by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ Land boundaries: 7,805 km
WATER Limits of territorial waters (claimed) : 12 nm (plus 6 nm "necessary supervision zone")
Coastline: 853 km
PEOPLE Population: 19,868,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 2.8%
Nationality: noun—Sudanese (sing. and pl.) ; adjective—Sudanese
Ethnic divisions: 39% Arab, 6% Beja, 52% Negro, 2% foreigners, 1% other
Religion: 73% Sunni Muslims in north, 23% pagan, 4% Christian (mostly in south)
Language: Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and Sudanic languages, English ”

“ Other political or pressure groups: Muslim Brotherhood, formerly at odds with, the, military regime, now participates actively in government; Ansar Muslim sect and National Unionist Party do not participate directly in government
Member of: AFDB, APC, Arab League, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ISCON, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY GDP: $5.6 billion at current prices (1979) , $270 per capita at current prices
Agriculture: main crops—sorghum, millet, wheat, sesame, peanuts, beans, barley; not self-sufficient in food production ”