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2007
  | 
2012 - no maglev
  | 
2012 - maglev
  | 
 
Population
  | 
4,646,003
  | 
3,930,397
  | 
4,124,569
  | 
 
People/arable sq km
  | 
436
  | 
369
  | 
373
  | 
 
Babies dying
  | 
1,886
  | 
1,595
  | 
1,515
  | 
 
AIDS - adults
  | 
5,848
  | 
9,895
  | 
8,378
  | 
 
Starving children < 5
  | 
13,966
  | 
11,815
  | 
10,952
  | 
 
Illiterate adults
  | 
3,094
  | 
2,618
  | 
2,747
  | 
 
Unemployed adults
  | 
392,968
  | 
332,441
  | 
197,781
  | 
 
Living in poverty
  | 
2,532,072
  | 
2,142,066
  | 
1,794,188
  | 
 
Drinking unclean water
  | 
1,115,041
  | 
943,295
  | 
820,789
  | 
 
No Sanitation access
  | 
789,821
  | 
668,167
  | 
474,325
  | 
 
Patients per doctor
  | 
230
  | 
194
  | 
189
  | 
 
Internet users
  | 
332,000
  | 
742,584
  | 
1,947,041
  | 
 
Cellular phones
  | 
1,704,000
  | 
3,265,203
  | 
3,830,447
  | 
 
Inflation
  | 
9.20%
  | 
9.65%
  | 
8.32%
  | 
 
GDP per capita US$
  | 
3,900
  | 
5,450
  | 
5,710
  | 
 
Trade balance MM$
  | 
-2,019
  | 
-2,838
  | 
-2,830
  | 
 
Government spending
  | 
-176
  | 
-1,653
  | 
-75
  | 
 
Reserves
  | 
930
  | 
-304
  | 
-312
  | 
 
Currency rate to US $
  | 
1.780
  | 
1.870
  | 
1.853
  | 
 
External debt
  | 
2,040
  | 
2,416
  | 
2,101
  | 
 
 
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