!!!Sudan: People & Society ||Population|36,729,501 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Sudanese (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Sudanese \\ ||Ethnic groups|Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata ||Languages|Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur ||Religions|Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 39.43% (male 7,351,759/female 7,130,224) \\ ''15-24 years'': 20.77% (male 3,926,374/female 3,703,826) \\ ''25-54 years'': 32.42% (male 5,779,482/female 6,129,213) \\ ''55-64 years'': 4.12% (male 793,848/female 721,075) \\ ''65 years and over'': 3.25% (male 645,876/female 547,824) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 78% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 72.1% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 5.9% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 16.9% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 19.6 years \\ ''male'': 19.4 years \\ ''female'': 19.9 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|1.69% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|28.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-4.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|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 ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 33.8% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.54% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|KHARTOUM (capital) 5.129 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.94 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1.1 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 1.19 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|311 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 50.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 55.4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 44.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 64.1 years \\ ''male'': 62 years \\ ''female'': 66.3 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|3.68 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|9% (2010) ||Health expenditures|8.4% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|0.28 physicians/1,000 population (2008) ||Hospital bed density|0.8 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 66% of population \\ rural: 50.2% of population \\ total: 55.5% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 34% of population \\ rural: 49.8% of population \\ total: 44.5% of population (2012 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 43.9% of population \\ rural: 13.4% of population \\ total: 23.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 56.1% of population \\ rural: 86.6% of population \\ total: 76.4% of population (2012 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.25% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|55,900 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|3,000 (2015 est.) ||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': very high \\ ''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever \\ ''water contact disease'': schistosomiasis \\ ''respiratory disease'': meningococcal meningitis \\ ''animal contact disease'': rabies (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|6.6% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|33% (2014) ||Education expenditures|2.2% of GDP (2009) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 75.9% \\ ''male'': 83.3% \\ ''female'': 68.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 7 years \\ ''male'': 7 years \\ ''female'': 7 years (2013) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 20% \\ ''male'': 16% \\ ''female'': 32% (2009 est.) \\