Algeria vs Sudan: Population

Algeria

46.16 million people

in 2023

Sudan

50.04 million people

in 2023

Algeria rank

33rd

Sudan rank

30th

Population over time

Sudan currently reports 50.04 million people against 46.16 million people in Algeria, a difference of 3.88 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sudan ahead.

Algeria ranks 33rd and Sudan ranks 30th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.