| Population: |
78,254,090
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 43.1% (male 16,932,540/female 16,818,931)
15-64 years: 54.1% (male 21,128,196/female 21,211,755)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 979,166/female 1,183,502) (2008 est.) |
| Median age: |
Total: 18.1 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.2 years (2008 est.) |
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