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Belarus vs South Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 83rd vs. 41st).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus South Sudan
Population
9074112
12387398
Population rank 101/197 81/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$12B
2015
GDP rank 83/197 150/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$1,080
2015
GDP per capita rank 95/197 172/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$1,155
2015
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$6.87B
2015
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
63.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$618
2015
Government debt per person rank 94/185 159/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$1,540
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
243,990 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
49 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
3.86
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
57.9 years
2025

Belarus and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Belarus and South Sudan economies compared

GDP
Belarus

South Sudan
Year GDP
Belarus South Sudan
1990 $17,389,558,233 -
1991 $18,404,907,975 -
1992 $16,939,790,094 -
1993 $16,275,073,527 -
1994 $14,931,435,232 -
1995 $13,972,683,274 -
1996 $14,756,846,154 -
1997 $14,130,585,516 -
1998 $15,221,352,699 -
1999 $12,138,243,081 -
2000 $12,736,780,455 -
2001 $12,354,820,144 -
2002 $14,594,900,945 -
2003 $17,825,444,724 -
2004 $23,141,566,293 -
2005 $30,210,091,837 -
2006 $36,961,894,281 -
2007 $45,275,711,996 -
2008 $60,752,106,347 $14,586,253,383
2009 $50,873,167,326 $12,231,264,525
2010 $57,231,904,543 $14,602,072,411
2011 $61,762,382,328 $14,907,308,933
2012 $65,685,890,439 $11,931,472,169
2013 $75,527,558,966 $18,426,469,017
2014 $78,813,069,121 $13,962,212,847
2015 $56,454,769,845 $11,997,800,760
2016 $47,723,545,321 -
2017 $54,725,405,751 -
2018 $60,031,026,576 -
2019 $64,410,170,653 -
2020 $61,371,673,345 -
2021 $69,673,747,132 -
2022 $73,775,179,925 -
2023 $72,478,760,370 -
2024 $75,961,865,472 -

Belarus and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

South Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Belarus South Sudan
1990 $1,707 -
1991 $1,805 -
1992 $1,658 -
1993 $1,590 -
1994 $1,460 -
1995 $1,371 -
1996 $1,453 -
1997 $1,397 -
1998 $1,511 -
1999 $1,211 -
2000 $1,276 -
2001 $1,244 -
2002 $1,479 -
2003 $1,820 -
2004 $2,378 -
2005 $3,126 -
2006 $3,848 -
2007 $4,735 -
2008 $6,376 $1,654
2009 $5,352 $1,323
2010 $6,035 $1,498
2011 $6,528 $1,449
2012 $6,953 $1,109
2013 $7,998 $1,650
2014 $8,341 $1,243
2015 $5,967 $1,080
2016 $5,040 -
2017 $5,786 -
2018 $6,360 -
2019 $6,838 -
2020 $6,543 -
2021 $7,490 -
2022 $7,995 -
2023 $7,897 -
2024 $8,317 -

Belarus vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

South Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus South Sudan
1950 58.6 30.2
1951 59.4 30.6
1952 60.5 31
1953 61.5 31.4
1954 62.5 31.7
1955 63.5 32
1956 64.5 31.6
1957 65.4 30.9
1958 66.6 27.6
1959 68 27.8
1960 69.3 28.1
1961 70 28.3
1962 70.5 28.5
1963 70.8 28.2
1964 71.3 32.5
1965 71.6 28.8
1966 71.8 25.6
1967 71.9 25.9
1968 71.9 26.1
1969 71.7 25.4
1970 71.7 25.6
1971 71.6 31
1972 71.8 31.3
1973 71.7 36.3
1974 71.7 36.6
1975 71.4 36.9
1976 71.2 37.1
1977 71.1 37.4
1978 70.9 37.6
1979 70.8 37.8
1980 70.7 38
1981 70.8 38.3
1982 70.8 38.7
1983 70.7 34.7
1984 70.8 31.8
1985 71.2 32.4
1986 71.7 32.8
1987 71.9 20.7
1988 71.7 11
1989 71.5 28.2
1990 71.1 28.6
1991 70.7 29.2
1992 70.1 21.9
1993 69.5 22.3
1994 69 44.9
1995 68.8 31.5
1996 68.6 32.1
1997 68.5 33.1
1998 68.3 19
1999 68.4 44.5
2000 68.5 47.6
2001 68.4 48.6
2002 68.3 49.4
2003 68.4 52.3
2004 68.7 53.1
2005 69 54
2006 69.4 54.7
2007 70 55.4
2008 70.3 56.3
2009 70.4 56.8
2010 70.5 57.5
2011 71.1 57.7
2012 71.8 58.2
2013 72.7 58.3
2014 73.2 45.6
2015 73.8 39.8
2016 74.2 36.7
2017 74.4 35.4
2018 74.3 51.9
2019 74.3 58.1
2020 72.3 57.6
2021 72.2 57
2022 74.4 57.2
2023 74.4 57.6
2024 74.6 57.7
2025 74.8 57.9

