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SUDAN - FACTS & FIGURES 
FACTS & FIGURES



POPULATION 40.2 million (2005 est.) EXPORT PARTNERS China 66.9%, Japan 10.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.4% (2004)
CAPITAL Khartoum ETHNIC GROUPS Black 52%, Arab 39%, other 9%
AREA 967,527 square miles, slightly more than one-quarter the size of the U.S. RELIGIONS Sunni Muslim 70% (in the north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in the south and Khartoum)
CURRENCY Sudanese dinar (SDD)

EXCHANGE 1 USD = 228.5 SDD (March 2006)

GDP $85.46 billion (purchasing power parity, 2005 est.)

GDP growth rate 8.6% (2005 est.)

NATURAL RESOURCES Petroleum, small reserves of iron ore, copper, other industrial metals, gold, hydropower