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Sudan

At a glance

  • Sudan has a population of about 51.7M; its total GDP of $60.2B ranks #90 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 1,856,208 km² is about 9.8× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Fixed broadband stands out most against the median: 0.1 per 100 — rank #160 of 168 countries with data.

Sudan: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 51.7M (2025) #30 / 169 median 11.5M · 4.5×
Population growth 2.4% (2025) #30 / 169 median 1.1% · 2.2×
Urban population share 34.9% (2025) #144 / 169 median 63.8% · 55%
Population aged 65+ 3.4% (2025) #135 / 169 median 7.4% · 46%
Fertility rate 4.3 (2024) #16 / 169 median 2.1 · 2.0×
Birth rate 33.0‰ (2024) #18 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 2.1×
Death rate 6.3‰ (2024) #110 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 89%
Net migration 291.5K (2025) #6 / 169 N/A
Surface area 1,856,208 km² #16 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 9.8×
Population density derived 27.8/km² (2025) #129 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 38%
Economy
GDP (total) $60.2B (2025) #90 / 168 median $80.7B · 75%
GDP per capita $1,165 (2025) #146 / 168 median $6,834 · 17%
GNI per capita $900 (2025) #154 / 168 median $6,350 · 14%
GDP growth (annual) 3.1% (2025) #85 / 168 median 3.1% · 100%
Inflation rate 138.8% (2022) #3 / 162 median 3.3% · 42×
Unemployment rate 7.5% (2022) #52 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.5×
Gini index 34.2 (2014) #84 / 153 median 35.3 · 97%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 10.1% (2014) #52 / 153 median 2.5% · 4.0×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 1.1% (2025) #163 / 163 median 35.0% · 3%
Imports share of GDP 1.3% (2025) #163 / 163 median 40.2% · 3%
Agriculture share of GDP 29.4% (2025) #15 / 168 median 7.2% · 4.1×
Manufacturing share of GDP 5.1% (2009) #144 / 165 median 11.2% · 46%
International tourist arrivals 836K (2018) #98 / 162 median 1.1M · 74%
Tourism receipts $1B (2018) #71 / 165 median $705M · 1.5×
Health & education
Life expectancy 66.5 years (2024) #135 / 169 median 73.8 years · 90%
Infant mortality 42.9‰ (2024) #23 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 3.3×
Under-five mortality 61.6‰ (2024) #20 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 3.9×
DPT immunization 39.0% (2024) #166 / 166 median 90.5% · 43%
Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) #145 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 33%
Health spending share of GDP 2.9% (2023) #154 / 165 median 6.5% · 44%
Secondary school enrollment 43.5% (2019) #147 / 167 median 90.5% · 48%
Education spending share of GDP 2.0% (2009) #150 / 165 median 4.1% · 49%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.511 (2023) #148 / 165 median 0.754 · 68%
Internet users 18.6% (2017) #157 / 169 median 81.5% · 23%
Mobile subscriptions 70.2 per 100 (2022) #146 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 60%
Fixed broadband 0.1 per 100 (2022) #160 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1%
Electricity access 66.0% (2024) #134 / 169 median 99.9% · 66%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 0.4 t (2024) #136 / 165 median 2.6 t · 16%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 21.9 Mt (2024) #81 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.0×
Renewable electricity share 58.0% (2021) #59 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.7×
Renewable energy consumption 61.0% (2021) #37 / 169 median 26.9% · 2.3×
Forest area 9.6% (2023) #133 / 169 median 32.4% · 29%
Agricultural land 60.3% (2023) #35 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.4×
Arable land 11.2% (2023) #82 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.0×
PM2.5 exposure 37.6 µg/m³ (2023) #26 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.9×
Military spending 0.9% (2021) #125 / 157 median 1.8% · 51%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Sudan's true-shape outline

Sudan's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 1,856,208 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).