📜 A long story
Sudan, 1800 → today
Sudan grew from 3.99 million in 1800 to 50 million; a newborn can expect 20.5 more years of life than in 1950.
Told with long-run reconstructions, not the yearly series used elsewhere on the site: each chapter names its source. Scroll to move through the years.
☺ Chapter 1 · Population
How many people live there?
1800
In 1800, about 3.99 million people lived in Sudan.
1900
5.17 million people.
1.3× the 1800 level
1950
6.19 million people.
1.2× the 1900 level
2023
50 million people, the latest year in this series.
8.1× the 1950 level
Reached twice the 1800 level in 1959.
Reached 5 times the 1800 level in 1986.
Reached 10 times the 1800 level in 2015.
Long-run series: before 1950, reconstructions by HYDE and Gapminder, filled in between benchmark years by those sources. Log scale: equal steps up mean equal growth rates.
✚ Chapter 2 · Life expectancy
How long do people live?
1950
In 1950, a newborn in Sudan could expect to live 45.8 years, on average.
2023
66.3 years, the latest year in this series.
+21 years since 1950
Passed 50 years in 1961.
Passed 60 years in 2006.
Long-run series: before 1950, historical estimates (Riley, Clio Infra, Human Mortality Database), only for years they cover.
❦ Chapter 3 · CO₂ per person
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
1950
In 1950, fossil fuels and industry in Sudan emitted about 0.1 t of CO₂ per person.
2024
0.4 t, the latest year in this series.
4.3× the 1950 level
Reached twice the 1950 level in 1963.
Reached 5 times the 1950 level in 2007.
The sharpest fall in the data: down 51% between 1974 and 1981 (0.4 t → 0.2 t).
Long-run series: fossil CO₂ emitted within each country’s borders (Global Carbon Budget); early estimates are less certain. Log scale: equal steps up mean equal growth rates.
☕ Chapter 4 · Years of schooling
How long do people go to school?
1870
In 1870, people aged 15–64 in Sudan had spent 0.01 years in school, on average.
1900
0.02 years.
about the same as 1870
1950
0.4 years.
+0.33 years since 1900
2015
3.9 years, the latest year in this series.
+3.5 years since 1950
Passed 2 years in 1990.
Long-run series (Lee & Lee, Barro & Lee) for people aged 15–64, every 5 years until 2015: a different age group than today’s figure (25 and older).