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Basic Statistics, 2001-2002
Population 15,200,000
Rural pop. (% of total pop.), 1999 14.56
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity, PPP) ()US$ 9,187
Global Competitiveness Index Ranking (2001-02) 27
UNDP Human Dvlpmnt. Index Ranking (2001, adjusted to GITR* sample) 34
Main telephone lines/100 inhabitants 22.12
Telephone faults/100 main telephone lines 52.00
Internet hosts/10,000 inhabitants 49.11
Personal Computers/100 inhabitants 8.55
Piracy rate (%) 49.00
% PCs connected to Internet 5.75
Internet users per host 23.52
Internet users/100 inhabitants 11.55
Cell phone subscribers/100 inhabitants 22.36
Avg. mnthly. cost/20 hrs. of Internet access (US$) 17.88

* Global Information Technology Report

Source: Center for International Development at Harvard University