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Chad vs Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Chad has a population of 20.3M (ranked 65/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Chad's land area is 486,180 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 21st vs. 15th).

By GDP, Chad ranks 127/197 ($20.6B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Chad ranks 175/197 ($1,016), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Main facts and rankings

Chad Sudan
Population
21450865
52963918
Population rank 64/197 29/197
GDP
$20.6B
2024
$49.9B
2024
GDP rank 127/197 93/197
GDP per capita
$1,016
2024
$989
2024
GDP per capita rank 175/197 178/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,962
2024
$2,127
2024
Government debt
$6.97B
2024
$136B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
33.9%
2025
252%
2025
Government debt per person
$343
2024
$2,691
2024
Government debt per person rank 175/185 107/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,511
2025
$1,875
2025
Land area
486,180 sq mi
2025
721,239 sq mi
2025
Population density
41.8 ppl/mi²
2024
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
6.12
2023
4.32
2023
Median age
16.8 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
55.4 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Chad and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Chad and Sudan economies compared

GDP
Chad

Sudan
Year GDP
Chad Sudan
1960 $313,582,728 $1,126,364,162
1961 $333,975,336 $1,222,860,429
1962 $357,635,713 $1,328,259,625
1963 $371,767,002 $1,351,234,926
1964 $392,247,518 $1,388,282,600
1965 $416,926,303 $1,446,869,619
1966 $432,794,922 $1,484,491,676
1967 $449,826,323 $1,607,409,539
1968 $453,980,096 $1,677,771,401
1969 $471,635,622 $1,847,501,441
1970 $469,266,737 $2,100,229,759
1971 $501,866,730 $2,288,340,041
1972 $585,427,547 $2,483,055,722
1973 $647,199,483 $3,077,254,460
1974 $652,532,795 $3,958,931,660
1975 $864,602,105 $4,823,090,192
1976 $866,044,962 $6,013,210,816
1977 $935,360,465 $7,499,005,639
1978 $1,113,920,124 $8,128,719,315
1979 $1,004,316,496 $8,418,407,787
1980 $1,033,002,404 $8,951,800,000
1981 $876,937,558 $10,753,888,154
1982 $834,369,860 $8,732,542,274
1983 $832,415,806 $8,230,153,846
1984 $919,103,735 $10,447,615,385
1985 $1,033,069,709 $8,075,259,600
1986 $1,067,828,246 $10,092,200,000
1987 $1,163,426,852 $12,093,333,333
1988 $1,482,597,298 $14,372,555,556
1989 $1,433,686,312 $21,408,111,111
1990 $1,738,605,558 $33,641,222,222
1991 $1,877,137,982 $44,171,194,366
1992 $1,881,847,670 $7,031,933,492
1993 $1,463,251,164 $8,881,005,436
1994 $1,179,837,963 $12,793,794,737
1995 $1,445,919,895 $13,830,363,900
1996 $1,607,345,356 $9,018,300,725
1997 $1,544,689,577 $11,681,175,864
1998 $1,744,794,531 $11,250,221,537
1999 $1,534,673,583 $10,682,028,340
2000 $1,388,506,772 $12,257,299,147
2001 $1,710,843,377 $15,716,361,792
2002 $1,997,005,709 $18,137,128,388
2003 $2,742,815,072 $21,355,298,460
2004 $4,422,855,661 $26,646,007,251
2005 $8,655,892,393 $35,182,711,988
2006 $9,709,626,596 $45,263,831,634
2007 $10,865,385,132 $59,440,139,775
2008 $13,385,593,990 $64,833,083,257
2009 $12,317,614,054 $51,621,044,077
2010 $14,058,506,664 $58,962,978,034
2011 $16,685,349,674 $55,018,567,211
2012 $17,892,228,570 $37,632,919,967
2013 $17,865,316,886 $43,024,018,082
2014 $18,144,336,904 $49,516,748,618
2015 $14,559,599,500 $51,726,758,677
2016 $13,026,289,836 $42,630,376,000
2017 $13,349,041,409 $41,283,617,976
2018 $15,327,000,249 $32,333,780,383
2019 $14,905,517,743 $32,338,079,165
2020 $14,932,897,821 $27,034,593,750
2021 $16,871,937,698 $34,229,513,775
2022 $17,828,508,290 $51,666,875,363
2023 $19,107,685,021 $39,898,289,821
2024 $20,625,711,665 $49,909,807,030

