Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt,Libya, Chad, Central African Republic,South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
About Sudan
Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States.
Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 18.3 years
Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.)
Other Facts
Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded.
Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt,Libya, Chad, Central African Republic,South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
About Sudan
Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States.
Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 18.3 years
Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.)
Other Facts
Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded.
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Timeline
1955 – Prior to Sudan’s independence, conflict breaks out between Muslim Arabs in the north and Christian/Animist Africans in the south.
January 1, 1956 – Sudan gains its independence after an agreement between the United Kingdom and Egypt.
1972 – Seventeen years of civil war end with the signing of the Addis Ababa Agreement between the north and the south.
1977 – Oil is discovered in southwestern Sudan. Civil war in the 1980s and 1990s prevents much exploration or development of the oil deposits.
1980s –
Prolonged droughts put pressure on water and farming resources.
1983 – Col. John Garang de Mabior leads a mutiny of army soldiers, reigniting the civil war.
Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt,Libya, Chad, Central African Republic,South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
About Sudan
Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States.
Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 18.3 years
Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.)
Other Facts
Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded.