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22-04 Main
Indicators of Population |
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Item |
1990 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
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Mid-year
Population (10 000 persons) |
570.5 |
631.1 |
650.2 |
668.7 |
684.3 |
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Crude Birth Rate
(‰) |
12.0 |
10.1 |
9.1 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
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Crude Death Rate
(‰) |
5.2 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8① |
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Infant Mortality
Rate
(‰) |
6.2 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
3.1① |
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Rate of Natural
Increase
(‰) |
6.8 |
4.9 |
4.2 |
3.0 |
2.7① |
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Total Fertility Rate② |
1.272 |
1.185 |
1.112 |
0.981 |
0.951 |
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Registered
Marriages
(couple) |
47168 |
37045 |
37593 |
31673 |
31287 |
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Divorce Decrees
(couple) |
5551 |
9473 |
10492 |
13129 |
13408 |
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Expectation of Life at
Birth
(years) |
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Male |
74.6 |
76.3 |
76.8 |
77.2 |
77.2① |
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Female |
80.3 |
81.8 |
82.2 |
82.6 |
82.6① |
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Notes:
①Provisional
figures.
②These
figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded
female fo |
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