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Eswatini vs Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Eswatini has a population of 1.24M (ranked 157/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Eswatini's land area is 6,641 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 154th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Main facts and rankings

Eswatini Sudan
Population
1267161
52963918
Population rank 156/197 29/197
GDP
$4.89B
2024
$49.9B
2024
GDP rank 162/197 93/197
GDP per capita
$3,936
2024
$989
2024
GDP per capita rank 131/197 178/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,784
2024
$2,127
2024
Government debt
$1.82B
2024
$136B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
38.7%
2025
252%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,465
2024
$2,691
2024
Government debt per person rank 129/185 107/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,418
2025
$1,875
2025
Land area
6,641 sq mi
2025
721,239 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.1 ppl/mi²
2024
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.75
2023
4.32
2023
Median age
23.2 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.4 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Eswatini and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Eswatini and Sudan economies compared

GDP
Eswatini

Sudan
Year GDP
Eswatini Sudan
1960 $35,076,846 $1,126,364,162
1961 $43,026,043 $1,222,860,429
1962 $45,927,962 $1,328,259,625
1963 $54,129,438 $1,351,234,926
1964 $64,980,554 $1,388,282,600
1965 $70,279,972 $1,446,869,619
1966 $76,859,969 $1,484,491,676
1967 $74,759,970 $1,607,409,539
1968 $79,799,968 $1,677,771,401
1969 $105,419,958 $1,847,501,441
1970 $112,139,955 $2,100,229,759
1971 $136,462,081 $2,288,340,041
1972 $146,736,479 $2,483,055,722
1973 $221,915,128 $3,077,254,460
1974 $264,320,941 $3,958,931,660
1975 $288,299,789 $4,823,090,192
1976 $272,550,068 $6,013,210,816
1977 $304,060,076 $7,499,005,639
1978 $340,630,085 $8,128,719,315
1979 $412,093,134 $8,418,407,787
1980 $541,976,853 $8,951,800,000
1981 $570,774,825 $10,753,888,154
1982 $537,568,059 $8,732,542,274
1983 $555,336,146 $8,230,153,846
1984 $494,483,409 $10,447,615,385
1985 $360,079,419 $8,075,259,600
1986 $449,140,318 $10,092,200,000
1987 $584,126,092 $12,093,333,333
1988 $692,026,455 $14,372,555,556
1989 $696,921,542 $21,408,111,111
1990 $1,114,694,041 $33,641,222,222
1991 $1,156,135,718 $44,171,194,366
1992 $1,284,759,928 $7,031,933,492
1993 $1,357,189,552 $8,881,005,436
1994 $1,419,294,254 $12,793,794,737
1995 $1,698,989,464 $13,830,363,900
1996 $1,602,741,834 $9,018,300,725
1997 $1,716,714,070 $11,681,175,864
1998 $1,576,908,856 $11,250,221,537
1999 $1,547,888,496 $10,682,028,340
2000 $1,738,093,840 $12,257,299,147
2001 $1,542,477,309 $15,716,361,792
2002 $1,432,221,739 $18,137,128,388
2003 $2,197,598,466 $21,355,298,460
2004 $2,770,082,792 $26,646,007,251
2005 $3,178,112,499 $35,182,711,988
2006 $3,291,330,019 $45,263,831,634
2007 $3,469,381,231 $59,440,139,775
2008 $3,294,084,314 $64,833,083,257
2009 $3,580,428,053 $51,621,044,077
2010 $4,438,765,086 $58,962,978,034
2011 $4,820,478,680 $55,018,567,211
2012 $4,886,551,484 $37,632,919,967
2013 $4,464,726,181 $43,024,018,082
2014 $4,286,015,248 $49,516,748,618
2015 $3,909,281,650 $51,726,758,677
2016 $3,724,180,911 $42,630,376,000
2017 $4,463,673,661 $41,283,617,976
2018 $4,644,696,656 $32,333,780,383
2019 $4,616,996,145 $32,338,079,165
2020 $4,120,621,325 $27,034,593,750
2021 $4,785,708,166 $34,229,513,775
2022 $4,741,163,885 $51,666,875,363
2023 $4,604,172,127 $39,898,289,821
2024 $4,891,883,720 $49,909,807,030

