South Sudan vs Sudan
South Sudan vs Sudan: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 343.7 nights in South Sudan and 242.4 nights in Sudan, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 101.3 nights, or 1.42 times that in Sudan.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- South Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts South Sudan at 361.1 nights and Sudan at 278.6 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | South Sudan | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 343.7 | 242.4 |
| 2013 | 342.1 | 240 |
| 2012 | 342.8 | 242 |
| 2011 | 343.3 | 242.2 |
| 2010 | 341.9 | 240.6 |
| 2009 | 338.8 | 236.5 |
| 2008 | 339.8 | 237.1 |
| 2007 | 336.9 | 236 |
| 2006 | 339 | 235.3 |
| 2005 | 336.8 | 233.1 |
| 2004 | 336.6 | 233.5 |
| 2003 | 338.9 | 235.6 |
| 2002 | 336.6 | 234.7 |
| 2001 | 338.7 | 235.4 |
| 2000 | 334.6 | 230.5 |
| 1999 | 331.8 | 232.1 |
| 1998 | 333.6 | 230.2 |
| 1997 | 334.5 | 231.1 |
| 1996 | 330.7 | 227.3 |
| 1995 | 329.6 | 227.8 |
| 1994 | 328.2 | 225.3 |
| 1993 | 321.9 | 219.1 |
| 1992 | 321.5 | 217.8 |
| 1991 | 329.1 | 227.3 |
| 1990 | 332.6 | 227.5 |
| 1989 | 329 | 223 |
| 1988 | 330.5 | 223.1 |
| 1987 | 328.8 | 224.4 |
| 1986 | 330.4 | 226.4 |
| 1985 | 327.1 | 222.1 |
| 1984 | 324.1 | 220.7 |
| 1983 | 322.8 | 217 |
| 1982 | 322.8 | 216.3 |
| 1981 | 329.9 | 223.2 |
| 1980 | 326.5 | 220 |
| 1979 | 325.3 | 218.4 |
| 1978 | 324.1 | 218.5 |
| 1977 | 325 | 219.3 |
| 1976 | 322.6 | 220.1 |
| 1975 | 320.8 | 215.7 |
| 1974 | 320.1 | 217.5 |
| 1973 | 325.4 | 220 |
| 1972 | 324.7 | 217.9 |
| 1971 | 319.9 | 215.5 |
| 1970 | 322.3 | 217 |
| 1969 | 318.5 | 213.1 |
| 1968 | 318.3 | 214 |
| 1967 | 315.6 | 210.3 |
| 1966 | 317.2 | 213.3 |
| 1965 | 316.5 | 213.4 |
| 1964 | 312.9 | 213.2 |
| 1963 | 309.8 | 210.1 |
| 1962 | 323.9 | 217 |
| 1961 | 323.3 | 216.9 |
| 1960 | 324.8 | 221.3 |
| 1959 | 321.5 | 217.8 |
| 1958 | 320.2 | 216.2 |
| 1957 | 322.1 | 218.9 |
| 1956 | 319.5 | 217.2 |
| 1955 | 317 | 216.6 |
| 1954 | 322.4 | 218.9 |
| 1953 | 321.6 | 215.1 |
| 1952 | 322.4 | 216.4 |
| 1951 | 323.9 | 218.5 |
| 1950 | 318.6 | 214.1 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | South Sudan | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 342.7327.5–353.3 | 242.3225.3–258.3 |
| 2016 | 342.1325.1–351.1 | 241.4223.3–254.1 |
| 2017 | 344.5326.9–353.7 | 243.2223–259.1 |
| 2018 | 344.1324.9–353.7 | 242.3226.4–258.5 |
| 2019 | 344.5324–354.2 | 243.1221.7–260.4 |
| 2020 | 344.9326.9–355.6 | 244.9225.9–261.7 |
| 2021 | 347.3329.2–355.3 | 245.6229.1–261.5 |
| 2022 | 344.5326.1–355.5 | 249230.9–262.3 |
| 2023 | 347.2329.2–357 | 247.1226.8–263.1 |
| 2024 | 350.4331.6–357.9 | 251.5232.8–266.1 |
| 2025 | 347.1330.2–357.7 | 250.7232.4–265.6 |
| 2026 | 347.6329.5–356.7 | 250230.8–266.6 |
| 2027 | 346327.1–356.1 | 248.8228.4–265.6 |
| 2028 | 349.4333.5–357.3 | 249232.2–263.1 |
| 2029 | 348.6337.5–355.6 | 251.4232.1–266 |
| 2030 | 349.3335.5–357.2 | 252235.4–266.7 |
| 2031 | 351.3336.3–357.6 | 253.3234.4–268.9 |
| 2032 | 348.6333.6–357.7 | 250.4232.3–266.6 |
| 2033 | 350.8336.7–359.4 | 254.4235.3–269.4 |
| 2034 | 350.2337.5–358.3 | 254.2234.5–269.9 |
