Population Structure
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population: 174,507,539 (July 2013 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.8% (male 39,127,615/female 37,334,281)
15-24 years: 19.3% (male 17,201,067/female 16,451,357)
25-54 years: 30.1% (male 25,842,967/female 26,699,432)
55-64 years: 3.8% (male 3,016,896/female 3,603,048)
65 years and over: 3% (male 2,390,154/female 2,840,722) (2013 est.)
Median age:
total: 17.9 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 18.4 years (2013 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.54% (2013 est.)
Birth rate: 38.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
Death rate: 13.2 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
Urbanization: urban population: 50% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 51.56 years
male: 51.58 years
female: 51.55 years (2000 est.)
total population: 46.94 years
male: 46.16 years
female: 47.76 years (2009 est.)
total population: 52.05 years
male: 48.95 years
female: 55.33 years (2012 est.)
HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate
3.1% (2007 est.)
3.6% (2009 est.)
people living with HIV/AIDS
2.6 million (2007 est.)
3.3 million (2009 est.)
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