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| 25-3 Main Demographic Indicator | |||||||||||
| Item | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||
| Mid-year Estimates of Population (10 000 persons) | 42.7 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 43.9 | 44.5 | ||||||
| Crude Birth Rate (‰) | 9.7 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||||||
| Crude Death Rate (‰) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Infant Mortality Rate (‰) | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Natural Growth Rate (‰) | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.0r | 3.9 | ||||||
| Total Fertility Rate | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||
| No. of Registered Marriages | 1367 | 1222 | 1222 | 1209 | 1309 | ||||||
| No. of Registered Divorces | 283 | 369 | 348 | 385 | 440 | ||||||
| 1994-1997 | 1995-1998 | 1996-1999 | 1997-2000 | 1998-2001 | |||||||
| Life Expectancy at Birth (years) | 76.8 | 77.0 | 77.9 | 78.6 | 78.9 | ||||||
| Male | 75.3 | 75.5 | 76.1 | 76.8 | 77.2 | ||||||
| Female | 79.9 | 79.9 | 80.5 | 81.3 | 81.5 | ||||||