section_path: Demographics/Population
section_name: Population
paragraph_text: Population
  
  The CIA World Factbook estimated the population to be over 115 million as of 2024. Between 1950 and 2000, the country's population nearly quadrupled from 12.2 million to 46.9 million. Since 2000, it has maintained a high growth rate of about 3 – 3.5% per year, growing from 47 million to an estimated 112 million.