Sudan vs Uganda
Sudan vs Uganda: Internet users
Internet users: 18.6% in Sudan in 2017 and 9% in Uganda in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sudan, by 11.2 percentage points, or 2.51 times that in Uganda.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Uganda.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Sudan | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | – | 9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | 9.3 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | 9.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | – | 10 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | – | 7.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | – | 11.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | – | 9.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.6 | 7.4 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 14.1 | 5.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 12 | 5.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | – | 5.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | – | 5.1 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | – | 4.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | – | 4.6 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | – | 4.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | – | 4.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | – | 3.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | – | 2.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | – | 1.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.8 | 0.7 | – |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 0.4 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 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
Sudan vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016