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Kenya vs Sudan
How Kenya and Sudan compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Sudan was higher: 66.3 years against 63.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Kenya was higher: $1,908 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Kenya was higher: 55.3 million people against 50 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Kenya was higher: 1.08% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Sudan was higher: 0.43 tonnes against 0.38 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Sudan: 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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