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Sudan

Sudan's best placing is 15th of 194 for land area.

Best placing: #15Land area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 51.7 million
Land area: 1.9 million km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Sudan is.

Land area

#15 of 194

1,868,000 km² of land

3rd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#30 of 195

51,662,147 people

8th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#36 of 194

178,431 km² of forest

11th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#39 of 194

0.036 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways

#31 of 135

7,251 km of railway

2nd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest per person

#83 of 194

0.0035 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#93 of 193

45 airports

21st in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#88 of 182

60,162,634,574 US$ (current prices)

14th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#70 of 134

140.35 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Coastline

#80 of 151

853 km of coastline

16th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways by area

#102 of 133

3.88 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest by area

#153 of 194

9.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#156 of 194

27.66 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#157 of 179

250 mm of precipitation per year

46th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports per person

#174 of 192

0.87 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#165 of 182

1,165 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#189 of 191

0.24 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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