Population: 24,476,290 (July 1989), growth rate 2.7% (1989)

Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 14 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 98 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 55 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 6.5 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Sudanese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Sudanese

Ethnic divisions: 52% black, 39% Arab, 6% Beja, 2% foreigners, 1% other

Religion: 70% Sunni Muslim in north, 20% indigenous beliefs, 5% Christian (mostly in south)

Language: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and Sudanic languages, English; program of Arabization in process

Literacy: 31% (1986)

Labor force: 6,500,000; 80% agriculture, 10% industry and commerce, 6% government; labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment (1983 est.); 52% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: Sudan Workers' Trade Unions Federation (SWTUF)

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.