How much coast is there?

Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · South Sudan: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

South Sudan’s highest peak towers 187 m above Saudi Arabia’s.

Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · South Sudan: 3,187 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Saudi Arabia has 3 times as many people as South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · South Sudan: 12.2 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

South Sudan is 12% more densely populated than Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · South Sudan: 19 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 11 years older than in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · South Sudan: 18 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in South Sudan have 1.5 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · South Sudan: 3.79 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

South Sudan and Saudi Arabia are practically level.

Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · South Sudan: 3.1% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Saudi Arabia and South Sudan are practically level.

Saudi Arabia: 0 (2025) · South Sudan: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Saudi Arabia and South Sudan are practically level.

Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026) · South Sudan: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 106 times the size of South Sudan’s.

Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · South Sudan: $12 billion (2015)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 64 times as much per person as South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · South Sudan: Int$1,155 (2015)

How evenly is income shared?

Saudi Arabia: no data · South Sudan: 44 (2016)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in South Sudan, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · South Sudan: 12.4% (2023)

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 7.3% of its GDP on the military, South Sudan 2.0%.

Saudi Arabia: 7.3% (2024) · South Sudan: 2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

South Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Saudi Arabia’s.

Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · South Sudan: 94% (2015)

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 25 times as much on health per person as South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · South Sudan: $73 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in South Sudan is 15 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · South Sudan: 71.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 83 times as many doctors per person as South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Sudan: 0.041 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 8.2% in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · South Sudan: 8.2% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · South Sudan: no data

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 4.00 points higher than in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · South Sudan: 2.82 (2019)

How much do people drink?

Saudi Arabia: no data · South Sudan: 0.4 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Saudi Arabia has 2.7 times as much meat per person as South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · South Sudan: 21.4 kg (2022)

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 1,269 kcal more food per person per day than South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · South Sudan: 2,391 kcal (2022)

How long do people work?

Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · South Sudan: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 5.9 years longer than in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023) · South Sudan: 5.7 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · South Sudan: no data

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 6.7% in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · South Sudan: 7% (2019)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 5.4% in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · South Sudan: 5.4% (2024)

How many live in cities?

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 22% in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · South Sudan: 22% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, South Sudan 47.

Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · South Sudan: 47 (2023)

How much railway is there?

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 12 times as long as South Sudan’s.

Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · South Sudan: 248 km (2018)

How much do they fly?

Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · South Sudan: no data

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 11% of South Sudan, but only 0.5% of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 0.5% (2023) · South Sudan: 11.3% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 144 times as much CO₂ as someone in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · South Sudan: 0.1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

Saudi Arabia and South Sudan are practically level.

Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · South Sudan: 1.8% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · South Sudan: 24.1 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019) · South Sudan: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in South Sudan are 26% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 18.5 per 100k (2021) · South Sudan: 23.3 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

South Sudan is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Sudan: 28.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

South Sudan gets 13 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Sudan: 785 mm (2016–2025 avg)