25-3  Main Demographic Indicator①
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Mid-year Estimates of Population (10 000 persons)	43.8r	44.4r	45.5r	47.3r	49.9
Crude Birth Rate (‰)	7.2	7.2	7.3r	7.8r	8.1
Crude Death Rate (‰)	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.1
Infant Mortality Rate (‰)	3.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	2.7
Natural Growth Rate (‰)	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.3	5.0
Total Fertility Rate	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0
Number of Registered Marriages                (case)	1209	1309	1737	1734	2100
Number of Registered Divorces                  (case)	385	440	475	573	592
	1998-2001	1999-2002	2000-2003	2001-2004	2002-2005
Life Expectancy at Birth                            (years)	78.9	79.0	79.2	79.3	79.4
Male	77.2	77.3	77.4	77.5	77.6
Female	81.5	81.8	82.0	82.1	82.3
Notes: ① According to the results of by-census 2006, demographic indicators of birth, mortality, etc. for years 2002 to 2005 are revised accordingly.