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Sierra Leone vs Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 116th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Main facts and rankings

Sierra Leone Sudan
Population
8961932
52963918
Population rank 102/197 29/197
GDP
$7.55B
2024
$49.9B
2024
GDP rank 157/197 93/197
GDP per capita
$873
2024
$989
2024
GDP per capita rank 183/197 178/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$3,516
2024
$2,127
2024
Government debt
$3.25B
2024
$136B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
44.3%
2025
252%
2025
Government debt per person
$376
2024
$2,691
2024
Government debt per person rank 174/185 107/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,438
2025
$1,875
2025
Land area
27,869 sq mi
2025
721,239 sq mi
2025
Population density
310 ppl/mi²
2024
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.79
2023
4.32
2023
Median age
20.5 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.2 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Sierra Leone and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Sudan economies compared

GDP
Sierra Leone

Sudan
Year GDP
Sierra Leone Sudan
1960 $322,151,961 $1,126,364,162
1961 $327,978,758 $1,222,860,429
1962 $342,872,549 $1,328,259,625
1963 $348,700,980 $1,351,234,926
1964 $372,011,438 $1,388,282,600
1965 $359,523,810 $1,446,869,619
1966 $375,630,252 $1,484,491,676
1967 $348,895,028 $1,607,409,539
1968 $329,991,597 $1,677,771,401
1969 $408,853,541 $1,847,501,441
1970 $434,584,634 $2,100,229,759
1971 $419,495,788 $2,288,340,041
1972 $465,254,682 $2,483,055,722
1973 $575,471,814 $3,077,254,460
1974 $648,940,351 $3,958,931,660
1975 $679,352,876 $4,823,090,192
1976 $594,810,422 $6,013,210,816
1977 $692,079,407 $7,499,005,639
1978 $960,765,043 $8,128,719,315
1979 $1,109,343,425 $8,418,407,787
1980 $1,100,476,190 $8,951,800,000
1981 $1,114,926,661 $10,753,888,154
1982 $1,294,995,964 $8,732,542,274
1983 $995,278,515 $8,230,153,846
1984 $1,087,450,199 $10,447,615,385
1985 $856,890,459 $8,075,259,600
1986 $490,181,457 $10,092,200,000
1987 $660,106,336 $12,093,333,333
1988 $1,055,083,933 $14,372,555,556
1989 $932,974,420 $21,408,111,111
1990 $649,644,098 $33,641,222,222
1991 $779,981,987 $44,171,194,366
1992 $679,940,814 $7,031,933,492
1993 $768,867,883 $8,881,005,436
1994 $911,853,802 $12,793,794,737
1995 $870,740,292 $13,830,363,900
1996 $941,709,423 $9,018,300,725
1997 $850,232,760 $11,681,175,864
1998 $672,368,187 $11,250,221,537
1999 $669,386,624 $10,682,028,340
2000 $635,866,404 $12,257,299,147
2001 $1,681,473,894 $15,716,361,792
2002 $1,933,863,911 $18,137,128,388
2003 $2,142,618,046 $21,355,298,460
2004 $2,237,350,687 $26,646,007,251
2005 $2,545,275,313 $35,182,711,988
2006 $3,263,697,467 $45,263,831,634
2007 $3,632,957,611 $59,440,139,775
2008 $4,157,895,298 $64,833,083,257
2009 $3,953,403,098 $51,621,044,077
2010 $4,262,805,967 $58,962,978,034
2011 $4,861,632,885 $55,018,567,211
2012 $6,141,666,509 $37,632,919,967
2013 $7,502,762,863 $43,024,018,082
2014 $7,686,138,791 $49,516,748,618
2015 $6,788,352,975 $51,726,758,677
2016 $6,084,297,211 $42,630,376,000
2017 $5,749,846,528 $41,283,617,976
2018 $6,390,514,689 $32,333,780,383
2019 $6,526,183,564 $32,338,079,165
2020 $6,693,888,876 $27,034,593,750
2021 $7,173,379,137 $34,229,513,775
2022 $7,124,465,160 $51,666,875,363
2023 $6,411,787,856 $39,898,289,821
2024 $7,547,843,281 $49,909,807,030

