| Attribute | Data | Year | intern. Ranking | Data source |
|---|
| Geography |
|---|
 Area (sq km) | 3,287,260 | 2015 | 7 | |
| Coastline (km) | 7,000 | 2017 | 19 | |
| Human Development Index |
|---|
| Human Development Index | 0.62 | 2015 | 131 | |
| HDI rank | 131 | 2015 | 58 | |
| GNI per capita rank minus HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | -4 | 2011 | 136 | |
| HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 131 | 2011 | 58 | |
| Population |
|---|
| Total population | 1,311,050,000 | 2015 | 2 | |
| Population in 2030 | 1,527,660,000 | 2015 | 1 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2000/2005 | 1.65 | 2015 | 84 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2010/2015 | 1.26 | 2015 | 100 | |
| Urban population (%) 2015 | 32.75 | 2015 | 160 | |
| Population under age 5 | 123,711,000 | 2015 | 1 | |
| Population Age 15-64 | 859,993,000 | 2015 | 2 | |
| Population age 65 and older | 73,630,000 | 2015 | 2 | |
| Median age (years) | 26.62 | 2015 | 103 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Young age (0-14) | 43.89 | 2015 | 83 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Old age (65 and older) 2015 | 8.56 | 2015 | 96 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2000/2005 | 3.14 | 2015 | 77 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2010/2015 | 2.48 | 2015 | 87 | |
| Mother s mean age at first birth | 19.90 | 2010 | 112 | |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) | 54.80 | 2005 | 77 | |
| Birth registration (% under age 5) 2010-2015 | 72.00 | 2015 | 127 | |
| Health |
|---|
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 68.32 | 2015 | 133 | |
| Child malnutrition Stunting (moderate or severe) 2010-2015 | 38.70 | 2015 | 19 | |
| Mortality rates Infant 2015 per 1000 | 37.90 | 2015 | 45 | |
| Mortality rates Under-five per 1000 | 47.70 | 2015 | 48 | |
| Life expectancy at age 60 2010/2015 | 17.68 | 2015 | 127 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) | 174 | 2015 | 56 | |
| Physicians 2001-2014 per 1.0000 | 7.02 | 2014 | 115 | |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 0.90 | 2010 | 159 | |
| Deaths due to Malaria 2012 per 100.000 | 4 | 2012 | 51 | |
| Deaths due to Tuberculosis per 100.000 | 17.00 | 2014 | 49 | |
| Deaths due to HIV prevalence, adult 2015 per 100.000 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Infants lacking immunization DTP 2014 | 10.00 | 2014 | 43 | |
| Infants lacking immunization Measles 2014 | 17.00 | 2014 | 47 | |
| Public health expenditure 2014 % of GDB | 1.41 | 2014 | 176 | |
| Depth of food deficit (kilocalories per person per day) (%) 2013/2015 | 110.00 | 2015 | 37 | |
| Education |
|---|
| Expected years of schooling (years) | 11.70 | 2015 | 131 | |
| Mean years of schooling (years) | 6.30 | 2015 | 135 | |
| Literacy rate Adult (% ages 15 and older) 2005-2015 | 72.13 | 2015 | 119 | |
| Literacy rate Youth (% ages 15-24) Female 2005-2015 | 87.24 | 2015 | 112 | |
| Literacy rate Youth (% ages 15-24) Male 2005-2015 | 91.83 | 2015 | 101 | |
| Pupil-teacher ratio, primary school (number of pupils per teacher) 2010-201 | 32.32 | 2014 | 41 | |
| Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) 2010-2014 | 3.83 | 2014 | 97 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (% ages 25 and older) 200 | 48.74 | 2015 | 109 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Pre-primary (% of preschool-age children) 2010-2015 | 9.61 | 2015 | 158 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary (% of primary school-age population) 2010-201 | 110.59 | 2015 | 45 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Secondary (% of secondary school-age population) 2010 | 68.90 | 2015 | 121 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary (% of tertiary school-age population) 2010-2 | 23.89 | 2015 | 99 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary school dropout rate (% of primary school coho | --- | 2015 | | |
| Primary school teachers trained to teach (%) 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Economy |
|---|
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP $) | 5,663.47 | 2015 | 127 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 4,000.00 | 2013 | 165 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 5,730.14 | 2011 | 122 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 4,990,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 3 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 7,512.50 | 2011 | 3 | |
| GDP - real growth rate (%) | 3.20 | 2013 | 107 | |
| Exports in US-Dollar | 313,200,000,000.00 | 2013 | 18 | |
