Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Sudan fits inside Brazil 4.5 times
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Sudan: 1,878,000 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Brazil’s coastline is 8.8 times as long as Sudan’s
Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Sudan’s highest peak towers 48 m above Brazil’s
Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 28% of Brazil
Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Brazil has 4.1 times as many people as Sudan
Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Sudan is 9% more densely populated than Brazil
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Brazil are 3.7 cm taller than in Sudan
Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Sudan: 172.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Brazil are 2.0 cm taller than in Sudan
Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Sudan: 160.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Brazil is 16 years older than in Sudan
Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Sudan have 2.7 more children on average than in Brazil
Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan
Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Sudan hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil
Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Brazil has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none
Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Sudan has 2 official languages, Brazil 1
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Brazil’s economy is 38 times the size of Sudan’s
Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Brazil produces 11 times as much per person as Sudan
Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Sudan (Gini 16.1 points higher)
Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Brazil: 3% (2024) · Sudan: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 6.0% in Brazil
Brazil: 6% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)
How much goes to the military?
Brazil and Sudan are practically level
Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%
Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)
How expensive is it?
Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Brazil’s
Brazil: 46% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Brazil spends 48 times as much on health per person as Sudan
Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Brazil live 9.5 years longer than in Sudan
Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Sudan: 66.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Sudan is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil
Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Brazil has 9.4 times as many doctors per person as Sudan
Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)
How many hospital beds are there?
Brazil has 3.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan
Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Brazil is 2.4 times that in Sudan
Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 16% in Sudan
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Sudan: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Brazil rate their lives 2.50 points higher than in Sudan
Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Brazil drink 7.4 times as much alcohol as in Sudan
Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Brazil has 5.7 times as much meat per person as Sudan
Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)
How much food is there per day?
Brazil has 910 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan
Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)
How long do people work?
Workers in Sudan put in 664 more hours a year than in Brazil
Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Brazil went to school 4.5 years longer than in Sudan
Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Brazil welcomed 69% more tourists per resident than Sudan (2019)
Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)
How many World Heritage sites?
Brazil has 23 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (26 against 3)
Brazil: 26 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Sudan 1
Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 19% in Sudan
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Brazil is 3.7 times as fast as in Sudan
Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Brazil have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan
Brazil: 88% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Brazil has 102 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)
How much railway is there?
Brazil’s railway network is 11 times as long as Sudan’s
Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Brazil fly 25 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan
Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 12% of Sudan
Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Brazil emits 6.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan
Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 80% in Sudan
Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Sudan carries 88% more fine dust than in Brazil
Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Sudan are 9% deadlier than in Brazil
Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Sudan is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Brazil
Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Brazil gets 9.7 times as much rain as Sudan
Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Brazil bigger than Sudan?
Brazil is larger. Sudan fits inside Brazil 4.5 times.
Which has more people, Brazil or Sudan?
Brazil has 4.1 times as many people as Sudan (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Brazil or Sudan?
People in Brazil live 9.5 years longer than in Sudan. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 66.5 in Sudan.
Are people taller in Brazil or Sudan?
Men in Brazil are 3.7 cm taller than in Sudan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
