Pakistan vs Sudan
Pakistan vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 57.3% in Pakistan in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sudan, by 4.8 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Pakistan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Pakistan.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Pakistan | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 57.3 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | – | 67 |
| 2021 | – | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 18.9 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 17.1 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 15.3 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 13.8 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 11 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 10 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 9 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 8.1 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 8 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 8 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 7.5 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 7 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 6.5 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 6.2 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 2.6 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 1.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 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
Pakistan vs Sudan
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