of refugees and migrants from the past few decades. Other Christian groups with smaller followings in the country include the Africa Inland Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Sudan Church of Christ, the Sudan Interior Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Sudan Pentecostal Church, the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church (in the North). Religious identity plays a role in the country's political divisions. Northern and western Muslims have dominated the country's political and economic system since independence. The NCP draws much of its support from Islamists, Salafis/Wahhabis and other conservative Arab Muslims in the north. The Umma Party has traditionally attracted Arab followers of the Ansar sect of Sufism as well as non-Arab Muslims from Darfur and Kordofan. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) includes both Arab and non-Arab Muslims in the north and east, especially those in the Khatmia Sufi sect. Other demographic statistics Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. One birth every 22 seconds One death every 2 minutes One net migrant every 29 minutes Net gain of one person every 29 seconds The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated. Population 47,958,856 (2022 est.) 43,120,843 (July 2018 est.) 35,482,233 (July 2014 est.) Religions Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority Age structure 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% (2020 est.) (male 729,214/female 649,721) Birth rate 33.47 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 20th 34.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 23rd Death rate 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 146th 6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 139th Total fertility rate 4.6 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 17th 4.85 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 17th Population growth rate 2.55% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 19th 2.93% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 9th Median age total: 18.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 211st male: 18.1 years female: 18.5 years (2020 est.) total: 17.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 214th male: 17.7 years female: 18.1 years (2018 est.) Contraceptive prevalence rate 12.2% (2014) Net migration rate -1.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 163rd 1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: