Sudan--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Sudan People

Population: 28,730,381 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.38% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 42.65 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 12.45 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 81.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 53.85 years male: 53 years female: 54.73 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.19 children born/woman (1993 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 (1990) total population: 27% male: 43% female: 12%

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.); 52% of population of working age (1985)