|   | 
2007 | 
2012 - no maglev | 
2012 - maglev | 
 
| Population | 
27,780,059 | 
30,270,603 | 
30,599,152 | 
 
| People/arable sq km | 
579 | 
631 | 
504 | 
 
| Babies dying | 
49,835 | 
54,302 | 
46,525 | 
 
| AIDS - adults | 
22,505 | 
45,582 | 
36,319 | 
 
| Starving children < 5 | 
248,020 | 
270,256 | 
216,844 | 
 
| Illiterate adults | 
121,122 | 
133,070 | 
105,689 | 
 
| Unemployed adults | 
4,012,552 | 
4,372,286 | 
3,362,847 | 
 
| Living in poverty | 
9,167,149 | 
9,989,299 | 
8,873,754 | 
 
| Drinking unclean water | 
3,055,806 | 
3,329,766 | 
2,447,932 | 
 
| No Sanitation access | 
11,945,425 | 
13,016,359 | 
12,209,061 | 
 
| Patients per doctor | 
380 | 
414 | 
411 | 
 
| Internet users | 
1,700,000 | 
3,710,219 | 
9,969,789 | 
 
| Cellular phones | 
1,100,000 | 
2,107,819 | 
2,472,070 | 
 
| Inflation | 
19.80% | 
27.00% | 
12.30% | 
 
| GDP per capita US$ | 
2,000 | 
2,805 | 
3,010 | 
 
| Trade balance MM$ | 
1,920 | 
1,831 | 
2,413 | 
 
| Government spending | 
82 | 
-2,834 | 
415 | 
 
| Reserves | 
4.300 | 
5,258 | 
5,381 | 
 
| Currency rate to US $ | 
1219.8 | 
4212.6 | 
3878.4 | 
 
| External debt | 
4,767 | 
5,275 | 
4,630 | 
 
 
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