Urban population: 69.3% of total population (2017)
Rate of urbanization: 2.11% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
0-14 years - : 31.85% (male 1,807,735/female 1,739,763)
15-24 years - : 19.46% (male 1,098,097/female 1,069,950)
25-54 years - : 37.48% (male 2,041,866/female 2,133,065)
55-64 years - : 5.9% (male 303,409/female 353,598)
65 years and over - : 5.3% (male 260,424/female 330,327) (2017 est.)
Total dependency ratio: 63.7
Youth dependency ratio: 53.1
Elderly dependency ratio: 10.6
Potential support ratio: 9.4 (2015 est.)
Total: 24.3 years
Male: 23.6 years
Female: 25 years (2017 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: 69.5 years
Male: 66.7 years
Female: 72.4 years (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 161
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: 92.5%
Male: 96.5%
Female: 88.6% (2015 est.)
Total: 14 years
Male: 14 years
Female: 14 years (2007)
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