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Libya vs. Sudan

Demographics

LibyaSudan
Population7,017,224 (July 2021 est.)

note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)
46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 33.65% (male 1,184,755/female 1,134,084)

15-24 years: 15.21% (male 534,245/female 513,728)

25-54 years: 41.57% (male 1,491,461/female 1,373,086)

55-64 years: 5.52% (male 186,913/female 193,560)

65 years and over: 4.04% (male 129,177/female 149,526) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 42.01% (male 9,726,937/female 9,414,988)

15-24 years: 20.94% (male 4,852,903/female 4,687,664)

25-54 years: 29.89% (male 6,633,567/female 6,986,241)

55-64 years: 4.13% (male 956,633/female 923,688)

65 years and over: 3.03% (male 729,214/female 649,721) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 25.8 years

male: 25.9 years

female: 25.7 years (2020 est.)
total: 18.3 years

male: 18.1 years

female: 18.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.76% (2021 est.)2.55% (2021 est.)
Birth rate22.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)33.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate3.46 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female

total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 1.12 male(s)/female

total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 12.97 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 9.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 43.15 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 48.66 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 37.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 76.93 years

male: 74.68 years

female: 79.29 years (2021 est.)
total population: 66.79 years

male: 64.58 years

female: 69.11 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate3.13 children born/woman (2021 est.)4.66 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.1% (2020)0.2% (2020 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Libyan(s)

adjective: Libyan
noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)

adjective: Sudanese
Ethnic groupsBerber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Italian, Maltese, Pakistani, Tunisian, and Turkish)unspecified Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS9,500 (2020)49,000 (2020 est.)
ReligionsMuslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu <0.1, Jewish <0.1, folk religion <0.1, unafilliated 0.2%, other <0.1 (2010 est.)

note: non-Sunni Muslims include native Ibadhi Muslims (<1% of the population) and foreign Muslims
Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2020)2,300 (2020 est.)
LanguagesArabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)

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Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 91%

male: 96.7%

female: 85.6% (2015)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 60.7%

male: 65.4%

female: 56.1% (2018)
Food insecuritysevere localized food insecurity: due to civil insecurity, economic and political instability, and high food prices - an estimated 1.3 million people (23% of the population) are in need of humanitarian assistance of which 700,000 require food assistance; half of the people in need of humanitarian assistance are internally displaced or migrants that are residing in, or transiting through, the country (2021)severe localized food insecurity: due to conflict, civil insecurity, and soaring food prices - the number of severely food insecure people was estimated at 9.8 million in the June-September 2021 period, due to flood-induced livelihood losses sustained in 2020, soaring food prices and inter-communal conflict; the main drivers are macro-economic challenges resulting in rampant food and non-food inflation, the lingering impact of 2020 widespread floods on livelihoods and the escalation of inter-communal violence in western Greater Darfur Region and in eastern South Kordofan, North Kordofan and Blue Nile states (2021)
Education expendituresNANA
Urbanizationurban population: 81% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 35.6% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: total: 98.5% of population

unimproved: total: 1.5% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 99% of population

rural: 80.7% of population

total: 87% of population

unimproved: urban: 1% of population

rural: 19.3% of population

total: 13% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 72.1% of population

rural: 30.6% of population

total: 44.9% of population

unimproved: urban: 27.9% of population

rural: 69.4% of population

total: 55.1% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population1.170 million TRIPOLI (capital), 919,000 Misratah, 836,000 Benghazi (2021)5.989 million KHARTOUM (capital), 967,000 Nyala (2021)
Maternal mortality rate72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)295 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight11.7% (2014)33% (2014)
Physicians density2.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate32.5% (2016)6.6% (2014)
Contraceptive prevalence rate27.7% (2014)12.2% (2014)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 47.7

youth dependency ratio: 41

elderly dependency ratio: 6.7

potential support ratio: 15 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 76.9

youth dependency ratio: 70.4

elderly dependency ratio: 6.5

potential support ratio: 15.4 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook