_#_Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Sudanese (sing. and pl.); adjective—Sudanese
_#_Ethnic divisions: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
_#_Religion: Sunni Muslim (in north) 70%, indigenous beliefs 20%, Christian (mostly in south and Khartoum) 5%
_#_Language: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and Sudanic languages, English; program of Arabization in process
_#_Literacy: 27% (male 43%, female 12%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 6,500,000; agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%; labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment (1983 est.); 52% of population of working age (1985)
_#_Organized labor: trade unions suspended following 30 June 1989 coup; now in process of being legalized anew
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of the Sudan
_#_Type: military; civilian government suspended and martial law imposed after 30 June 1989 coup