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2007
  | 
2012 - no maglev
  | 
2012 - maglev
  | 
 
Population
  | 
15,284,929
  | 
15,555,844
  | 
16,344,521
  | 
 
People/arable sq km
  | 
69
  | 
70
  | 
71
  | 
 
Babies dying
  | 
9,033
  | 
9,193
  | 
9,130
  | 
 
AIDS - adults
  | 
31,626
  | 
48,333
  | 
47,946
  | 
 
Starving children < 5
  | 
56,493
  | 
57,494
  | 
55,124
  | 
 
Illiterate adults
  | 
52,886
  | 
53,823
  | 
28,276
  | 
 
Unemployed adults
  | 
782,711
  | 
796,584
  | 
712,556
  | 
 
Living in poverty
  | 
2,904,137
  | 
2,955,610
  | 
2,778,569
  | 
 
Drinking unclean water
  | 
2,139,890
  | 
2,177,818
  | 
1,944,998
  | 
 
No Sanitation access
  | 
4,279,780
  | 
4,355,636
  | 
4,004,408
  | 
 
Patients per doctor
  | 
298
  | 
303
  | 
303
  | 
 
Internet users
  | 
1,247,000
  | 
2,721,555
  | 
7,313,134
  | 
 
Cellular phones
  | 
7,830,000
  | 
15,003,837
  | 
17,601,176
  | 
 
Inflation
  | 
8.60%
  | 
8.85%
  | 
8.10%
  | 
 
GDP per capita US$
  | 
9,400
  | 
15,700
  | 
16,120
  | 
 
Trade balance MM$
  | 
14,640
  | 
14,511
  | 
18,574
  | 
 
Government spending
  | 
640
  | 
-9,334
  | 
1891
  | 
 
Reserves
  | 
19,130
  | 
26,574
  | 
27,438
  | 
 
Currency rate to US $
  | 
126.090
  | 
110.490
  | 
109.917
  | 
 
External debt
  | 
73,450
  | 
74,992
  | 
72,765
  | 
 
 
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