Ethiopia vs Sudan statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 25th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Ethiopia and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Sudan
1960	$1,610,511,694	$1,126,364,162
1961	$1,680,859,514	$1,222,860,429
1962	$1,747,566,307	$1,328,259,625
1963	$1,825,058,828	$1,351,234,926
1964	$1,984,129,186	$1,388,282,600
1965	$2,159,998,591	$1,446,869,619
1966	$2,324,466,416	$1,484,491,676
1967	$2,461,762,003	$1,607,409,539
1968	$2,619,948,865	$1,677,771,401
1969	$2,768,987,372	$1,847,501,441
1970	$3,045,354,455	$2,100,229,759
1971	$3,224,280,835	$2,288,340,041
1972	$3,520,252,938	$2,483,055,722
1973	$4,070,570,550	$3,077,254,460
1974	$4,577,209,966	$3,958,931,660
1975	$4,577,047,854	$4,823,090,192
1976	$4,943,806,093	$6,013,210,816
1977	$5,651,840,585	$7,499,005,639
1978	$6,014,961,435	$8,128,719,315
1979	$6,586,048,398	$8,418,407,787
1980	$7,012,585,454	$8,951,800,000
1981	$7,507,663,567	$10,753,888,154
1982	$7,899,988,841	$8,732,542,274
1983	$8,781,664,427	$8,230,153,846
1984	$8,298,309,581	$10,447,615,385
1985	$9,717,392,687	$8,075,259,600
1986	$10,094,328,898	$10,092,200,000
1987	$10,790,001,558	$12,093,333,333
1988	$11,181,119,718	$14,372,555,556
1989	$11,762,932,007	$21,408,111,111
1990	$12,478,943,895	$33,641,222,222
1991	$13,799,799,324	$44,171,194,366
1992	$10,754,799,037	$7,031,933,492
1993	$9,051,043,870	$8,881,005,436
1994	$7,100,806,754	$12,793,794,737
1995	$7,855,205,207	$13,830,363,900
1996	$8,761,215,548	$9,018,300,725
1997	$8,803,539,988	$11,681,175,864
1998	$8,013,274,132	$11,250,221,537
1999	$7,892,973,532	$10,682,028,340
2000	$8,242,349,618	$12,257,299,147
2001	$8,231,326,016	$15,716,361,792
2002	$7,850,809,498	$18,137,128,388
2003	$8,623,691,300	$21,355,298,460
2004	$10,131,187,261	$26,646,007,251
2005	$12,401,139,454	$35,182,711,988
2006	$15,280,861,835	$45,263,831,634
2007	$19,707,616,773	$59,440,139,775
2008	$27,066,912,635	$64,833,083,257
2009	$32,437,389,116	$51,621,044,077
2010	$29,933,790,334	$58,962,978,034
2011	$31,952,763,089	$55,018,567,211
2012	$43,310,721,414	$37,632,919,967
2013	$47,648,276,605	$43,024,018,082
2014	$55,612,228,234	$49,516,748,618
2015	$64,589,328,551	$51,726,758,677
2016	$74,296,766,562	$42,630,376,000
2017	$81,770,885,148	$41,283,617,976
2018	$84,269,180,857	$32,333,780,383
2019	$95,912,620,248	$32,338,079,165
2020	$107,657,732,424	$27,034,593,750
2021	$111,261,888,669	$34,229,513,775
2022	$126,772,707,851	$51,666,875,363
2023	-	$39,898,289,821
2024	-	$49,909,807,030

Ethiopia and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Sudan
1960	$75.3	$134.7
1961	$76.7	$141.6
1962	$77.8	$148.9
1963	$79.2	$146.6
1964	$83.8	$145.7
1965	$88.9	$146.8
1966	$93.2	$145.6
1967	$96.1	$152.4
1968	$99.5	$153.7
1969	$102.3	$163.5
1970	$109.4	$179.6
1971	$112.7	$189
1972	$119.8	$198.2
1973	$134.9	$235.8
1974	$147.9	$291.5
1975	$144.3	$343
1976	$152	$413
1977	$170.4	$497
1978	$178.3	$518
1979	$192.4	$515
1980	$203.7	$525
1981	$212.7	$605
1982	$215.3	$472
1983	$232.7	$431
1984	$214.2	$534
1985	$243.9	$406
1986	$246	$497
1987	$254.1	$584
1988	$253.2	$680
1989	$256.4	$992
1990	$262.1	$1,528
1991	$277.6	$1,966
1992	$207.4	$307
1993	$168.5	$379
1994	$127.7	$532
1995	$136.5	$561
1996	$147.3	$357
1997	$143.4	$453
1998	$126.5	$425
1999	$120.7	$394
2000	$122.3	$441
2001	$118.5	$551
2002	$109.6	$621
2003	$116.8	$714
2004	$133.2	$872
2005	$158.2	$1,125
2006	$189.3	$1,415
2007	$237.1	$1,814
2008	$316	$1,928
2009	$369	$1,493
2010	$331	$1,665
2011	$343	$1,522
2012	$452	$1,019
2013	$484	$1,139
2014	$550	$1,275
2015	$622	$1,292
2016	$696	$1,033
2017	$746	$967
2018	$748	$731
2019	$829	$710
2020	$905	$578
2021	$911	$712
2022	$1,011	$1,046
2023	-	$797
2024	-	$989

