Sudan - Daten & Fakten

agricultural land:100%(2011 est.)arable land:15.7%(2011 est.) / permanent crops:0.2%(2011 est.) / permanent pasture:84.2%(2011 est.)forest:0%(2011 est.)other:0%(2011 est.)

north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea

6.70

Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur

65.80

5.534 million KHARTOUM (capital), 834,000 Nyala (2018)

1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)

with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan, which extends into the dry Sahara, is sparsely populated; more abundant vegetation and broader access to water increases population distribution in the south extending habitable range along nearly the entire border with South Sudan; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and througout South Darfur

rate of urbanization: 3.17% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

2.20

female: 7 years (2015)

1.40

12.10

$177,400,000,000

4.50

20.0

$4,300

11,920,000

19.60

11,920,000

121.60

121.60

32.40

32.40

$4,100,000,000

$4,100,000,000

UAE 55.5%, Egypt 14.7%, Saudi Arabia 8.8% (2017)

$8,220,000,000

$8,220,000,000

UAE 12.7%, Egypt 10.6%, India 10.5%, Turkey 10.2%, Japan 7.6%, Saudi Arabia 6%, Germany 4.6% (2017)

$25,470,000,000

$25,470,000,000

13,990,000,000

12,120,000,000

2016 est.

2016 est.

102,300

19,540

9,440

2017 est.

2017 est.

2017 est.

143,280

28,644,139

10,284,260

31,082

74

7,251

4,068

74

19,540

12,120,000,000

0

0

13,990,000,000

total: 10,284,260 (July 2016 est.)

0

total:7,251 km(2014)narrow gauge:5,851 km1.067-m gauge(2014) 1400 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations

28,644,139

4,068

the effects of Sudan's ethnic and rebel militia fighting since the mid-20th century have penetrated all of the neighboring states; Chad wishes to be a helpful mediator in resolving the Darfur conflict, and in 2010 established a joint border monitoring force with Sudan, which has helped to reduce cross-border banditry and violence; as of early 2019, more than 590,000 Sudanese refugees are being hosted in the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan; Sudan, in turn, is hosting more than 975,000 refugees and asylum seekers, including more than 845,000 from South Sudan; Sudan accuses South Sudan of supporting Sudanese rebel groups; Sudan claims but Egypt de facto administers security and economic development of the Halaib region north of the 22nd parallel boundary; periodic violent skirmishes with Sudanese residents over water and grazing rights persist among related pastoral populations along the border with the Central African Republic; South Sudan-Sudan boundary represents 1 January 1956 alignment, final alignment pending negotiations and demarcation; final sovereignty status of Abyei Area pending negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan