Somalia vs Sudan
Somalia vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 27.9% in Somalia in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Sudan, by 12.2 percentage points, or 7.5 times that in Somalia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Somalia.
- The world as a whole: 43.6% in 2016.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Somalia | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 27.9 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 26.1 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 27.6 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 23.9 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 15 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 2.7 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | – | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | – | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 1.8 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 1.6 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 1.5 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 1.4 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 1.3 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | – | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.2 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1.1 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.1 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1.1 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.1 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 0.4 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 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
Somalia vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySomalia: 58.8 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySomalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySomalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSomalia: 3.79% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSomalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSomalia: 18.4 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSomalia: 3.57% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSomalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSomalia: 55.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSomalia: 15.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSomalia: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSomalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSomalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSomalia: $193M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSomalia: $10 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSomalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSomalia: 14,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSomalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSomalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSomalia: 2 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025