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Brazil vs Sudan

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Brazil

212,812,405#7 · +0.38%/yr
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Flag of Sudan

Sudan

51,662,147#30 · +2.38%/yr

Brazil has 4.1× the population of Sudan: 212,812,405 vs 51,662,147, a gap of 161.2 million. Sudan is growing faster (+2.38% vs +0.38% a year), adding about 1,227,656 people a year against +815,392. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Sudan would overtake Brazil in about 71 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2096) — a projection, not a forecast. Brazil is the older society: 11.5% aged 65+ against 3.4% in Sudan, while Sudan has more children (40.2% under 15 vs 19.4%). People in Brazil live 9.5 years longer on average (76.0 vs 66.5). GDP per capita is 9.2× higher in Brazil ($10,713 vs $1,165).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Brazil) and 2025 (Sudan); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Brazil vs Sudan — side by side

Flag of Brazil BrazilFlag of Sudan Sudan
Population212,812,405202551,662,1472025
Growth rate / yr+0.38%2025+2.38%2025
Births per 1,00012.1202433.02024
Deaths per 1,0007.120246.32024
Children per woman1.6120244.262024
Life expectancy76.0 yrs202466.5 yrs2024
Aged 0–1419.4%202540.2%2025
Aged 65+11.5%20253.4%2025
Density25.3 /km²202326.8 /km²2023
Area8,510,420 km²20231,878,000 km²2023
Urban population88.2%202534.9%2025
Net migration / yr-217,2832025+291,4692025
GDP per capita$10,7132025$1,1652025
Country population rank (available records)#7#30
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)2.59%0.63%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Brazil: 2.9× from 1960 to 2025; Sudan: 6.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

056.4M112.8M169.2M225.6M1960197019801990200020102020BrazilSudan01643274916551960197019801990200020102020BrazilSudan

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