Chad and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Chad

Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Chad Sudan
1960 $102.8 $134.7
1961 $107.3 $141.6
1962 $112.6 $148.9
1963 $114.7 $146.6
1964 $118.6 $145.7
1965 $123.6 $146.8
1966 $125.8 $145.6
1967 $128.2 $152.4
1968 $126.9 $153.7
1969 $129.2 $163.5
1970 $125.9 $179.6
1971 $131.8 $189
1972 $150.4 $198.2
1973 $162.4 $235.8
1974 $160 $291.5
1975 $207.5 $343
1976 $203.7 $413
1977 $215.9 $497
1978 $252.5 $518
1979 $222.9 $515
1980 $228.8 $525
1981 $194 $605
1982 $176.1 $472
1983 $167.2 $431
1984 $182.2 $534
1985 $202.7 $406
1986 $203.4 $497
1987 $213.9 $584
1988 $263.5 $680
1989 $246.4 $992
1990 $290.6 $1,528
1991 $302 $1,966
1992 $290.6 $307
1993 $220.7 $379
1994 $173.9 $532
1995 $204 $561
1996 $216.9 $357
1997 $201.4 $453
1998 $219.8 $425
1999 $186.6 $394
2000 $163.1 $441
2001 $194.3 $551
2002 $219.1 $621
2003 $289.1 $714
2004 $446 $872
2005 $838 $1,125
2006 $907 $1,415
2007 $980 $1,814
2008 $1,166 $1,928
2009 $1,036 $1,493
2010 $1,142 $1,665
2011 $1,308 $1,522
2012 $1,354 $1,019
2013 $1,305 $1,139
2014 $1,279 $1,275
2015 $994 $1,292
2016 $862 $1,033
2017 $854 $967
2018 $949 $731
2019 $893 $710
2020 $867 $578
2021 $946 $712
2022 $966 $1,046
2023 $989 $797
2024 $1,016 $989

Chad vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Chad

Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Chad Sudan
1950 35.2 45.8
1951 35.5 46.2
1952 35.9 46.5
1953 36.3 46.9
1954 36.8 47.3
1955 37.3 47.7
1956 37.9 48.1
1957 38.3 48.5
1958 38.7 48.9
1959 39 49.2
1960 39.2 49.6
1961 39.4 50
1962 39.6 50.4
1963 39.9 50.8
1964 40.1 50.9
1965 40.1 51
1966 40.1 51.3
1967 40.4 51.5
1968 40.7 51.8
1969 41 52
1970 41.4 52.3
1971 40.9 52.5
1972 41.9 52.8
1973 42.4 53
1974 42.6 53.2
1975 42.7 53.3
1976 42.7 53.3
1977 42.9 53.5
1978 43 53.3
1979 43.2 53.4
1980 43.5 54.1
1981 43.5 54.4
1982 43.9 54.4
1983 44.4 49.6
1984 44.7 49.8
1985 45.3 50
1986 45.6 54.6
1987 43.1 54.7
1988 46.4 55
1989 46.4 54.9
1990 45.1 55.5
1991 46.6 55.6
1992 46.8 56
1993 47 56.1
1994 47.1 57
1995 47.5 57.4
1996 47.6 57.6
1997 47.8 58.1
1998 47.8 58.3
1999 47.9 58.6
2000 47.9 58.9
2001 48.3 59.3
2002 48.4 59.3
2003 48.6 58.3
2004 48.7 56.8
2005 48.9 57.2
2006 48.7 60.4
2007 49.2 61.4
2008 49.5 61.3
2009 49.8 62.7
2010 50.1 63
2011 50.4 63.2
2012 50.8 63.4
2013 51.1 63.4
2014 51.1 64
2015 51.3 64.4
2016 51.6 64.7
2017 51.9 65.1
2018 52.4 65.5
2019 53 65.8
2020 53.1 65.1
2021 53.1 64.5
2022 54.5 65.7
2023 55.1 66.3
2024 55.2 66.5
2025 55.4 66.7

