South Africa’s coastline is 3.3 times as long as Sudan’s

South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 408 m above Sudan’s

South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 60% of Sudan

South Africa: 79.4% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)

South Africa has 25% more people than Sudan

South Africa: 64.7 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)

South Africa is 93% more densely populated than Sudan

South Africa: 53 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 9.9 years older than in Sudan

South Africa: 28.2 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)

Women in Sudan have 2.1 more children on average than in South Africa

South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan

South Africa: 6.9% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)

Sudan hosts 18 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none

South Africa: 1.5 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Sudan 2

South Africa: 11 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)

South Africa’s economy is 7.1 times the size of Sudan’s

South Africa: $427 billion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 7.3 times as much per person as Sudan

South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Sudan (Gini 19.9 points higher)

South Africa: 54.1 (2022) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)

South Africa: 17.4% (2022) · Sudan: no data

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 7.5% in Sudan

South Africa: 32.4% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)

Sudan and South Africa are practically level

South Africa: 0.7% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%

South Africa: 25.9% (2024) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)

Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× South Africa’s

South Africa: 41% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)

South Africa spends 25 times as much on health per person as Sudan

South Africa: $537 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)

A baby in Sudan is 77% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Sudan

South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)

South Africa: no data · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in South Africa is 4.4 times that in Sudan

South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 16% in Sudan

South Africa: 31.3% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)

South Africa: 23.7% (2024) · Sudan: no data

People in South Africa rate their lives 0.87 points higher than in Sudan

South Africa: 5.01 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)

Adults in South Africa drink 6.2 times as much alcohol as in Sudan

South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)

South Africa has 3.2 times as much meat per person as Sudan

South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)

South Africa has 180 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan

South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)

Workers in Sudan put in 477 more hours a year than in South Africa

South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 7.6 years longer than in Sudan

South Africa: 11.6 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)

South Africa welcomed 7.4 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)

South Africa: 0.14 (2024) · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)

South Africa has 9 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (12 against 3)

South Africa: 12 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Sudan 1

South Africa: 95 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 19% in Sudan

South Africa: 78% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)

Sudan and South Africa are nearly identical here

South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan

South Africa: 90.2% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan

South Africa: 64% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70

South Africa: 179 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)

South Africa’s railway network is 7.6 times as long as Sudan’s

South Africa: 20,953 km (2021) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)

Airlines from South Africa fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan

South Africa: 0.24 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 12% of Sudan

South Africa: 18.8% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 19 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan

South Africa: 6.9 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)

80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

South Africa: 13.6% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)

The air in Sudan carries 18% more fine dust than in South Africa

South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)

South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022) · Sudan: no data

Roads in South Africa are 17% deadlier than in Sudan

South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)

Sudan is on average 9.3 °C warmer than South Africa

South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Africa gets 3 times as much rain as Sudan

South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg)