Comoros vs Sudan: Life expectancy

Comoros
66.78 years
in 2023
Sudan
66.33 years
in 2023
Comoros rank
197th
Sudan rank
200th

Life expectancy over time

  • Comoros
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Comoros currently reports 66.78 years against 66.33 years in Sudan, a difference of 0.45 years.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sudan ahead.

Comoros ranks 197th and Sudan ranks 200th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 4 and Sudan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Sudan Difference Ahead
1950s 38.55 years 47.51 years 8.95 years Sudan
1960s 42.59 years 50.92 years 8.34 years Sudan
1970s 47.67 years 53.06 years 5.39 years Sudan
1980s 52.94 years 53.14 years 0.2013 years Sudan
1990s 57.41 years 57.02 years 0.3962 years Comoros
2000s 60.69 years 59.56 years 1.13 years Comoros
2010s 64.28 years 64.25 years 0.0228 years Comoros
2020s 66.05 years 65.4 years 0.651 years Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Comoros or Sudan?
Comoros, at 66.78 years against 66.33 years in Sudan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Comoros and Sudan?
0.45 years, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Sudan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Comoros and Sudan rank globally for life expectancy?
Comoros ranks 197th and Sudan ranks 200th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.