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Brazil vs Sudan
How Brazil and Sudan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 75.9 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Brazil was higher: $9,748 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 211 million people against 50 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Brazil was higher: 1.15% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Brazil was higher: 2.32 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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