Population:
Census of 1983 set population at 21.6 million people; July 1990 population estimate approximately 25 million. Annual growth rate between 2.8 and 3.1 percent. Half of population under eighteen years of age. About 20 percent of population urban, concentrated chiefly in three cities--Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum North--constituting national capital area.

Languages:
About 400 languages, English common second language. Other languages include Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English.

Ethnic Groups: Black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, Foreigners 2%, Other 1%

Religion: Muslim 70%, Indigenous Beliefs 25%, Christian 5% . we have no problems, we are all one !!

They don't want to see unite
'Cause all they want us to do is
Keep on fussing and fighting
They don't want to see us live together
I tell you all they want us to do is
Keep on killing one another

Food:
The Sudan is Africa in microcosm: a large country with geographic, extremes ranging from sandy desert to tropical forest. It is culturally a loose association of almost 600 tribes who have Arabic as their common language. The French, the English, and the Italians have all had colonies in the Sudan. The cuisine is a melding of the many varied backgrounds of the peoples who have influenced its history.

The ritual of hospitality is as important in the Sudan as it is in other Arab and African countries. And while there is a measure of similarity in all the Arab and African countries, each has its unique characteristics. For example, no other country prepares coffee as the Sudanese do, and if this country acquired culinary fame, it is for its Jebena Sudanese. The Sudanese fry their coffee beans in a special pot over charcoal and then grind it with cloves and certain spices. They steep it in hot water and serve it lovingly in tiny coffee cups after straining it through a special tresh grass sieve

Menu from Sudan:

• SHORBA - Puree of Lamb.
• MASCHI- Tomatoes Stuffed with Chopped Beef.
• SALATA MA JIBNA- Salad with Oriental Cheese.
• SALATET ZABADY BIL AJUR- Cucumber/Yogurt Salad.
• SHORBET ADS- Lentil Soup.
• FOOL MEDEMMAS- Fava Beans.
• TAMAYYA (FALAFIL)
• MULLAAH BAMYAH- Okra/ Ladies Fingers.
• MOLOKHIYA- Green Leaf Vegetable.
• KOFTAH- Ground Meat Balls.
• SHATA- Hot Spice.
• FISH PYRAMID WITH GREEN SAUCE.
• CREME CARAMELA- Sudanese Custard.
• CINNAMON TEA.