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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan fits inside Sudan 4.2 times

Sudan: 1,878,000 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 1,601 m above Sudan’s

Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 59% of Uzbekistan

Sudan: 60.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Sudan has 39% more people than Uzbekistan

Sudan: 51.7 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 3.1 times as densely populated as Sudan

Sudan: 28 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Sudan are 1.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 172.1 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Sudan and Uzbekistan are practically level

Sudan: 160.4 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 8.6 years older than in Sudan

Sudan: 18.3 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Sudan have 0.8 more children on average than in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan

Sudan: 3.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Sudan hosts 116,164 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Sudan and Uzbekistan are practically level

Sudan: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Sudan and Uzbekistan are practically level

Sudan: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Uzbekistan’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Sudan’s

Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Uzbekistan produces 6.2 times as much per person as Sudan

Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Sudan than in Uzbekistan (Gini 1.5 points higher)

Sudan: 34.2 (2014) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Sudan: no data · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.5% in Sudan, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 7.5% (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Sudan 0.9%

Sudan: 0.9% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Uzbekistan’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Sudan’s 7.4%

Sudan: 7.4% (2016) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Uzbekistan’s

Sudan: 53% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Uzbekistan spends 9.1 times as much on health per person as Sudan

Sudan: $21 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Uzbekistan live 6 years longer than in Sudan

Sudan: 66.5 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Sudan is 3.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 11 times as many doctors per person as Sudan

Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 7.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan

Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 2.1 times that in Sudan

Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 16% in Sudan

Sudan: 16.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Sudan: no data · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Sudan

Sudan: 4.14 (2017) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 50% more alcohol than in Sudan

Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Uzbekistan has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Sudan

Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 784 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan

Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Sudan put in 559 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 7.9 years longer than in Sudan

Sudan: 4 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Uzbekistan welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Sudan (2019)

Sudan: 0.02 (2018) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Uzbekistan has 5 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (8 against 3)

Sudan: 3 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Sudan 1

Sudan: 1 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 19% in Sudan

Sudan: 19% (2017) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 2.7 times as fast as in Sudan

Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Sudan: 66% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan

Sudan: 35% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70

Sudan: 70 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 72% longer than Sudan’s

Sudan: 2,747 km (2020) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 7.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan

Sudan: 0.02 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 12% of Sudan, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Sudan: 11.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan

Sudan: 0.4 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 79.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 4% more fine dust than in Sudan

Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Sudan: no data · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Sudan are 2.2 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Sudan is on average 13.3 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uzbekistan gets 30% more rain than Sudan

Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Sudan bigger than Uzbekistan?

Sudan is larger. Uzbekistan fits inside Sudan 4.2 times.

Which has more people, Sudan or Uzbekistan?

Sudan has 39% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Sudan or Uzbekistan?

People in Uzbekistan live 6 years longer than in Sudan. Life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in Sudan and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Sudan or Uzbekistan?

Men in Sudan are 1.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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