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Sudan vs Uganda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Sudan has a population of 50.4M (ranked 30/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Sudan's land area is 721,239 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 15th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Main facts and rankings

Sudan Uganda
Population
52963918
52490669
Population rank 29/197 30/197
GDP
$49.9B
2024
$53.7B
2024
GDP rank 93/197 89/197
GDP per capita
$989
2024
$1,073
2024
GDP per capita rank 178/197 173/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,127
2024
$3,276
2024
Government debt
$136B
2024
$27.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
252%
2025
54%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,691
2024
$556
2024
Government debt per person rank 107/185 162/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,875
2025
$1,648
2025
Land area
721,239 sq mi
2025
77,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
646 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.32
2023
4.28
2023
Median age
19.4 years
2024
17.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.7 years
2025
68.7 years
2025

Sudan and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Sudan and Uganda economies compared

GDP
Sudan

Uganda
Year GDP
Sudan Uganda
1960 $1,126,364,162 $423,145,605
1961 $1,222,860,429 $441,667,335
1962 $1,328,259,625 $449,158,233
1963 $1,351,234,926 $516,315,231
1964 $1,388,282,600 $589,247,687
1965 $1,446,869,619 $884,502,310
1966 $1,484,491,676 $925,381,492
1967 $1,607,409,539 $967,240,655
1968 $1,677,771,401 $1,037,379,252
1969 $1,847,501,441 $1,168,556,629
1970 $2,100,229,759 $1,259,554,809
1971 $2,288,340,041 $1,417,191,656
1972 $2,483,055,722 $1,490,970,181
1973 $3,077,254,460 $1,701,829,789
1974 $3,958,931,660 $2,098,944,967
1975 $4,823,090,192 $2,359,555,556
1976 $6,013,210,816 $2,447,300,000
1977 $7,499,005,639 $2,936,470,588
1978 $8,128,719,315 $2,420,260,870
1979 $8,418,407,787 $2,139,025,000
1980 $8,951,800,000 $1,244,610,000
1981 $10,753,888,154 $1,337,300,000
1982 $8,732,542,274 $2,177,500,000
1983 $8,230,153,846 $2,240,333,333
1984 $10,447,615,385 $3,615,647,477
1985 $8,075,259,600 $3,519,695,444
1986 $10,092,200,000 $3,923,244,050
1987 $12,093,333,333 $6,269,522,042
1988 $14,372,555,556 $6,508,931,652
1989 $21,408,111,111 $5,276,480,799
1990 $33,641,222,222 $4,304,399,310
1991 $44,171,194,366 $3,321,729,160
1992 $7,031,933,492 $2,857,457,762
1993 $8,881,005,436 $3,220,439,044
1994 $12,793,794,737 $3,990,430,447
1995 $13,830,363,900 $5,755,818,842
1996 $9,018,300,725 $6,044,585,327
1997 $11,681,175,864 $6,269,333,313
1998 $11,250,221,537 $6,584,815,847
1999 $10,682,028,340 $5,998,563,258
2000 $12,257,299,147 $6,193,246,837
2001 $15,716,361,792 $5,840,503,869
2002 $18,137,128,388 $6,178,563,591
2003 $21,355,298,460 $6,606,884,275
2004 $26,646,007,251 $7,939,487,548
2005 $35,182,711,988 $9,239,221,763
2006 $45,263,831,634 $9,977,647,683
2007 $59,440,139,775 $11,902,564,495
2008 $64,833,083,257 $14,440,404,132
2009 $51,621,044,077 $25,127,805,567
2010 $58,962,978,034 $26,673,441,431
2011 $55,018,567,211 $27,871,725,241
2012 $37,632,919,967 $27,305,915,911
2013 $43,024,018,082 $28,915,786,517
2014 $49,516,748,618 $32,612,397,257
2015 $51,726,758,677 $32,387,183,730
2016 $42,630,376,000 $29,203,988,696
2017 $41,283,617,976 $30,744,473,841
2018 $32,333,780,383 $32,927,025,620
2019 $32,338,079,165 $35,353,061,008
2020 $27,034,593,750 $37,600,368,240
2021 $34,229,513,775 $40,529,788,744
2022 $51,666,875,363 $45,565,333,216
2023 $39,898,289,821 $48,768,955,859
2024 $49,909,807,030 $53,651,874,314

