South Korea’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Sudan’s

South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)

Sudan’s highest peak towers 1,092 m above South Korea’s

South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 16% of South Korea

South Korea: 16% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)

South Korea and Sudan are nearly identical here

South Korea: 51.7 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 19 times as densely populated as Sudan

South Korea: 530 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 26 years older than in Sudan

South Korea: 44.5 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)

Women in Sudan have 3.5 more children on average than in South Korea

South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan

South Korea: 20.3% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)

Sudan hosts 184 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none

South Korea: 0.6 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)

Sudan has 2 official languages, South Korea 1

South Korea: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 31 times the size of Sudan’s

South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)

South Korea produces 29 times as much per person as Sudan

South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sudan than in South Korea (Gini 1.3 points higher)

South Korea: 32.9 (2021) · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)

South Korea: 0.1% (2021) · Sudan: no data

Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 2.7% in South Korea

South Korea: 2.7% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Sudan 0.9%

South Korea: 2.6% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%

South Korea: 13.3% (2024) · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Sudan’s

South Korea: 57% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)

South Korea spends 149 times as much on health per person as Sudan

South Korea: $3,137 (2024) · Sudan: $21 (2023)

A baby in Sudan is 19 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 10 times as many doctors per person as Sudan

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

South Korea has 19 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan

South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 6.3 times that in Sudan

South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Sudan are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

South Korea: 7.5% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)

South Korea: 18.6% (2024) · Sudan: no data

People in South Korea rate their lives 1.90 points higher than in Sudan

South Korea: 6.04 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)

Adults in South Korea drink 5.9 times as much alcohol as in Sudan

South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)

South Korea has 4.6 times as much meat per person as Sudan

South Korea: 84 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)

South Korea has 917 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan

South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)

Workers in Sudan put in 748 more hours a year than in South Korea

South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 8.8 years longer than in Sudan

South Korea: 12.7 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)

South Korea: 0.32 (2024) · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)

South Korea has 14 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (17 against 3)

South Korea: 17 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Sudan 1

South Korea: 409 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 19% in Sudan

South Korea: 98% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)

Home internet in South Korea is 3.8 times as fast as in Sudan

South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan

South Korea: 100% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan

South Korea: 81% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70

South Korea: 173 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)

South Korea’s railway network is 57% longer than Sudan’s

South Korea: 4,309 km (2021) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)

Airlines from South Korea fly 84 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan

South Korea: 1.48 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 12% of Sudan

South Korea: 64.4% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 32 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan

South Korea: 11.3 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)

80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

South Korea: 10.4% (2025) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)

The air in Sudan carries 37% more fine dust than in South Korea

South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)

South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: no data

Roads in Sudan are 3.2 times as deadly as in South Korea

South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)

Sudan is on average 14.5 °C warmer than South Korea

South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 7.4 times as much rain as Sudan

South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg)