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Basic Statistics, 2001-2002
Population 5,074,000
Rural population< /br>(% of total pop., 1999) 44.22
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity, PPP) (US$) 2,396
Global Competitiveness Index Ranking (2001-02) 73
UNDP Human Dvlpmnt. Index Ranking (2001, adjusted to GITR* sample) 67
Main telephone lines/100 inhabitants 3.04
Telephone faults/100 main telephone lines 79.30
Internet hosts/10,000 inhabitants 2.76
Personal Computers/100 inhabitants 0.79
Piracy rate 78.00
% PCs connected to Internet 2.62
Internet users per host 19.10
Internet users/100 inhabitants 0.41
Cell phone subscribers/100 inhabitants 0.89

* Global Information Technology Report

Source: Center for International Development at Harvard University