Age structure:
0-14 years:
45% (male 8,064,592; female 7,712,839)
15-64 years:
53% (male 9,300,886; female 9,290,340)
65 years and over:
2% (male 406,034; female 305,123) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.84% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 38.58 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 10.28 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:
1.33 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 70.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
56.55 years
male:
55.49 years
female:
57.66 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.47 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Sudanese
Ethnic groups: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
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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:
46.1%
male:
57.7%
female:
34.6% (1995 est.)
- See also : Sudan