| Imports in US-Dollar | 467,500,000,000.00 | 2013 | 11 | |
| External Debt in US-Dollar | 412,200,000,000.00 | 2013 | 28 | |
| External debt stock (% of GNI) 2005-2014 | 22.69 | 2013 | 91 | |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%) | 9.60 | 2013 | 16 | |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 0.90 | 2013 | 152 | |
| Current account balance | 0.00 | 2013 | 189 | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 295,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 10 | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment - at home | 310,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 20 | |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | 1,015,000,000,000.00 | 2011 | 26 | |
| Budget surplus/deficit (% of GDP) | -5.70 | 2013 | 174 | |
| Total tax revenue (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 10.83 | 2014 | 118 | |
| Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 44.84 | 2014 | 11 | |
| Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 0.82 | 2014 | 40 | |
| Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP) 2010-2015 | 76.75 | 2015 | 57 | |
| Total debt service (% of GNI) 2014 | 4.58 | 2014 | 30 | |
| Employment |
|---|
| Labor force | 487,300,000 | 2013 | 2 | |
| Employment to population ratio 2015 | 51.86 | 2015 | 130 | |
| Labour force participation rate 2015 | 53.73 | 2015 | 147 | |
| Employment in agriculture 2010-2014 | 49.70 | 2014 | 15 | |
| Employment in services 2010-2014 | 28.70 | 2014 | 120 | |
| Unemployment Total 2015 | 3.48 | 2015 | 154 | |
| Unemployment Youth 2015 | 9.70 | 2015 | 134 | |
| Youth not in school or employment 2010-2014 | 27.18 | 2014 | 20 | |
| Vulnerable employment 2005-2014 | 80.80 | 2014 | 11 | |
| Child labour 2009-2015 (% ages 5-14) | 12.00 | 2015 | 61 | |
| Working poor at PPP$3.10 a day 2004-2013 | 52.89 | 2013 | 38 | |
| Mandatory paid maternity leave 2015 (days) | 84 | 2015 | 128 | |
| Old-age pension recipients 2004-2013 (% of statutory pension age population | 24.10 | 2013 | 115 | |
| Income quintile ratio Average annual change (%) 2000/2014 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Traffic |
|---|
| Airports | 346.00 | 2016 | 21 | |
| Roadways (km) | 4,689,840.00 | 2010 | 2 | |
| Railways (km) | 63,974 | 2008 | 4 | |
| Waterways (km) | 14.50 | 2015 | 50 | |
| Military |
|---|
| Military expenditures (% of GDP) | 2.43 | 2013 | 31 | |
| Agriculture |
|---|
| Irrigated land (sq km) | 663,340.00 | 2008 | 1 | |
| Communication |
|---|
| Telephones - main lines in use | 31,080,000 | 2012 | 10 | |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 893,862,000 | 2012 | 2 | |
| Internet users | 61,338,000 | 2009 | 6 | |
| Nature and Environment |
|---|
| Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes) | 1.59 | 2013 | 120 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy (Mt) | 1,726,000,000 | 2011 | 4 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions - Average annual change (%) 1990/2013 | 3.56 | 2015 | 33 | |
| Total renewable water resources (cu km) | 1,911.00 | 2011 | 9 | |
| Fresh water withdrawals (% of total renewable water resources) 2005-2014 | 33.88 | 2015 | 23 | |
| Natural resource depletion (% of GNI) 2010-2014 | 2.94 | 2014 | 86 | |
| Forest area (% of total land area) | 23.77 | 2015 | 112 | |
| Forest area change (%) 1990-2015 | 10.55 | 2015 | 41 | |
| Energy |
|---|
| Electricity - production (kWh) | 871,000,000,000 | 2011 | 5 | |
| Electricity - consumption (kWh) | 698,800,000,000 | 2010 | 5 | |
| Electricity - imports (kWh) | 5,700,000,000 | 2012 | 36 | |
| Electricity - installed generating capacity (kW) | 199,900,000 | 2010 | 5 | |
| Electricity - from fossil fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 65.80 | 2010 | 117 | |
| Electricity - from hydroelectric plants (% of total installed capacity) | 19.50 | 2010 | 91 | |
| Electricity - from nuclear fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 2.40 | 2010 | 50 | |
| Electricity - from other renewable sources (% of total installed capacity) | 12.30 | 2010 | 21 | |
| Industry and Production |
|---|
| Crude oil - production (bbl/day) | 990,200 | 2012 | 20 | |
| Crude oil - exports (bbl/day) | 0 | 2010 | 130 | |
| Crude oil - imports (bbl/day) | 3,272,000 | 2010 | 8 | |
| Crude oil - proved reserves (bbl) | 5,476,000,000 | 2010 | 22 | |
| Refined petroleum products - production (bbl/day) | 4,216,000 | 2011 | 8 | |
| Refined petroleum products - consumption (bbl/day) | 3,292,000 | 2011 | 8 | |
| Natural gas - production (cu m) | 40,380,000,000 | 2011 | 21 | |
