Sudan People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 22,932,000 (July 1986), average

annual growth rate —0.2%

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

Infant mortality rate: 118.9/1,000(1985)

Life expectancy: 47

Literacy: 20%

Labor force: 6 086 million (1982); roughly 78 4% agriculture, 9.8% industry and commerce. 6.0% government; labor shortages for almost all categories of employment coexist with urban unemployment

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.