Population: 27,220,088 (July 1991), growth rate 3.0% (1991)

Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 85 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 52 years male, 54 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Sudanese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Sudanese

Ethnic divisions: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%

Religion: Sunni Muslim (in north) 70%, indigenous beliefs 20%, Christian (mostly in south and Khartoum) 5%

Language: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and Sudanic languages, English; program of Arabization in process

Literacy: 27% (male 43%, female 12%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 6,500,000; agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%; labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment (1983 est.); 52% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: trade unions suspended following 30 June 1989 coup; now in process of being legalized anew

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.