52nd Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 81.6 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 75.4 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 6.3 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 15.9 (2015 est.) Urbanization urban population: 36% of total population (2022) rate of urbanization: 3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) urban population: 34.6% of total population (2018) rate of urbanization: 3.17% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)0 Life expectancy at birth total population: 67.12 years. Country comparison to the world: 193rd male: 64.89 years female: 69.46 years (2022 est.) total population: 65.8 years male: 63.7 years female: 68.1 years (2018 est.) total population: 63.32 years male: 61.27 years female: 65.46 years (2014 est.) Major infectious diseases degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever water contact diseases: schistosomiasis animal contact diseases: rabies respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis Nationality noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0–14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15–24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25–54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 55–64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.19 male(s)/female total population: 1.18 male(s)/female (2014 est.) Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) total population: 60.7% male: 65.4% female: 56.1% (2018) total population: 75.9% male: 83.3% female: 68.6% (2015 est.) total population: 71.9% male: 80.7% female: 63.2% note: pre-secession of South Sudan (2011 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2015) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 total: 32.6% male: 27.4% female: 43.5% (2011 est.) References