El Obeid has a population of 393,311, making it the 7th largest place we list in Sudan. It is in North Kordofan.
El Obeid holds 0.74% of Sudan's 53,282,719 people. Khartoum, the largest place we list there, is 5.0 times its size.
393,311
population
#7
in Sudan
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Nyala | Southern Darfur | 565,734 |
| Port Sudan | Red Sea | 489,725 |
| Kassala | Kassala | 401,477 |
| Al Qadarif | Al Qaḑārif | 363,945 |
| Kosti | White Nile | 345,068 |
| Wad Medani | Al Jazirah | 332,714 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.