Wad Madanī — UN urban centre
Wad Madanī: 403,988 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,400 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4876; territory: Sudan (SDN). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 14.385, 33.5315. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 134,392 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 198,329 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 224,270 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 230,931 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 249,336 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 274,317 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 302,002 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 329,831 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 358,341 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 394,635 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 403,988 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 487,639 | Projection |
| 2035 | 510,934 | Projection |
| 2040 | 529,485 | Projection |
| 2045 | 548,730 | Projection |
| 2050 | 565,287 | Projection |
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