Somalia vs Sudan statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 42nd vs. 15th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Somalia and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Somalia and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Somalia

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	Sudan
1960	$180,459,937	$1,126,364,162
1961	$191,659,914	$1,222,860,429
1962	$203,531,928	$1,328,259,625
1963	$216,145,936	$1,351,234,926
1964	$229,529,913	$1,388,282,600
1965	$243,725,898	$1,446,869,619
1966	$257,375,897	$1,484,491,676
1967	$271,781,887	$1,607,409,539
1968	$286,719,885	$1,677,771,401
1969	$306,357,285	$1,847,501,441
1970	$347,985,394	$2,100,229,759
1971	$347,039,446	$2,288,340,041
1972	$447,883,941	$2,483,055,722
1973	$483,699,611	$3,077,254,460
1974	$572,504,036	$3,958,931,660
1975	$757,015,879	$4,823,090,192
1976	$871,344,245	$6,013,210,816
1977	$498,550,725	$7,499,005,639
1978	$564,571,823	$8,128,719,315
1979	$589,566,929	$8,418,407,787
1980	$602,515,548	$8,951,800,000
1981	$699,302,473	$10,753,888,154
1982	$774,578,932	$8,732,542,274
1983	$735,408,642	$8,230,153,846
1984	$787,434,542	$10,447,615,385
1985	$875,702,247	$8,075,259,600
1986	$916,590,786	$10,092,200,000
1987	$1,018,972,664	$12,093,333,333
1988	$1,051,596,967	$14,372,555,556
1989	$1,181,360,844	$21,408,111,111
1990	$1,031,282,081	$33,641,222,222
1991	$717,974,930	$44,171,194,366
1992	$709,297,579	$7,031,933,492
1993	$1,260,132,956	$8,881,005,436
1994	$1,481,205,098	$12,793,794,737
1995	$1,534,756,135	$13,830,363,900
1996	$1,792,234,297	$9,018,300,725
1997	$2,191,749,014	$11,681,175,864
1998	$2,962,047,564	$11,250,221,537
1999	$3,045,751,528	$10,682,028,340
2000	$3,412,797,450	$12,257,299,147
2001	$2,252,847,465	$15,716,361,792
2002	$2,192,684,135	$18,137,128,388
2003	$2,836,724,352	$21,355,298,460
2004	$3,859,592,813	$26,646,007,251
2005	$4,683,246,454	$35,182,711,988
2006	$5,026,743,282	$45,263,831,634
2007	$5,430,713,729	$59,440,139,775
2008	$5,913,620,293	$64,833,083,257
2009	$2,948,594,552	$51,621,044,077
2010	$2,687,807,004	$58,962,978,034
2011	$2,906,000,097	$55,018,567,211
2012	$4,364,670,160	$37,632,919,967
2013	$5,062,881,600	$43,024,018,082
2014	$5,728,399,720	$49,516,748,618
2015	$6,152,149,100	$51,726,758,677
2016	$6,613,743,070	$42,630,376,000
2017	$7,621,501,710	$41,283,617,976
2018	$7,873,440,830	$32,333,780,383
2019	$8,655,023,960	$32,338,079,165
2020	$8,628,393,720	$27,034,593,750
2021	$9,483,997,390	$34,229,513,775
2022	$10,202,767,270	$51,666,875,363
2023	$10,968,517,090	$39,898,289,821
2024	$12,108,515,110	$49,909,807,030

Somalia and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	Sudan
1960	$62.7	$134.7
1961	$64.9	$141.6
1962	$67.2	$148.9
1963	$69.5	$146.6
1964	$71.9	$145.7
1965	$74.4	$146.8
1966	$76.5	$145.6
1967	$78.7	$152.4
1968	$80.8	$153.7
1969	$84.1	$163.5
1970	$93.1	$179.6
1971	$90.4	$189
1972	$113.7	$198.2
1973	$119.6	$235.8
1974	$137.9	$291.5
1975	$177.8	$343
1976	$199.6	$413
1977	$111.2	$497
1978	$117.3	$518
1979	$108.2	$515
1980	$101.5	$525
1981	$116.9	$605
1982	$129	$472
1983	$118.6	$431
1984	$122.5	$534
1985	$130.8	$406
1986	$131.4	$497
1987	$141	$584
1988	$145.3	$680
1989	$166	$992
1990	$145.6	$1,528
1991	$105.4	$1,966
1992	$109.2	$307
1993	$188.6	$379
1994	$210.8	$532
1995	$210.7	$561
1996	$237.2	$357
1997	$280.1	$453
1998	$363	$425
1999	$359	$394
2000	$386	$441
2001	$244.9	$551
2002	$229.6	$621
2003	$286.3	$714
2004	$375	$872
2005	$440	$1,125
2006	$458	$1,415
2007	$480	$1,814
2008	$507	$1,928
2009	$246.5	$1,493
2010	$219.2	$1,665
2011	$235.3	$1,522
2012	$350	$1,019
2013	$393	$1,139
2014	$429	$1,275
2015	$446	$1,292
2016	$461	$1,033
2017	$511	$967
2018	$510	$731
2019	$540	$710
2020	$518	$578
2021	$549	$712
2022	$573	$1,046
2023	$597	$797
2024	$637	$989

