Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (female 6,801,001; male 7,124,892)
15-64 years: 52% (female 7,706,864; male 7,830,980)
65 years and over: 2% (female 280,297; male 376,386) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.35% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 41.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 11.74 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) note: the flow of refugees from the civil war in Sudan into neighboring countries continues, often at the rate of tens of thousands annually; Uganda was the main recipient of Sudanese refugees in the past year; repatriation of Eritrean and Ethiopean refugees in Sudan continues
Infant mortality rate: 77.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.71 years male: 53.81 years female: 55.65 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese
Ethnic divisions: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other
1%