Rwanda vs Sudan statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 146th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Rwanda and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	Sudan
1960	$119,000,024	$1,126,364,162
1961	$122,000,016	$1,222,860,429
1962	$125,000,008	$1,328,259,625
1963	$128,000,000	$1,351,234,926
1964	$129,999,994	$1,388,282,600
1965	$148,799,980	$1,446,869,619
1966	$124,525,703	$1,484,491,676
1967	$159,560,018	$1,607,409,539
1968	$172,200,018	$1,677,771,401
1969	$188,700,037	$1,847,501,441
1970	$219,900,006	$2,100,229,759
1971	$222,952,504	$2,288,340,041
1972	$246,457,838	$2,483,055,722
1973	$290,746,157	$3,077,254,460
1974	$308,458,423	$3,958,931,660
1975	$571,863,500	$4,823,090,192
1976	$637,753,853	$6,013,210,816
1977	$746,650,613	$7,499,005,639
1978	$905,709,076	$8,128,719,315
1979	$1,109,346,131	$8,418,407,787
1980	$1,254,765,642	$8,951,800,000
1981	$1,407,062,527	$10,753,888,154
1982	$1,407,243,139	$8,732,542,274
1983	$1,479,687,587	$8,230,153,846
1984	$1,587,413,084	$10,447,615,385
1985	$1,715,626,331	$8,075,259,600
1986	$1,944,710,684	$10,092,200,000
1987	$2,157,432,668	$12,093,333,333
1988	$2,395,492,687	$14,372,555,556
1989	$2,405,022,593	$21,408,111,111
1990	$2,550,185,679	$33,641,222,222
1991	$1,911,600,237	$44,171,194,366
1992	$2,029,026,962	$7,031,933,492
1993	$1,971,525,712	$8,881,005,436
1994	$753,636,370	$12,793,794,737
1995	$1,293,535,193	$13,830,363,900
1996	$1,382,334,879	$9,018,300,725
1997	$1,851,558,197	$11,681,175,864
1998	$1,989,343,546	$11,250,221,537
1999	$2,157,108,263	$10,682,028,340
2000	$2,068,836,754	$12,257,299,147
2001	$1,966,600,715	$15,716,361,792
2002	$1,966,003,468	$18,137,128,388
2003	$2,138,237,279	$21,355,298,460
2004	$2,376,496,067	$26,646,007,251
2005	$2,933,819,766	$35,182,711,988
2006	$3,319,784,539	$45,263,831,634
2007	$4,070,507,895	$59,440,139,775
2008	$5,179,854,065	$64,833,083,257
2009	$5,674,476,969	$51,621,044,077
2010	$6,124,756,654	$58,962,978,034
2011	$6,884,913,658	$55,018,567,211
2012	$7,654,761,045	$37,632,919,967
2013	$7,819,964,024	$43,024,018,082
2014	$8,238,966,120	$49,516,748,618
2015	$8,543,760,206	$51,726,758,677
2016	$8,695,272,061	$42,630,376,000
2017	$9,252,833,894	$41,283,617,976
2018	$9,637,904,519	$32,333,780,383
2019	$10,349,300,277	$32,338,079,165
2020	$10,174,386,855	$27,034,593,750
2021	$11,078,787,095	$34,229,513,775
2022	$13,316,161,006	$51,666,875,363
2023	$14,331,722,700	$39,898,289,821
2024	$14,251,642,231	$49,909,807,030

Rwanda and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	Sudan
1960	$39.4	$134.7
1961	$39.3	$141.6
1962	$39.2	$148.9
1963	$39.3	$146.6
1964	$39	$145.7
1965	$43.5	$146.8
1966	$35.4	$145.6
1967	$44	$152.4
1968	$46	$153.7
1969	$48.9	$163.5
1970	$55.2	$179.6
1971	$54.4	$189
1972	$58.4	$198.2
1973	$66.9	$235.8
1974	$68.9	$291.5
1975	$124.1	$343
1976	$134.4	$413
1977	$152.7	$497
1978	$179.9	$518
1979	$213.8	$515
1980	$234.4	$525
1981	$254.6	$605
1982	$246.4	$472
1983	$250.6	$431
1984	$259.9	$534
1985	$271.6	$406
1986	$297.7	$497
1987	$320	$584
1988	$344	$680
1989	$335	$992
1990	$346	$1,528
1991	$254	$1,966
1992	$264.1	$307
1993	$247	$379
1994	$111	$532
1995	$228	$561
1996	$206	$357
1997	$238.7	$453
1998	$246.2	$425
1999	$264.7	$394
2000	$251.9	$441
2001	$237.3	$551
2002	$234	$621
2003	$249	$714
2004	$269.5	$872
2005	$324	$1,125
2006	$357	$1,415
2007	$426	$1,814
2008	$528	$1,928
2009	$564	$1,493
2010	$594	$1,665
2011	$651	$1,522
2012	$707	$1,019
2013	$705	$1,139
2014	$725	$1,275
2015	$734	$1,292
2016	$730	$1,033
2017	$758	$967
2018	$772	$731
2019	$810	$710
2020	$779	$578
2021	$830	$712
2022	$975	$1,046
2023	$1,027	$797
2024	$1,000	$989

