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Sudan vs Tanzania

Flag of Sudan

Sudan

51,662,147#30 · +2.38%/yr
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Flag of Tanzania

Tanzania

70,545,865#21 · +2.86%/yr

Tanzania has 1.4× the population of Sudan: 70,545,865 vs 51,662,147, a gap of 18.9 million. Tanzania is growing faster (+2.86% vs +2.38% a year), adding about 2,014,190 people a year against +1,227,656. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Tanzania is 2.8× as densely populated (75.2 vs 26.8 people per km²).

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

Sudan vs Tanzania — side by side

Flag of Sudan SudanFlag of Tanzania Tanzania
Population51,662,147202570,545,8652025
Growth rate / yr+2.38%2025+2.86%2025
Births per 1,00033.0202434.82024
Deaths per 1,0006.320245.72024
Children per woman4.2620244.542024
Life expectancy66.5 yrs202467.2 yrs2024
Aged 0–1440.2%202542.3%2025
Aged 65+3.4%20253.0%2025
Density26.8 /km²202375.2 /km²2023
Area1,878,000 km²2023947,300 km²2023
Urban population34.9%202536.9%2025
Net migration / yr+291,4692025-12,7302025
GDP per capita$1,1652025$1,3192025
Country population rank (available records)#30#21
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.63%0.86%

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). Sudan: 6.2× from 1960 to 2025; Tanzania: 7.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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Tanzania: Tanzania vs India, Tanzania vs China, Tanzania vs United States, Tanzania vs Indonesia, Tanzania vs Pakistan, Tanzania vs Nigeria, Tanzania vs Brazil, Tanzania vs Bangladesh.

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