24-6  Main Indicators of Population

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Mid-year Population  (10 000 persons)

660.7

666.5

672.5

678.7

680.3

 

  Crude Birth Rate                            (‰)

7.8

8.1

7.2

7.1

6.9

 

  Crude Death Rate                          (‰)

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.4^

 

  Infant Mortality Rate                     (‰)

3.1

3.0

2.6

2.3

2.4^

 

  Rate of Natural Increase                (‰)

2.7

3.1

2.2

2.1

1.4^

 

  Total Fertility Rate①②                   

965

1024

927

959

941

 

  Registered Marriages               (couple)

31287

30879

32825

32070

35439

 

  Divorce Decrees                      (couple)

13408

13247

13425

12943

13829

 

  Expectation of Life at Birth   (years)

 

 

 

      Male                                      

77.7

78.0

78.4

78.6

78.6^

 

      Female                                    

83.2

83.9

84.6

84.5

84.3^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: Per 1000 women aged 15-49.

 

 

           These figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers.

 

            ^  Provisional figure.