List of Sudanese states by population

Map key:
* 1 Khartoum * 2 North Kordofan * 3 Northern * 4 Kassala * 5 Blue Nile * 6 North Darfur * 7 South Darfur * 8 South Kordofan * 9 Gezira * 10 White Nile * 11 River Nile * 12 Red Sea * 13 Al Qadarif * 14 Sennar * 15 West Darfur * 16 Central Darfur * 17 East Darfur * 18 West Kordofan

Sudan is divided into 18 states, or wilyat. The state with the largest population is Khartoum with 7,993,851 and the state with the smallest population is the Northern State with 936,235 as of 2018.[1] As of 2015, the Northern state is the only state in Sudan not to have surpassed 1 million in total population.

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