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Table 1 Selected economic indicators in SAARC countries from 2004 to 2014

From: Has expansion of mobile phone and internet use spurred financial inclusion in the SAARC countries?

Country

Indicators/Years

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Afghanistan

POP

24,118,979

25,070,798

25,893,450

26,616,792

27,294,031

28,004,331

28,803,167

29,708,599

30,696,958

31,731,688

32,758,020

PCI

224.91

257.17

257.17

380.40

384.13

458.95

569.94

622.37

690.84

666.79

633.56

MOB

2.49

4.82

9.83

17.71

29.22

37.89

45.77

60.32

65.45

70.66

74.88

INT

0.10

1022

2.10

1.9

1.84

3.55

4

5

5.45

5.9

6.39

Bangladesh

POP

141,307,489

143,431,101

145,368,004

147,139,191

148,805,814

150,454,708

152,149,102

153,911,916

155,727,053

157,571,292

159,405,279

PCI

462.27

485.85

495.85

543.08

618.07

683.61

760.33

833.54

858.93

954.39

1086.80

MOB

1.96

6.28

13.20

23.46

30.16

34.35

44.94

55.19

62.82

74.42

75.92

INT

0.19

0.24

1

1.8

2.5

3.1

3.7

4.5

5

6.63

9.6

Bhutan

POP

640,282

656,639

672,228

686,958

700,950

714,458

727,641

740,510

752,967

764,961

776,448

PCI

1107.92

1257.54

1346.08

1755.16

1810.57

1786.81

2201.29

2485.78

2452.15

2383.04

2560.50

MOB

3.01

5.53

12.33

21.99

36.61

48.10

54.99

66.37

75.60

72.19

82.07

INT

3.15

3.84

4.51

5.92

6.55

7.17

13.6

21

24

29.9

34.37

India

POP

1,126,135,777

1,144,118,674

1,161,977,719

1,179,681,239

1,197,146,906

1,214,270,132

1,230,980,691

1,247,236,029

1,263,065,852

1,278,562,207

1,293,859,294

PCI

640.60

729.00

816.73

1050.02

1022.5

1124.51

1387.88

1471.65

1449.66

1455.10

1581.51

MOB

4.70

7.99

14.52

20.15

29.53

44.12

62.39

73.19

69.92

70.78

74.48

INT

1.97

2.38

2.8

3.95

4.38

5.12

7.5

10.07

12.58

15.1

18

Maldives

POP

312,000

321,000

333,000

349,000

362,000

360,000

367,000

377,000

385,000

393,000

401,000

PCI

3853.33

3488.49

4428.52

5002.86

5850.20

6017.58

6330.79

6497.55

6529.97

7100.91

7635.48

MOB

38.71

68.42

89.50

101.71

138.80

143.20

151.78

159.79

165.62

181.19

189.38

INT

6.58

6.86

11.03

16.3

23.2

24.8

26.53

34

38.93

44.1

49.28

Nepal

POP

25,309,449

25,640,287

25,940,618

26,214,847

26,475,859

26,741,103

27,023,137

27,327,147

27,649,925

27,985,310

28,323,241

PCI

288.66

318.74

350.60

396.16

476.55

483.40

595.42

695.88

685.49

692.33

701.68

MOB

0.46

0.89

4.51

12.59

16.00

21.08

34.25

49.17

60.45

76.84

82.48

INT

0.44

0.82

1.14

1.41

1.73

1.97

7.93

9

11.14

13.3

15.44

Pakistan

POP

150,780,300

153,909,667

157,093,993

160,332,974

163,644,603

167,049,580

170,560,182

174,184,265

177,911,533

181,712,595

185,546,257

PCI

652.02

714.03

876.95

953.79

1042.80

1009.79

1043.3

1230.815

1266.38

1275.36

1316.61

MOB

3.23

8.08

21.44

38.34

52.70

55.46

57.28

61.81

67.06

70.13

73.33

INT

6.16

6.33

6.5

6.8

7

7.5

8

9

9.96

10.9

13.8

Sri Lanka

POP

19,228,000

19,373,000

19,520,000

19,668,000

19,817,000

19,968,000

20,119,000

20,271,000

20,425,000

20,585,000

20,771,000

PCI

1063.16

1242.42

1424.10

1614.36

2010.95

2057.02

2746.61

3128.69

3366.51

3628.26

3819.15

MOB

11.20

16.84

26.87

39.32

54.18

79.14

83.62

87.54

91.63

95.49

103.15

INT

1.44

1.79

2.53

3.88

5.8

8.78

12

15

18,328

21.9

25.8