Insights
Data-driven analysis of population, demographics and global trends — each insight built from the numbers on this site and linked to the tools behind them.
12 insights
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The 2008 census's long shadow (Arabic)
كل رقم حالي عن السودان إسقاط من تعداد أُجري قبل انتشار الهواتف الذكية هنا.
2026-08-08
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The most misleading honest number (Arabic)
متوسط الكثافة في السودان 26 نسمة للكيلومتر المربع، ولا أحد تقريباً يعيش بهذه الكثافة.
2026-08-08
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A reader's guide to the live counter (Arabic)
العداد على صفحتنا الرئيسية إسقاط حسابي وليس عداً مباشراً. هكذا تقرأه بشكل صحيح.
2026-08-08
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Half the population, harder to count
From birth registration to labour surveys, women are undercounted in specific, fixable ways.
2026-08-08
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Where our numbers come from
WorldPop grids, UN projections, World Bank indicators, WHO surveys: what each source is good for.
2026-08-08
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A 2.6 percent growth rate doubles a country in 27 years
The rule of 70 is the quickest mental math in demography.
2026-08-08
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Sudan's last census was in 2008. That shadow is long.
Every current figure for Sudan is a projection from a count taken before smartphones were common here.
2026-08-08
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Why we show male/female ratios, and how to read them
Slightly more boys are born everywhere. What happens after that varies by geography and migration.
2026-08-08
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Population density is the most misleading honest number
Sudan averages 26 people per square kilometre. Almost nobody lives at that density.
2026-08-08
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The hardest people to count are always moving
Pastoralist families cross state and national borders with the seasons. Censuses have struggled with them for a century.
2026-08-08
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How to read a live population counter
The number ticking on our homepage is a projection, not a headcount. Here is what it actually measures.
2026-08-08