Basic Country Facts

People Population: 31,547,543 (July 1996 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 46% (male 7,389,616; female 7,080,044) 15-64 years: 52% (male 8,219,080; female 8,172,544) 65 years and over: 2% (male 387,961; female 298,298) (July 1996 est.) Population growth rate: 3.48% (1996 est.) Birth rate: 41.08 births/1,000 population (1996 est.) Death rate: 11.46 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.) Net migration rate: 5.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.3 male(s)/female all ages: 1.03 male(s)/female (1996 est.) Infant mortality rate: 76 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.12 years male: 54.2 years female: 56.09 years (1996 est.) Total fertility rate: 5.89 children born/woman (1996 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 (1995 est.) total population: 46.1% male: 57.7% female: 34.6%