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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	44.05 per 1,000 people		[14th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	7%		[27th of 95]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	1 %		[25th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100	102		[6th of 166]
expenditure per capita > current US$	8 $		[175th of 186]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	2.6 %		[179th of 187]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	6.2 births per woman		[12th of 194]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	1%		[55th of 136]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	43,000		[59th of 126]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.4 per 1,000 people		[65th of 149]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	51.12 years		[202nd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	47.43 years		[206th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	49.25 years		[205th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	47.73 years		[158th of 194]
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.04 per 1,000 people		[106th of 148]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.86 %		[62nd of 148]
Total fertility rate	7.2		[2nd of 166]
Water availability	1,538 cubic meters		[134th of 169]
Women circumcised	4.5		[6th of 27]

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