Mexico’s coastline is 11 times as long as Sudan’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 2,594 m above Sudan’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 51% of Mexico

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)

Mexico has 2.6 times as many people as Sudan

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)

Mexico is 2.5 times as densely populated as Sudan

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 11 years older than in Sudan

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)

Women in Sudan have 2.4 more children on average than in Mexico

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)

Sudan hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)

Sudan has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 30 times the size of Sudan’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)

Mexico produces 12 times as much per person as Sudan

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Sudan (Gini 8.4 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Sudan: no data

Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)

Sudan and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Sudan’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)

Mexico spends 36 times as much on health per person as Sudan

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)

A baby in Sudan is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mexico

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 10 times as many doctors per person as Sudan

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)

Mexico has 53% more hospital beds per person than Sudan

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 2.4 times that in Sudan

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 16% in Sudan

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Sudan: no data

People in Mexico rate their lives 2.83 points higher than in Sudan

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)

Adults in Mexico drink 4.8 times as much alcohol as in Sudan

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)

Mexico has 4.3 times as much meat per person as Sudan

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)

Mexico has 791 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)

Workers in Sudan put in 1,029 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 5.4 years longer than in Sudan

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 18 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)

Mexico has 33 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (36 against 3)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Sudan 1

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 19% in Sudan

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)

Home internet in Mexico is 92% faster than in Sudan

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan

Mexico: 99.8% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)

Mexico’s railway network is 8.5 times as long as Sudan’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)

Airlines from Mexico fly 34 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 12% of Sudan

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)

80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)

The air in Sudan carries 57% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: no data

Roads in Sudan are 48% deadlier than in Mexico

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)

Sudan is on average 6.3 °C warmer than Mexico

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 4.6 times as much rain as Sudan

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg)