Area Database (v4.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Sudan
All years

Dependency ratio

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Sudan (Africa)  
Total 94.6 93.9 93.1 92.3 91.5 90.8 90.0 89.2 88.4 87.7 86.9 86.1 92.0 97.9 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.6
Al Gedarif 95.5 96.0 96.4 96.9 97.4 97.9 98.3 98.8 99.3 99.8 100 101 106 111 109 107 105 103 100 98.3 96.2
Al Gezira 77.5 77.9 78.3 78.7 79.1 79.5 79.9 80.4 80.8 81.2 81.6 82.0 84.8 87.5 89.6 91.7 93.7 95.8 97.9 100.0 102
Blue Nile 109 108 108 108 107 107 107 106 106 106 105 105 111 117 115 113 112 110 108 106 104
Kassala 154 148 142 135 129 122 116 110 103 96.7 90.3 83.9 89.5 95.0 94.2 93.4 92.5 91.7 90.9 90.1 89.2
Khartoum 87.8 85.5 83.2 80.9 78.6 76.3 74.0 71.8 69.5 67.2 64.9 62.6 68.4 74.2 74.8 75.5 76.1 76.7 77.3 78.0 78.6
Nahr El Nil 66.0 66.6 67.3 67.9 68.6 69.2 69.9 70.5 71.2 71.8 72.5 73.1 74.6 76.1 75.1 74.2 73.2 72.2 71.2 70.3 69.3
North Darfur 108 108 108 108 107 107 107 107 107 107 106 106 114 122 120 119 118 116 115 114 112
North Kordofan 80.7 82.6 84.4 86.3 88.2 90.0 91.9 93.8 95.6 97.5 99.3 101 106 111 108 105 102 99.1 96.1 93.2 90.2
Northern 79.9 78.7 77.6 76.4 75.3 74.1 73.0 71.8 70.7 69.5 68.4 67.2 68.4 69.5 69.7 69.9 70.1 70.3 70.5 70.7 70.9
Red Sea 57.6 58.4 59.3 60.1 61.0 61.8 62.7 63.5 64.4 65.2 66.1 66.9 70.6 74.2 72.6 71.0 69.3 67.7 66.1 64.5 62.8
Sinnar 90.0 90.3 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.2 91.4 91.6 91.8 92.1 92.3 92.5 95.5 98.4 97.7 97.0 96.3 95.6 94.9 94.2 93.5
South Darfur 107 107 106 106 105 105 104 104 103 103 102 102 111 120 120 120 121 121 121 121 121
South Kordofan 101 102 102 103 103 104 104 105 105 106 106 106 117 128 126 123 121 118 116 113 110
West Darfur 97.2 98.0 98.8 99.6 100 101 102 103 104 104 105 106 117 128 127 126 125 124 122 121 120
White Nile 124 121 117 114 111 107 104 100 96.6 93.2 89.7 86.2 89.6 93.0 94.6 96.3 97.9 99.5 101 103 104
Lighter numbers are estimates