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Sudan: Sudan People Profile 2011

2010/07/06

Population

Value:

41 980 182

Date:

July 2010

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

40.2% (male 8,622,902/female 8,255,839)

Year:

2010

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

57.2% (male 12,092,278/female 11,938,793)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

2.5% (male 547,444/female 522,926)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

19.3 years

Year:

2010

Name:

male

Value:

19.1 years

Name:

female

Value:

19.5 years

Population growth rate

Value:

2,154%

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Birth rate

Value:

33.25 births/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Death rate

Value:

12.3 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2010

Comparison to the world:

Net migration rate

Value:

0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Urbanization

Urban population:

43% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

4.3% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Year:

2010

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.04 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.01 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.03 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

78.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

78.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

78.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2010

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

52.52 years

Comparison to the world:

207

Male value:

51.56 years

Female value:

53.54 years

Year:

2010

Total fertility rate

Value:

4.37 children born/woman

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

1,40%

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

320 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

25 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

Nationality

Noun:

Sudanese (singular and plural)

Adjective:

Sudanese

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%</p>

Religions

Value:

Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%

Languages

Languages info:

Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages

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%

Year:

2003

Education expenditures

Value:

6% of GDP

Comparison to the world:

Year:

1991

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