blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship - 40%, Roman Catholic 20%, other 30% - includes Anglican, Methodist, Church of Jesus Christ, Jehovah's Witness), Muslim 2%, other 8% (includes Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, indigenous, Jewish) (2015 est.) Median age total: 23.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 174th male: 22.5 years female: 24.7 years (2020 est.) total: 23.2 years. Country comparison to the world: 175th male: 22.2 years female: 24 years (2018 est.) total: 21.7 years male: 21.5 years female: 21.9 years (2017 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 33.63% (male 185,640/female 185,808) 15-24 years: 18.71% (male 98,029/female 108,654) 25-54 years: 39.46% (male 202,536/female 233,275) 55-64 years: 4.36% (male 20,529/female 27,672) 65 years and over: 3.83% (male 15,833/female 26,503) (2020 est.) 0-14 years: 34.41% (male 186,747 /female 187,412) 15-24 years: 19.31% (male 99,192 /female 110,770) 25-54 years: 38.22% (male 193,145 /female 222,405) 55-64 years: 4.28% (male 19,915 /female 26,663) 65 years and over: 3.77% (male 15,470 /female 25,481) (2018 est.) 0-14 years: 35.01% (male 259,646/female 253,976) 15-24 years: 22.12% (male 164,117/female 160,478) 25-54 years: 34.6% (male 264,262/female 243,362) 55-64 years: 4.3% (male 25,319/female 37,763) 65 years and over: 3.97% (male 22,113/female 36,116) (2017 est.) Population growth rate 0.75% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 123rd 0.82% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 128th 1.08% (2017 est.) Birth rate 23.35 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 49th 25.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 48th 24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) Death rate 9.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 40th 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) 13.2 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) Total fertility rate 2.44 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 71st 2.63 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 68th 2.69 children born/woman (2017 est.) Net migration rate -6.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 210th 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 82nd Contraceptive prevalence rate 66.1% (2014) Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 68.8 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 63.5 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 5.2 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 19.1 (2015 est.) Urbanization urban population: 24.6% of total population (2022) rate of urbanization: 2.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) urban population: 23.8% of total population (2018) rate of urbanization: 2.46% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) Maternal mortality rate 389 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) Infant mortality