Defence spending
US$375.21m
0.9% of GDPGDP 2026
2021 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
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Northern Africa · Military profile
Sudan country profile with source-backed equipment operators and dated national observations. The linked records retain their published sources and reference years.
01 / National data
Military, personnel and economic indicators
2021 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
184 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Sudan |
|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | |
| Chengdu J-7 | 12Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Mikoyan MiG-29 | 10Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | 42024 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | 32024 |
| Nanchang Q-5 | 20Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Shenyang J-6 | 8Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Sukhoi Su-24 | 7Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Sukhoi Su-25 | 15Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Support aircraft | |
| Airbus A320 family | In service |
| Antonov An-12 | 5Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Antonov An-26 | 2Air Force · 2025 1Sudanese Air Force · 2024Wikipedia |
| Antonov An-30 | 4Sudanese Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Equipment | Sudan |
|---|---|
| Tanks | |
| Al-Zubair 2 | 50–1002026Wikipedia |
| M60 tank | 202026Wikipedia |
| T-72 | 2302026Wikipedia |
| Type 59 tank | In service |
| Type 63 (tank) | 452026Wikipedia |
| Type 72Z | 502026Wikipedia |
| Type 96 tank | 402026Wikipedia |
| Armoured vehicles | |
| Alvis Saracen | In service |
| AMX-VCI | In service |
| BAE Caiman | 702026Wikipedia |
| BMP-1 | 2002026Wikipedia |
| BMP-2 | 1002026Wikipedia |
| Equipment | Sudan |
|---|---|
| Air defence | |
| 9K33 Osa | 302026Wikipedia |
| Akash (missile) | In service |
| Hisar (missile family) | In service |
| HQ-16 | In service |
| HQ-6 | In service |
| HQ-9 | In service |
| M163 VADS | In service |
| M167 VADS | 162026Wikipedia |
| S-75 Dvina | In service |
| Anti-aircraft guns | |
| 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) | 1702026Wikipedia |
| AZP S-60 | 2002026Wikipedia |
| ZPU | ≥4,0002026Wikipedia |
| Equipment | Sudan |
|---|---|
| Small arms | |
| AGS-17 | In service |
| AK-47 | In service |
| AKM | In service |
| AMD-65 | In service |
| AR-M1 | In service |
| Beretta M12 | In service |
| Beretta M1951 | In service |
| Browning Hi-Power | In service |
| CZ 75 | In service |
| Degtyaryov machine gun | In service |
| Heckler & Koch G3 | In service |
| Heckler & Koch HK21 | In service |
| Equipment | Sudan |
|---|---|
| Radar & sensors | |
| BEL Battle Field Surveillance Radar | In service |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
04 / Data record
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 IISS population assessment | 51,767,437 people | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | superseded |
National full-time active military personnel; the separately reported reserve, gendarmerie and paramilitary totals are excluded.
2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate.
Annual nominal GDP at current market prices, in source-reported current US dollars. Excludes purchasing-power-parity GDP and real GDP growth. Explicit 2026 economic-table year column; USD 39.5bn. The table was compiled in the November 2025 IISS assessment; this annual figure is an assessment/estimate and does not assert a final audited outturn. The explicit 2026 column is forward-looking relative to the November 2025 assessment and is retained as a forecast, not an observed final outturn.
2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count.
Military reserve personnel in the 2025 IISS source edition cited by this Wikipedia row. Reservists are not normally kept under arms and are available for mobilisation. Excludes the separately reported Active military and Paramilitary columns. This is the cited edition year, not an exact census date.
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