| Population | 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese |
| Ethnic groups | unspecified Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata |
| Languages | Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English) |
| Religions | Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority |
| Age structure | 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.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 76.9 youth dependency ratio: 70.4 elderly dependency ratio: 6.5 potential support ratio: 15.4 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 18.3 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.55% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 33.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan, which extends into the dry Sahara, is sparsely populated; more abundant vegetation and broader access to water increases population distribution in the south extending habitable range along nearly the entire border with South Sudan; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and througout South Darfur as shown on this population distribution map |
| Urbanization | urban population: 35.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 5.989 million KHARTOUM (capital), 967,000 Nyala (2021) |
| Sex ratio | 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.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 295 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 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: 66.79 years male: 64.58 years female: 69.11 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 4.66 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 12.2% (2014) |
| Drinking water source | 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.) |
| Health expenditures | 4.5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | 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.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 49,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 2,300 (2020 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever water contact diseases: schistosomiasis animal contact diseases: rabies respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 6.6% (2014) |
| Food insecurity | 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) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 33% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.7% male: 65.4% female: 56.1% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2015) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
