Sudan vs United States
Sudan vs United States: Internet users
Internet users: 18.6% in Sudan in 2017 and 94.7% in United States in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in United States, by 68.7 percentage points, or 4.69 times that in Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Sudan | United States | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | – | 94.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | 93.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | 92.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | – | 91.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | – | 90.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | – | 89.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | – | 88.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.6 | 87.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 14.1 | 85.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 12 | 74.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | – | 73 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | – | 71.4 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | – | 74.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | – | 69.7 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | – | 71.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | – | 71 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | – | 74 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 8.7 | 75 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | – | 68.9 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | – | 68 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.8 | 64.8 | – |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 61.7 | – |
| 2002 | 0.4 | 58.8 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 49.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | 43.1 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 35.8 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 30.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 21.6 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 16.4 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 9.2 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 4.9 | – |
| 1993 | – | 2.3 | – |
| 1992 | – | 1.7 | – |
| 1991 | – | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.8 | – |
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 United States
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025