Chad and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Chad

Sudan
Year Population
Chad Sudan
1960 3,049,838 8,364,489
1961 3,111,947 8,634,941
1962 3,175,598 8,919,028
1963 3,240,905 9,218,077
1964 3,307,479 9,531,109
1965 3,374,220 9,858,030
1966 3,440,903 10,197,578
1967 3,508,512 10,550,597
1968 3,578,231 10,917,999
1969 3,651,113 11,298,936
1970 3,727,828 11,695,771
1971 3,807,316 12,105,539
1972 3,893,252 12,527,856
1973 3,985,909 13,049,315
1974 4,078,356 13,580,723
1975 4,167,234 14,064,798
1976 4,251,297 14,569,716
1977 4,331,667 15,086,614
1978 4,411,366 15,695,003
1979 4,505,384 16,355,352
1980 4,515,453 17,058,905
1981 4,520,959 17,780,572
1982 4,738,483 18,486,645
1983 4,979,130 19,109,770
1984 5,045,145 19,546,528
1985 5,096,269 19,905,872
1986 5,251,069 20,288,238
1987 5,438,309 20,704,904
1988 5,625,602 21,138,431
1989 5,819,586 21,578,022
1990 5,982,833 22,021,481
1991 6,205,676 22,470,676
1992 6,474,656 22,927,355
1993 6,629,146 23,445,592
1994 6,783,450 24,043,948
1995 7,089,064 24,672,143
1996 7,410,108 25,231,528
1997 7,670,366 25,799,821
1998 7,938,840 26,458,999
1999 8,222,705 27,130,613
2000 8,512,093 27,816,745
2001 8,804,124 28,516,770
2002 9,116,192 29,228,727
2003 9,487,833 29,896,035
2004 9,920,036 30,556,637
2005 10,328,092 31,262,444
2006 10,706,424 31,992,435
2007 11,081,660 32,764,135
2008 11,476,296 33,623,980
2009 11,893,754 34,569,113
2010 12,312,575 35,414,399
2011 12,754,997 36,140,806
2012 13,210,998 36,923,178
2013 13,691,079 37,785,849
2014 14,188,678 38,823,318
2015 14,647,621 40,024,431
2016 15,114,655 41,259,892
2017 15,622,759 42,714,306
2018 16,156,531 44,230,596
2019 16,685,223 45,548,175
2020 17,224,679 46,789,231
2021 17,828,273 48,066,924
2022 18,455,316 49,383,346
2023 19,319,064 50,042,791
2024 20,299,123 50,448,963

Fertility rates in Chad and Sudan

Fertility rate
Chad

Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Chad Sudan
1960 6.25 6.66
1961 6.27 6.66
1962 6.29 6.7
1963 6.3 6.76
1964 6.32 6.8
1965 6.34 6.84
1966 6.36 6.88
1967 6.39 6.91
1968 6.43 6.95
1969 6.48 6.97
1970 6.53 6.99
1971 6.58 7.02
1972 6.85 6.98
1973 6.87 6.94
1974 6.86 6.91
1975 6.88 6.87
1976 6.89 6.82
1977 6.9 6.78
1978 6.89 6.72
1979 6.91 6.65
1980 6.91 6.59
1981 6.94 6.53
1982 6.96 6.47
1983 6.98 6.41
1984 7.02 6.34
1985 7.04 6.28
1986 7.07 6.23
1987 7.11 6.18
1988 7.15 6.13
1989 7.19 6.11
1990 7.22 6.07
1991 7.26 6.05
1992 7.3 6.02
1993 7.34 5.97
1994 7.31 5.91
1995 7.29 5.86
1996 7.29 5.79
1997 7.27 5.72
1998 7.27 5.65
1999 7.26 5.62
2000 7.25 5.6
2001 7.23 5.56
2002 7.2 5.53
2003 7.18 5.49
2004 7.16 5.46
2005 7.13 5.4
2006 7.12 5.33
2007 7.09 5.27
2008 7.06 5.21
2009 7.02 5.17
2010 6.99 5.14
2011 6.95 5.09
2012 6.91 5.03
2013 6.84 4.97
2014 6.78 4.91
2015 6.71 4.9
2016 6.62 4.83
2017 6.54 4.76
2018 6.46 4.68
2019 6.41 4.62
2020 6.35 4.54
2021 6.26 4.46
2022 6.22 4.38
2023 6.12 4.32