Ethiopia vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Sudan
1950	35.5	45.8
1951	35.9	46.2
1952	36.2	46.5
1953	36.6	46.9
1954	37	47.3
1955	37.3	47.7
1956	37.8	48.1
1957	32.2	48.5
1958	32.6	48.9
1959	39.2	49.2
1960	39.6	49.6
1961	40.2	50
1962	40.5	50.4
1963	41	50.8
1964	41.3	50.9
1965	41.4	51
1966	39.3	51.3
1967	41.9	51.5
1968	42.1	51.8
1969	42.1	52
1970	42.1	52.3
1971	42.2	52.5
1972	41	52.8
1973	41.1	53
1974	39.1	53.2
1975	38.9	53.3
1976	41.3	53.3
1977	41.4	53.5
1978	41.5	53.3
1979	42.4	53.4
1980	42.8	54.1
1981	43.1	54.4
1982	43.4	54.4
1983	36.3	49.6
1984	36.7	49.8
1985	37.7	50
1986	38.4	54.6
1987	45.9	54.7
1988	45.7	55
1989	45.6	54.9
1990	45.1	55.5
1991	46.7	55.6
1992	47.3	56
1993	47.7	56.1
1994	47.9	57
1995	48.2	57.4
1996	48.7	57.6
1997	49.2	58.1
1998	49.8	58.3
1999	49.5	58.6
2000	50.9	58.9
2001	51.4	59.3
2002	52.1	59.3
2003	52.9	58.3
2004	53.7	56.8
2005	54.4	57.2
2006	55.4	60.4
2007	56.6	61.4
2008	57.7	61.3
2009	58.7	62.7
2010	59.7	63
2011	60.6	63.2
2012	61.4	63.4
2013	62.2	63.4
2014	62.9	64
2015	63.6	64.4
2016	64.2	64.7
2017	64.8	65.1
2018	65.3	65.5
2019	65.7	65.8
2020	66	65.1
2021	65.3	64.5
2022	66.9	65.7
2023	67.3	66.3
2024	67.6	66.5
2025	67.9	66.7

Ethiopia and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Sudan
1960	21,376,693	8,364,489
1961	21,906,102	8,634,941
1962	22,465,126	8,919,028
1963	23,051,637	9,218,077
1964	23,666,548	9,531,109
1965	24,310,612	9,858,030
1966	24,952,689	10,197,578
1967	25,620,276	10,550,597
1968	26,337,930	10,917,999
1969	27,072,571	11,298,936
1970	27,829,128	11,695,771
1971	28,600,106	12,105,539
1972	29,374,608	12,527,856
1973	30,166,785	13,049,315
1974	30,957,273	13,580,723
1975	31,723,252	14,064,798
1976	32,534,418	14,569,716
1977	33,167,272	15,086,614
1978	33,734,592	15,695,003
1979	34,238,652	16,355,352
1980	34,428,514	17,058,905
1981	35,304,012	17,780,572
1982	36,701,290	18,486,645
1983	37,740,817	19,109,770
1984	38,735,722	19,546,528
1985	39,842,136	19,905,872
1986	41,037,656	20,288,238
1987	42,460,039	20,704,904
1988	44,150,825	21,138,431
1989	45,879,690	21,578,022
1990	47,609,755	22,021,481
1991	49,717,198	22,470,676
1992	51,853,747	22,927,355
1993	53,708,891	23,445,592
1994	55,611,508	24,043,948
1995	57,537,335	24,672,143
1996	59,467,635	25,231,528
1997	61,404,539	25,799,821
1998	63,363,524	26,458,999
1999	65,374,561	27,130,613
2000	67,411,494	27,816,745
2001	69,487,762	28,516,770
2002	71,635,517	29,228,727
2003	73,832,663	29,896,035
2004	76,077,206	30,556,637
2005	78,367,470	31,262,444
2006	80,703,490	31,992,435
2007	83,103,217	32,764,135
2008	85,543,668	33,623,980
2009	88,007,636	34,569,113
2010	90,538,514	35,414,399
2011	93,149,970	36,140,806
2012	95,798,767	36,923,178
2013	98,438,751	37,785,849
2014	101,115,610	38,823,318
2015	103,867,135	40,024,431
2016	106,718,162	41,259,892
2017	109,666,481	42,714,306
2018	112,664,152	44,230,596
2019	115,737,383	45,548,175
2020	118,917,671	46,789,231
2021	122,138,588	48,066,924
2022	125,384,287	49,383,346
2023	128,691,692	50,042,791
2024	132,059,767	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Sudan

