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Poland vs Sudan
How Poland and Sudan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Poland was higher: 78.6 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Poland was higher: $18,710 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Sudan was higher: 50 million people against 38.8 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Poland was higher: 2.22% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Poland was higher: 7.55 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPoland: 59 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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