Andrew S. Natsios - Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Population

Historic Sudan

45,047,502

South Sudan

8,260,000

Geography in square miles and square kilometers

Historic Sudan

1,861,484 square kilometers

718,722.99 square miles

South Sudan

644,329 square kilometers

248,776.817 square miles

Major languages

Historic Sudan

Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Dinka, Fur, and more than seventy major tribal languages, several of which are spoken by more than 100,000 people

South Sudan

English (official), Arabic (official)including Juba Arabic, a local dialectand regional languages, including Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, and Shilluk

Ethnic groups or tribes

Historic Sudan

Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%)

The largest non-Arab groups are Fur, Beja, Nuba, and Fallata

South Sudan

Dinka, Kakwa, Bari, Azande, Shilluk, Kuku, Murle, Mandari, Didinga, Ndogo, Bviri, Lndi, Anuak, Bongo, Lango, Dungotona, and Acholi

Religions

Historic Sudan

Sunni Muslim 70%

Christian 20%

Traditional religion 10%

National sovereign debt

Historic Sudan

Public debt: 92.6% of GDP (2010 est.)

External debt: $37.73 billion (December 31, 2010, est.)

South Sudan

No large external debt or structural trade deficits

Currency (North and South)

Exchange rate for the Sudanese pound: 1.00 SDG = 0.373483 USD.

Trade

Historic Sudan

$10.29 billion (2010 est.)

Commodities: oil and petroleum products, cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar

Partners: China 60.3%, Japan 14%, Indonesia 8.6%, India 4.9% (2009)

Economic growth rates

Historic Sudan

Real GDP (after inflation) in 2010: 5.2%; 2009: 4.2%; 2006 and 2007: 10%

Agriculture employs 80% of the workforce and represents a third of GDP

Natural resources

Historic Sudan

Petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower

South Sudan

Hydropower, fertile agricultural land, gold, diamonds, petroleum, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, coltan (Columbite-tantalite), tungsten, mica, silver

Total GDP and per capita GDP

Historic Sudan

GDP (purchasing power parity): $100 billion (2010 est.)

Per capita income: $2,300 (2010 est.)

South Sudan

GDP in 2010: 30 billion Sudanese pounds, equivalent to $13 billion

GDP per capita income in 2010: 3,564 Sudanese pounds, equivalent to $1,546

International performance index ranks: UNDP Human Development Index

Historic Sudan

2010: 154 out of 169 countries (169 is lowest level)

Transparency InternationalCorruption Index

Historic Sudan

Corruption ranking: 172 out of 178 countries (178 is most corrupt)

Freedom HouseDemocracy Index

Historic Sudan

Political Rights Score: 7 (7 is lowest)

Civil Liberties Score: 7 (7 is lowest)

Status: Not free

World Bank Doing Business Report

Historic Sudan

2011: Ease of doing business ranking: 154 out of 183 countries (183 is the worst)

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