "Sudan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Sudan: capital Khartoum, area 1,861,484 km², population 51,662,147 (2025), currency Sudanese pound. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Sudan

**Sudan: Capital Khartoum**

1,861,484 km² · 51,662,147 people (2025) · Sudanese pound

The Blue Nile and White Nile meet at Khartoum, and the confluence is visible as a colour line in the water. Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt — over 200 at Meroë and the other Kushite sites — though they are smaller and much steeper.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Khartoum
- **Area:** 1,861,484 km² — 718,723 sq mi
- **Population:** 51,662,147 (2025)
- **Density:** 27.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Sudanese pound (SDG, PT)
- **Official languages:** Arabic, English
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +249
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** SD · SDN
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 16 of 200
- **By population:** 30 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 1,964,375 | 131,946,900 |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 | 285,721,236 |
| Sudan ← | 1,861,484 | 51,662,147 |
| Libya | 1,759,540 | 7,458,555 |
| Iran | 1,648,195 | 92,417,681 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Sudan?

Khartoum

### What currency does Sudan use?

The Sudanese pound (SDG).

### How big is Sudan?

1,861,484 km², or 718,723 square miles — 16 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Sudan drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Libya](https://atoneplace.net/country/libya/)
- [Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country/iran/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Uganda](https://atoneplace.net/country/uganda/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]