Military Strength: Sudan vs Chad

Sudan (ranked #73 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Chad (#92) on the ATLAS Index. Sudan fields 104,300 active troops — 3.1:1 Chad's 33,250, backed by 60,000 paramilitary. Sudan allocates $0.4B to defense compared to $0.6B for Chad.

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SudanWorld #73 21.7

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Sudan leads on 3 of 6 pillars

ChadWorld #92 15.9

42.0104K active troops Manpower10 % 31.233K active troops
45.1940 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 27.790 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
24.399 combat aircraft Air power25 % 18.79 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
14.2$375M budget Defense budget15 % 15.9$586M budget

Sudan Chad Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Sudan	Chad	Ratio
Defense budget	$375M	$586M	🇹🇩 1.6×
– share of GDP	0.9%	3.0%	🇹🇩 3.2×
Active personnel	104,300	33,250	🇸🇩 3.1×
Combat aircraft	99	9	🇸🇩 11×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	940	90	🇸🇩 10×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	60,000	11,900	🇸🇩 5.0×
Military aircraft (all types)	192	47	🇸🇩 4.1×
– helicopters	70	16	🇸🇩 4.4×
Budget share of govt spending	9.5%	—	🇸🇩
Budget per capita	$8	$28	🇹🇩 3.5×
Population	51.7M	21M	🇸🇩 2.5×
GDP	$60B	$21B	🇸🇩 2.8×
GDP per capita	$1,165	$1,022	🇸🇩 1.1×
Land area	1,731,671 km²	1,259,200 km²	🇸🇩 1.4×
Coastline	853 km	0 km	🇸🇩