Sudan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Sudan had an estimated population of 35,035,677 in 2005, with 124 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Sudan today — population now 41,801,533, against 35,035,677 in 2005.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | al-Khartum | 7,315,344 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umm Durmān | Khartoum | 2,809,445 |
| 2 | Khartoum | Khartoum | 1,974,647 |
| 3 | al-H̱arţūm Bah̨rī | Khartoum | 1,530,443 |
| 4 | Niyālā | Janūb Dārfūr | 499,601 |
| 5 | Būr Sūdān | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 459,063 |
| 6 | Kassalā | Kassalā | 401,477 |
| 7 | al-Ubayyid̨ | Šamāl Kurdufān | 393,311 |
| 8 | Kūstī | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 345,068 |
| 9 | Wad Madanī | al-Jazīrah | 332,714 |
| 10 | al-Qad̨ārif | al-Qad̨ārif | 322,592 |
| 11 | al-Fāšir | Šamāl Dārfūr | 252,609 |
| 12 | ad̨-D̨uʿayn | Janūb Dārfūr | 210,212 |
| 13 | ad-Damazīn | an-Nīl-al-Azraq | 186,051 |
| 14 | Jūbā | Bah̨r-al-Jabal | 163,442 |
| 15 | al-Junaynah | Ġarb Dārfūr | 162,981 |
| 16 | Malakāl | Aʿālī-an-Nīl | 160,765 |
| 17 | Rabak | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 135,281 |
| 18 | Sinnār | Sinnār | 130,122 |
| 19 | al-Manāqil | al-Jazīrah | 128,297 |
| 20 | Wāw | Ġarb Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl | 127,384 |
| 21 | an-Nuhūd | Ġarb Kurdufān | 108,008 |
| 22 | ʿAţbarah | Nahr-an-Nil | 107,930 |
| 23 | ad-Dāmīr | Nahr-an-Nil | 103,941 |
| 24 | Kāduqlī | Janūb Kurdufān | 87,666 |
| 25 | ad-Duwaym | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 87,068 |
| 26 | H̨alfā al-Jadīdah | Kassalā | 80,444 |
| 27 | Umm Ruwābah | Šamāl Kurdufān | 55,742 |
| 28 | Šandī | Nahr-an-Nil | 53,568 |
| 29 | Sinjah | Sinnār | 44,626 |
| 30 | Yambio | Ġarb-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 40,382 |
| 31 | Yei | Bah̨r-al-Jabal | 40,382 |
| 32 | Uwayl | Šamāl Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl | 38,745 |
| 33 | Gogrial | Šamāl Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl | 38,572 |
| 34 | ad-Dillinj | Janūb Kurdufān | 37,113 |
| 35 | al-Jazīrah Abā | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 34,525 |
| 36 | Arbaʿatun wa ʿIšrūn-al-Quraši | al-Jazīrah | 33,969 |
| 37 | as-Sūkī | Sinnār | 33,524 |
| 38 | H̱ašm-al-Qirbah | Kassalā | 33,374 |
| 39 | Rufāʿah | al-Jazīrah | 32,533 |
| 40 | Rumbīk | al-Buh̨ayrāt | 32,083 |
| 41 | Bābanūsah | Ġarb Kurdufān | 29,637 |
| 42 | ar-Ruşayriş | an-Nīl-al-Azraq | 28,862 |
| 43 | al-H̨uşāh̨īşā | al-Jazīrah | 28,735 |
| 44 | Mayurnu | Sinnār | 28,727 |
| 45 | Zalinjay | Ġarb Dārfūr | 28,687 |
| 46 | Sawākīn | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 28,570 |
| 47 | Tandalti | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 27,275 |
| 48 | Asalaya | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 27,046 |
| 49 | ar-Rank | Aʿālī-an-Nīl | 26,851 |
| 50 | Būr | Junqalī | 26,782 |
| 51 | ar-Rahad | Šamāl Kurdufān | 26,273 |
| 52 | Kinānah | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 26,233 |
| 53 | al-H̨awātah | al-Qad̨ārif | 24,513 |
| 54 | Barbar | Nahr-an-Nil | 22,395 |
| 55 | Ţawkar | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 22,250 |
| 56 | Abū Jubayhah | Janūb Kurdufān | 21,790 |
| 57 | al-Masnah | Kassalā | 20,092 |
| 58 | Torit | Šarq-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 20,048 |
| 59 | al-Mijlad | Ġarb Kurdufān | 19,997 |
| 60 | Doka | al-Qad̨ārif | 19,821 |
| 61 | Kurimah | aš-Šamālīyah | 19,593 |
| 62 | al-Bawga | Nahr-an-Nil | 19,141 |
| 63 | Dunqulā | aš-Šamālīyah | 19,007 |
| 64 | Umm Šawkah | Sinnār | 18,570 |
| 65 | al-Quţaynah | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 18,321 |
| 66 | al-Hilālīyah | al-Jazīrah | 17,345 |
| 67 | Tonj | Warab | 17,338 |
| 68 | Bārā | Šamāl Kurdufān | 16,969 |
| 69 | Sinnār-at-Taqāţtuʿ | Sinnār | 16,222 |
| 70 | Abū Zabad | Ġarb Kurdufān | 15,304 |