Eswatini and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Eswatini

Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Eswatini Sudan
1960 $101.6 $134.7
1961 $121.8 $141.6
1962 $127.1 $148.9
1963 $146.4 $146.6
1964 $171.6 $145.7
1965 $181 $146.8
1966 $192.7 $145.6
1967 $182.8 $152.4
1968 $190.4 $153.7
1969 $245.2 $163.5
1970 $254.2 $179.6
1971 $301 $189
1972 $315 $198.2
1973 $463 $235.8
1974 $536 $291.5
1975 $568 $343
1976 $521 $413
1977 $563 $497
1978 $610 $518
1979 $714 $515
1980 $908 $525
1981 $925 $605
1982 $843 $472
1983 $843 $431
1984 $726 $534
1985 $510 $406
1986 $611 $497
1987 $765 $584
1988 $865 $680
1989 $832 $992
1990 $1,278 $1,528
1991 $1,273 $1,966
1992 $1,362 $307
1993 $1,397 $379
1994 $1,461 $532
1995 $1,751 $561
1996 $1,619 $357
1997 $1,705 $453
1998 $1,547 $425
1999 $1,502 $394
2000 $1,669 $441
2001 $1,468 $551
2002 $1,352 $621
2003 $2,060 $714
2004 $2,581 $872
2005 $2,945 $1,125
2006 $3,035 $1,415
2007 $3,181 $1,814
2008 $3,000 $1,928
2009 $3,240 $1,493
2010 $3,993 $1,665
2011 $4,312 $1,522
2012 $4,348 $1,019
2013 $3,951 $1,139
2014 $3,772 $1,275
2015 $3,421 $1,292
2016 $3,240 $1,033
2017 $3,854 $967
2018 $3,973 $731
2019 $3,913 $710
2020 $3,455 $578
2021 $3,966 $712
2022 $3,890 $1,046
2023 $3,742 $797
2024 $3,936 $989

Eswatini vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Eswatini

Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Eswatini Sudan
1950 43.4 45.8
1951 43.7 46.2
1952 44 46.5
1953 44.3 46.9
1954 44.6 47.3
1955 44.8 47.7
1956 45.1 48.1
1957 45.4 48.5
1958 45.8 48.9
1959 46.1 49.2
1960 46.4 49.6
1961 46.7 50
1962 47.1 50.4
1963 47.5 50.8
1964 47.9 50.9
1965 48.4 51
1966 49 51.3
1967 49.5 51.5
1968 50.1 51.8
1969 50.6 52
1970 51.2 52.3
1971 51.8 52.5
1972 52.4 52.8
1973 53 53
1974 53.7 53.2
1975 54.4 53.3
1976 55.2 53.3
1977 56 53.5
1978 56.8 53.3
1979 57.5 53.4
1980 58.2 54.1
1981 58.8 54.4
1982 59.5 54.4
1983 58.4 49.6
1984 60.4 49.8
1985 61.2 50
1986 61.6 54.6
1987 61.9 54.7
1988 61.9 55
1989 61.7 54.9
1990 61.2 55.5
1991 60.4 55.6
1992 59.3 56
1993 58.1 56.1
1994 56.6 57
1995 55.1 57.4
1996 53.3 57.6
1997 51.7 58.1
1998 50.1 58.3
1999 48.8 58.6
2000 47.6 58.9
2001 46.3 59.3
2002 45.4 59.3
2003 44.6 58.3
2004 43.9 56.8
2005 44 57.2
2006 44.6 60.4
2007 45.2 61.4
2008 45.9 61.3
2009 46.9 62.7
2010 48.3 63
2011 49.1 63.2
2012 50.7 63.4
2013 52.1 63.4
2014 53.5 64
2015 54.9 64.4
2016 56.2 64.7
2017 57.6 65.1
2018 58.7 65.5
2019 59.8 65.8
2020 59.9 65.1
2021 58.2 64.5
2022 63 65.7
2023 64.1 66.3
2024 64.3 66.5
2025 64.4 66.7