Belarus and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

South Sudan
Year Population
Belarus South Sudan
1960 8,198,000 2,931,559
1961 8,271,216 2,976,724
1962 8,351,928 3,024,308
1963 8,437,232 3,072,669
1964 8,524,224 3,129,918
1965 8,610,000 3,189,835
1966 8,696,496 3,236,423
1967 8,785,648 3,277,648
1968 8,874,552 3,321,528
1969 8,960,304 3,365,533
1970 9,040,000 3,409,614
1971 9,115,576 3,468,646
1972 9,188,968 3,542,497
1973 9,257,272 3,627,383
1974 9,317,584 3,723,259
1975 9,367,000 3,821,494
1976 9,411,000 3,921,910
1977 9,463,000 4,024,032
1978 9,525,000 4,127,657
1979 9,584,000 4,232,605
1980 9,643,000 4,339,030
1981 9,710,000 4,447,272
1982 9,776,000 4,557,686
1983 9,843,000 4,661,574
1984 9,910,000 4,750,627
1985 9,975,000 4,834,296
1986 10,043,000 4,921,240
1987 10,111,000 4,962,395
1988 10,140,000 4,848,029
1989 10,170,000 4,713,229
1990 10,189,348 4,737,633
1991 10,194,050 4,836,677
1992 10,216,470 4,909,749
1993 10,239,050 4,956,002
1994 10,226,955 5,071,184
1995 10,193,831 5,225,836
1996 10,159,569 5,356,925
1997 10,117,433 5,509,136
1998 10,071,963 5,620,068
1999 10,026,738 5,771,628
2000 9,979,610 6,032,267
2001 9,928,549 6,308,391
2002 9,865,548 6,596,806
2003 9,796,749 6,903,127
2004 9,730,146 7,233,041
2005 9,663,915 7,590,143
2006 9,604,924 7,976,526
2007 9,560,953 8,388,788
2008 9,527,985 8,817,647
2009 9,504,583 9,243,556
2010 9,483,836 9,745,953
2011 9,461,643 10,288,109
2012 9,446,836 10,756,240
2013 9,443,211 11,166,275
2014 9,448,515 11,235,073
2015 9,461,076 11,107,561
2016 9,469,379 10,830,102
2017 9,458,989 10,259,154
2018 9,438,785 10,122,977
2019 9,419,758 10,423,384
2020 9,379,952 10,698,467
2021 9,302,585 10,865,780
2022 9,228,071 11,021,177
2023 9,178,298 11,483,374
2024 9,133,712 11,943,408

