The United States’ coastline is 23 times as long as Sudan’s

Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition) · United States: 19,924 km (2026 edition)

The United States’ highest peak towers 3,148 m above Sudan’s

Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition) · United States: 6,190 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 46% of the United States

Sudan: 60.3% (2024) · United States: 46.1% (2024)

The United States has 6.6 times as many people as Sudan

Sudan: 51.7 million (2025) · United States: 342 million (2025)

The United States is 35% more densely populated than Sudan

Sudan: 28 per km² (2025) · United States: 37 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the United States is 20 years older than in Sudan

Sudan: 18.3 years (2023) · United States: 38 years (2023)

Women in Sudan have 2.6 more children on average than in the United States

Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024) · United States: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in the United States are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan

Sudan: 3.4% (2025) · United States: 18.4% (2025)

Sudan hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as the United States

Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025) · United States: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025)

The United States has produced 8.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none

Sudan: 0 (2026) · United States: 8.7 (2026)

Sudan has 2 official languages, the United States 1

Sudan: 2 (2026) · United States: 1 (2026)

The United States’ economy is 511 times the size of Sudan’s

Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025) · United States: $30.8 trillion (2025)

The United States produces 41 times as much per person as Sudan

Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025) · United States: Int$90,027 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the United States than in Sudan (Gini 7.6 points higher)

Sudan: 34.2 (2014) · United States: 41.8 (2024)

Sudan: no data · United States: 1.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 4.2% in the United States

Sudan: 7.5% (2022) · United States: 4.2% (2025)

The United States spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Sudan 0.9%

Sudan: 0.9% (2021) · United States: 3.1% (2025)

The United States’ central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%

Sudan: 7.4% (2016) · United States: 10.8% (2024)

The United States’ price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Sudan’s

Sudan: 53% (2025) · United States: 100% (2025)

The United States spends 639 times as much on health per person as Sudan

Sudan: $21 (2023) · United States: $13,473 (2023)

A baby in Sudan is 7.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in the United States

Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024) · United States: 5.5 per 1,000 (2024)

The United States has 15 times as many doctors per person as Sudan

Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017) · United States: 3.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The United States has 4.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan

Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · United States: 2.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in the United States is 3.6 times that in Sudan

Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023) · United States: 13.3 per 100k (2023)

42% of adults in the United States are obese, versus 16% in Sudan

Sudan: 16.1% (2024) · United States: 41.8% (2024)

Sudan: no data · United States: 15.8% (2024)

People in the United States rate their lives 2.68 points higher than in Sudan

Sudan: 4.14 (2017) · United States: 6.82 (2025)

Adults in the United States drink 6.8 times as much alcohol as in Sudan

Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023) · United States: 9.6 litres (2023)

The United States has 6.6 times as much meat per person as Sudan

Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022) · United States: 122.1 kg (2023)

The United States has 1,434 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan

Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022) · United States: 3,947 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sudan put in 869 more hours a year than in the United States

Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023) · United States: 1,789 hours (2023)

Adults in the United States went to school 9.9 years longer than in Sudan

Sudan: 4 years (2023) · United States: 13.9 years (2023)

The United States welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)

Sudan: 0.02 (2018) · United States: 0.21 (2024)

The United States has 24 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (27 against 3)

Sudan: 3 (2026) · United States: 27 (2026)

The United States has won 3,137 Olympic medals, Sudan 1

Sudan: 1 (2026 edition) · United States: 3,137 (2026 edition)

95% of people in the United States are online, versus 19% in Sudan

Sudan: 19% (2017) · United States: 95% (2024)

Home internet in the United States is 5.1 times as fast as in Sudan

Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026) · United States: 401 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in the United States have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan

Sudan: 66% (2024) · United States: 100% (2024)

80% of people in the United States live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan

Sudan: 35% (2025) · United States: 80% (2025)

The United States has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70

Sudan: 70 (2022) · United States: 113 (2024)

The United States’ railway network is 54 times as long as Sudan’s

Sudan: 2,747 km (2020) · United States: 148,553 km (2021)

Airlines from the United States fly 156 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan

Sudan: 0.02 (2023) · United States: 2.75 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of the United States, but only 12% of Sudan

Sudan: 11.9% (2024) · United States: 33.8% (2024)

The average person in the United States emits 40 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan

Sudan: 0.4 t (2024) · United States: 14.2 t (2024)

80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in the United States

Sudan: 79.7% (2024) · United States: 25.6% (2025)

The air in Sudan carries 3.8 times as much fine dust as in the United States

Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024) · United States: 7.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Sudan: no data · United States: 5.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Sudan are 7% deadlier than in the United States

Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023) · United States: 26.3 per 100k (2023)

Sudan is on average 17.4 °C warmer than the United States

Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · United States: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

The United States gets 5 times as much rain as Sudan

Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United States: 849 mm (2016–2025 avg)