People Of Sudan

Population 39,148,162 (July 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 43.7% (male 8,730,609; female 8,358,569)
15-64 years: 54.1% (male 10,588,634; female 10,571,199)
65 years and over: 2.3% (male 490,869; female 408,282) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 17.9 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.1 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 2.64% (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 35.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 9.37 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate -0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 1.2 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 64.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 64.8 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 58.13 years
male: 56.96 years
female: 59.36 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 4.97 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 2.6% (2001 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 450,000 (2001 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths 23,000 (2001 est.)
 
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
conventional long form: Republic of the Sudan
conventional short form: Sudan
local long form: Jumhuriyat as-Sudan
former: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
local short form: As-Sudan
 

 

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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