South Sudan vs Tanzania
South Sudan vs Tanzania: Internet users
Internet users: 6.7% in South Sudan in 2019 and 31.2% in Tanzania in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 9.9 percentage points, or 2.49 times that in South Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
- The world as a whole: 53.9% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | South Sudan | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | – | 31.2 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | 28.4 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | 26.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | – | 22.9 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | – | 19.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 15.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 2.6 | 7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 1.5 | 4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | – | 3.2 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | – | 2.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | – | 2.4 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | – | 1.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | – | 1.6 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | – | 1.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | – | 1.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | – | 0.9 | – |
| 2003 | – | 0.7 | – |
| 2002 | – | 0.2 | – |
| 2001 | – | 0.2 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 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.
- 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 Sudan vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025