Apr 27 2008
Demographics
Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Capital, Largest City: Khartoum
Chief of State: President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR
Independence Day: 1 January 1956
Geography: largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries
Area: total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km
Natural Resources: petroleum, small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
Population: 40,218,455
Population Growth Rate: 2.134%
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 41.1%
15-64 years: 56.4%
65 years and over: 2.5%
Life Expectancy at Birth: population: 50.28 years
male: 49.38 years
female: 51.23 years
Ethnic Groups: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Religions: Sunni Muslim 70% (north), Christian 5% (south), indigenous beliefs 25%
Languages: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
Literacy: total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5%
Currency: Sudanese dinar(SDD)
GDP – per capita (PPP): $2,500
Agriculture Products: cotton, groundnuts, sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava, mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock
Industry: oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
Major Newspapers: Akhbar Al Youm, Al- Ayaam, Al- Mshaheer
Refugees and displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 116,746 (Eritrea), 20,000 (Chad), 14,633 (Ethiopia), 7,895 (Uganda), 5,023 (Central African Republic)
Military Service: 18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation
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