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Pakistan vs Sudan
How Pakistan and Sudan compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Pakistan was higher: 67.7 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Pakistan was higher: $1,669 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Pakistan was higher: 248 million people against 50 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Pakistan was higher: 3.39% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Pakistan was higher: 0.81 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 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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