Sierra Leone and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Sierra Leone

Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Sierra Leone Sudan
1960 $142 $134.7
1961 $142.3 $141.6
1962 $146.4 $148.9
1963 $146.4 $146.6
1964 $153.4 $145.7
1965 $145.6 $146.8
1966 $149.4 $145.6
1967 $136.2 $152.4
1968 $126.4 $153.7
1969 $153.6 $163.5
1970 $160.2 $179.6
1971 $151.8 $189
1972 $165.3 $198.2
1973 $200.7 $235.8
1974 $222.2 $291.5
1975 $228.4 $343
1976 $196.4 $413
1977 $224.3 $497
1978 $305 $518
1979 $346 $515
1980 $336 $525
1981 $334 $605
1982 $380 $472
1983 $285.9 $431
1984 $306 $534
1985 $235.5 $406
1986 $131.5 $497
1987 $172.4 $584
1988 $268.2 $680
1989 $231.3 $992
1990 $154.8 $1,528
1991 $183.7 $1,966
1992 $163.2 $307
1993 $185 $379
1994 $218.5 $532
1995 $208.4 $561
1996 $224.3 $357
1997 $199.9 $453
1998 $156.5 $425
1999 $155 $394
2000 $143.7 $441
2001 $358 $551
2002 $389 $621
2003 $414 $714
2004 $418 $872
2005 $463 $1,125
2006 $580 $1,415
2007 $632 $1,814
2008 $705 $1,928
2009 $653 $1,493
2010 $685 $1,665
2011 $761 $1,522
2012 $938 $1,019
2013 $1,117 $1,139
2014 $1,118 $1,275
2015 $965 $1,292
2016 $844 $1,033
2017 $779 $967
2018 $846 $731
2019 $844 $710
2020 $846 $578
2021 $886 $712
2022 $861 $1,046
2023 $758 $797
2024 $873 $989

Sierra Leone vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sierra Leone

Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Sierra Leone Sudan
1950 28.9 45.8
1951 29.3 46.2
1952 29.7 46.5
1953 30.1 46.9
1954 30.5 47.3
1955 30.9 47.7
1956 31.3 48.1
1957 31.8 48.5
1958 32.1 48.9
1959 32.6 49.2
1960 33.1 49.6
1961 33.6 50
1962 34.2 50.4
1963 34.7 50.8
1964 35.3 50.9
1965 35.9 51
1966 36.6 51.3
1967 37.3 51.5
1968 37.8 51.8
1969 38.2 52
1970 38.6 52.3
1971 39.1 52.5
1972 39.5 52.8
1973 40 53
1974 40.4 53.2
1975 41 53.3
1976 41.4 53.3
1977 41.8 53.5
1978 42.2 53.3
1979 42.5 53.4
1980 42.8 54.1
1981 43.1 54.4
1982 43.3 54.4
1983 43.5 49.6
1984 43.6 49.8
1985 43.6 50
1986 43.5 54.6
1987 43.7 54.7
1988 43.8 55
1989 43.7 54.9
1990 43.7 55.5
1991 43.3 55.6
1992 43.5 56
1993 43.4 56.1
1994 42.8 57
1995 42.6 57.4
1996 43.5 57.6
1997 43.6 58.1
1998 42.7 58.3
1999 42 58.6
2000 44.8 58.9
2001 45.4 59.3
2002 46.2 59.3
2003 46.8 58.3
2004 47.5 56.8
2005 48.3 57.2
2006 49.5 60.4
2007 50 61.4
2008 50.7 61.3
2009 51.3 62.7
2010 51.9 63
2011 52.6 63.2
2012 53.2 63.4
2013 54.1 63.4
2014 54.3 64
2015 55.5 64.4
2016 56.9 64.7
2017 57.8 65.1
2018 59.1 65.5
2019 59.6 65.8
2020 59.7 65.1
2021 60.3 64.5
2022 61.3 65.7
2023 61.8 66.3
2024 62 66.5
2025 62.2 66.7

Sierra Leone and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Sierra Leone

