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== Population Details ==
== Population Details ==
=== Decades earlier ===
As of 2011, 97% of the population adhered to Islam<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120605132439/http://www.sd.undp.org/sudan%20overview.htm</ref> "While the population of Sudan predominately descends from both indigenous African groups and Arabs, today most tribes in the country speak Arabic and the Arab culture predominates. Over 97% of the population of Sudan are Sunni Muslims with a very small Christian minority."
As of 2011, 97% of the population adhered to Islam<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120605132439/http://www.sd.undp.org/sudan%20overview.htm</ref> "While the population of Sudan predominately descends from both indigenous African groups and Arabs, today most tribes in the country speak Arabic and the Arab culture predominates. Over 97% of the population of Sudan are Sunni Muslims with a very small Christian minority."
=== Current Reality ===
Recently, these laws were abolished, "In one of a wide-ranging series of legislative reforms, apostates from Islam no longer face the death penalty in Sudan. “We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan,” Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari said Sunday during an interview on state television." <ref>https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/sudan-drops-apostasy-law-death-penalty-christians-alcohol.html</ref>
Recently, these laws were abolished, "In one of a wide-ranging series of legislative reforms, apostates from Islam no longer face the death penalty in Sudan. “We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan,” Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari said Sunday during an interview on state television." <ref>https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/sudan-drops-apostasy-law-death-penalty-christians-alcohol.html</ref>
That seems to have had a positive effect. Open Doors 2024 estimated the Population of Sudanese Christians has crossed 2 MN at 2,013,000 or 4.3% of Sudan's Population.
[[Open Doors]] earlier placed Sudan as number 7 on the Worldwide Watch List. The number of Christians in the country is estimated at just under 2 million, or 1,963,000. <ref>https://www.opendoors.org.au/persecuted-christians/world-watch-list/sudan</ref>
[[Open Doors]] earlier placed Sudan as number 7 on the Worldwide Watch List. The number of Christians in the country is estimated at just under 2 million, or 1,963,000. <ref>https://www.opendoors.org.au/persecuted-christians/world-watch-list/sudan</ref>