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Nationality:
noun: South Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
South Sudanese
Ethnic groups:
Dinka, Kakwa, Bari, Azande, Shilluk, Kuku, Murle, Mandari, Didinga, Ndogo, Bviri, Lndi, Anuak, Bongo, Lango, Dungotona, Acholi
Languages:
English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants) (official), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk
Religions:
animist, Christian
Population:
10,625,176 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 46.5% (male 2,526,970/female 2,414,245)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
19.5% (male 1,088,107/female 981,456)
25-54 years:
28.9% (male 1,475,065/female 1,591,422)
55-64 years:
3% (male 175,306/female 143,793)
65 years and over:
2.2% (male 130,001/female 98,811) (2012 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 22% (2009 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
Major cities - population:
JUBA (capital) 250,000 (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 71.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
Total fertility rate:
5.66 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 67% of population
rural: 53% of population
total: 55% of population
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
3.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne disease:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease:
malaria, dengue fever, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
respiratory disease:
meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease:
rabies
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
27%
male:
40%
female:
16%
NOTE: The information regarding South Sudan on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Sudan PEOPLE 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Sudan PEOPLE 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
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