| Natural gas - consumption (cu m) | 64,490,000,000 | 2010 | 20 | |
| Natural gas - exports (cu m) | 0 | 2011 | 117 | |
| Natural gas - imports (cu m) | 16,390,000,000 | 2011 | 22 | |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cu m) | 1,241,000,000,000 | 2013 | 22 | |
| Prices |
|---|
| Consumer price index (2010=100) 2015 | 147.66 | 2015 | 25 | |
| Domestic food price level (USA = 1.0) 2010-2014 | 4.68 | 2014 | 64 | |
| Domestic food price level Volatility index 2010-2014 | 8.40 | 2014 | 54 | |
| Human security |
|---|
| Refugees by country of origin | 9,881 | 2015 | 50 | |
| Internally displaced persons | 612,000 | 2015 | 15 | |
| Homeless people due to natural disaster (average annual per million people) | 662.05 | 2015 | 13 | |
| Orphaned children | 29,600,000 | 2014 | 1 | |
| Prison population (per 100,000 people) 2004-2015 | 33 | 2015 | 180 | |
| Homicide rate (per 100,000 people) 2010-2014 | 3.20 | 2014 | 109 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Female 2012 | 16.40 | 2012 | 6 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Male 2012 | 26 | 2012 | 22 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Intimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | 37.20 | 2015 | 26 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Nonintimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | 0.30 | 2015 | 59 | |
| Safety Index (Numbeo) | 55.51 | 2017 | 59 | |
| Human securiy |
|---|
| Crime Index (Numbeo) | 44.49 | 2017 | 52 | |
| Gender gap |
|---|
| Sex ratio at birth (male to female births) | 1.11 | 2015 | 5 | |
| Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) | 24.48 | 2015 | 112 | |
| Pre-primary (% of pre-school age female population) | 9.17 | 2015 | 157 | |
| Primary (% of primary school-age female population) | 116.99 | 2015 | 17 | |
| Secondary (% of secondary school age female population) | 69.23 | 2015 | 121 | |
| Youth unemployment rate (female to male ratio) | 1.01 | 2015 | 125 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (female to male ratio) 2005-2015 | 0.58 | 2015 | 145 | |
| Total unempoyment rate (female to male ratio) | 1.14 | 2015 | 102 | |
| Share of paid employment in non-agriculture, female (% of total paid employment in non-agriculture) | --- | 2015 | | |
| Female legislators, senior officials and managers (% of total) | 13.76 | 2014 | 98 | |
| Share of seats in parliament (% held by women) | 12.21 | 2015 | 148 | |
| Life expectancy at age 50, female (years) | 26.60 | 2015 | 127 | |
| Old-age pension recipients (female to male ratio) 2006-2013 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Gender Inequality Index - Average annual change (%) 2005/2015 | -1.57 | 2015 | 76 | |
| Poverty and Inequality |
|---|
| Population in multidimensional poverty - Average annual change (%) 2005/2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Coefficient of human inequality | 26.49 | 2015 | 51 | |
| Inequality in life expectancy (%) 2010–2015 | 24.00 | 2015 | 57 | |
| Inequality in education (%) | 39.40 | 2015 | 25 | |
| Inequality in income (%) | 16.06 | 2015 | 120 | |
| Income inequality Quintile ratio 2010-2015 | 5.31 | 2015 | 104 | |
| Income inequality Palma ratio 2010-2015 | 1.48 | 2015 | 84 | |
| Income inequality Gini coefficient (UN) 2010-2015 | 35.15 | 2015 | 91 | |
| Distribution of family income - Gini index (CIA) | 36.80 | 2010 | 80 | |
| GINI index (World Bank) | 35.20 | 2016 | 73 | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | 29.80 | 2017 | 54 | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 44.00 | 2017 | 63 | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | 3.60 | 2017 | 21 | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 8.30 | 2017 | 30 | |
| Income share held by third 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 15.30 | 2017 | 74 | |
| Number of poor at $1,90 a day in PPP | 268,100,000.00 | 2011 | 1 | |
| Number of poor at $3,20 a day in PPP | 762,900,000.00 | 2011 | 1 | |
| Number of poor at $5,50 a day in PPP | 1,096,500,000.00 | 2011 | 1 | |
| Social values |
|---|
| Old-age ages 65 and older dependency ratio (per 100 people ages 15-64) 2030 | 12.50 | 2015 | 98 | |
| Languages and ethnic groups |
|---|
| Ethnic Fractionalization Index (Fearon) | 0.81 | 2016 | 17 | |
| Cultural Diversity Index (Fearon) | 0.67 | 2016 | 5 | |
| Ethnic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.42 | 2003 | 98 | |
| Linguistic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.81 | 2003 | 19 | |
| Religious Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.33 | 2003 | 141 | |
