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🇪🇬 Egypt vs 🇸🇩 Sudan

Egypt has 66.7M more people — 118,365,995 against 51,662,147. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇬 Egypt
118,365,995
Africa · rank #13 · +1.56%
World Bank, 2025
🇸🇩 Sudan
51,662,147
Africa · rank #30 · +2.38%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorEgyptSudan
Population118,365,99513th of 24051,662,14730th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.56%73rd of 240+2.38%33rd of 240
Population Density/km²115/km²101st of 24027/km²190th of 240
Land Areakm²995,450 km²29th of 2401,868,000 km²15th of 240
Urban Population42.9%183rd of 24034.9%202nd of 240
GDP per Capita$3,086185th of 240$1,165218th of 240
GDP Growth+4.4%68th of 210+3.1%110th of 210
Life Expectancyyears71.8 years160th of 24066.5 years204th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.74 births per woman65th of 2404.26 births per woman16th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.9 per 1,00068th of 21333.0 per 1,00018th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.5 per 1,000174th of 2136.3 per 1,000142nd of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births20.8 per 1,000 live births67th of 19442.9 per 1,000 live births23rd of 194
Unemployment Rate6.8%65th of 1867.5%58th of 186
Inflation Rate14.1%16th of 191138.8%3rd of 191
Poverty Rate33.5%46th of 16446.5%25th of 164
Gini Index28.5148th of 17034.293rd of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.9% of GDP128th of 1922.9% of GDP181st of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.67 per 1,000144th of 2060.25 per 1,000168th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.06 per 1,000151st of 1990.66 per 1,000177th of 199
Literacy Rate79.5%125th of 17553.5%161st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.8% of GDP117th of 2022.0% of GDP182nd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary84.8% gross, secondary131st of 20743.5% gross, secondary187th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption6.1% of final consumption164th of 21161.0% of final consumption37th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area0.0% of land area205th of 2119.6% of land area164th of 211
Internet Penetration74.6%122nd of 21118.6%196th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people97.1 per 100 people145th of 21270.2 per 100 people180th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births17 per 100,000 live births127th of 193256 per 100,000 live births28th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.67% of GDP144th of 1630.93% of GDP128th of 163
Protected Areasof land area13.1% of land area138th of 2112.8% of land area193rd of 211
Median Ageyears24.5 years174th of 24018.5 years215th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years103rd of 1484.4 years144th of 148
Human Development Index0.75499th of 1920.511175th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.86/ 10149th of 1644.14/ 10142nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.22 tonnes per capita127th of 2120.35 tonnes per capita185th of 212
Obesity Rate42.8%14th of 19816.1%141st of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

EgyptSudan
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Egypt and Sudan population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M
Sudan19506.19M
Sudan197514.1M
Sudan200027.8M
Sudan202551.7M
Sudan205085.2M
Sudan2075116.3M
Sudan2100136.9M

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Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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