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| 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: ①Per 1000 women aged 15-49. | |||||||||||
| ②These figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers. | |||||||||||
| ^ Provisional figure. | |||||||||||