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Egypt vs Sudan
How Egypt and Sudan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Egypt was higher: 71.6 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Egypt was higher: $4,253 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Egypt was higher: 115 million people against 50 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Egypt was higher: 1.12% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Egypt was higher: 2.5 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 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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