Country comparison

Sudan vs Libya

Sudan has 6.9× the population of Libya. Libya has 5.5× the GDP per capita of Sudan. Libya has 2× as many castles and palaces as Sudan.

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SudanCategoryLibya
1,878,000 km² more Area (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 1,759,540 km²
51.7 million more Population (2025) Sudan: 6.9× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 7.5 million
27 people/km² Population density (2024) Sudan: 6.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 4 people/km²
US$ 1,165 GDP per capita (2025) Libya: 5.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) US$ 6,449 more
66.5 years Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 71.1 years more
– Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 82%
18.3 years Median age (2023) Libya: 1.5× more Our World in Data (CC BY 3.0 IGO) 27.2 years
4.26 births per woman Fertility rate (2024) Sudan: 1.9× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 2.3 births per woman
0.4 t less CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Libya: 20× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 8.7 t
1 Castles, fortresses and palaces Libya: 2× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) 2 more
2 VPN providers with servers in the country Libya: 3.5× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) 7
Arabic, English Official languages Shared language: Arabic Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) Arabic
Sudanese pound (SDG) Currency ISO 4217 Libyan dinar (LYD)
Type C, D · 230 V Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: C Type C, L · 230 V
UTC+2 Time zone of the capital Same time IANA tz database (public domain) UTC+2

Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.

Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 3.0 IGO), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-04); details and licences on the map pages.