Somalia vs Sudan: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Somalia
5.60 million people
in 2025
Sudan
11.84 million people
in 2022
Somalia rank
6th
Sudan rank
4th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Somalia
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 11.84 million people against 5.60 million people in Somalia, a difference of 6.24 million people.
That makes Sudan's figure about 2.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sudan ahead.
Somalia ranks 6th and Sudan ranks 4th of 78 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 1 and Sudan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 166,667 people | 1.92 million people | 1.75 million people | Sudan |
| 2000s | 600,000 people | 1.00 million people | 400,002 people | Sudan |
| 2010s | 2.34 million people | 2.00 million people | 341,370 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 3.86 million people | 11.84 million people | 7.98 million people | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Somalia or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 11.84 million people against 5.60 million people in Somalia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Somalia and Sudan?
- 6.24 million people, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sudan?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Somalia and Sudan rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Somalia ranks 6th and Sudan ranks 4th of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.