India vs Sudan: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
India
35.7%
in 2025
Sudan
34.9%
in 2025
India rank
199th
Sudan rank
200th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- India
- Sudan
How they compare
India currently reports 35.7% against 34.9% in Sudan, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was India ahead.
India ranks 199th and Sudan ranks 200th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, India averaged higher in 37 and Sudan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 10.7% | 0.0% | 10.7% | India |
| 1100s | 11.2% | 0.0% | 11.2% | India |
| 1200s | 11.7% | 0.0% | 11.7% | India |
| 1300s | 12.1% | 0.0% | 12.1% | India |
| 1400s | 12.6% | 0.0% | 12.6% | India |
| 1500s | 13.1% | 0.1% | 13.0% | India |
| 1600s | 15.0% | 0.3% | 14.7% | India |
| 1700s | 14.0% | 0.8% | 13.2% | India |
| 1710s | 13.9% | 0.8% | 13.1% | India |
| 1720s | 13.8% | 0.9% | 12.9% | India |
| 1730s | 13.7% | 1.0% | 12.7% | India |
| 1740s | 13.6% | 1.1% | 12.5% | India |
| 1750s | 13.5% | 1.2% | 12.3% | India |
| 1760s | 13.4% | 1.3% | 12.1% | India |
| 1770s | 13.3% | 1.5% | 11.8% | India |
| 1780s | 13.2% | 1.6% | 11.6% | India |
| 1790s | 13.1% | 1.8% | 11.3% | India |
| 1800s | 13.0% | 1.9% | 11.1% | India |
| 1810s | 13.0% | 2.1% | 10.9% | India |
| 1820s | 12.0% | 2.3% | 9.7% | India |
| 1830s | 12.0% | 2.5% | 9.5% | India |
| 1840s | 11.0% | 2.8% | 8.2% | India |
| 1850s | 11.0% | 3.0% | 8.0% | India |
| 1860s | 10.0% | 3.3% | 6.7% | India |
| 1870s | 8.7% | 3.6% | 5.1% | India |
| 1880s | 9.0% | 4.0% | 5.0% | India |
| 1890s | 10.0% | 4.4% | 5.6% | India |
| 1900s | 10.9% | 4.8% | 6.1% | India |
| 1910s | 10.3% | 5.2% | 5.1% | India |
| 1920s | 11.2% | 5.7% | 5.5% | India |
| 1930s | 12.0% | 6.3% | 5.7% | India |
| 1940s | 13.9% | 6.9% | 7.0% | India |
| 1950s | 17.6% | 8.6% | 9.0% | India |
| 1960s | 18.6% | 14.5% | 4.1% | India |
| 1970s | 21.3% | 18.8% | 2.6% | India |
| 1980s | 24.5% | 23.0% | 1.5% | India |
| 1990s | 26.5% | 31.8% | 5.3% | Sudan |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 32.4% | 3.5% | Sudan |
| 2010s | 32.4% | 33.7% | 1.4% | Sudan |
| 2020s | 34.9% | 34.8% | 0.2% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, India or Sudan?
- India, at 35.7% against 34.9% in Sudan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between India and Sudan?
- 0.8%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sudan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do India and Sudan rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- India ranks 199th and Sudan ranks 200th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.