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22-4 MAIN
INDICATORS OF POPULATION |
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Item |
1990 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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Mid-year Population Estimate |
570.5 |
603.5 |
615.6 |
631.1 |
650.2 |
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(10 000 persons) |
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Crude Birth Rate |
12.0 |
11.9 |
11.2 |
10.1 |
9.1 |
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Crude Death Rate |
5.2 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
4.8 |
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Infant Mortality Rate |
6.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
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Rate of Natural Increase |
6.8 |
6.9 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
4.3 |
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Total Fertility Rate |
1272 |
1355 |
1295 |
1185 |
1112 |
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Registered Marriages (couple) |
47168 |
38264 |
38786 |
37045 |
37593 |
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Divorce Decrees (couple) |
5551 |
7735 |
9404 |
9473 |
10492 |
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Expectation of Life at Birth |
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(years) |
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Male |
74.6 |
75.7 |
76.0 |
76.3 |
76.4 |
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Female |
80.3 |
81.5 |
81.5 |
81.8 |
81.9 |
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Notes:
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① Provisional figures. |
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② Per 1000 women aged 15-49. |
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③ These figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign |
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domestic helpers. |