South Sudan vs Sudan
South Sudan vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 6.7% in South Sudan in 2019 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sudan, by 14.5 percentage points, or 4.54 times that in South Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2015.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | South Sudan | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | – | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | – | 67 |
| 2021 | – | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | – | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 4.1 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 2.6 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 1.5 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | – | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | – | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | – | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | – | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | – | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | – | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | – | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | – | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | – | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | – | 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.
- 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 Sudan vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025