Somalia vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	Sudan
1950	41.5	45.8
1951	41.7	46.2
1952	41.9	46.5
1953	42.1	46.9
1954	42.3	47.3
1955	42.5	47.7
1956	42.7	48.1
1957	42.9	48.5
1958	43.1	48.9
1959	43.3	49.2
1960	43.5	49.6
1961	43.7	50
1962	44	50.4
1963	44.2	50.8
1964	44.4	50.9
1965	44.6	51
1966	44.8	51.3
1967	45.1	51.5
1968	45.3	51.8
1969	45.5	52
1970	45.6	52.3
1971	45.8	52.5
1972	46	52.8
1973	46.2	53
1974	44.3	53.2
1975	44.5	53.3
1976	44.7	53.3
1977	47	53.5
1978	47	53.3
1979	47.4	53.4
1980	47.6	54.1
1981	47.8	54.4
1982	48	54.4
1983	48.2	49.6
1984	48.4	49.8
1985	48.3	50
1986	48.4	54.6
1987	49	54.7
1988	43.9	55
1989	46.6	54.9
1990	46.9	55.5
1991	25.4	55.6
1992	25	56
1993	50.6	56.1
1994	50.3	57
1995	50.6	57.4
1996	50.5	57.6
1997	50.3	58.1
1998	50.8	58.3
1999	50.6	58.6
2000	50.7	58.9
2001	50.8	59.3
2002	50.8	59.3
2003	50.7	58.3
2004	50.7	56.8
2005	50.9	57.2
2006	50.9	60.4
2007	50.9	61.4
2008	51.5	61.3
2009	52.1	62.7
2010	48.9	63
2011	32.5	63.2
2012	49.1	63.4
2013	54	63.4
2014	54.4	64
2015	55.1	64.4
2016	55.3	64.7
2017	52.2	65.1
2018	54.8	65.5
2019	57.2	65.8
2020	57.1	65.1
2021	55.7	64.5
2022	53.9	65.7
2023	58.8	66.3
2024	59	66.5
2025	59.1	66.7

Somalia and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	Sudan
1960	2,876,331	8,364,489
1961	2,952,054	8,634,941
1962	3,030,091	8,919,028
1963	3,110,361	9,218,077
1964	3,192,796	9,531,109
1965	3,277,874	9,858,030
1966	3,365,106	10,197,578
1967	3,454,537	10,550,597
1968	3,546,590	10,917,999
1969	3,641,015	11,298,936
1970	3,738,448	11,695,771
1971	3,837,691	12,105,539
1972	3,939,436	12,527,856
1973	4,045,592	13,049,315
1974	4,151,842	13,580,723
1975	4,257,535	14,064,798
1976	4,365,812	14,569,716
1977	4,484,050	15,086,614
1978	4,814,892	15,695,003
1979	5,449,117	16,355,352
1980	5,936,154	17,058,905
1981	5,982,849	17,780,572
1982	6,003,840	18,486,645
1983	6,198,430	19,109,770
1984	6,428,389	19,546,528
1985	6,693,289	19,905,872
1986	6,974,788	20,288,238
1987	7,228,302	20,704,904
1988	7,235,360	21,138,431
1989	7,114,817	21,578,022
1990	7,082,811	22,021,481
1991	6,813,760	22,470,676
1992	6,495,107	22,927,355
1993	6,681,399	23,445,592
1994	7,026,797	24,043,948
1995	7,285,007	24,672,143
1996	7,554,474	25,231,528
1997	7,824,525	25,799,821
1998	8,155,417	26,458,999
1999	8,492,059	27,130,613
2000	8,838,713	27,816,745
2001	9,198,493	28,516,770
2002	9,550,063	29,228,727
2003	9,909,157	29,896,035
2004	10,280,998	30,556,637
2005	10,644,228	31,262,444
2006	10,975,502	31,992,435
2007	11,322,582	32,764,135
2008	11,663,084	33,623,980
2009	11,961,201	34,569,113
2010	12,261,756	35,414,399
2011	12,348,830	36,140,806
2012	12,461,160	36,923,178
2013	12,869,594	37,785,849
2014	13,339,491	38,823,318
2015	13,806,963	40,024,431
2016	14,348,740	41,259,892
2017	14,916,629	42,714,306
2018	15,452,487	44,230,596
2019	16,030,971	45,548,175
2020	16,651,191	46,789,231
2021	17,271,431	48,066,924
2022	17,801,897	49,383,346
2023	18,358,615	50,042,791
2024	19,009,151	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Somalia and Sudan