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Sudan
1960	6.51	6.66
1961	6.53	6.66
1962	6.56	6.7
1963	6.59	6.76
1964	6.61	6.8
1965	6.63	6.84
1966	6.66	6.88
1967	6.68	6.91
1968	6.7	6.95
1969	6.72	6.97
1970	6.78	6.99
1971	6.84	7.02
1972	6.9	6.98
1973	6.96	6.94
1974	7.02	6.91
1975	7.08	6.87
1976	7.13	6.82
1977	7.19	6.78
1978	7.23	6.72
1979	7.25	6.65
1980	7.29	6.59
1981	7.31	6.53
1982	7.34	6.47
1983	7.35	6.41
1984	7.36	6.34
1985	7.34	6.28
1986	7.32	6.23
1987	7.29	6.18
1988	7.26	6.13
1989	7.23	6.11
1990	7.2	6.07
1991	7.16	6.05
1992	7.13	6.02
1993	7.09	5.97
1994	7.05	5.91
1995	7	5.86
1996	6.93	5.79
1997	6.87	5.72
1998	6.79	5.65
1999	6.72	5.62
2000	6.65	5.6
2001	6.58	5.56
2002	6.5	5.53
2003	6.4	5.49
2004	6.3	5.46
2005	6.19	5.4
2006	6.05	5.33
2007	5.89	5.27
2008	5.7	5.21
2009	5.49	5.17
2010	5.28	5.14
2011	5.08	5.09
2012	4.89	5.03
2013	4.71	4.97
2014	4.61	4.91
2015	4.53	4.9
2016	4.47	4.83
2017	4.4	4.76
2018	4.37	4.68
2019	4.35	4.62
2020	4.27	4.54
2021	4.18	4.46
2022	4.08	4.38
2023	3.99	4.32

Ethiopia and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Sudan
1960	18.6	16.7
1961	18.6	16.7
1962	18.6	16.7
1963	18.6	16.6
1964	18.6	16.5
1965	18.6	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.5	16.4
1968	18.4	16.3
1969	18.3	16.3
1970	18.1	16.2
1971	17.9	16.2
1972	17.7	16.1
1973	17.6	16
1974	17.5	15.9
1975	17.3	16
1976	17.2	16
1977	17.1	16.1
1978	17	16.2
1979	16.9	16.4
1980	16.8	16.5
1981	16.8	16.6
1982	16.7	16.7
1983	16.7	16.7
1984	16.8	16.8
1985	16.9	16.8
1986	16.9	16.8
1987	16.9	16.9
1988	16.9	16.9
1989	16.9	16.8
1990	16.9	16.8
1991	16.9	16.8
1992	16.9	16.8
1993	16.8	16.8
1994	16.7	16.8
1995	16.6	16.8
1996	16.5	16.8
1997	16.4	16.8
1998	16.3	16.8
1999	16.2	16.9
2000	16.2	16.9
2001	16.1	17
2002	16.1	17
2003	16.1	17.1
2004	16.2	17.1
2005	16.2	17.1
2006	16.3	17.2
2007	16.4	17.3
2008	16.5	17.3
2009	16.7	17.4
2010	16.9	17.5
2011	17.1	17.4
2012	17.4	17.5
2013	17.6	17.5
2014	17.9	17.7
2015	18.1	17.9
2016	18.3	18.1
2017	18.6	18.3
2018	18.8	18.6
2019	19	18.7
2020	19.2	18.9
2021	19.4	19
2022	19.6	19.2
2023	19.7	19.3
2024	19.9	19.4

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