Short facts about people of Sudan

Population:

36,080,373 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  44.62% (male 8,227,011; female 7,870,783) 15-64 years:  53.29% (male 9,619,218; female 9,608,469) 65 years and over:  2.09% (male 425,898; female 328,994) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.79% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

37.89 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

10.04 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  1.29 male(s)/female total population:  1.03 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

68.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  56.94 years male:  55.85 years female:  58.08 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.35 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.99% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

NA

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), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)

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:  46.1% male:  57.7% female:  34.6% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook