|   | 
2007 | 
2012 - no maglev | 
2012 - maglev | 
 
| Population | 
36,913,721 | 
42,377,202 | 
42,458,878 | 
 
| People/arable sq km | 
722 | 
829 | 
810 | 
 
| Babies dying | 
66,493 | 
76,335 | 
54,712 | 
 
| AIDS - adults | 
1,548,604 | 
1,876,056 | 
1,886,703 | 
 
| Starving children < 5 | 
997,202 | 
1,144,795 | 
656,244 | 
 
| Illiterate adults | 
3,036,080 | 
3,485,440 | 
2,671,852 | 
 
| Unemployed adults | 
7,946,786 | 
9,122,964 | 
7,312,438 | 
 
| Living in poverty | 
14,802,402 | 
16,993,258 | 
13,417,005 | 
 
| Drinking unclean water | 
14,027,214 | 
16,103,337 | 
10,954,390 | 
 
| No Sanitation access | 
19,195,135 | 
22,036,145 | 
19,318,789 | 
 
| Patients per doctor | 
10,208 | 
11,719 | 
9,204 | 
 
| Internet users | 
2,770,000 | 
6,045,475 | 
16,244,892 | 
 
| Cellular phones | 
6,485,000 | 
12,426,550 | 
14,577,730 | 
 
| Inflation | 
14.52% | 
15.76% | 
9.20% | 
 
| GDP per capita US$ | 
1,200 | 
1,120 | 
1,810 | 
 
| Trade balance MM$ | 
-3,358 | 
-4,799 | 
-4,732 | 
 
| Government spending | 
-446 | 
-3,502 | 
-263 | 
 
| Reserves | 
2,416 | 
2,242 | 
2,239 | 
 
| Currency rate to US $ | 
72.101 | 
71.382 | 
65.304 | 
 
| External debt | 
6,931 | 
7,753 | 
7,107 | 
 
 
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