Sudan
Year Population
Sierra Leone Sudan
1960 2,268,356 8,364,489
1961 2,304,227 8,634,941
1962 2,342,242 8,919,028
1963 2,382,258 9,218,077
1964 2,424,390 9,531,109
1965 2,468,666 9,858,030
1966 2,514,638 10,197,578
1967 2,562,384 10,550,597
1968 2,611,532 10,917,999
1969 2,661,365 11,298,936
1970 2,712,286 11,695,771
1971 2,763,222 12,105,539
1972 2,814,388 12,527,856
1973 2,866,955 13,049,315
1974 2,920,459 13,580,723
1975 2,974,657 14,064,798
1976 3,028,820 14,569,716
1977 3,085,354 15,086,614
1978 3,145,517 15,695,003
1979 3,207,499 16,355,352
1980 3,272,089 17,058,905
1981 3,338,940 17,780,572
1982 3,408,183 18,486,645
1983 3,481,646 19,109,770
1984 3,558,758 19,546,528
1985 3,638,438 19,905,872
1986 3,728,380 20,288,238
1987 3,829,718 20,704,904
1988 3,934,517 21,138,431
1989 4,034,037 21,578,022
1990 4,196,828 22,021,481
1991 4,246,267 22,470,676
1992 4,166,366 22,927,355
1993 4,157,130 23,445,592
1994 4,173,105 24,043,948
1995 4,179,179 24,672,143
1996 4,199,210 25,231,528
1997 4,253,716 25,799,821
1998 4,295,785 26,458,999
1999 4,318,043 27,130,613
2000 4,423,611 27,816,745
2001 4,692,716 28,516,770
2002 4,971,435 29,228,727
2003 5,177,687 29,896,035
2004 5,355,717 30,556,637
2005 5,501,712 31,262,444
2006 5,624,466 31,992,435
2007 5,749,352 32,764,135
2008 5,894,722 33,623,980
2009 6,055,646 34,569,113
2010 6,222,714 35,414,399
2011 6,387,251 36,140,806
2012 6,551,080 36,923,178
2013 6,714,051 37,785,849
2014 6,876,385 38,823,318
2015 7,037,655 40,024,431
2016 7,205,328 41,259,892
2017 7,379,299 42,714,306
2018 7,554,563 44,230,596
2019 7,731,991 45,548,175
2020 7,912,558 46,789,231
2021 8,094,602 48,066,924
2022 8,276,807 49,383,346
2023 8,460,512 50,042,791
2024 8,642,022 50,448,963

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Sudan

Fertility rate
Sierra Leone

Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Sierra Leone Sudan
1960 6.18 6.66
1961 6.21 6.66
1962 6.22 6.7
1963 6.26 6.76
1964 6.29 6.8
1965 6.31 6.84
1966 6.35 6.88
1967 6.38 6.91
1968 6.39 6.95
1969 6.39 6.97
1970 6.41 6.99
1971 6.43 7.02
1972 6.45 6.98
1973 6.47 6.94
1974 6.53 6.91
1975 6.55 6.87
1976 6.55 6.82
1977 6.57 6.78
1978 6.59 6.72
1979 6.58 6.65
1980 6.56 6.59
1981 6.55 6.53
1982 6.56 6.47
1983 6.57 6.41
1984 6.59 6.34
1985 6.59 6.28
1986 6.6 6.23
1987 6.61 6.18
1988 6.59 6.13
1989 6.57 6.11
1990 6.57 6.07
1991 6.55 6.05
1992 6.56 6.02
1993 6.57 5.97
1994 6.56 5.91
1995 6.56 5.86
1996 6.55 5.79
1997 6.53 5.72
1998 6.5 5.65
1999 6.42 5.62
2000 6.36 5.6
2001 6.31 5.56
2002 6.23 5.53
2003 6.09 5.49
2004 5.92 5.46
2005 5.81 5.4
2006 5.74 5.33
2007 5.64 5.27
2008 5.56 5.21
2009 5.45 5.17
2010 5.33 5.14
2011 5.21 5.09
2012 5.06 5.03
2013 4.87 4.97
2014 4.7 4.91
2015 4.55 4.9
2016 4.47 4.83
2017 4.39 4.76
2018 4.29 4.68
2019 4.19 4.62
2020 4.08 4.54
2021 3.98 4.46
2022 3.88 4.38
2023 3.79 4.32

