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Sudan

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Capital:	Khartoum
Area size:	2376000 sq. km Slightly larger than Mexico
Time zone:	GMT +2
Currency:	Sudanese dinar
Area code:	(+) 249
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	The north has a desert climate where rainfall is rare, daytime temperatures are very high and cooler winter months have nightly temperatures low enough for the occasional frost. The rainy season almost everywhere is between April and October.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Arabic is the official language and is spoken by most of the population. There are over 400 languages in the country spoken by different ethnic groups.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	37.8 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	37.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	36.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	36.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	35.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	34.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	34.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	33.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
57.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
There are over 600 ethnic groups, with Arabs and Nubians accounting for nearly half of the population. Other groups include Nilote, Nilo-Hamitic and Bantu-speaking people.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Islam is the predominant religion among Arabs and Nubians, while traditional African religions are practised in the south. There are Christian communities in both the north and south.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	42.6 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	41.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	40.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	39.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	38.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	38.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	37.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	36.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1964
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2005)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	40.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	39.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	39.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	39.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	39.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	40.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	57.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	56.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	56.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	55.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	55.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	56.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	56.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	55.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	54.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	54.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	54.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	54.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	58.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	58.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	57.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	57.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	56.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	57.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	61 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	62 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	63 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	63 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	64 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	65 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	66 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	89 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	90 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	91 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	93 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	94 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	107 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	108 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	87 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	86 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	450 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	590 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	147	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	141	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	141	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	139	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	138	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	139	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2006	41 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	41 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	17 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	17 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	17 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	17 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	26 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	27 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2004	70 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	69 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	75 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	34 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	34 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	62 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	60.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	59.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	59.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	58.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	57.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	69.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	70.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	69.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	49.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	49.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	47.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	46.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2006	17 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005	16 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	30 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	28 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	20 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	14 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	12 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	127 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	52 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	30 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	16 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	0.7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	95 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	80 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	33 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	28 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	9 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	172 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	156 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	122 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	106 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Signed but not yet ratified (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	800� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	640 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	510 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	430 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	370 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	340 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	310 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	37.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	27.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	21.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	17.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	15.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	13.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	12.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2005	8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	5.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	5.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	6.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	6.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	6.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	12.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	14.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	9.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	8.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	2.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	10.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	22 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	22 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	16 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	16 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2005	1.6 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003	1.6 percent	UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country although risk is low and seasonal in the north. It is higher along the nile, south of Lake Nassar and in the central and southern part of the country. Risk on the Red Sea coast is limited.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	242 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	237 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	232 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	227 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	222 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	218 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	213 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	686311	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	693267	UNHCR
2004	730612	UNHCR
2003	606242	UNHCR
2002	508877	UNHCR
2001	489950	UNHCR
2000	494363	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2006	196200	UNHCR
2005	147256	UNHCR
2004	141588	UNHCR
2003	138163	UNHCR
2002	328176	UNHCR
2001	349209	UNHCR
2000	414928	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2008	6000000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2007	5800000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2006	5355000	IDMC 2006
2005	5355000	IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2004	62	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	127	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	No data available percent
2004	0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	2.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	3.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	1.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	0.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	1.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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