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Geography
Area: total 21,040 sq km
land 20,720 sq km
water 320 sq km
Land use: arable land 31.37%
permanent crops 11.88%
other 56.75% (2005)

Population
Population 6,822,378 (2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years 36.3%
15-64 years 58.5%
65 years and over 5.2% (2006 est.)
Population growth rate 1.72% (2006 est.)
Birth rate/1,000 population 26.61 (2006 est.)
Death rate/1,000 population 5.78 (2006 est.)
Net migration rate /1,000 population -3.61 (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate/1,000 live births 24.39 (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: 71.49 years
male 67.88 years
female 75.28 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate 3.12 child born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.7% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths 2,200 (2003 est.)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write: 80.20%
male 82.80%
female 77.70% (2003 est.)

Economy
GDP - real growth rate 2.8% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity $4,700 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture 9.9%
industry 30.2%
services 59.9% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line 36.1% (2003 est.)
Inflation rate - consumer prices 4.7% (2005 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 17.10%
industry 17.10%
services 65.8% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate: 6.5% but the economy has much underemployment (2005 est.)
Exports $3.586 billion (2005 est.)
Imports $6.678 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external $8.087 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient total $125 million; $53 million from US (2003 est.)



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