Eswatini and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Eswatini

Sudan
Year Population
Eswatini Sudan
1960 345,337 8,364,489
1961 353,264 8,634,941
1962 361,365 8,919,028
1963 369,759 9,218,077
1964 378,656 9,531,109
1965 388,336 9,858,030
1966 398,766 10,197,578
1967 409,031 10,550,597
1968 419,147 10,917,999
1969 429,875 11,298,936
1970 441,216 11,695,771
1971 453,183 12,105,539
1972 465,788 12,527,856
1973 479,038 13,049,315
1974 492,988 13,580,723
1975 507,673 14,064,798
1976 523,330 14,569,716
1977 540,348 15,086,614
1978 558,446 15,695,003
1979 577,199 16,355,352
1980 596,644 17,058,905
1981 616,808 17,780,572
1982 637,652 18,486,645
1983 658,957 19,109,770
1984 680,783 19,546,528
1985 706,196 19,905,872
1986 734,732 20,288,238
1987 763,811 20,704,904
1988 799,798 21,138,431
1989 837,800 21,578,022
1990 872,428 22,021,481
1991 908,189 22,470,676
1992 943,416 22,927,355
1993 971,318 23,445,592
1994 971,212 24,043,948
1995 970,433 24,672,143
1996 989,841 25,231,528
1997 1,006,635 25,799,821
1998 1,019,653 26,458,999
1999 1,030,782 27,130,613
2000 1,041,414 27,816,745
2001 1,051,064 28,516,770
2002 1,059,441 29,228,727
2003 1,066,700 29,896,035
2004 1,073,159 30,556,637
2005 1,079,022 31,262,444
2006 1,084,436 31,992,435
2007 1,090,705 32,764,135
2008 1,098,091 33,623,980
2009 1,105,153 34,569,113
2010 1,111,650 35,414,399
2011 1,117,833 36,140,806
2012 1,123,863 36,923,178
2013 1,129,990 37,785,849
2014 1,136,299 38,823,318
2015 1,142,813 40,024,431
2016 1,149,507 41,259,892
2017 1,158,195 42,714,306
2018 1,168,929 44,230,596
2019 1,179,874 45,548,175
2020 1,192,729 46,789,231
2021 1,206,593 48,066,924
2022 1,218,917 49,383,346
2023 1,230,506 50,042,791
2024 1,242,822 50,448,963

Fertility rates in Eswatini and Sudan

Fertility rate
Eswatini

Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Eswatini Sudan
1960 6.75 6.66
1961 6.77 6.66
1962 6.79 6.7
1963 6.8 6.76
1964 6.79 6.8
1965 6.79 6.84
1966 6.8 6.88
1967 6.77 6.91
1968 6.76 6.95
1969 6.76 6.97
1970 6.75 6.99
1971 6.74 7.02
1972 6.72 6.98
1973 6.72 6.94
1974 6.71 6.91
1975 6.71 6.87
1976 6.7 6.82
1977 6.68 6.78
1978 6.65 6.72
1979 6.61 6.65
1980 6.57 6.59
1981 6.54 6.53
1982 6.49 6.47
1983 6.43 6.41
1984 6.36 6.34
1985 6.28 6.28
1986 6.11 6.23
1987 5.9 6.18
1988 5.69 6.13
1989 5.48 6.11
1990 5.3 6.07
1991 5.13 6.05
1992 4.98 6.02
1993 4.82 5.97
1994 4.66 5.91
1995 4.52 5.86
1996 4.38 5.79
1997 4.24 5.72
1998 4.13 5.65
1999 4.09 5.62
2000 4.03 5.6
2001 3.94 5.56
2002 3.85 5.53
2003 3.8 5.49
2004 3.76 5.46
2005 3.7 5.4
2006 3.63 5.33
2007 3.58 5.27
2008 3.57 5.21
2009 3.5 5.17
2010 3.38 5.14
2011 3.32 5.09
2012 3.27 5.03
2013 3.24 4.97
2014 3.18 4.91
2015 3.12 4.9
2016 3.07 4.83
2017 3.02 4.76
2018 2.97 4.68
2019 2.93 4.62
2020 2.89 4.54
2021 2.84 4.46
2022 2.8 4.38
2023 2.75 4.32

