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Population of Sudan Africa:
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41,236,378 (July 2006 est.) |
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Age structure of Sudanese:
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0-14 years: 42.7% (male
8,993,483/female 8,614,022)
15-64 years: 54.9% (male 11,327,679/female 11,297,798)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 536,754/female 466,642) (2006
est.) |
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Median age of Sudanese in North
Africa:
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total: 18.3 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.5 years (2006 est.) |
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Population growth rate of Sudan:
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2.55% (2006 est.) |
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Birth rate in Sudan Africa:
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34.53 births/1,000 population (2006
est.) |
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Death rate in Sudan Africa:
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8.97 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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Net migration rate of Sudanese:
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-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006
est.) |
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Sex ratio of Sudan North Africa:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.15 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
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Infant mortality rate of Sudan
North Africa:
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total: 61.05 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 61.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 60.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth of
Sudanese in Northern Africa:
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total population: 58.92 years
male: 57.69 years
female: 60.21 years (2006 est.) |
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Total fertility rate of Sudan:
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4.72 children born/woman (2006 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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2.3% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - Sudanese people living with
HIV/AIDS:
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400,000 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS of Sudan- deaths:
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23,000 (2003 est.) |
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Major infectious diseases in
Sudan North Africa:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal
diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, African
trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2005)
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Nationality of Sudan North Africa:
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noun: Sudanese (singular and
plural)
adjective: Sudanese |
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Ethnic groups in Sudan Africa:
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black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners
2%, other 1% |
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Religions in Sudan North Africa:
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Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous
beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
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Languages spoken in Sudan North
Africa:
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Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie,
diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages,
English
note: program of "Arabization" in process |
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Literacy rate of Sudanese in
North Africa:
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definition: age 15 and over can
read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.) |
People of
Sudan
