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Sudan vs Sweden
How Sudan and Sweden compare on 37 measures, from 1751 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Sweden was higher: 83.3 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Sweden was higher: $55,010 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Sudan was higher: 50 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Sweden was higher: 1.2% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Sweden was higher: 3.57 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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