Eswatini and Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Eswatini

Sudan
Year Median age, years
Eswatini Sudan
1960 16.6 16.7
1961 16.4 16.7
1962 16.3 16.7
1963 16.1 16.6
1964 16.1 16.5
1965 16.1 16.5
1966 16.1 16.4
1967 16.1 16.4
1968 16.2 16.3
1969 16.2 16.3
1970 16.3 16.2
1971 16.3 16.2
1972 16.3 16.1
1973 16.2 16
1974 16.2 15.9
1975 16.1 16
1976 16 16
1977 15.9 16.1
1978 15.8 16.2
1979 15.7 16.4
1980 15.6 16.5
1981 15.5 16.6
1982 15.4 16.7
1983 15.3 16.7
1984 15.3 16.8
1985 15.2 16.8
1986 15.3 16.8
1987 15.3 16.9
1988 15.6 16.9
1989 15.9 16.8
1990 16.1 16.8
1991 16.3 16.8
1992 16.5 16.8
1993 16.7 16.8
1994 16.3 16.8
1995 16.1 16.8
1996 16.3 16.8
1997 16.6 16.8
1998 16.9 16.8
1999 17.3 16.9
2000 17.6 16.9
2001 17.8 17
2002 18.1 17
2003 18.3 17.1
2004 18.5 17.1
2005 18.6 17.1
2006 18.7 17.2
2007 18.9 17.3
2008 19.1 17.3
2009 19.4 17.4
2010 19.6 17.5
2011 19.9 17.4
2012 20.2 17.5
2013 20.5 17.5
2014 20.7 17.7
2015 21 17.9
2016 21.2 18.1
2017 21.5 18.3
2018 21.8 18.6
2019 22.1 18.7
2020 22.4 18.9
2021 22.6 19
2022 22.8 19.2
2023 23 19.3
2024 23.2 19.4

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Finance

Eswatini Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$4.45B
2024
$36.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.8%
2025
6.17%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.03%
2024
2.02%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
0.92%
2021
Armed forces personnel
3,000
1999
144,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.51%
2025
-2.68%
2025
Unemployment rate
34.6%
2023
7.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
51.7%
2023
54.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
34.7%
2023
23%
2024
Economic freedom index
56.4
2025
35.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
42.7%
2016
27.8%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
1.4%
2016
3.2%
2014
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
6
2007
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$234M
2007
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$479M
2023
$178M
2017
Personal remittances received
$33.3M
2024
$900M
2024
International tourist arrivals
345,299
2020
836,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
0.4%
2020
20.9%
2018
Banked people share
65.1%
2024
15.3%
2014

Energy

Eswatini Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
959 kg
2022
412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$11.1
2022
$8.15
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.39 megatons
2023
21.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.13 tons
2023
0.43 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
30.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
64.7%
2022
61%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.99%
2022
4.99%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.6%
2022
18.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,137 kWh
2022
278.8 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
83.1%
2021
58%
2021
Hydroelectric share
60.4%
2022
71.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
86.4%
2023
66%
2023

Society

Eswatini Sudan
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.62%
2024
Annual migration change
-6,754
2024
-544,257
2024
Urban population
25%
2024
36.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.56 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.26 ft
2025
Quality of life index
30.5
2025
27.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
27
2024
15
2024
Higher education index
28
2025
43
2025
Homicides per 100K people
12.7
2021
5.1
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
33.5
2019
26.8
2019
Visa free countries
81
2025
53
2025
Adult literacy rate
90.8%
2022
60.7%
2018
English speaking
48.2%
2023
93.7%
2023
People using the Internet
57.6%
2023
26.4%
2020

Health

Eswatini Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$283.9
2022
$31.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$29.4
2022
$16.2
2022
Life expectancy
64.4 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
28%
2022
17.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.59
2022
0.26
2017
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2017
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
118
2023
256
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
45
2023
50.1
2023
Obesity rate
30.6%
2022
17.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.9%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
36
2025
33
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.5%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.79 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Eswatini Sudan
% of world land
0.01%
2025
1.25%
2025
Land area per capita
5,343 sq mi
2024
14,296 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,614 sq mi
2025
435,002 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,935 sq mi
2025
68,892 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,342 mi
2019
19,263 mi
2019

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