Rwanda vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	Sudan
1950	43.2	45.8
1951	43.5	46.2
1952	43.8	46.5
1953	44.1	46.9
1954	44.4	47.3
1955	44.8	47.7
1956	45.2	48.1
1957	45.6	48.5
1958	46.1	48.9
1959	46.5	49.2
1960	47	49.6
1961	47.5	50
1962	47.8	50.4
1963	44	50.8
1964	48.1	50.9
1965	48.2	51
1966	48.1	51.3
1967	48	51.5
1968	47.7	51.8
1969	47.4	52
1970	47.1	52.3
1971	46.8	52.5
1972	46.3	52.8
1973	45.9	53
1974	45.6	53.2
1975	45.3	53.3
1976	45.3	53.3
1977	45.6	53.5
1978	46.2	53.3
1979	47.1	53.4
1980	48.1	54.1
1981	49.2	54.4
1982	50.2	54.4
1983	50.9	49.6
1984	51.4	49.8
1985	51.7	50
1986	51.7	54.6
1987	51.5	54.7
1988	50.9	55
1989	49.5	54.9
1990	47.8	55.5
1991	46.2	55.6
1992	44.4	56
1993	42.9	56.1
1994	12.2	57
1995	41.5	57.4
1996	42.5	57.6
1997	42	58.1
1998	43.1	58.3
1999	45.7	58.6
2000	47.8	58.9
2001	49.5	59.3
2002	51.3	59.3
2003	53.5	58.3
2004	55.5	56.8
2005	57	57.2
2006	58.3	60.4
2007	59.5	61.4
2008	60.6	61.3
2009	61.8	62.7
2010	62.8	63
2011	63.5	63.2
2012	64.2	63.4
2013	64.7	63.4
2014	65.1	64
2015	65.4	64.4
2016	65.7	64.7
2017	66.1	65.1
2018	66.4	65.5
2019	66.7	65.8
2020	67	65.1
2021	66.8	64.5
2022	67.5	65.7
2023	67.8	66.3
2024	68	66.5
2025	68.2	66.7

Rwanda and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	Sudan
1960	3,022,294	8,364,489
1961	3,106,779	8,634,941
1962	3,186,025	8,919,028
1963	3,258,890	9,218,077
1964	3,334,834	9,531,109
1965	3,423,210	9,858,030
1966	3,521,626	10,197,578
1967	3,629,577	10,550,597
1968	3,744,010	10,917,999
1969	3,861,271	11,298,936
1970	3,980,669	11,695,771
1971	4,100,044	12,105,539
1972	4,220,335	12,527,856
1973	4,345,047	13,049,315
1974	4,474,228	13,580,723
1975	4,607,728	14,064,798
1976	4,745,954	14,569,716
1977	4,888,240	15,086,614
1978	5,035,171	15,695,003
1979	5,189,541	16,355,352
1980	5,353,259	17,058,905
1981	5,527,230	17,780,572
1982	5,711,549	18,486,645
1983	5,905,311	19,109,770
1984	6,107,627	19,546,528
1985	6,317,228	19,905,872
1986	6,531,881	20,288,238
1987	6,749,493	20,704,904
1988	6,968,071	21,138,431
1989	7,184,706	21,578,022
1990	7,375,307	22,021,481
1991	7,526,966	22,470,676
1992	7,683,266	22,927,355
1993	7,981,132	23,445,592
1994	6,792,352	24,043,948
1995	5,674,118	24,672,143
1996	6,708,764	25,231,528
1997	7,755,238	25,799,821
1998	8,081,681	26,458,999
1999	8,147,912	27,130,613
2000	8,213,931	27,816,745
2001	8,287,094	28,516,770
2002	8,400,180	29,228,727
2003	8,586,875	29,896,035
2004	8,816,844	30,556,637
2005	9,054,528	31,262,444
2006	9,299,246	31,992,435
2007	9,549,933	32,764,135
2008	9,804,269	33,623,980
2009	10,060,432	34,569,113
2010	10,317,553	35,414,399
2011	10,573,733	36,140,806
2012	10,829,901	36,923,178
2013	11,093,340	37,785,849
2014	11,364,757	38,823,318
2015	11,640,022	40,024,431
2016	11,919,183	41,259,892
2017	12,202,060	42,714,306
2018	12,487,996	44,230,596
2019	12,776,103	45,548,175
2020	13,065,837	46,789,231
2021	13,355,260	48,066,924
2022	13,651,030	49,383,346
2023	13,954,471	50,042,791
2024	14,256,567	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Rwanda and Sudan

