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2007
  | 
2012- no maglev
  | 
2012 - maglev
  | 
 
Population
  | 
33,333,216
  | 
37,092,118
  | 
37,273,969
  | 
 
People/arable sq km
  | 
406
  | 
451
  | 
165
  | 
 
Babies dying
  | 
21,556
  | 
23,987
  | 
16,081
  | 
 
AIDS - adults
  | 
11,090
  | 
57,675
  | 
65,550
  | 
 
Starving children < 5
  | 
192,599
  | 
178,599
  | 
143,579
  | 
 
Illiterate adults
  | 
6,812,609
  | 
7,580,850
  | 
5,542,676
  | 
 
Unemployed adults
  | 
3,553,421
  | 
3,954,131
  | 
2,075,340
  | 
 
Living in poverty
  | 
8,333,304
  | 
9,273,030
  | 
6,150,205
  | 
 
Drinking unclean water
  | 
4,333,318
  | 
4,821,975
  | 
2,795,548
  | 
 
No Sanitation access
  | 
2,666,657
  | 
2,967,369
  | 
1,304,589
  | 
 
Patients per doctor
  | 
1,413
  | 
1,573
  | 
1,483
  | 
 
Internet users
  | 
2,460,000
  | 
5,368,906
  | 
14,426,871
  | 
 
Cellular phones
  | 
20,998,000
  | 
40,236,344
  | 
47,201,723
  | 
 
Inflation
  | 
2.6%
  | 
2.7%
  | 
2.5%
  | 
 
GDP per capita US$
  | 
7,600
  | 
9,600
  | 
10,500
  | 
 
Trade balance MM$
  | 
32,550
  | 
36,125
  | 
42,536
  | 
 
Government spending
  | 
16,420
  | 
3,025
  | 
22,943
  | 
 
Reserves
  | 
78,210
  | 
95,717
  | 
97,130
  | 
 
Currency rate to US $
  | 
72.647
  | 
72.295
  | 
72.151
  | 
 
External debt
  | 
4,413
  | 
-1,988
  | 
-5.861
  | 
 
 
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