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Demographics

Socioeconomic indicators

Population: 10,145,267 (July )

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (male 2,215,706; female 2,172,106)
15-64 years: 54% (male 2,792,313; female 2,692,790)
65 years and over: 3% (male 124,404; female 147,948)

Population growth rate: 2.15%

Birth rate: 46.89 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 25.01 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio: total population: 1.02 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate: 195.78 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth: 38.31 years

Total fertility rate: 6.52 children born/woman

Literacy: total population: 42%
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

GDP: purchasing power parity - $11.6 billion

GDP - real growth rate: 4%

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,030

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 13%
industry: 53%
services: 34% (1998 est.)

Population below poverty line: NA% )

Labor force: 5 million (1997 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)

Unemployment rate: extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population

HIV/AIDS

People living with HIV

Adult and Children deaths 1999

Men (15 –49)

Women  (15-49)

Total Adults

Percentage of population

15,000

68,000

82,000

150,000

2.78%