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Sudan vs United Kingdom
How Sudan and United Kingdom compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United Kingdom was higher: 81.3 years against 66.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, United Kingdom was higher: $48,420 against $582
- Population · In 2023, United Kingdom was higher: 68.7 million people against 50 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, United Kingdom was higher: 2.04% of GDP against 0.93% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United Kingdom was higher: 4.22 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013United Kingdom: 702 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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