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| Indicators | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 |
| Mid-year population ('000) | 37.7 | 35.9 | 34.4 | 32.8 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 28.7 |
| Working age population | n.a. | 19,370 | 18,845 | 16,830 | 15,995 | 15,220 | |
| Male | n.a. | 9,685 | 8,935 | 8,330 | 7,760 | 7,610 | |
| Female | n.a. | 9,685 | 9,910 | 8,500 | 8,235 | 7,610 | |
| G.D.P.(current factor prices, Cm$ mn) | n.a. | 843.7 | 799.7 | 761.6 | 701.5 | 653.0 | |
| % change in G.D.P. | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 17.0 | |
| G.D.P. per capita (current prices, Cm $) | n.a. | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 22.9 | 22.8 | |
| Consumer price (% rate of growth) | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | |
| Exchange rate (per US$) | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | |
| Balance of payments (US$mn): | |||||||
| Merchandise exports (fob) | n.a. | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 3.7 | |
| Merchandise imports (cif) | n.a. | 314.9 | 332.5 | 272.9 | 260.5 | 278.4 | |
| Trade balance | n.a. | -312.7 | -329.1 | -270.9 | -258.7 | -274.7 | |
| Current account balance | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| External public debt (US$ mn) | n.a. | 22.104 | 23.160 | 30.324 | 31.116 | 31.704 |
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