Benin vs Sudan
Benin vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 34% in Benin in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Benin, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Benin has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Benin | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 34 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 32.4 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 30.5 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 28.2 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 22.1 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 20.5 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 19 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 6 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 4.9 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 4.5 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.1 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 3.1 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 2.2 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1.9 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.3 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.2 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Benin vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025