| | Unit | Year | Value |
| Estimated mid year population | millions | 2003 | 19.3 |
| Population density | persons per sq km | 2003 | 307 |
| Population growth rate | % | 2002 | 1.2 |
| crude birth rate | per 1000 people | 2002 | 19.1 |
| crude death rate | per 1000 people | 2002 | 5.8 |
| total fertility rate | birth per women | 2001 | 2.1 |
| urbanization rate | % of total population | 2001 | 14.6 |
| populalation composition | | | |
| young(0-14 years) | % of total population | 2003 | 26.6 |
| working (15-64 years) | % of total population | 2003 | 67 |
| old (ages 65+) | % of total population | 2003 | 6.4 |
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| Dependence ratio | % of working population | 2003 | 49.3 |
| Sex ratio at birth | no of males per 1000 females | 2002 | 1044 |
| labour force | millions | 2002 | 7.1 |
| unemployment | % total labour force | 2002 | 8.8 |
| literacy rate | % | 2003 | 92.3 |
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| child mortality rate (under 5 mortality) | per 1000 live births | 2000 | 20.8 |
infant mortility rate | per 1000 live births | 2002 | 11.2 |
| child immunization rate | % one year children | 2003 | 95.4 |
| maternal mortality rate | per 1000 live births | 1997 | |
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| expectation of life at birth | yrs | 2003 | 72.6 |
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| daily per capita calorie | | 2000 | 2345 |
| daily news papers | per 1000 people | 2000 | 29 |
| e-mail/Internet users | per 1000 people | 2002 | 4 |
| telephone | per 1000 people | 2002 | 95 |
| radio | per 1000 people | 2000 | 296 |
| television set | per 1000 people | 2001 | 117 |
| car | per 1000 people | 2003 | 9.1 |
| two wheeler | per 1000 people | 2003 | 52.5 |
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| human development index | | 2001 | 0.73 |
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| population per physician | people | 1999 | 2610 |
| population per hospital beds | people | 1999 | 329 |
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| daily per capita protein | | 2000 | 53 |
