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Sudan:
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Other pages in this profile of Sudan:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 40,218,455 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 16.9 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 41.1% (male 8,451,576/female 8,093,609) 15-64 years: 56.4% (male 11,407,233/female 11,275,685) 65 years and over: 2.5% (male 518,822/female 471,530) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 18.9 years male: 18.7 years female: 19.1 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.134% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 34.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 13.64 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.1 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 87.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 86.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 50.28 years male: 49.38 years female: 51.23 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.58 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.3% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 400,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 23,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese |
Ethnic groups |
Definition black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1% |
Religions |
Definition Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25% |
Languages |
Definition Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of "Arabization" in process |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.1% male: 71.8% female: 50.5% (2003 est.) |
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