Sudan and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita
Sudan

Uganda
Year GDP per capita
Sudan Uganda
1960 $134.7 $55.4
1961 $141.6 $56.2
1962 $148.9 $55.5
1963 $146.6 $62
1964 $145.7 $68.6
1965 $146.8 $100
1966 $145.6 $101.4
1967 $152.4 $102.8
1968 $153.7 $106.9
1969 $163.5 $116.7
1970 $179.6 $122
1971 $189 $133.5
1972 $198.2 $137
1973 $235.8 $152.7
1974 $291.5 $183.7
1975 $343 $201.2
1976 $413 $203.3
1977 $497 $237.6
1978 $518 $190.7
1979 $515 $164.5
1980 $525 $93.8
1981 $605 $98.6
1982 $472 $157
1983 $431 $157.5
1984 $534 $247.5
1985 $406 $234.3
1986 $497 $253.6
1987 $584 $393
1988 $680 $395
1989 $992 $310
1990 $1,528 $245
1991 $1,966 $183
1992 $307 $152.1
1993 $379 $165.6
1994 $532 $198.4
1995 $561 $278.5
1996 $357 $284.7
1997 $453 $286.8
1998 $425 $292.5
1999 $394 $257.9
2000 $441 $258.1
2001 $551 $236
2002 $621 $242
2003 $714 $250.7
2004 $872 $292.4
2005 $1,125 $330
2006 $1,415 $347
2007 $1,814 $401
2008 $1,928 $473
2009 $1,493 $799
2010 $1,665 $823
2011 $1,522 $836
2012 $1,019 $795
2013 $1,139 $818
2014 $1,275 $896
2015 $1,292 $863
2016 $1,033 $753
2017 $967 $765
2018 $731 $792
2019 $710 $822
2020 $578 $846
2021 $712 $883
2022 $1,046 $963
2023 $797 $1,002
2024 $989 $1,073

Sudan vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sudan

Uganda
Year Life expectancy, years
Sudan Uganda
1950 45.8 39.7
1951 46.2 40.2
1952 46.5 40.8
1953 46.9 41.3
1954 47.3 41.8
1955 47.7 42.4
1956 48.1 43
1957 48.5 43.7
1958 48.9 44.3
1959 49.2 45
1960 49.6 45.6
1961 50 46.3
1962 50.4 46.8
1963 50.8 47.4
1964 50.9 47.8
1965 51 48.3
1966 51.3 48.5
1967 51.5 49
1968 51.8 49.3
1969 52 49.5
1970 52.3 49.6
1971 52.5 47.1
1972 52.8 47.2
1973 53 47
1974 53.2 46.9
1975 53.3 46.5
1976 53.3 46.2
1977 53.5 45.8
1978 53.3 45.6
1979 53.4 45.4
1980 54.1 43.5
1981 54.4 43.5
1982 54.4 43.3
1983 49.6 43.5
1984 49.8 43.7
1985 50 45.5
1986 54.6 45.7
1987 54.7 47.4
1988 55 47.5
1989 54.9 47.5
1990 55.5 47.6
1991 55.6 47.5
1992 56 47.7
1993 56.1 47.7
1994 57 47.7
1995 57.4 47.7
1996 57.6 47.8
1997 58.1 48
1998 58.3 48.3
1999 58.6 49
2000 58.9 49.6
2001 59.3 50.6
2002 59.3 51.4
2003 58.3 52.4
2004 56.8 53.7
2005 57.2 54.9
2006 60.4 56.1
2007 61.4 57.2
2008 61.3 58.3
2009 62.7 59.2
2010 63 60
2011 63.2 60.8
2012 63.4 61.6
2013 63.4 62.4
2014 64 63.1
2015 64.4 63.8
2016 64.7 64.5
2017 65.1 65.2
2018 65.5 65.8
2019 65.8 66.4
2020 65.1 66.4
2021 64.5 66.4
2022 65.7 67.7
2023 66.3 68.3
2024 66.5 68.5
2025 66.7 68.7

