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Eritrea vs Sudan
How Eritrea and Sudan compare on 36 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Eritrea was higher: 68.6 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2011, Sudan was higher: $1,388 against $751
- Population · In 2023, Sudan was higher: 50 million people against 3.47 million people
- Military spending · In 2003, Eritrea was higher: 20.87% of GDP against 1.86% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Sudan was higher: 0.43 tonnes against 0.22 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEritrea: 68.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEritrea: 3.87% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateEritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthEritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEritrea: 34.5% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageEritrea: 18.7 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEritrea: 4.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personEritrea: $75 in 2003Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingEritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelEritrea: 202,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerEritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEritrea: 0 TIV in 2006Sudan: 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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