Urban population: 85.7% of total population (2015)
Rate of urbanization: 1.17% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
0-14 years - : 22.79% (male 23,905,185/female 22,994,222)
15-24 years - : 16.43% (male 17,146,060/female 16,661,163)
25-54 years - : 43.84% (male 44,750,568/female 45,489,430)
55-64 years - : 8.89% (male 8,637,011/female 9,656,370)
65 years and over - : 8.06% (male 7,059,944/female 9,523,712) (2016 est.)
Total dependency ratio: 44.7%
Youth dependency ratio: 33.3%
Elderly dependency ratio: 11.3%
Potential support ratio: 8.8% (2015 est.)
Total: 31.6 years
Male: 30.7 years
Female: 32.4 years (2016 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 104
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 - : 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years - : 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over - : 0.74 male(s)/female
total population - : 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Total population: 73.8 years
Male: 70.2 years
Female: 77.5 years (2016 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 127
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
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: 92.6%
Male: 92.2%
Female: 92.9% (2015 est.)
Total: 15 years
Male: 15 years
Female: 16 years (2013)
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