Kenya vs Sudan statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 45th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Kenya and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Sudan
1960	$791,265,459	$1,126,364,162
1961	$792,959,473	$1,222,860,429
1962	$868,111,401	$1,328,259,625
1963	$926,589,349	$1,351,234,926
1964	$998,759,334	$1,388,282,600
1965	$997,919,321	$1,446,869,619
1966	$1,164,519,674	$1,484,491,676
1967	$1,232,559,507	$1,607,409,539
1968	$1,353,295,459	$1,677,771,401
1969	$1,458,379,417	$1,847,501,441
1970	$1,603,447,359	$2,100,229,759
1971	$1,778,391,289	$2,288,340,041
1972	$2,107,279,157	$2,483,055,722
1973	$2,509,001,324	$3,077,254,460
1974	$2,969,958,812	$3,958,931,660
1975	$3,259,345,083	$4,823,090,192
1976	$3,474,542,392	$6,013,210,816
1977	$4,494,378,764	$7,499,005,639
1978	$5,303,735,111	$8,128,719,315
1979	$6,234,391,113	$8,418,407,787
1980	$7,265,315,820	$8,951,800,000
1981	$6,854,491,706	$10,753,888,154
1982	$6,431,579,357	$8,732,542,274
1983	$5,979,198,314	$8,230,153,846
1984	$6,191,437,070	$10,447,615,385
1985	$6,135,034,214	$8,075,259,600
1986	$7,239,126,568	$10,092,200,000
1987	$7,970,820,369	$12,093,333,333
1988	$8,355,380,879	$14,372,555,556
1989	$8,283,114,514	$21,408,111,111
1990	$8,572,359,038	$33,641,222,222
1991	$8,151,488,783	$44,171,194,366
1992	$8,209,120,763	$7,031,933,492
1993	$5,751,786,643	$8,881,005,436
1994	$7,148,148,564	$12,793,794,737
1995	$9,046,320,255	$13,830,363,900
1996	$12,045,865,396	$9,018,300,725
1997	$13,115,764,358	$11,681,175,864
1998	$14,093,998,844	$11,250,221,537
1999	$12,896,010,459	$10,682,028,340
2000	$12,705,350,098	$12,257,299,147
2001	$12,986,007,426	$15,716,361,792
2002	$13,147,736,899	$18,137,128,388
2003	$14,904,517,650	$21,355,298,460
2004	$16,095,337,094	$26,646,007,251
2005	$18,737,895,513	$35,182,711,988
2006	$25,825,512,284	$45,263,831,634
2007	$31,958,195,182	$59,440,139,775
2008	$35,895,153,328	$64,833,083,257
2009	$42,347,217,913	$51,621,044,077
2010	$45,405,615,064	$58,962,978,034
2011	$46,869,473,151	$55,018,567,211
2012	$56,396,704,672	$37,632,919,967
2013	$61,671,440,408	$43,024,018,082
2014	$68,285,796,514	$49,516,748,618
2015	$70,120,446,897	$51,726,758,677
2016	$74,815,144,164	$42,630,376,000
2017	$82,036,510,877	$41,283,617,976
2018	$92,202,979,985	$32,333,780,383
2019	$100,378,436,207	$32,338,079,165
2020	$100,657,505,751	$27,034,593,750
2021	$109,703,658,905	$34,229,513,775
2022	$114,448,978,153	$51,666,875,363
2023	$108,038,588,971	$39,898,289,821
2024	$124,498,691,699	$49,909,807,030

Kenya and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Sudan
1960	$102.8	$134.7
1961	$99.3	$141.6
1962	$104.6	$148.9
1963	$107.4	$146.6
1964	$111.3	$145.7
1965	$106.9	$146.8
1966	$119.8	$145.6
1967	$121.9	$152.4
1968	$128.7	$153.7
1969	$133.3	$163.5
1970	$141	$179.6
1971	$150.9	$189
1972	$172.6	$198.2
1973	$198.6	$235.8
1974	$227.2	$291.5
1975	$241.2	$343
1976	$248.9	$413
1977	$311	$497
1978	$355	$518
1979	$403	$515
1980	$454	$525
1981	$413	$605
1982	$374	$472
1983	$335	$431
1984	$334	$534
1985	$320	$406
1986	$364	$497
1987	$387	$584
1988	$391	$680
1989	$374	$992
1990	$374	$1,528
1991	$345	$1,966
1992	$337	$307
1993	$229	$379
1994	$276.4	$532
1995	$340	$561
1996	$441	$357
1997	$467	$453
1998	$488	$425
1999	$434	$394
2000	$415	$441
2001	$411	$551
2002	$403	$621
2003	$443	$714
2004	$464	$872
2005	$523	$1,125
2006	$700	$1,415
2007	$840	$1,814
2008	$916	$1,928
2009	$1,048	$1,493
2010	$1,092	$1,665
2011	$1,096	$1,522
2012	$1,285	$1,019
2013	$1,371	$1,139
2014	$1,483	$1,275
2015	$1,489	$1,292
2016	$1,554	$1,033
2017	$1,667	$967
2018	$1,836	$731
2019	$1,960	$710
2020	$1,928	$578
2021	$2,061	$712
2022	$2,110	$1,046
2023	$1,952	$797
2024	$2,206	$989

