Libya vs. Sudan
Demographics
| Libya | Sudan | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,017,224 (July 2021 est.) note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2019) | 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 33.65% (male 1,184,755/female 1,134,084) 15-24 years: 15.21% (male 534,245/female 513,728) 25-54 years: 41.57% (male 1,491,461/female 1,373,086) 55-64 years: 5.52% (male 186,913/female 193,560) 65 years and over: 4.04% (male 129,177/female 149,526) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 42.01% (male 9,726,937/female 9,414,988) 15-24 years: 20.94% (male 4,852,903/female 4,687,664) 25-54 years: 29.89% (male 6,633,567/female 6,986,241) 55-64 years: 4.13% (male 956,633/female 923,688) 65 years and over: 3.03% (male 729,214/female 649,721) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 25.8 years male: 25.9 years female: 25.7 years (2020 est.) | total: 18.3 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.76% (2021 est.) | 2.55% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 33.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.46 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.12 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 43.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.93 years male: 74.68 years female: 79.29 years (2021 est.) | total population: 66.79 years male: 64.58 years female: 69.11 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.13 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 4.66 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2020) | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Libyan(s) adjective: Libyan | noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese |
| Ethnic groups | Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Italian, Maltese, Pakistani, Tunisian, and Turkish) | unspecified Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 9,500 (2020) | 49,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu <0.1, Jewish <0.1, folk religion <0.1, unafilliated 0.2%, other <0.1 (2010 est.) note: non-Sunni Muslims include native Ibadhi Muslims (<1% of the population) and foreign Muslims | Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020) | 2,300 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq) major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 96.7% female: 85.6% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.7% male: 65.4% female: 56.1% (2018) |
| Food insecurity | severe localized food insecurity: due to civil insecurity, economic and political instability, and high food prices - an estimated 1.3 million people (23% of the population) are in need of humanitarian assistance of which 700,000 require food assistance; half of the people in need of humanitarian assistance are internally displaced or migrants that are residing in, or transiting through, the country (2021) | severe localized food insecurity: due to conflict, civil insecurity, and soaring food prices - the number of severely food insecure people was estimated at 9.8 million in the June-September 2021 period, due to flood-induced livelihood losses sustained in 2020, soaring food prices and inter-communal conflict; the main drivers are macro-economic challenges resulting in rampant food and non-food inflation, the lingering impact of 2020 widespread floods on livelihoods and the escalation of inter-communal violence in western Greater Darfur Region and in eastern South Kordofan, North Kordofan and Blue Nile states (2021) |
| Education expenditures | NA | NA |
| Urbanization | urban population: 81% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 35.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: total: 98.5% of population unimproved: total: 1.5% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 99% of population rural: 80.7% of population total: 87% of population unimproved: urban: 1% of population rural: 19.3% of population total: 13% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 72.1% of population rural: 30.6% of population total: 44.9% of population unimproved: urban: 27.9% of population rural: 69.4% of population total: 55.1% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 1.170 million TRIPOLI (capital), 919,000 Misratah, 836,000 Benghazi (2021) | 5.989 million KHARTOUM (capital), 967,000 Nyala (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 295 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 11.7% (2014) | 33% (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 32.5% (2016) | 6.6% (2014) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 27.7% (2014) | 12.2% (2014) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 47.7 youth dependency ratio: 41 elderly dependency ratio: 6.7 potential support ratio: 15 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 76.9 youth dependency ratio: 70.4 elderly dependency ratio: 6.5 potential support ratio: 15.4 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
