Digital 2022: Sudan
This page contains all the data, insights, and trends you need to help you understand how people in Sudan use connected devices and services in 2022.
You’ll find our complete Digital 2022 report on Sudan in the “full report” section below, but let’s start by taking a look at the essential headlines for digital adoption and use in Sudan this year.
Sudan’s population in 2022
Sudan’s total population was 45.45 million in January 2022.
Data show that Sudan’s population increased by 1.1 million (+2.4 percent) between 2021 and 2022.
50.0 percent of Sudan’s population is female, while 50.0 percent of the population is male.
At the start of 2022, 36.0 percent of Sudan’s population lived in urban centres, while 64.0 percent lived in rural areas.
Note: gender data are currently only available for “female” and “male”.
Sudan’s population by age
The median age of the population in Sudan is 20.0.
For additional context, here’s a look at how the population in Sudan breaks down by age group:
14.2 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 0 and 4.
20.2 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 5 and 12.
11.3 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 13 and 17.
13.8 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 18 and 24.
14.7 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 25 and 34.
10.2 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 35 and 44.
7.2 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 45 and 54.
4.7 percent of Sudan’s population is between the ages of 55 and 64.
3.8 percent of Sudan’s population is aged 65 and above.
Note: percentages may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
Internet use in Sudan in 2022
There were 14.03 million internet users in Sudan in January 2022.
Sudan’s internet penetration rate stood at 30.9 percent of the total population at the start of 2022.
Kepios analysis indicates that internet users in Sudan increased by 331 thousand (+2.4 percent) between 2021 and 2022.
For perspective, these user figures reveal that 31.42 million people in Sudan did not use the internet at the start of 2022, meaning that 69.1 percent of the population remained offline at the beginning of the year.
However, issues relating to COVID-19 continue to impact research into internet adoption, so actual internet user figures may be higher than these published numbers suggest (see here for further details).
For the latest insights into internet adoption and use around the world, follow our regular Global Statshot reports.
Internet connection speeds in Sudan in 2022
Data published by Ookla indicate that internet users in Sudan could have expected the following internet connection speeds at the start of 2022:
Median mobile internet connection speed via cellular networks: 8.74 Mbps.
Median fixed internet connection speed: 3.59 Mbps.
Ookla’s data reveals that the median mobile internet connection speed in Sudan increased by 2.81 Mbps (+47.4 percent) in the twelve months to the start of 2022.
Meanwhile, Ookla’s data shows that fixed internet connection speeds in Sudan increased by 0.23 Mbps (+6.8 percent) during the same period.
Social media statistics for Sudan in 2022
Note: due to significant revisions in user numbers in the source data, we regret that we’re currently unable to provide figures for the year-on-year change in social media users in Sudan.
Mobile connections in Sudan in 2022
Data from GSMA Intelligence shows that there were 35.76 million cellular mobile connections in Sudan at the start of 2022.
However, note that many people around the world make use of more than one mobile connection – for example, they might have one connection for personal use, and another one for work – so it’s not unusual for mobile connection figures to significantly exceed figures for total population.
GSMA Intelligence’s numbers indicate that mobile connections in Sudan were equivalent to 78.7 percent of the total population in January 2022.
The number of mobile connections in Sudan increased by 1.2 million (+3.4 percent) between 2021 and 2022.
Additional resources
Just before we get to the full report, here are some suggestions for further reading, which will provide additional context for our full set of Digital 2022 numbers for Sudan:
Read our complete Digital 2022 Global Overview Report to get a comprehensive overview of the “state of digital” around the world in 2022.
Click here to see all of the Global Digital Reports we’ve published on Sudan over the past decade.
Explore all of our reports on countries in Northern Africa by clicking here.
Visit our complete online reports library to find all of the (free!) reports in the Global Digital Reports series.
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Full report
You’ll find our complete Digital 2022: Sudan report in the SlideShare embed below (click here if that’s not working for you).