|   | 
2007 | 
2012 - no maglev | 
2012 - maglev | 
 
| Population | 
80,335,036 | 
87,489,936 | 
87,584,582 | 
 
| People/arable sq km | 
2,360 | 
2,570 | 
2,189 | 
 
| Babies dying | 
61,048 | 
66,485 | 
59,789 | 
 
| AIDS - adults | 
26,909 | 
43,129 | 
35,426 | 
 
| Starving children < 5 | 
798,209 | 
869,300 | 
773,547 | 
 
| Illiterate adults | 
14,520,718 | 
15,813,981 | 
13,616,950 | 
 
| Unemployed adults | 
5,229,490 | 
5,695,245 | 
4,594,337 | 
 
| Living in poverty | 
16,067,007 | 
17,497,987 | 
15,327,302 | 
 
| Drinking unclean water | 
1,606,701 | 
1,749,799 | 
1,051,015 | 
 
| No Sanitation access | 
12,853,606 | 
13,998,390 | 
12,261,842 | 
 
| Patients per doctor | 
2,034 | 
2,215 | 
2,175 | 
 
| Internet users | 
6,000,000 | 
13,094,892 | 
35,187,491 | 
 
| Cellular phones | 
18,001,000 | 
34,493,496 | 
40,494,721 | 
 
| Inflation | 
7.70% | 
8.25% | 
6.90% | 
 
| GDP per capita US$ | 
4,200 | 
5,540 | 
5,650 | 
 
| Trade balance MM$ | 
-12,550 | 
-18,854 | 
-17,981 | 
 
| Government spending | 
-8,470 | 
-30,394 | 
-8,690 | 
 
| Reserves | 
25,580 | 
17,611 | 
17,713 | 
 
| Currency rate to US $ | 
5.725 | 
6.147 | 
6.094 | 
 
| External debt | 
31,930 | 
40,886 | 
36,330 | 
 
 
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