Sudan and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population
Sudan

Uganda
Year Population
Sudan Uganda
1960 8,364,489 7,640,973
1961 8,634,941 7,862,217
1962 8,919,028 8,092,231
1963 9,218,077 8,333,663
1964 9,531,109 8,586,363
1965 9,858,030 8,849,203
1966 10,197,578 9,122,864
1967 10,550,597 9,408,924
1968 10,917,999 9,708,632
1969 11,298,936 10,014,858
1970 11,695,771 10,321,603
1971 12,105,539 10,618,206
1972 12,527,856 10,885,796
1973 13,049,315 11,144,236
1974 13,580,723 11,424,846
1975 14,064,798 11,725,240
1976 14,569,716 12,037,294
1977 15,086,614 12,359,669
1978 15,695,003 12,692,113
1979 16,355,352 13,002,163
1980 17,058,905 13,275,741
1981 17,780,572 13,556,452
1982 18,486,645 13,873,631
1983 19,109,770 14,221,881
1984 19,546,528 14,607,677
1985 19,905,872 15,023,681
1986 20,288,238 15,467,579
1987 20,704,904 15,954,170
1988 21,138,431 16,470,483
1989 21,578,022 17,010,698
1990 22,021,481 17,569,897
1991 22,470,676 18,155,901
1992 22,927,355 18,785,032
1993 23,445,592 19,445,161
1994 24,043,948 20,108,801
1995 24,672,143 20,665,667
1996 25,231,528 21,231,550
1997 25,799,821 21,856,046
1998 26,458,999 22,515,806
1999 27,130,613 23,257,281
2000 27,816,745 24,000,150
2001 28,516,770 24,745,676
2002 29,228,727 25,532,870
2003 29,896,035 26,352,124
2004 30,556,637 27,154,515
2005 31,262,444 27,963,289
2006 31,992,435 28,794,003
2007 32,764,135 29,653,430
2008 33,623,980 30,539,553
2009 34,569,113 31,451,151
2010 35,414,399 32,390,802
2011 36,140,806 33,354,543
2012 36,923,178 34,337,438
2013 37,785,849 35,337,042
2014 38,823,318 36,395,539
2015 40,024,431 37,531,446
2016 41,259,892 38,799,152
2017 42,714,306 40,177,388
2018 44,230,596 41,565,831
2019 45,548,175 42,999,637
2020 46,789,231 44,457,152
2021 48,066,924 45,910,930
2022 49,383,346 47,312,719
2023 50,042,791 48,656,601
2024 50,448,963 50,015,092

Fertility rates in Sudan and Uganda

Fertility rate
Sudan

Uganda
Year Fertility rate
Sudan Uganda
1960 6.66 6.91
1961 6.66 6.93
1962 6.7 6.96
1963 6.76 6.98
1964 6.8 7.01
1965 6.84 7.04
1966 6.88 7.07
1967 6.91 7.1
1968 6.95 7.13
1969 6.97 7.12
1970 6.99 7.15
1971 7.02 7.18
1972 6.98 7.19
1973 6.94 7.19
1974 6.91 7.19
1975 6.87 7.2
1976 6.82 7.19
1977 6.78 7.18
1978 6.72 7.16
1979 6.65 7.14
1980 6.59 7.11
1981 6.53 7.12
1982 6.47 7.11
1983 6.41 7.07
1984 6.34 7.02
1985 6.28 7.04
1986 6.23 7.08
1987 6.18 7.12
1988 6.13 7.1
1989 6.11 7.05
1990 6.07 7.01
1991 6.05 6.94
1992 6.02 6.91
1993 5.97 6.89
1994 5.91 6.9
1995 5.86 6.87
1996 5.79 6.84
1997 5.72 6.86
1998 5.65 6.84
1999 5.62 6.83
2000 5.6 6.79
2001 5.56 6.76
2002 5.53 6.74
2003 5.49 6.67
2004 5.46 6.61
2005 5.4 6.53
2006 5.33 6.43
2007 5.27 6.33
2008 5.21 6.2
2009 5.17 6.12
2010 5.14 6.02
2011 5.09 5.89
2012 5.03 5.73
2013 4.97 5.56
2014 4.91 5.41
2015 4.9 5.25
2016 4.83 5.11
2017 4.76 4.99
2018 4.68 4.87
2019 4.62 4.74
2020 4.54 4.62
2021 4.46 4.51
2022 4.38 4.39
2023 4.32 4.28

