Sudan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Sudan — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

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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 53,282,719, against 35,035,677 in 2005.

Source	2005	Now	Change
World Gazetteer (the work cited)	35,035,677	—	—
UN World Population Prospects	31,262,444	53,282,719	+70%

The two sources differ by 12% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	al-Khartum	7,315,344

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)	Today
1	Umm Durmān	Khartoum	2,809,445	—
2	Khartoum	Khartoum	1,974,647	1,974,647 now
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	401,477 now
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	363,945 now
11	al-Fāšir	Šamāl Dārfūr	252,609	—
12	ad̨-D̨uʿayn	Janūb Dārfūr	210,212	—
13	ad-Damazīn	an-Nīl-al-Azraq	186,051	186,051 now
14	Jūbā	Bah̨r-al-Jabal	163,442	—
15	al-Junaynah	Ġarb Dārfūr	162,981	162,981 now
16	Malakāl	Aʿālī-an-Nīl	160,765	—
17	Rabak	an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨	135,281	135,281 now
18	Sinnār	Sinnār	130,122	—
19	al-Manāqil	al-Jazīrah	128,297	128,297 now
20	Wāw	Ġarb Bah̨r-al-Ġazāl	127,384	—
21	an-Nuhūd	Ġarb Kurdufān	108,008	108,008 now
22	ʿAţbarah	Nahr-an-Nil	107,930	—
23	ad-Dāmīr	Nahr-an-Nil	103,941	103,941 now
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	33,524 now
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	32,759 now
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	35,061 now
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	36,518 now
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	40,418 now
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	35,617 now
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	—

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

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

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