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Sudan People 1996

Population:

30,120,420 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

46% (female 6,801,001; male 7,124,892)

15-64 years:

52% (female 7,706,864; male 7,830,980)

65 years and over:

2% (female 280,297; male 376,386) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.35% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

41.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

11.74 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

the flow of refugees from the civil war in Sudan into neighboring countries continues, often at the rate of tens of thousands annually; Uganda was the main recipient of Sudanese refugees in the past year; repatriation of Eritrean and Ethiopean refugees in Sudan continues

Infant mortality rate:

77.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

54.71 years

male:

53.81 years

female:

55.65 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Sudanese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Sudanese

Ethnic divisions:

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

Religions:

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

Languages:

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

note:

program of Arabization in process

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1983)

total population:

32%

male:

44%

female:

21%

Labor force:

6.5 million

by occupation:

agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%

note:

labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment (1983 est.)

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