Sudan and Uganda demographics compared

Median age
Sudan

Uganda
Year Median age, years
Sudan Uganda
1960 16.7 17.1
1961 16.7 16.9
1962 16.7 16.8
1963 16.6 16.7
1964 16.5 16.6
1965 16.5 16.6
1966 16.4 16.6
1967 16.4 16.6
1968 16.3 16.6
1969 16.3 16.6
1970 16.2 16.6
1971 16.2 16.6
1972 16.1 16.5
1973 16 16.3
1974 15.9 16.3
1975 16 16.2
1976 16 16.2
1977 16.1 16.2
1978 16.2 16.1
1979 16.4 16.1
1980 16.5 16
1981 16.6 15.9
1982 16.7 15.9
1983 16.7 15.9
1984 16.8 15.9
1985 16.8 15.9
1986 16.8 15.9
1987 16.9 15.9
1988 16.9 15.9
1989 16.8 15.8
1990 16.8 15.8
1991 16.8 15.8
1992 16.8 15.7
1993 16.8 15.7
1994 16.8 15.6
1995 16.8 15.4
1996 16.8 15.3
1997 16.8 15.1
1998 16.8 15
1999 16.9 15
2000 16.9 15
2001 17 15
2002 17 15
2003 17.1 15
2004 17.1 15
2005 17.1 15
2006 17.2 15
2007 17.3 15
2008 17.3 15.1
2009 17.4 15.1
2010 17.5 15.2
2011 17.4 15.3
2012 17.5 15.4
2013 17.5 15.5
2014 17.7 15.6
2015 17.9 15.8
2016 18.1 16
2017 18.3 16.3
2018 18.6 16.5
2019 18.7 16.8
2020 18.9 17
2021 19 17.2
2022 19.2 17.4
2023 19.3 17.6
2024 19.4 17.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sudan Uganda
GNI, Atlas method
$36.2B
2024
$50.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
6.17%
2025
21.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.02%
2009
2.55%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.92%
2021
1.98%
2023
Armed forces personnel
144,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.68%
2025
-6.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.53%
2022
3.42%
2021
Services, % of GDP
54.9%
2024
43.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
23%
2024
24.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
35.3
2025
51.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.8%
2014
34.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.2%
2014
2.4%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$178M
2017
$3.36B
2018
Personal remittances received
$900M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
836,000
2018
473,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
20.9%
2018
9.21%
2020
Banked people share
15.3%
2014
72.8%
2024

Energy

Sudan Uganda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
412 kg
2022
483 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.15
2022
$6.05
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
21.3 megatons
2023
7.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.43 tons
2023
0.15 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
30.2%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
61%
2021
90.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
4.99%
2022
1.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share
18.9%
2022
20.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
278.8 kWh
2022
89.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
58%
2021
90%
2021
Hydroelectric share
71.4%
2022
86.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
66%
2023
51.5%
2023

Society

Sudan Uganda
% of world population
0.62%
2024
0.61%
2024
Annual migration change
-544,257
2024
-117,924
2024
Urban population
36.8%
2024
27.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.26 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
27.8
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
15
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
43
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.1
2008
8.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
53
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
60.7%
2018
80.6%
2022
English speaking
93.7%
2023
44.7%
2023
People using the Internet
26.4%
2020
8.95%
2024

Health

Sudan Uganda
Government health expenditure per capita
$31.6
2022
$44.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$16.2
2022
$15
2022
Life expectancy
66.7 years
2025
68.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
17.7%
2022
41.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.26
2017
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
256
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
50.1
2023
38.8
2023
Obesity rate
17.5%
2022
8.05%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19%
2024
2.2%
2024
Air quality index
33
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
7.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.01 liters
2020
11.3 liters
2020

Territory

Sudan Uganda
% of world land
1.25%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
14,296 sq mi
2024
1,548 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
435,002 sq mi
2025
55,657 sq mi
2025
Forest area
68,892 sq mi
2025
8,549 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,263 mi
2019
90,720 mi
2019

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