Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Sudan is 88% bigger than Egypt
Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024) · Sudan: 1,878,000 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Egypt’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Sudan’s
Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Sudan’s highest peak towers 413 m above Egypt’s
Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 4.2% of Egypt
Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Egypt has 2.3 times as many people as Sudan
Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Egypt is 4.3 times as densely populated as Sudan
Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Egypt are 2.5 cm taller than in Sudan
Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019) · Sudan: 172.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Egypt and Sudan are practically level
Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019) · Sudan: 160.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Egypt is 5.8 years older than in Sudan
Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Sudan have 1.5 more children on average than in Egypt
Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
5.3% of people in Egypt are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan
Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Sudan hosts 8.4 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt
Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none
Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Sudan has 2 official languages, Egypt 1
Egypt: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Egypt’s economy is 6.1 times the size of Sudan’s
Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Egypt produces 9.2 times as much per person as Sudan
Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Sudan than in Egypt (Gini 5.7 points higher)
Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Sudan: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 6.8% in Egypt
Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)
How much goes to the military?
Sudan and Egypt are practically level
Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Egypt’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%
Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)
How expensive is it?
Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× Egypt’s
Egypt: 15% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Egypt spends 6.7 times as much on health per person as Sudan
Egypt: $141 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Egypt live 5.3 years longer than in Sudan
Egypt: 71.8 years (2024) · Sudan: 66.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Sudan is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Egypt
Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Egypt has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Sudan
Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)
How many hospital beds are there?
Egypt has 61% more hospital beds per person than Sudan
Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Sudan is 4.6 times that in Egypt
Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 16% in Sudan
Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Egypt: 25% (2024) · Sudan: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Sudan rate their lives 0.28 points higher than in Egypt
Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Sudan drink 14 times as much alcohol as in Egypt
Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Egypt has 50% more meat per person than Sudan
Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)
How much food is there per day?
Egypt has 581 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan
Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)
How long do people work?
Workers in Sudan put in 290 more hours a year than in Egypt
Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Egypt went to school 6.2 years longer than in Sudan
Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Egypt welcomed 5.5 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)
Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)
How many World Heritage sites?
Egypt has 4 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (7 against 3)
Egypt: 7 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Sudan 1
Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
75% of people in Egypt are online, versus 19% in Sudan
Egypt: 75% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Egypt is 2% faster than in Sudan
Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Egypt have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan
Egypt: 100% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)
How many live in cities?
43% of people in Egypt live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan
Egypt: 43% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Egypt has 97 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70
Egypt: 97 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)
How much railway is there?
Egypt’s railway network is 88% longer than Sudan’s
Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Egypt fly 8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan
Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Sudan, but only 0.0% of Egypt
Egypt: 0% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Egypt emits 6.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan
Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt
Egypt: 13% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Egypt carries 43% more fine dust than in Sudan
Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Sudan: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Sudan are 2.3 times as deadly as in Egypt
Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Sudan is on average 4.1 °C warmer than Egypt
Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Sudan gets 14 times as much rain as Egypt
Egypt: 12 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 Egypt bigger than Sudan?
Sudan is larger. Sudan is 88% bigger than Egypt.
Which has more people, Egypt or Sudan?
Egypt has 2.3 times as many people as Sudan (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Egypt or Sudan?
People in Egypt live 5.3 years longer than in Sudan. Life expectancy at birth is 71.8 years in Egypt and 66.5 in Sudan.
Are people taller in Egypt or Sudan?
Men in Egypt are 2.5 cm taller than in Sudan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
