Urban population: 68.5% of total population (2015)
Rate of urbanization: 2.26% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
0-14 years - : 32.36% (male 1,808,567/female 1,740,760)
15-24 years - : 19.55% (male 1,086,134/female 1,058,584)
25-54 years - : 37.08% (male 1,986,514/female 2,081,415)
55-64 years - : 5.83% (male 296,197/female 343,394)
65 years and over - : 5.18% (male 250,749/female 317,335) (2016 est.)
Total dependency ratio: 63.7%
Youth dependency ratio: 53.1%
Elderly dependency ratio: 10.6%
Potential support ratio: 9.4% (2015 est.)
Total: 24 years
Male: 23.3 years
Female: 24.7 years (2016 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 162
at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years - : 0.95 male(s)/female
55-64 years - : 0.86 male(s)/female
65 years and over - : 0.79 male(s)/female
total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Total population: 69.2 years
Male: 66.4 years
Female: 72.1 years (2016 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 162
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
Note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016)
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 95.7%
Male: 97.8%
Female: 93.6% (2015 est.)
Total: 14 years
Male: 14 years
Female: 14 years (2007)
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