3-3 Age Composition and Dependency Ratio of Population 
    By Age      
  Total Aged 0-14 Aged 15-64 Aged 65 and Over Gross Children Old
Year Population Dependency Dependency Dependency
  (year-end) Population Proportion Population Proportion Population Proportion Ratio Ratio Ratio
  (10 000 persons) (%) (%) (%)
                     
1982 101654.0 34145.6 33.6 62517 61.5 4991 4.9 62.6 54.6 8.0
1987 109300.0 31347.2 28.7 71985 65.9 5968 5.4 51.8 43.5 8.3
1990 114333.0 31658.8 27.7 76306 66.7 6368 5.6 49.8 41.5 8.3
1995 121121.0 32218.0 26.6 81393 67.2 7510 6.2 48.8 39.6 9.2
1996 122389.0 32311.0 26.4 82245 67.2 7833 6.4 48.8 39.3 9.5
1997 123626.0 32093.3 26.0 83448 67.5 8085 6.5 48.1 38.5 9.7
1998 124761.0 32064.0 25.7 84338 67.6 8359 6.7 47.9 38.0 9.9
1999 125786.0 31949.6 25.4 85157 67.7 8679 6.9 47.7 37.5 10.2
2000 126743.0 29012.0 22.9 88910 70.1 8821 7.0 42.6 32.6 9.9
2001 127627.0 28716.1 22.5 89849 70.4 9062 7.1 42.0 32.0 10.1
2002 128453.0 28774.0 22.4 90302 70.3 9377 7.3 42.2 31.9 10.4
2003 129227.0 28559.0 22.1 90976 70.4 9692 7.5 42.0 31.4 10.7
2004 129988.0 27947.0 21.5 92184 70.9 9857 7.6 41.0 30.3 10.7
2005 130756.0 26504.0 20.3 94197 72.0 10055 7.7 38.8 28.1 10.7
2006 131448.0 25961.0 19.8 95068 72.3 10419 7.9 38.3 27.3 11.0
2007 132129.0 25660.0 19.4 95833 72.5 10636 8.1 37.9 26.8 11.1
2008 132802.0 25166.0 19.0 96680 72.7 10956 8.3 37.4 26.0 11.3
2009 133474.0 24663.0 18.5 97502 73.0 11309 8.5 36.9 25.3 11.6
                     
a) Data in this table are communique data.