South Africa vs Sudan
South Africa vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 78.4% in South Africa in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 37.6 percentage points, or 3.02 times that in Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- South Africa has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | South Africa | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 78.4 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 78.3 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 78.3 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 75 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 72.1 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 69.7 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 62.4 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 56.2 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 54 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 51.9 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 49 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 46.5 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 41 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 34 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 24 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 10 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 8.4 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 7.6 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 7.5 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 8.4 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 6.7 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 6.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 5.3 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4.1 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2.9 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1.6 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.7 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | – |
| 1991 | 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
South Africa vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySouth Africa: 66.1 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Africa: 3.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Africa: 27.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Africa: 3.75% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Africa: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Africa: 63.2 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Africa: 1.32% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Africa: 2.22 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Africa: 63.8% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Africa: 28.2 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Africa: 6.5% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Africa: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Africa: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Africa: $3B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSouth Africa: $49 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSouth Africa: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSouth Africa: 89,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Africa: 0.55% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Africa: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Africa: 30 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Africa: 115 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013