Sudan is home to more ancient pyramids than Egypt — the Meroe Pyramids of the ancient Nubian kingdoms. The country has been in political transition amid ongoing civil conflict.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 27 people per km² rank 158 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.618 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 3.4% of its people, 6.2% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 718,723 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Indonesia (1,904,569 km²) |
| Closest in population | Uganda (48,656,601 people) |
Sudan is the only country in our list that uses SDG.