Canada vs Sudan
Canada vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $939 in Canada in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Canada, by $637, or 83 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | – |
| 2024 | $774 | – |
| 2023 | $739 | – |
| 2022 | $651 | – |
| 2021 | $644 | $8 |
| 2020 | $617 | $20 |
| 2019 | $567 | $16 |
| 2018 | $583 | $23 |
| 2017 | $584 | $104 |
| 2016 | $483 | $67 |
| 2015 | $509 | $58 |
| 2014 | $555 | – |
| 2013 | $527 | – |
| 2012 | $589 | – |
| 2011 | $622 | – |
| 2010 | $568 | – |
| 2009 | $563 | $93 |
| 2008 | $582 | $97 |
| 2007 | $529 | $75 |
| 2006 | $454 | $52 |
| 2005 | $402 | $38 |
| 2004 | $355 | $41 |
| 2003 | $314 | $13 |
| 2002 | $271 | $17 |
| 2001 | $270 | $14 |
| 2000 | $270 | $21 |
| 1999 | $270 | $16 |
| 1998 | $257 | $10 |
| 1997 | $266 | $4 |
| 1996 | $291 | $4 |
| 1995 | $313 | $6 |
| 1994 | $330 | $10 |
| 1993 | $358 | $11 |
| 1992 | $381 | $8 |
| 1991 | $405 | $61 |
| 1990 | $414 | $54 |
| 1989 | $396 | – |
| 1988 | $370 | $18 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013