The ten southern states now form part of the independent country of South Sudan.

The following 18 states form the territory of the Republic of the Sudan: In addition to the states, there also exist regional administrative bodies established by peace agreements between the central government and rebel groups: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was divided into eight provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II.

[10] Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyat, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II.

In 1991, the government reorganized the administrative regions into nine federal states, matching the nine provinces that had existed from 1948 to 1973.

As part of the new government structure in South Sudan in 2005, Bahr al Jabal was renamed Central Equatoria.