| 71 | ad-Dindar | Sinnār | 15,144 |
| 72 | Šabšah | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 15,133 |
| 73 | Wādī H̨alfā | aš-Šamālīyah | 14,936 |
| 74 | Marīdī | Ġarb-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 14,224 |
| 75 | aš-Šuwak | al-Qad̨ārif | 14,015 |
| 76 | al-Kāmilin | al-Jazīrah | 13,690 |
| 77 | Talawdī | Janūb Kurdufān | 13,188 |
| 78 | Arūmā | Kassalā | 12,708 |
| 79 | Sinkāt | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 12,547 |
| 80 | āl-Huda | al-Jazīrah | 12,456 |
| 81 | Karkawj | Sinnār | 12,451 |
| 82 | al-ʿAbbāsīyah | Janūb Kurdufān | 12,207 |
| 83 | Marabba | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 12,108 |
| 84 | Abū ʿUsar | al-Jazīrah | 12,055 |
| 85 | Wagar | Kassalā | 11,950 |
| 86 | Bufi | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 11,802 |
| 87 | Yirōl | al-Buh̨ayrāt | 11,646 |
| 88 | ad-Dabbah | aš-Šamālīyah | 11,626 |
| 89 | al-Mūʿşadiyah | al-Jazīrah | 11,450 |
| 90 | al-Matammah | Nahr-an-Nil | 11,366 |
| 91 | al-Fūlah | Ġarb Kurdufān | 11,238 |
| 92 | Gabait | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 11,095 |
| 93 | Lagawa | Ġarb Kurdufān | 11,024 |
| 94 | Maharaybah | al-Jazīrah | 11,000 |
| 95 | Umm Kaddādah | Šamāl Dārfūr | 10,979 |
| 96 | Ţābat | al-Jazīrah | 10,976 |
| 97 | al-H̨awš | al-Jazīrah | 10,795 |
| 98 | Tambūl | al-Jazīrah | 10,489 |
| 99 | Abū Karšola | Janūb Kurdufān | 10,487 |
| 100 | Ler | al-Wah̨dah | 10,486 |
| 101 | al-Kurumuk | an-Nīl-al-Azraq | 10,375 |
| 102 | Wad Rāwah | al-Jazīrah | 10,348 |
| 103 | Marawī | aš-Šamālīyah | 10,234 |
| 104 | Gulli | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 10,177 |
| 105 | al-Kawah | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 10,167 |
| 106 | Kutum | Šamāl Dārfūr | 9,849 |
| 107 | al-Karaymat | al-Jazīrah | 9,775 |
| 108 | Kabūšīyah | Nahr-an-Nil | 9,678 |
| 109 | Tambura | Ġarb-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 9,483 |
| 110 | Galgani | Sinnār | 9,472 |
| 111 | Qalaʿ-an-Nah̨l | al-Qad̨ārif | 9,374 |
| 112 | al-Musallamīyah | al-Jazīrah | 9,373 |
| 113 | Wad-az-Zakī | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 9,271 |
| 114 | Umm Jarr | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 9,038 |
| 115 | Šarafāt | al-Jazīrah | 9,037 |
| 116 | Abū H̨ijār | Sinnār | 8,626 |
| 117 | āl-Faw | al-Qad̨ārif | 8,366 |
| 118 | Miallayab | al-Jazīrah | 8,300 |
| 119 | Argu | aš-Šamālīyah | 7,716 |
| 120 | Bentiu | al-Wah̨dah | 7,653 |
| 121 | Kāpōēta | Šarq-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 7,042 |
| 122 | Karmah-an-Nuzul | aš-Šamālīyah | 3,928 |
| 123 | Raga | Ġarb Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl | 3,700 |
| 124 | Nzara | Ġarb-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 0 |
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khartoum | 4,199,607 |
| 2 | Janūb Dārfūr | 2,815,633 |
| 3 | al-Jazīrah | 2,743,664 |
| 4 | Šamāl Kurdufān | 2,479,075 |
| 5 | Ġarb-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 1,696,303 |
| 6 | Šamāl Dārfūr | 1,551,429 |
| 7 | Sinnār | 1,502,047 |
| 8 | Ġarb Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl | 1,442,277 |
| 9 | al-Qad̨ārif | 1,341,483 |
| 10 | Ġarb Kurdufān | 1,295,331 |
| 11 | Aʿālī-an-Nīl | 1,180,972 |
| 12 | Junqalī | 1,170,057 |
| 13 | an-Nīl-al-Azraq | 1,164,987 |
| 14 | an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨ | 1,160,634 |
| 15 | Kassalā | 1,145,874 |
| 16 | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 1,102,698 |
| 17 | Janūb Kurdufān | 1,092,720 |
| 18 | Nahr-an-Nil | 1,008,493 |
| 19 | Ġarb Dārfūr | 987,099 |
| 20 | Warab | 966,902 |
| 21 | Šamāl Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl | 812,334 |
| 22 | aš-Šamālīyah | 811,898 |
| 23 | al-Buh̨ayrāt | 555,333 |
| 24 | Bah̨r-al-Jabal | 327,172 |
| 25 | al-Wah̨dah | 258,456 |
| 26 | Šarq-al-Istiwāʿīyah | 223,199 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.