Kenya vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Sudan
1950	36.9	45.8
1951	38	46.2
1952	38.6	46.5
1953	39.8	46.9
1954	41	47.3
1955	42.3	47.7
1956	43.5	48.1
1957	45.3	48.5
1958	46.5	48.9
1959	47.5	49.2
1960	48.5	49.6
1961	49.3	50
1962	50.1	50.4
1963	50.8	50.8
1964	51.3	50.9
1965	51.9	51
1966	52.4	51.3
1967	52.8	51.5
1968	53.3	51.8
1969	53.7	52
1970	54.1	52.3
1971	54.5	52.5
1972	55	52.8
1973	55.5	53
1974	56	53.2
1975	56.6	53.3
1976	57.2	53.3
1977	57.7	53.5
1978	58.2	53.3
1979	58.7	53.4
1980	59.2	54.1
1981	59.6	54.4
1982	59.9	54.4
1983	60.3	49.6
1984	60.6	49.8
1985	60.9	50
1986	60.8	54.6
1987	60.7	54.7
1988	60.3	55
1989	60	54.9
1990	58.3	55.5
1991	57.8	55.6
1992	57.1	56
1993	56.7	56.1
1994	56.1	57
1995	55.9	57.4
1996	55.6	57.6
1997	55.5	58.1
1998	55.6	58.3
1999	55.9	58.6
2000	56.1	58.9
2001	56.5	59.3
2002	56.8	59.3
2003	57.4	58.3
2004	57.9	56.8
2005	58.5	57.2
2006	59.1	60.4
2007	59.4	61.4
2008	60	61.3
2009	60.5	62.7
2010	60.9	63
2011	61.3	63.2
2012	61.5	63.4
2013	61.7	63.4
2014	62	64
2015	62.3	64.4
2016	62.5	64.7
2017	62.7	65.1
2018	62.8	65.5
2019	62.9	65.8
2020	61.6	65.1
2021	61.2	64.5
2022	63.5	65.7
2023	63.6	66.3
2024	63.8	66.5
2025	64	66.7

Kenya and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Sudan
1960	7,695,307	8,364,489
1961	7,987,770	8,634,941
1962	8,299,308	8,919,028
1963	8,627,971	9,218,077
1964	8,973,535	9,531,109
1965	9,338,078	9,858,030
1966	9,717,816	10,197,578
1967	10,111,057	10,550,597
1968	10,518,823	10,917,999
1969	10,939,695	11,298,936
1970	11,368,791	11,695,771
1971	11,788,904	12,105,539
1972	12,206,060	12,527,856
1973	12,634,835	13,049,315
1974	13,070,078	13,580,723
1975	13,511,671	14,064,798
1976	13,957,623	14,569,716
1977	14,428,819	15,086,614
1978	14,934,126	15,695,003
1979	15,460,666	16,355,352
1980	16,018,459	17,058,905
1981	16,601,507	17,780,572
1982	17,206,175	18,486,645
1983	17,846,374	19,109,770
1984	18,514,906	19,546,528
1985	19,201,768	19,905,872
1986	19,901,646	20,288,238
1987	20,616,096	20,704,904
1988	21,356,219	21,138,431
1989	22,118,434	21,578,022
1990	22,892,651	22,021,481
1991	23,646,514	22,470,676
1992	24,382,460	22,927,355
1993	25,117,188	23,445,592
1994	25,857,130	24,043,948
1995	26,601,751	24,672,143
1996	27,344,211	25,231,528
1997	28,101,768	25,799,821
1998	28,888,057	26,458,999
1999	29,733,408	27,130,613
2000	30,642,890	27,816,745
2001	31,619,170	28,516,770
2002	32,629,808	29,228,727
2003	33,652,223	29,896,035
2004	34,713,455	30,556,637
2005	35,796,484	31,262,444
2006	36,904,008	31,992,435
2007	38,036,349	32,764,135
2008	39,206,351	33,623,980
2009	40,408,891	34,569,113
2010	41,598,567	35,414,399
2011	42,758,461	36,140,806
2012	43,888,303	36,923,178
2013	44,986,791	37,785,849
2014	46,051,440	38,823,318
2015	47,088,526	40,024,431
2016	48,139,687	41,259,892
2017	49,197,766	42,714,306
2018	50,207,107	44,230,596
2019	51,202,827	45,548,175
2020	52,217,334	46,789,231
2021	53,219,166	48,066,924
2022	54,252,461	49,383,346
2023	55,339,003	50,042,791
2024	56,432,944	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Kenya and Sudan

