Facts
PEOPLE AND SOCIETY:
Population: 34,206,710
Age Distribution: 0-14 years: 42.00% (male 7,305,175/ female 7,056,966)
15-64 years: 54.70% (male 9,351,327/ female 9,360,358)
65 years and over: 3.30% (male 627,014/ female 505,870)
Median age: 18.7 years (male 18.5 years, female 19 years)
Capital City: Khartoum (population: 5.021 million)
Life expectancy at birth: 62.57 years
Literacy Rate: 61.1%
GOVERNMENT:
Party in control: National Congress Party (1989-present)
Independence: January 1, 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)
Ruler: President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since October 16, 1993)
National Symbol: Secretary bird
SOUTHERN SUDANESE GENOCIDE:
Time Period: 1983-2001
Death Toll: 1.9 million (estimated)
Conflict Between: Socialist Republic of Sudan and Sudanese Government (Prompted by sharia law led to Sudan People's Liberation Movement)
Peace Treaty Signed: 2005
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html
http://www.meforum.org/22/sudan-civil-war-and-genocide
Population: 34,206,710
Age Distribution: 0-14 years: 42.00% (male 7,305,175/ female 7,056,966)
15-64 years: 54.70% (male 9,351,327/ female 9,360,358)
65 years and over: 3.30% (male 627,014/ female 505,870)
Median age: 18.7 years (male 18.5 years, female 19 years)
Capital City: Khartoum (population: 5.021 million)
Life expectancy at birth: 62.57 years
Literacy Rate: 61.1%
GOVERNMENT:
Party in control: National Congress Party (1989-present)
Independence: January 1, 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)
Ruler: President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since October 16, 1993)
National Symbol: Secretary bird
SOUTHERN SUDANESE GENOCIDE:
Time Period: 1983-2001
Death Toll: 1.9 million (estimated)
Conflict Between: Socialist Republic of Sudan and Sudanese Government (Prompted by sharia law led to Sudan People's Liberation Movement)
Peace Treaty Signed: 2005
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html
http://www.meforum.org/22/sudan-civil-war-and-genocide