Fertility rates in Belarus and South Sudan

Fertility rate
Belarus

South Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Belarus South Sudan
1960 2.67 7.16
1961 2.59 7.18
1962 2.5 7.2
1963 2.4 7.2
1964 2.31 7.22
1965 2.27 7.22
1966 2.29 7.25
1967 2.26 7.26
1968 2.22 7.26
1969 2.26 7.28
1970 2.31 7.29
1971 2.31 7.3
1972 2.28 7.31
1973 2.25 7.31
1974 2.21 7.31
1975 2.17 7.33
1976 2.12 7.33
1977 2.08 7.33
1978 2.06 7.33
1979 2.05 7.32
1980 2.03 7.33
1981 2.02 7.33
1982 2.05 7.34
1983 2.11 7.34
1984 2.11 7.35
1985 2.09 7.36
1986 2.09 7.38
1987 2.03 7.39
1988 2.03 7.38
1989 2.03 7.37
1990 1.91 7.38
1991 1.81 7.38
1992 1.76 7.37
1993 1.62 7.36
1994 1.53 7.35
1995 1.41 7.34
1996 1.34 7.32
1997 1.25 7.2
1998 1.3 7.08
1999 1.31 6.94
2000 1.32 6.8
2001 1.29 6.65
2002 1.24 6.52
2003 1.23 6.35
2004 1.23 6.19
2005 1.25 6.02
2006 1.34 5.85
2007 1.43 5.7
2008 1.49 5.57
2009 1.51 5.45
2010 1.49 5.32
2011 1.52 5.19
2012 1.62 5.06
2013 1.67 4.94
2014 1.7 4.82
2015 1.72 4.7
2016 1.73 4.58
2017 1.54 4.48
2018 1.45 4.37
2019 1.38 4.26
2020 1.37 4.16
2021 1.37 4.05
2022 1.33 3.96
2023 1.21 3.86

Belarus and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

South Sudan
Year Median age, years
Belarus South Sudan
1960 26.6 18.6
1961 26.9 18.5
1962 27.3 18.5
1963 27.6 18.4
1964 27.9 18.4
1965 28.2 18.3
1966 28.6 18.3
1967 28.9 18.2
1968 29.3 18
1969 29.7 17.9
1970 30.1 17.7
1971 30.4 17.6
1972 30.5 17.5
1973 30.5 17.5
1974 30.5 17.4
1975 30.4 17.4
1976 30.4 17.3
1977 30.6 17.2
1978 30.9 17.2
1979 31.1 17.1
1980 31.2 17.1
1981 31.2 17
1982 31.4 16.9
1983 31.5 16.8
1984 31.7 16.8
1985 31.9 16.7
1986 32.1 16.6
1987 32.4 16.5
1988 32.6 16.8
1989 32.8 17.1
1990 33 17
1991 33.3 17
1992 33.6 17
1993 33.9 16.9
1994 34.2 16.9
1995 34.6 16.9
1996 35 16.9
1997 35.4 16.9
1998 35.8 17
1999 36.1 17.1
2000 36.5 17.2
2001 36.8 17.3
2002 37.1 17.3
2003 37.4 17.3
2004 37.7 17.4
2005 38 17.6
2006 38.3 17.8
2007 38.5 18
2008 38.7 18.2
2009 38.8 18.4
2010 38.9 18.7
2011 39.1 19
2012 39.2 19.2
2013 39.3 19.3
2014 39.4 19
2015 39.5 18.6
2016 39.7 18.2
2017 39.8 17.4
2018 40 17.3
2019 40.3 17.8
2020 40.6 18.2
2021 40.9 18.4
2022 41.2 18.7
2023 41.6 19
2024 42 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus South Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$11.7B
2015
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
26.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
1.57%
2016
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
6.26%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
53,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
+2%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
12.3%
2008
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
56.6%
2015
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
33.1%
2015
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
41
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
33%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
1.8%
2016
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$72.9M
2023
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$1.14B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
0.39%
2018
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
5.83%
2021

Energy

Belarus South Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
69 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$15.1
2015
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
73.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
32.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
0.4%
2022
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
-860%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
46.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
0.34%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
5.4%
2023

Society

Belarus South Sudan
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.15%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
+15,374
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
21.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
5.62
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
8
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
10
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
14.1
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
36.7
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
34.5%
2018
English speaking
12%
2025
94%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
9.27%
2020

Health

Belarus South Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$49.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$17
2022
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
57.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
49.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
0.04
2020
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
692
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
98.7
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
8.79%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
4.6%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
21
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Belarus South Sudan
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
20,429 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
109,449 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
27,633 sq mi
2025

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