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Current account balance : $-279.6 million (2003) . HIV Puerto Cortes : 1.8% (2003 est.) Population below poverty line : 53% (1993 est.) . Literacy : 76,20% House hold income lowest than 10% : 0,60% House hold income highest than 10% : 42.7% (1998) Inflation : 7.7% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 27.5% (2003 est.) . Internet Users : 168,600 (2002) . Location Puerto Cortes : Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua . Geographic Coordinates : 15 00 N, 86 30 W . Religion : Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority . Administrative region : 18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro . Terrain : mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains . Elevation extremes lowest : Caribbean Sea 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m . Natural resources : timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower . Land use arable land : 9,55%. Land use permanentcrops : 3,22%. Irrigated land : 760 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast . Environment current issues : urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals . Geography note : has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast . Population : 6 823 568. age -14 p : 41,20%. age -14 men : 1 434 555. age -14 ladies : 1 376 216. age 15/64 p : 55,10%. age 15/64 men : 1 866 219. age 15/64 ladies : 1 896 027. age +65 p : 3,70%. age +65 men : 118 404. age +65 ladies : 132 147. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 19 years . median age male : 18.6 years . median age female : 19.4 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 2.24% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 31.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 6.64 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -1.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.04 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.98 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.9 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 33.22 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 66.15 years . life expectancy at birth male : 64.99 years . life expectancy at birth female : 67.37 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 3.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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