|   | 
2007
  | 
2012 - no maglev
  | 
2012 - maglev
  | 
 
Population
  | 
8,120,247
  | 
8,403,454
  | 
8,428,518
  | 
 
People/arable sq km
  | 
406
  | 
420
  | 
346
  | 
 
Babies dying
  | 
10,706
  | 
11,079
  | 
9,216
  | 
 
AIDS - adults
  | 
1,924
  | 
2,845
  | 
3,081
  | 
 
Starving children < 5
  | 
102,291
  | 
105,898
  | 
69,421
  | 
 
Illiterate adults
  | 
65,969
  | 
68,270
  | 
39,943
  | 
 
Unemployed adults
  | 
2,968,600
  | 
3,072,135
  | 
2,482,156
  | 
 
Living in poverty
  | 
3,978,921
  | 
4,117,692
  | 
3,244,979
  | 
 
Drinking unclean water
  | 
1,867,657
  | 
1,932,794
  | 
1,348,563
  | 
 
No Sanitation access
  | 
3,654,111
  | 
3,781,554
  | 
2,823,554
  | 
 
Patients per doctor
  | 
279
  | 
289
  | 
244
  | 
 
Internet users
  | 
829,100
  | 
1,809,496
  | 
4,862,325
  | 
 
Cellular phones
  | 
3,324,000
  | 
6,369,445
  | 
7,472,070
  | 
 
Inflation
  | 
8.30%
  | 
8.71%
  | 
6.99%
  | 
 
GDP per capita US$
  | 
7,500
  | 
8,210
  | 
8,350
  | 
 
Trade balance MM$
  | 
7,741
  | 
8,566
  | 
10,107
  | 
 
Government spending
  | 
-960
  | 
-4,527
  | 
-883
  | 
 
Reserves
  | 
2,500
  | 
6,657
  | 
6,997
  | 
 
Currency rate to US $
  | 
.893
  | 
.764
  | 
.755
  | 
 
External debt
  | 
1,972
  | 
3,171
  | 
2,442
  | 
 
 
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