Egypt vs Sudan
Egypt vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 74.7% in Egypt in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Egypt, by 26.4 percentage points, or 2.42 times that in Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 1994.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Egypt | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 74.7 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 74 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 72.2 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 72.1 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 71.9 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 57.3 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 46.9 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 45 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 41.3 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 37.8 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 33.9 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 29.4 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 26.4 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 25.6 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 21.6 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 20 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 18 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 13.7 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 12.8 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 11.9 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 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
Egypt vs Sudan
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