Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Kazakhstan is 45% bigger than Sudan
Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024) · Sudan: 1,878,000 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 3,968 m above Sudan’s
Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 60% of Sudan
Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Sudan has 2.5 times as many people as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Sudan is 3.6 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Kazakhstan are 3.4 cm taller than in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019) · Sudan: 172.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Kazakhstan are 1.4 cm taller than in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019) · Sudan: 160.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Kazakhstan is 11 years older than in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Sudan have 1.3 more children on average than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Sudan hosts 75 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Kazakhstan and Sudan are practically level
Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Kazakhstan and Sudan are practically level
Kazakhstan: 2 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Kazakhstan’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Sudan’s
Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Kazakhstan produces 20 times as much per person as Sudan
Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Sudan than in Kazakhstan (Gini 5 points higher)
Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Sudan: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)
How much goes to the military?
Sudan and Kazakhstan are practically level
Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Kazakhstan’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%
Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)
How expensive is it?
Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Kazakhstan’s
Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Kazakhstan spends 23 times as much on health per person as Sudan
Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Kazakhstan live 8 years longer than in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024) · Sudan: 66.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Sudan is 5.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Kazakhstan has 15 times as many doctors per person as Sudan
Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)
How many hospital beds are there?
Kazakhstan has 9.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan
Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 4.9 times that in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 16% in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Sudan: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 2.49 points higher than in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Kazakhstan drink 4.3 times as much alcohol as in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Kazakhstan has 3.5 times as much meat per person as Sudan
Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)
How much food is there per day?
Kazakhstan has 622 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan
Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)
How long do people work?
Workers in Sudan put in 683 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 8.6 years longer than in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Kazakhstan welcomed 27 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)
Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)
How many World Heritage sites?
Kazakhstan has 4 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (7 against 3)
Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Sudan 1
Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 19% in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Kazakhstan is 2.1 times as fast as in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Kazakhstan have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 100% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)
How many live in cities?
62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70
Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)
How much railway is there?
Kazakhstan’s railway network is 5.8 times as long as Sudan’s
Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 32 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan
Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Sudan, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Kazakhstan emits 40 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan
Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Sudan carries 80% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Sudan: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Sudan are 38% deadlier than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Sudan is on average 19.9 °C warmer than Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Kazakhstan gets 92% more rain than Sudan
Kazakhstan: 328 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 Kazakhstan bigger than Sudan?
Kazakhstan is larger. Kazakhstan is 45% bigger than Sudan.
Which has more people, Kazakhstan or Sudan?
Sudan has 2.5 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Kazakhstan or Sudan?
People in Kazakhstan live 8 years longer than in Sudan. Life expectancy at birth is 74.5 years in Kazakhstan and 66.5 in Sudan.
Are people taller in Kazakhstan or Sudan?
Men in Kazakhstan are 3.4 cm taller than in Sudan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
