|   | 
2007 | 
2012 - no maglev | 
2012 - maglev | 
 
| Population | 
39,384,223 | 
45,457,984 | 
45,634,915 | 
 
| People/arable sq km | 
773 | 
892 | 
653 | 
 
| Babies dying | 
92,299 | 
106,533 | 
92,104 | 
 
| AIDS - adults | 
1,910,253 | 
2,338,109 | 
2,103,975 | 
 
| Starving children < 5 | 
1,600,142 | 
1,846,912 | 
1,572,789 | 
 
| Illiterate adults | 
6,423,488 | 
7,414,106 | 
6,105,176 | 
 
| Unemployed adults | 
13,014,910 | 
15,022,045 | 
13,499,492 | 
 
| Living in poverty | 
14,178,320 | 
16,364,874 | 
14,831,347 | 
 
| Drinking unclean water | 
10,633,740 | 
12,273,656 | 
10,587,300 | 
 
| No Sanitation access | 
17,329,058 | 
20,001,513 | 
17,569,442 | 
 
| Patients per doctor | 
47,913 | 
55,302 | 
21,375 | 
 
| Internet users | 
384,300 | 
838,728 | 
2,253,759 | 
 
| Cellular phones | 
6,720,000 | 
12,876,856 | 
15,105,990 | 
 
| Inflation | 
6.10% | 
7.77% | 
6.55% | 
 
| GDP per capita US$ | 
800 | 
1,012 | 
1,486 | 
 
| Trade balance MM$ | 
-2,571 | 
-3,575 | 
-3,519 | 
 
| Government spending | 
-598 | 
-1,549 | 
-579 | 
 
| Reserves | 
2,281 | 
720 | 
703 | 
 
| Currency rate to US $ | 
1,251.9 | 
2324.9 | 
2308.9 | 
 
| Malaria  cases | 
10,742,047 | 
12,398,665 | 
12,435,514 | 
 
| External debt | 
4,786 | 
5,481 | 
5,087 | 
 
 
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