Fertility rate

Kenya

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Sudan
1960	7.65	6.66
1961	7.72	6.66
1962	7.77	6.7
1963	7.82	6.76
1964	7.87	6.8
1965	7.92	6.84
1966	7.96	6.88
1967	7.95	6.91
1968	7.95	6.95
1969	7.95	6.97
1970	7.94	6.99
1971	7.92	7.02
1972	7.89	6.98
1973	7.86	6.94
1974	7.82	6.91
1975	7.8	6.87
1976	7.77	6.82
1977	7.73	6.78
1978	7.67	6.72
1979	7.6	6.65
1980	7.53	6.59
1981	7.45	6.53
1982	7.35	6.47
1983	7.22	6.41
1984	7.08	6.34
1985	6.96	6.28
1986	6.84	6.23
1987	6.69	6.18
1988	6.52	6.13
1989	6.33	6.11
1990	6.14	6.07
1991	5.94	6.05
1992	5.74	6.02
1993	5.57	5.97
1994	5.44	5.91
1995	5.37	5.86
1996	5.31	5.79
1997	5.27	5.72
1998	5.24	5.65
1999	5.18	5.62
2000	5.14	5.6
2001	5.09	5.56
2002	5.03	5.53
2003	4.94	5.49
2004	4.86	5.46
2005	4.8	5.4
2006	4.75	5.33
2007	4.72	5.27
2008	4.66	5.21
2009	4.57	5.17
2010	4.45	5.14
2011	4.28	5.09
2012	4.12	5.03
2013	3.96	4.97
2014	3.84	4.91
2015	3.77	4.9
2016	3.69	4.83
2017	3.61	4.76
2018	3.54	4.68
2019	3.43	4.62
2020	3.36	4.54
2021	3.31	4.46
2022	3.26	4.38
2023	3.21	4.32

Kenya and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Sudan
1960	15.7	16.7
1961	15.5	16.7
1962	15.3	16.7
1963	15.2	16.6
1964	15.1	16.5
1965	14.9	16.5
1966	14.8	16.4
1967	14.6	16.4
1968	14.5	16.3
1969	14.5	16.3
1970	14.4	16.2
1971	14.4	16.2
1972	14.3	16.1
1973	14.3	16
1974	14.3	15.9
1975	14.3	16
1976	14.3	16
1977	14.3	16.1
1978	14.3	16.2
1979	14.4	16.4
1980	14.5	16.5
1981	14.5	16.6
1982	14.6	16.7
1983	14.7	16.7
1984	14.8	16.8
1985	14.9	16.8
1986	15	16.8
1987	15	16.9
1988	15.1	16.9
1989	15.2	16.8
1990	15.3	16.8
1991	15.5	16.8
1992	15.6	16.8
1993	15.7	16.8
1994	15.9	16.8
1995	16	16.8
1996	16.1	16.8
1997	16.2	16.8
1998	16.4	16.8
1999	16.5	16.9
2000	16.7	16.9
2001	16.8	17
2002	17	17
2003	17.1	17.1
2004	17.3	17.1
2005	17.4	17.1
2006	17.5	17.2
2007	17.6	17.3
2008	17.7	17.3
2009	17.8	17.4
2010	17.9	17.5
2011	18.1	17.4
2012	18.2	17.5
2013	18.4	17.5
2014	18.5	17.7
2015	18.7	17.9
2016	18.9	18.1
2017	19.1	18.3
2018	19.3	18.6
2019	19.6	18.7
2020	19.8	18.9
2021	20	19
2022	20.3	19.2
2023	20.6	19.3
2024	20.8	19.4

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