Sierra Leone and Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Sierra Leone

Sudan
Year Median age, years
Sierra Leone Sudan
1960 21.1 16.7
1961 21.1 16.7
1962 21.1 16.7
1963 21 16.6
1964 21 16.5
1965 20.9 16.5
1966 20.9 16.4
1967 20.8 16.4
1968 20.7 16.3
1969 20.6 16.3
1970 20.4 16.2
1971 20.2 16.2
1972 20.1 16.1
1973 19.9 16
1974 19.8 15.9
1975 19.6 16
1976 19.5 16
1977 19.4 16.1
1978 19.3 16.2
1979 19.2 16.4
1980 19.1 16.5
1981 19.1 16.6
1982 19 16.7
1983 18.9 16.7
1984 18.9 16.8
1985 18.8 16.8
1986 18.7 16.8
1987 18.7 16.9
1988 18.6 16.9
1989 18.6 16.8
1990 18.5 16.8
1991 18.5 16.8
1992 18.4 16.8
1993 18.4 16.8
1994 18.3 16.8
1995 18.2 16.8
1996 18.2 16.8
1997 18.1 16.8
1998 18.1 16.8
1999 18 16.9
2000 18 16.9
2001 18 17
2002 17.9 17
2003 17.9 17.1
2004 17.9 17.1
2005 18 17.1
2006 18 17.2
2007 18 17.3
2008 18.1 17.3
2009 18.1 17.4
2010 18.2 17.5
2011 18.3 17.4
2012 18.4 17.5
2013 18.5 17.5
2014 18.6 17.7
2015 18.7 17.9
2016 18.9 18.1
2017 19.1 18.3
2018 19.2 18.6
2019 19.4 18.7
2020 19.6 18.9
2021 19.8 19
2022 20 19.2
2023 20.3 19.3
2024 20.5 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sierra Leone Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$7.26B
2024
$36.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.7%
2025
6.17%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.62%
2023
2.02%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
0.92%
2021
Armed forces personnel
9,000
2020
144,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.2%
2025
-2.68%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2018
7.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
44.8%
2024
54.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
27.3%
2024
23%
2024
Economic freedom index
48
2025
35.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.4%
2018
27.8%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2018
3.2%
2014
Total reserves including gold
$433M
2024
$178M
2017
Personal remittances received
$322M
2024
$900M
2024
International tourist arrivals
71,000
2019
836,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
5.49%
2018
20.9%
2018
Banked people share
38.6%
2024
15.3%
2014

Energy

Sierra Leone Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$8.15
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.07 megatons
2023
21.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0.43 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
30.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
71.6%
2022
61%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
4.99%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
18.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
278.8 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
75.3%
2021
58%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.5%
2021
71.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
35.5%
2023
66%
2023

Society

Sierra Leone Sudan
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.62%
2024
Annual migration change
-11,000
2024
-544,257
2024
Urban population
44.8%
2024
36.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.46 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.16 ft
2025
5.26 ft
2025
Quality of life index
30.5
2025
27.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
15
2024
Higher education index
16
2025
43
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.14
2020
5.1
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
33
2019
26.8
2019
Visa free countries
68
2025
53
2025
Adult literacy rate
48.6%
2022
60.7%
2018
English speaking
83.5%
2023
93.7%
2023
People using the Internet
20.6%
2023
26.4%
2020

Health

Sierra Leone Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$39.3
2022
$31.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$20.7
2022
$16.2
2022
Life expectancy
62.2 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
28%
2022
17.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.04
2022
0.26
2017
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
354
2023
256
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
94.3
2023
50.1
2023
Obesity rate
7.32%
2022
17.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.8%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
16
2025
33
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.9%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.29 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Sierra Leone Sudan
% of world land
0.05%
2025
1.25%
2025
Land area per capita
3,225 sq mi
2024
14,296 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
15,247 sq mi
2025
435,002 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,559 sq mi
2025
68,892 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,270 mi
2015
19,263 mi
2019

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