Sudan People:
Population:
40,187,486 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.2% (male:8,865,331; female:8,488,982)
15-64 years: 54.5% (male:10,952,566; female:10,930,218)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male:513,679; female:436,710) (2005)
Median age:
total: 18.07 years
male: 17.86 years
female: 18.29 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.6% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
35.17 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
9.16 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.02 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 1.18 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 62.5 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 63.29 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 61.67 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 58.54 years (2005 est.)
male: 57.33 years
female: 59.8 years
Total fertility rate:
4.85 children born/woman (2005 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 disease: malaria, dengue fever, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sudanese
Ethnic groups:
black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim (in north) 70%, indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian (mostly in south and Khartoum) 5%
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)
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