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Republic of the Sudan
National name: Jamhuryat es-Sudan
President: Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1993)
Area: 967,491 sq. mi. (2,505,810 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 34,475,690 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.87%); birth rate: 39.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 70.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 36
Capital (1993 est.): Khartoum, 924,505
Largest cities: Omdurman, 1,267,077; Port Sudan, 305,385
Monetary unit: Sudanese pound
Languages: Arabic, English, tribal dialects
Ethnicity/race: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Religions: Islam, 70% (Sunni); indigenous, 20%; Christian, 5%
Literacy rate: 27%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $31.2 billion; $930 per capita. Real growth rate: 6.1%. Inflation: 27% (mid-1997 est.). Unemployment: 30% (FY 92/93 est.). Arable land: 5%. Agriculture: cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sesame; sheep. Labor force: 11 million; agriculture, 80%; industry and commerce, 10%; government, 6% (note: labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment) (1983 est.). Industry: cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining. Natural resources: crude oil, some iron ore, copper, chrome, industrial metals. Exports: $594 million (f.o.b., 1997): cotton, sesame, livestock/meat, gum arabic. Imports: $1.42 billion (f.o.b., 1997): foodstuffs, petroleum products, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles. Major trading partners: Saudi Arabia , U.K., China, Italy, South Korea, Germany, Egypt.
