| People | Sudan |
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Population:
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45,047,502
note: includes the population of South Sudan (8,260,490); demographic data includes South Sudan (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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void |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 40% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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KHARTOUM (capital) 5.021 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 42.1% (male 9,696,726/female 9,286,894)
15-64 years: 55.2% (male 12,282,082/female 12,571,424)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 613,817/female 596,559) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 18.5 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.484% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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36.12 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.05 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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750 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 68.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 55.42 years
male: 54.18 years
female: 56.71 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.84 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.28 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.7 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 64% of population
rural: 52% of population
total: 57% of population
unimproved:
urban: 36% of population
rural: 48% of population
total: 43% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 55% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 34% of population
unimproved:
urban: 45% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 66% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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260,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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12,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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31.7% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sudanese |
Ethnic groups:
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Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata |
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority |
Languages:
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Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur
note: program of "Arabization" in process |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 4 years (2000) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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