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Basic Statistics, 2001-2002
Population 25,700,000
Rural population < /br>(% of total pop.), 1999 27.58
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity, PPP) (US$) US$4,797
Global Competitiveness Index Ranking (2001-02) 55
UNDP Human Dvlpmnt. Index Ranking (2001, adjusted to GITR* sample) 52
Main telephone lines/100 inhabitants 6.37
Telephone faults/100 main telephone lines 17.11
Internet hosts/10,000 inhabitants 4.17
Personal Computers/100 inhabitants 3.51
Piracy rate (%) 61.00
% PCs connected to Internet 1.03
Internet users per host 43.34
Internet users/100 inhabitants 1.59
Cell phone subscribers/100 inhabitants 4.01

* Global Information Technology Report

Source: Center for International Development at Harvard University