Sudan conflicts
Last reviewed: 01-04-2008
Brutal wars in Africa's biggest country

KEY FACTS
(Unless otherwise stated, all data is from the UNDP Human Development Report 2006)
| Total population (2004) | 37 million (U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division 2006) |
| Life expectancy at birth (2004) | 56.5 years |
| Total adult literacy rate (2004) | 60.9 percent |
| Annual no. of births (2004) | 1,163,000 (UNICEF 2006) |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births (2005) | 62 (UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007) |
| Under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 live births (2004) | 90 (UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007) |
| Internally displaced people (2006) | 5.3 million (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre 2006) |
| Percentage of people undernourished (2001/03 average) | 27 |
| GDP per capita (2004) | $1,949 |
| Public expenditure on health as a percent of GDP (2002) | 1 (UNDP - Human Development Report 2005) |
| Official development assistance received (net disbursements) per capita (2003) | $18.5 (UNDP - Human Development Report 2005) |
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