Urban population: 29.9% of total population (2015)
Rate of urbanization: 5.87% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
0-14 years - : 45.2% (male 4,286,569/female 4,270,357)
15-24 years - : 20.08% (male 1,909,090/female 1,892,273)
25-54 years - : 29.13% (male 2,799,042/female 2,716,439)
55-64 years - : 3.14% (male 253,423/female 340,599)
65 years and over - : 2.45% (male 174,647/female 289,247) (2015 est.)
population pyramid - :
Total dependency ratio: 92.2%
Youth dependency ratio: 87.6%
Elderly dependency ratio: 4.6%
Potential support ratio: 21.7% (2015 est.)
Total: 17.1 years
Male: 17 years
Female: 17.3 years (2015 est.)
at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years - : 1 male(s)/female
15-24 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female
55-64 years - : 0.74 male(s)/female
65 years and over - : 0.6 male(s)/female
total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2015 est.)
Total population: 55.12 years
Male: 53.1 years
Female: 57.21 years (2015 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 210
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Vectorborne disease: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
Animal contact disease: rabies
Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2013)
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 36%
Male: 43%
Female: 29.3% (2015 est.)
Total: 8 years
Male: 8 years
Female: 7 years (2013)
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