Fertility rate

Somalia

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	Sudan
1960	7.25	6.66
1961	7.25	6.66
1962	7.26	6.7
1963	7.26	6.76
1964	7.26	6.8
1965	7.26	6.84
1966	7.26	6.88
1967	7.25	6.91
1968	7.23	6.95
1969	7.21	6.97
1970	7.18	6.99
1971	7.15	7.02
1972	7.12	6.98
1973	7.09	6.94
1974	7.06	6.91
1975	7.03	6.87
1976	7.02	6.82
1977	7	6.78
1978	7.13	6.72
1979	7.16	6.65
1980	7.18	6.59
1981	7.23	6.53
1982	7.25	6.47
1983	7.28	6.41
1984	7.3	6.34
1985	7.33	6.28
1986	7.35	6.23
1987	7.37	6.18
1988	7.4	6.13
1989	7.42	6.11
1990	7.44	6.07
1991	7.47	6.05
1992	7.5	6.02
1993	7.53	5.97
1994	7.54	5.91
1995	7.58	5.86
1996	7.62	5.79
1997	7.66	5.72
1998	7.66	5.65
1999	7.66	5.62
2000	7.65	5.6
2001	7.64	5.56
2002	7.63	5.53
2003	7.6	5.49
2004	7.57	5.46
2005	7.53	5.4
2006	7.49	5.33
2007	7.46	5.27
2008	7.42	5.21
2009	7.38	5.17
2010	7.32	5.14
2011	7.27	5.09
2012	7.21	5.03
2013	7.14	4.97
2014	7.06	4.91
2015	6.98	4.9
2016	6.88	4.83
2017	6.77	4.76
2018	6.66	4.68
2019	6.56	4.62
2020	6.45	4.54
2021	6.35	4.46
2022	6.26	4.38
2023	6.13	4.32

Somalia and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	Sudan
1960	18.1	16.7
1961	17.9	16.7
1962	17.8	16.7
1963	17.7	16.6
1964	17.6	16.5
1965	17.5	16.5
1966	17.5	16.4
1967	17.5	16.4
1968	17.5	16.3
1969	17.5	16.3
1970	17.5	16.2
1971	17.6	16.2
1972	17.6	16.1
1973	17.6	16
1974	17.7	15.9
1975	17.7	16
1976	17.7	16
1977	17.7	16.1
1978	17.7	16.2
1979	17.6	16.4
1980	17.6	16.5
1981	17.5	16.6
1982	17.4	16.7
1983	17.4	16.7
1984	17.3	16.8
1985	17.2	16.8
1986	17.1	16.8
1987	17	16.9
1988	16.8	16.9
1989	16.7	16.8
1990	16.5	16.8
1991	16.5	16.8
1992	16.7	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	16.4	16.8
1999	16.3	16.9
2000	16.3	16.9
2001	16.2	17
2002	16.2	17
2003	16.1	17.1
2004	16	17.1
2005	15.9	17.1
2006	15.7	17.2
2007	15.6	17.3
2008	15.6	17.3
2009	15.6	17.4
2010	15.7	17.5
2011	15.8	17.4
2012	16	17.5
2013	16	17.5
2014	16	17.7
2015	16.1	17.9
2016	16.1	18.1
2017	16.2	18.3
2018	16.2	18.6
2019	16.3	18.7
2020	16.3	18.9
2021	16.4	19
2022	16.5	19.2
2023	16.5	19.3
2024	16.6	19.4

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Somalia and Sudan.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size