Nationality:
noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Sudanese
Ethnic groups:
Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata
Languages:
Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur
note:
program of "Arabization" in process
Religions:
Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
35,482,233 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
40.8% (male 7,356,059/female 7,131,497)
15-24 years:
20.2% (male 3,704,700/female 3,476,847)
25-54 years:
31.8% (male 5,465,816/female 5,800,619)
55-64 years:
3.9% (male 737,831/female 652,428)
65 years and over:
3.3% (male 633,083/female 523,353) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
79 %
youth dependency ratio:
73.1 %
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9 %
potential support ratio:
17.1 (2014 est.)
total:
19.1 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.4 years (2014 est.)
1.78% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
30.01 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.87 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-4.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
33.2% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
KHARTOUM (capital) 4.632 million (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.94 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.24 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
730 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
52.86 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 34
male:
58.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
47.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
63.32 years
country comparison to the world: 185
male:
61.27 years
female:
65.46 years (2014 est.)
3.92 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
9% (2010)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
8.4% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.28 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 66% of population
rural: 50.2% of population
total: 55.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 34% of population
rural: 49.8% of population
total: 44.5% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 43.9% of population
rural: 13.4% of population
total: 23.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 56.1% of population
rural: 86.6% of population
total: 76.4% of population (2012 est.)
1.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
260,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
12,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
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, and Rift Valley fever
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 (2013)
6% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
31.7% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
71.9%
male:
80.7%
female:
63.2%
note:
pre-secession of South Sudan (2011 est.)
total:
4 years (2000)