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World > Africa
> Sudan > People (Facts)
| 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.) |
| 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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