Algeria vs Sudan: Population, total

Algeria

47.44 million

in 2025

Sudan

51.66 million

in 2025

Algeria rank

33rd

Sudan rank

30th

Population, total over time

Algeria
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 51.66 million against 47.44 million in Algeria, a difference of 4.23 million.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Algeria ahead.

Globally, Algeria ranks 33rd and Sudan ranks 30th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Population, total in Algeria
Population, total in Sudan
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Population, total
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.