CIA Factbook The World Factbook 1994: SudanPeople Population: 29,419,798 (July 1994 est.) Population growth rate: 2.36% (1994 est.) Birth rate: 41.95 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) Death rate: 12.09 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) Net migration rate: -6.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) Infant mortality rate: 79.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) Life expectancy at birth: • total population: 54.27 years • male: 53.4 years • female: 55.19 years (1994 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.09 children born/woman (1994 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 est.) • 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)