Chad and Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Chad

Sudan
Year Median age, years
Chad Sudan
1960 19.9 16.7
1961 19.8 16.7
1962 19.6 16.7
1963 19.5 16.6
1964 19.4 16.5
1965 19.2 16.5
1966 19.1 16.4
1967 19 16.4
1968 18.8 16.3
1969 18.7 16.3
1970 18.6 16.2
1971 18.5 16.2
1972 18.3 16.1
1973 18.2 16
1974 18 15.9
1975 17.9 16
1976 17.7 16
1977 17.5 16.1
1978 17.3 16.2
1979 17.1 16.4
1980 16.7 16.5
1981 16.2 16.6
1982 16.6 16.7
1983 17 16.7
1984 16.7 16.8
1985 16.3 16.8
1986 16.3 16.8
1987 16.4 16.9
1988 16.5 16.9
1989 16.5 16.8
1990 16.3 16.8
1991 16.3 16.8
1992 16.4 16.8
1993 16.2 16.8
1994 15.9 16.8
1995 16 16.8
1996 16.1 16.8
1997 15.9 16.8
1998 15.8 16.8
1999 15.7 16.9
2000 15.6 16.9
2001 15.5 17
2002 15.4 17
2003 15.5 17.1
2004 15.7 17.1
2005 15.7 17.1
2006 15.7 17.2
2007 15.6 17.3
2008 15.6 17.3
2009 15.6 17.4
2010 15.6 17.5
2011 15.6 17.4
2012 15.6 17.5
2013 15.7 17.5
2014 15.7 17.7
2015 15.7 17.9
2016 15.7 18.1
2017 15.8 18.3
2018 15.8 18.6
2019 15.9 18.7
2020 16 18.9
2021 16.1 19
2022 16.2 19.2
2023 16.5 19.3
2024 16.8 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Chad Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$19.7B
2024
$36.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.3%
2025
6.17%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.2%
2023
2.02%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2023
0.92%
2021
Armed forces personnel
45,000
2020
144,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.54%
2025
-2.68%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.14%
2018
7.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
31.6%
2024
54.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.7%
2024
23%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.2
2025
35.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.5%
2022
27.8%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2022
3.2%
2014
Total reserves including gold
$1.05B
2023
$178M
2017
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$900M
2024
International tourist arrivals
10,399
2020
836,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports n/a
20.9%
2018
Banked people share
20.9%
2024
15.3%
2014

Energy

Chad Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
198.5 kg
2022
412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2022
$8.15
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.57 megatons
2023
21.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0.43 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
30.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
70%
2022
61%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.02%
2022
4.99%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-177.8%
2022
18.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
14.5 kWh
2022
278.8 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.64%
2021
58%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
71.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
12%
2023
66%
2023

Society

Chad Sudan
% of world population
0.25%
2024
0.62%
2024
Annual migration change
+204,040
2024
-544,257
2024
Urban population
24.7%
2024
36.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.26 ft
2025
Quality of life index
2
2025
27.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
21
2024
15
2024
Higher education index
11
2025
43
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.04
2015
5.1
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
32.4
2019
26.8
2019
Visa free countries
60
2025
53
2025
Adult literacy rate
27.3%
2022
60.7%
2018
English speaking
0%
2025
93.7%
2023
People using the Internet
13.2%
2023
26.4%
2020

Health

Chad Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$40.2
2022
$31.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$23.4
2022
$16.2
2022
Life expectancy
55.4 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18.7%
2022
17.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.09
2022
0.26
2017
Age at first childbirth
18.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
748
2023
256
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
101.1
2023
50.1
2023
Obesity rate
7.01%
2022
17.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.3%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
1
2025
33
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.91 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Chad Sudan
% of world land
0.85%
2025
1.25%
2025
Land area per capita
23,951 sq mi
2024
14,296 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
194,353 sq mi
2025
435,002 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,368 sq mi
2025
68,892 sq mi
2025
Roads length
24,855 mi
2018
19,263 mi
2019

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