Fertility rate

Rwanda

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	Sudan
1960	8.28	6.66
1961	8.28	6.66
1962	8.27	6.7
1963	8.27	6.76
1964	8.27	6.8
1965	8.25	6.84
1966	8.23	6.88
1967	8.21	6.91
1968	8.19	6.95
1969	8.18	6.97
1970	8.15	6.99
1971	8.09	7.02
1972	8.09	6.98
1973	8.09	6.94
1974	8.1	6.91
1975	8.1	6.87
1976	8.12	6.82
1977	8.14	6.78
1978	8.16	6.72
1979	8.13	6.65
1980	8.12	6.59
1981	8.1	6.53
1982	8.06	6.47
1983	8	6.41
1984	7.91	6.34
1985	7.79	6.28
1986	7.61	6.23
1987	7.43	6.18
1988	7.23	6.13
1989	7.03	6.11
1990	6.8	6.07
1991	6.62	6.05
1992	6.54	6.02
1993	6.48	5.97
1994	6.42	5.91
1995	6.35	5.86
1996	6.29	5.79
1997	6.24	5.72
1998	6.17	5.65
1999	6.06	5.62
2000	5.97	5.6
2001	5.89	5.56
2002	5.82	5.53
2003	5.74	5.49
2004	5.64	5.46
2005	5.5	5.4
2006	5.34	5.33
2007	5.14	5.27
2008	4.92	5.21
2009	4.71	5.17
2010	4.52	5.14
2011	4.33	5.09
2012	4.2	5.03
2013	4.14	4.97
2014	4.12	4.91
2015	4.11	4.9
2016	4.11	4.83
2017	4.08	4.76
2018	4.05	4.68
2019	3.99	4.62
2020	3.91	4.54
2021	3.84	4.46
2022	3.78	4.38
2023	3.7	4.32

Rwanda and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	Sudan
1960	15.5	16.7
1961	15.1	16.7
1962	14.9	16.7
1963	14.8	16.6
1964	14.7	16.5
1965	14.8	16.5
1966	14.9	16.4
1967	15.1	16.4
1968	15.3	16.3
1969	15.5	16.3
1970	15.7	16.2
1971	15.9	16.2
1972	16	16.1
1973	16.2	16
1974	16.3	15.9
1975	16.4	16
1976	16.5	16
1977	16.6	16.1
1978	16.6	16.2
1979	16.5	16.4
1980	16.5	16.5
1981	16.4	16.6
1982	16.2	16.7
1983	16.1	16.7
1984	16	16.8
1985	15.8	16.8
1986	15.7	16.8
1987	15.6	16.9
1988	15.6	16.9
1989	15.5	16.8
1990	15.5	16.8
1991	15.5	16.8
1992	15.6	16.8
1993	15.7	16.8
1994	15	16.8
1995	14.3	16.8
1996	14.6	16.8
1997	14.8	16.8
1998	15.3	16.8
1999	15.8	16.9
2000	16.3	16.9
2001	16.8	17
2002	17.1	17
2003	17.4	17.1
2004	17.6	17.1
2005	17.8	17.1
2006	18	17.2
2007	18.1	17.3
2008	18.3	17.3
2009	18.4	17.4
2010	18.5	17.5
2011	18.7	17.4
2012	18.8	17.5
2013	19	17.5
2014	19.1	17.7
2015	19.3	17.9
2016	19.4	18.1
2017	19.6	18.3
2018	19.7	18.6
2019	19.8	18.7
2020	19.9	18.9
2021	20	19
2022	20.3	19.2
2023	20.5	19.3
2024	20.8	19.4

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