Year
2023
Population
28647293
Population, Rural
40.69
Population, Female
50.12
Working age population
55.4
Working age population, Male
7889836
Working age population, Female
7979578
Age dependency ratio
80.52
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1461.02
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.85
GDP at current market prices
51235.63
Inflation rate
7.41
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
32.3
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-1.72
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-1.45
Mobile phone ownership
47.41
Handset affordability
37.15
Mobile connectivity index
49.06
Network coverage
84.6
Mobile Data Affordability
42.54
Instant payments system availability
No
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
5.3
Mobile money regulatory index
73.01
Financial Inclusion strategy index
100
Regulatory Sandbox
No
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups Inclusion,
Yes
Interoperability solutions
Yes
Policy enablement to offer mobile money services
53.75
KYC requirement
100
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
142
Population ages 15 and above, female
8 394 965
Population ages 15 and above, male
8 233 972
Population ages 15 and above, total
16 628 937
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5294705
Population, male
14 289 697
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5347467
Population, youth (15-24)
5671879
Urban population
16 992 142