Digital 2024: Sudan
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This page contains all the latest data, insights, and trends you need to help you understand how people in Sudan use digital devices and services in 2024.
If you want to check whether this is our most up-to-date report for Sudan, or if you’re looking for data on digital trends and behaviours in Sudan for previous years, you can find DataReportal’s full collection of reports on Sudan by clicking here.
You’ll also find the complete Digital 2024 report for Sudan in the “full report” section below, but we’ll start by taking a look at the essential headline numbers for Sudan this year.
Just before that, we’d like to thank We Are Social and Meltwater for making the 2024 Global Digital Reports series possible.
OK, let’s get into the data…
The state of digital in Sudan in 2024
Here are DataReportal’s essential headlines for digital adoption and use in Sudan in early 2024:
There were 13.99 million internet users in Sudan at the start of 2024, when internet penetration stood at 28.7 percent.
Sudan was home to 2.91 million social media users in January 2024, equating to 6.0 percent of the total population.
A total of 29.15 million cellular mobile connections were active in Sudan in early 2024, with this figure equivalent to 59.8 percent of the total population.
These headline stats offer a great overview of the “state of digital” in Sudan, but in order to make sense of how digital trends and behaviours are evolving, we need to dig deeper into the data.
Let’s take a closer look at what the latest numbers tell us, starting with some valuable context relating to the population of Sudan.
Population of Sudan in 2024
The population of Sudan stood at 48.73 million in January 2024.
Data shows that Sudan’s population increased by 1.2 million (+2.6 percent) between early 2023 and the start of 2024.
50.0 percent of Sudan’s population is female, while 50.0 percent of the population is male.
At the start of 2024, 36.6 percent of Sudan’s population lived in urban centres, while 63.4 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 Sudan’s population is 18.6.
Here’s how Sudan’s total population breaks down by age group:
15.0 percent is between the ages of 0 and 4.
20.9 percent is between the ages of 5 and 12.
11.0 percent is between the ages of 13 and 17.
12.8 percent is between the ages of 18 and 24.
14.9 percent is between the ages of 25 and 34.
11.2 percent is between the ages of 35 and 44.
6.4 percent is between the ages of 45 and 54.
4.2 percent is between the ages of 55 and 64.
3.6 percent is aged 65 and above.
Note: percentages may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
Internet use in Sudan in 2024
There were 13.99 million internet users in Sudan in January 2024.
Sudan’s internet penetration rate stood at 28.7 percent of the total population at the start of 2024.
Kepios analysis indicates that internet users in Sudan increased by 357 thousand (+2.6 percent) between January 2023 and January 2024.
For perspective, these user figures reveal that 34.74 million people in Sudan did not use the internet at the start of 2024, suggesting that 71.3 percent of the population remained offline at the beginning of the year.
However, complexities associated with the collection and analysis of internet user data mean that it can often take several months before research is ready for publication. As a result, the latest published figures for internet use invariably under-represent reality, and actual adoption and growth may be higher than the figures shown here suggest. Please see our comprehensive notes on data for further details.
Dig deeper: for the latest insights into internet adoption and use around the world, follow our regular Global Statshot reports.
Internet connection speeds in Sudan in 2024
Data published by Ookla indicate that internet users in Sudan could have expected the following internet connection speeds at the start of 2024:
Median mobile internet connection speed via cellular networks: 7.70 Mbps.
Median fixed internet connection speed: 7.61 Mbps.
Ookla’s data reveals that the median mobile internet connection speed in Sudan decreased by 5.68 Mbps (-42.5 percent) in the twelve months to the start of 2024.
Meanwhile, Ookla’s data shows that fixed internet connection speeds in Sudan increased by 2.56 Mbps (+50.7 percent) during the same period.
Social media statistics for Sudan in 2024
DataReportal’s figures show that there were 2.91 million active social media user identities in Sudan in January 2024.
Note: over the past year, we’ve made some important changes to how we calculate social media user numbers, and the data sources that we use to inform these calculations have also made significant and wide-ranging revisions to their published figures during that period.
As a result, our latest figure for social media use might appear to be quite different to the values that we published in previous years.
Because of this, we advise caution when comparing the social media user values published in this year’s reports with those published in previous years, especially because changes in reported values may be the result of “corrections” in the source data, as well as changes in actual user behaviour.
The number of social media users in Sudan at the start of 2024 was equivalent to 6.0 percent of the total population, but it’s important to stress that social media users may not represent unique individuals (see our detailed notes on data to learn why).
Meanwhile, data published in the ad planning tools of top social media platforms indicates that there were 2.91 million users aged 18 and above using social media in Sudan at the start of 2024, which was equivalent to 11.3 percent of the total population aged 18 and above at that time.
More broadly, 20.8 percent of Sudan’s total internet user base (regardless of age) used at least one social media platform in January 2024.
At that time, 24.6 percent of Sudan’s social media users were female, while 75.4 percent were male.
Note: gender data are currently only available for “female” and “male”.
Note: due to significant revisions in source data, we regret that we’re currently unable to provide reliable figures for the year-on-year change in social media users in Sudan. We recommend that readers do not compare our latest figures for social media use with figures published in our previous reports, because such comparisons will deliver inaccurate results.
TikTok users in Sudan in 2024
Figures published in ByteDance’s advertising resources indicate that TikTok had 2.91 million users aged 18 and above in Sudan in early 2024.
Note that ByteDance allows marketers to target TikTok ads to users aged 13 and above via its advertising tools, but these tools only show audience data for users aged 18 and above.
For context, ByteDance’s figures indicate that TikTok ads reached 11.3 percent of all adults aged 18 and above in Sudan at the start of 2024.
Meanwhile, TikTok’s ad reach in Sudan was equivalent to 20.8 percent of the local internet user base at the beginning of the year, regardless of age.
In early 2024, 24.6 percent of TikTok’s ad audience in Sudan was female, while 75.4 percent was male.
Note: ByteDance’s advertising resources only publish audience gender data for “female” and “male” users.
Having said that, ad audiences often only account for a subset of a platform’s total users, and given that TikTok’s ad tools only publish data for users aged 18 and above, it’s important to remember that trends in TikTok’s ad reach figures may not necessarily match changes in the platform’s overall user base.
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Mobile connections in Sudan in 2024
Data from GSMA Intelligence shows that there were 29.15 million cellular mobile connections in Sudan at the start of 2024.
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 59.8 percent of the total population in January 2024.
The number of mobile connections in Sudan decreased by 4.9 million (-14.4 percent) between the start of 2023 and the start of 2024.
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 2024 numbers for Sudan:
Read our complete Digital 2024 Global Overview Report to get a comprehensive overview of the “state of digital” around the world in 2024.
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 2024: Sudan report in the embed below (click here if you can’t see that, or if you can’t change the slides).