| 2035 | 352.3331–359.5 | 258.3240.2–273.6 |
| 2036 | 352340.8–359.1 | 252.8235.6–268.6 |
| 2037 | 351.9337.4–359.5 | 256.7238.6–271.8 |
| 2038 | 354.3341.9–359.6 | 258.7244.8–272.1 |
| 2039 | 353.8340.6–360 | 259.5241.2–272.5 |
| 2040 | 353.5338.7–360.2 | 256.4236.7–272.3 |
| 2041 | 353.2336.9–360.2 | 259.1241.2–274.5 |
| 2042 | 351.9336.9–360.3 | 258.7242–274.7 |
| 2043 | 353.2336.2–359.5 | 258.1240.3–272.6 |
| 2044 | 353.7339.9–361.1 | 257.3238.6–274.7 |
| 2045 | 353.7342.2–360.6 | 258.8243.1–276.2 |
| 2046 | 355.4342.2–361 | 261.1241.7–277.6 |
| 2047 | 355.7344–361.2 | 261.4244.6–278.4 |
| 2048 | 354.7342.5–361.6 | 260.4243.4–279.5 |
| 2049 | 356.7346.4–361.1 | 261.9242.6–275.9 |
| 2050 | 356.8345.6–361.7 | 263.5245.4–279 |
| 2051 | 356345.4–361.8 | 263.6246.6–278.8 |
| 2052 | 355.3343.8–362.2 | 263.8248.7–278.3 |
| 2053 | 355.5343.4–361.7 | 262.8242.4–279.2 |
| 2054 | 356.9345.2–362.1 | 266.3246.6–282.9 |
| 2055 | 356.9345–361.7 | 265.6245.9–281.4 |
| 2056 | 356.7345.7–363.1 | 264.1242.6–281.5 |
| 2057 | 358.4349.2–362.6 | 266.4247.6–283.4 |
| 2058 | 357.7345–361.8 | 265.2247.4–280.3 |
| 2059 | 358.6348.4–362.6 | 268.4249.6–285.4 |
| 2060 | 357.7344.7–363.8 | 263.6246.7–284.4 |
| 2061 | 358.2345.8–362.7 | 266.9250.1–281.9 |
| 2062 | 357.4345.2–363.1 | 266.4248.5–285 |
| 2063 | 358.8347.3–362.6 | 267.1246.9–283.4 |
| 2064 | 358.9348.4–363.3 | 269250.7–284.7 |
| 2065 | 359.1351.1–362.9 | 269.8253.9–285.6 |
| 2066 | 359.2350.6–363.1 | 271.4251.9–287.3 |
| 2067 | 358.6347.6–363.3 | 270.9250–288.4 |
| 2068 | 359.9350.3–364.4 | 271.9251.7–289.8 |
| 2069 | 357.6347–363.1 | 268251.1–286.2 |
| 2070 | 359.5350.4–363 | 269252.3–285.8 |
| 2071 | 359.6350.5–363.2 | 275.5254.1–290.4 |
| 2072 | 360.2348.4–364.2 | 273.3254.2–289.4 |
| 2073 | 359.3350.3–363.5 | 271.9250.7–287.6 |
| 2074 | 359.5348–363.3 | 270.9249–290.1 |
| 2075 | 359.9348.5–363.4 | 273.1254–291.9 |
| 2076 | 359.4350.5–364 | 272.7255.2–290.9 |
| 2077 | 359.9352.2–363.7 | 274.6255.2–292.7 |
| 2078 | 360351.2–363.4 | 274.3255.6–291.2 |
| 2079 | 359.8350.9–363.3 | 272255.2–288.5 |
| 2080 | 361.3349.8–364.6 | 276.6256–292.2 |
| 2081 | 360.4350.5–363.9 | 275.1254.1–294.8 |
| 2082 | 360.3351–363.3 | 272.9258.7–288.6 |
| 2083 | 360351.1–363.8 | 276.5258–291.7 |
| 2084 | 360.8350.8–364.9 | 275.4253–294.9 |
| 2085 | 361352.3–363.7 | 275.3258.6–291.6 |
| 2086 | 360.4352.5–364.1 | 276.4256.9–296.6 |
| 2087 | 359.7347.8–363.8 | 273.5253.1–293.3 |
| 2088 | 360.3352.2–364.7 | 273.6253.7–293.6 |
| 2089 | 360.2352.3–363.8 | 276.5256.6–293.4 |
| 2090 | 360.2351.3–363.9 | 276.6256.4–294.6 |
| 2091 | 360.9351.6–364.1 | 277.4256.4–296.6 |
| 2092 | 360.7352.4–364.7 | 274.6254.3–294.9 |
| 2093 | 361.6354.1–363.9 | 278261.9–292.1 |
| 2094 | 361.3353.8–364.3 | 280.3262.2–294 |
| 2095 | 361.5353.2–364 | 277.5262.6–294 |
| 2096 | 361.1352.8–365.1 | 279.7258.7–297 |
| 2097 | 360.7351.9–364.2 | 276.3254.1–297.6 |
| 2098 | 361.5352.6–364.1 | 277.7258.2–295.5 |
| 2099 | 361.2352.4–364.1 | 276.8257.2–296.2 |
| 2100 | 361.1352.6–364.2 | 278.6259–294.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
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