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Sudan vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Sudan has a population of 50.4M (ranked 30/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Sudan's land area is 721,239 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 15th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Sudan Vatican
Population
52963918
949
Population rank 29/197 197/197
GDP
$49.9B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 93/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$989
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 178/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,127
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$136B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
252%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$2,691
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 107/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,875
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
721,239 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
4.32
2023
n/a
Median age
19.4 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
66.7 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Sudan and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Sudan vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sudan

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Sudan Vatican
1950 45.8 65.9
1951 46.2 65.3
1952 46.5 65.7
1953 46.9 66.3
1954 47.3 67.5
1955 47.7 67.8
1956 48.1 67.3
1957 48.5 67.5
1958 48.9 68.7
1959 49.2 69.2
1960 49.6 69.2
1961 50 69.8
1962 50.4 69.2
1963 50.8 69.3
1964 50.9 70.3
1965 51 70.1
1966 51.3 70.9
1967 51.5 70.9
1968 51.8 70.7
1969 52 70.7
1970 52.3 71.5
1971 52.5 71.7
1972 52.8 72
1973 53 71.9
1974 53.2 72.7
1975 53.3 72.6
1976 53.3 72.9
1977 53.5 73.3
1978 53.3 73.7
1979 53.4 74
1980 54.1 74.1
1981 54.4 74.3
1982 54.4 74.8
1983 49.6 74.7
1984 49.8 75.1
1985 50 75.5
1986 54.6 75.7
1987 54.7 76.2
1988 55 76.4
1989 54.9 76.8
1990 55.5 76.9
1991 55.6 76.9
1992 56 77.3
1993 56.1 77
1994 57 77.7
1995 57.4 77.8
1996 57.6 78.5
1997 58.1 78.2
1998 58.3 78.3
1999 58.6 78.7
2000 58.9 79.3
2001 59.3 79.9
2002 59.3 80
2003 58.3 79.8
2004 56.8 80.2
2005 57.2 80.6
2006 60.4 81.2
2007 61.4 81.3
2008 61.3 81.4
2009 62.7 81.3
2010 63 81.5
2011 63.2 81.7
2012 63.4 82
2013 63.4 82.5
2014 64 82.6
2015 64.4 82.5
2016 64.7 82.9
2017 65.1 82.7
2018 65.5 83.3
2019 65.8 83.6
2020 65.1 83
2021 64.5 82.9
2022 65.7 83.3
2023 66.3 83
2024 66.5 83.1
2025 66.7 83.3

Sudan and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Sudan

Vatican
Year Population
Sudan Vatican
1960 8,364,489 -
1961 8,634,941 -
1962 8,919,028 -
1963 9,218,077 -
1964 9,531,109 -
1965 9,858,030 -
1966 10,197,578 -
1967 10,550,597 -
1968 10,917,999 -
1969 11,298,936 -
1970 11,695,771 -
1971 12,105,539 -
1972 12,527,856 -
1973 13,049,315 -
1974 13,580,723 -
1975 14,064,798 -
1976 14,569,716 -
1977 15,086,614 -
1978 15,695,003 -
1979 16,355,352 -
1980 17,058,905 -
1981 17,780,572 -
1982 18,486,645 -
1983 19,109,770 -
1984 19,546,528 -
1985 19,905,872 -
1986 20,288,238 -
1987 20,704,904 -
1988 21,138,431 -
1989 21,578,022 -
1990 22,021,481 -
1991 22,470,676 -
1992 22,927,355 -
1993 23,445,592 -
1994 24,043,948 -
1995 24,672,143 -
1996 25,231,528 -
1997 25,799,821 -
1998 26,458,999 -
1999 27,130,613 -
2000 27,816,745 880
2001 28,516,770 890
2002 29,228,727 900
2003 29,896,035 911
2004 30,556,637 921
2005 31,262,444 921
2006 31,992,435 932
2007 32,764,135 821
2008 33,623,980 824
2009 34,569,113 826
2010 35,414,399 829
2011 36,140,806 832
2012 36,923,178 836
2013 37,785,849 839
2014 38,823,318 842
2015 40,024,431 1,000
2016 41,259,892 -
2017 42,714,306 1,000
2018 44,230,596 -
2019 45,548,175 1,000
2020 46,789,231 -
2021 48,066,924 -
2022 49,383,346 -
2023 50,042,791 -
2024 50,448,963 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sudan Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$36.2B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
6.17%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.02%
2009
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.92%
2021
n/a
Armed forces personnel
144,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.68%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
7.53%
2022
n/a
Services, % of GDP
54.9%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
23%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
35.3
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.8%
2014
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.2%
2014
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$178M
2017
n/a
Personal remittances received
$900M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
836,000
2018
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
20.9%
2018
n/a
Banked people share
15.3%
2014
n/a

Energy

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

Society

Sudan Vatican
% of world population
0.62%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-544,257
2024
n/a
Urban population
36.8%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.26 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
27.8
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
15
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
43
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.1
2008
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
53
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
60.7%
2018
100%
2013
English speaking
93.7%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
26.4%
2020
n/a

Health

Sudan Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$31.6
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$16.2
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
66.7 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
17.7%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.26
2017
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
256
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
50.1
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
17.5%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
19%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
33
2025
72
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.01 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Sudan Vatican
% of world land
1.25%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
14,296 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
435,002 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
68,892 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
19,263 mi
2019
5.59 mi
2003

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