One in every 88 babies born in the world today is born in Sudan. Sudan has about 1,500,000 births a year, around 1.1% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
1,500,000
Share of world births
1.1%
Birth odds
1/88
Life expectancy
66 years
Risk of dying before age 5
5.4%
Income per person, PPP
$3,500
Children per woman
4.4
Urban population
36%

Life expectancy in Sudan is 66 years, which is 7 years shorter than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 54 do not reach their fifth birthday. That is 1.5 times the world average.

Income per person is about $3,500 in purchasing power. That is only 15% of the world average.

On average a woman has 4.4 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 36% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 64% chance of being born in the countryside.

This country is in armed conflict or a severe internal crisis. In the game this affects events and the risk of death.

Religious makeup

  • Islam91%
  • Christianity5%
  • Folk beliefs4%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Baraka · Juma · Abebe · Musa · Amani · Neema · Tigist · Zawadi

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.