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People
43,939,598 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
30
0-14 years: 40.7% (male 8,535,551/female 8,173,616)
15-64 years: 56.8% (male 11,745,683/female 11,603,906)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 532,968/female 496,101) (2010 est.)
total: 18.4 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.8 years (2010 est.)
2.497% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
36.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 27
11.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
urban population: 43% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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: 1.05 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 72.39 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 19
male: 73.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 71.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 54.21 years
country comparison to the world: 200
male: 53.04 years
female: 55.44 years (2010 est.)
4.93 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
1.4% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
320,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
25,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sudanese
black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%
Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages
note: program of “Arabization” in process
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
total: 4 years (2000)
6% of GDP (1991)
country comparison to the world: 38
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