Location:  Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea. Geography:  largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries. Area:  total: 2,505,810 sq km,  land: 2.376 million sq km, water: 129,810 sq km. Capital:  Khartoum. Industries:  oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly. Languages:  Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
National Holiday:  Independence Day, 1 January (1956) . Currency (Code):  Sudanese pounds (SDG)

Population:  43,939,598 (July 2010 est.) Labor force:  11.92 million (2007 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity):
•   $98.79 billion (2010 est.)
•   $93.91 billion (2009 est.)
•   $90.12 billion (2008 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
•   5.2% (2010 est.)
•   4.2% (2009 est.)
•   6.6% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
•   $2,200 (2010 est.)
•   $2,200 (2009 est.)
•   $2,200 (2008 est.)
Budget:
•   Revenues: $11.06 billion
•   Expenditures: $13.15 billion (2009 est.)
Exports: $9.777 billion (2010 est.)
Imports:
•   $8.483 billion (2010 est.)
•   $8.253 billion (2009 est.)
•   $7.56 billion (2009 est.)
Debt - external:
•   $37.98 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
•   $35.71 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Military expenditures:  3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Airports:  140
Airports - with paved runways:  total: 19
•   over 3,047 m: 3
•   2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
•   1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
•   under 914 m: 1 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:  total: 121
•   1,524 to 2,437 m: 21
•   914 to 1,523 m: 62
•   under 914 m: 38 (2010)
Heliports:  5 (2010)
Aircraft Departures:   7,600

Note: figures are in US dollars
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