Year
2022
Population
17597511
Population, Rural
52.68
Population, Female
49.87
Working age population
50.27
Working age population, Male
4409771
Working age population, Female
4435708
Age dependency ratio
98.94
Employment in Agriculture
25.92
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
509.08
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.43
GDP at current market prices
10419.54
Inflation rate
6.8
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
31.98
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-11.6
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-0.03
Access to electricity
48.9
Access to electricity, Urban
76.7
Access to electricity, Rural
30.64
Mobile phone ownership
25.39
Handset affordability
6.93
Mobile connectivity index
32.68
Network coverage
61.97
Mobile Data Affordability
25.34
Number of participants in IPS
8
Volume of transactions
213867
Value of transactions
386889
Mobile money prevalence
Medium
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 685 720
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 612 017
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 297 737
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3419069
Population, male
8 822 442
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3510250
Population, youth (15-24)
3496906
Urban population
8 327 846