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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 |
39,379,358 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 41.6% (male 8,371,628/female 8,016,880) 15-64 years: 56% (male 11,080,025/female 10,956,458) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 504,957/female 449,410) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 18.7 years male: 18.6 years female: 18.9 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
2.082% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
34.86 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
14.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.044 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.011 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.124 male(s)/female total population: 1.027 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 91.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 91.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 91.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 49.11 years male: 48.24 years female: 50.03 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
4.69 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
2.3% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
400,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
23,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
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) are high risks in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified among birds in this country or surrounding region; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2007) |
Nationality |
noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese |
Ethnic groups |
black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1% |
Religions |
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25% |
Languages |
Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of "Arabization" in process |
Literacy |
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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