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Sudan vs Tanzania
How Sudan and Tanzania compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Tanzania was higher: 67 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Tanzania was higher: $1,153 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Tanzania was higher: 66.6 million people against 50 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Tanzania was higher: 1.12% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Sudan was higher: 0.43 tonnes against 0.31 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 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, UNESCO, 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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