Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
President: Omar Bashir
Population
194,320
34,206,710
Life Expectancy
72.660 years
62.570 years
Capital City
Khartoum
Largest city
Apia (population: 40,407)
Khartoum (population: 1,974,650)
Human Development Index
0.76
0.526
GDP per capita
$2,800 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
61.1%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
1.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%
16.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
18.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
parliamentary democracy
Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in 1989, is the majority partner; the agreement stipulates national elections in 2009
Independence date
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)
Religions
Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%
Languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages note: program of "Arabization" in process
Sudanese pounds (SDG) per US dollar - 2.1 (2008 est.), 2.06 (2007), 2.172 (2006), 2.4361 (2005), 2.5791 (2004) note: in October 2007 Sudan redenominated its currency by transforming 100 units of Sudanese dinar into one unit of Sudanese pound
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
1
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Area
2,831 km sq
1,861,484 km sq
Coastline
403 km
853 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)
