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Source：Monthly Statistics Bulletin, Taiwan Provice. The same as the following tables.

Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003

Area (10 000 sq.km)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Year-end Population (10 000 persons)	2209.2	2227.7	2240.6	2252.1	2260.5
Male	1131.3	1139.2	1144.2	1148.5	1151.5
Female	1078.0	1088.5	1096.4	1103.5	1108.9
Crude Birth Rate (‰)	12.89	13.80	11.65	11.02	10.06
Crude Death Rate (‰)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8
Infant Mortality Rate (‰)	7.23	6.99	6.33
Fertility Rate (‰)	45	48	41	39	36
Natural Population Growth Rate (‰)	7.16	8.10	5.94	5.29	4.27
Marriage Rate (‰)	7.87	8.20	7.63	7.69	7.60
Divorce Rate (‰)	2.23	2.40	2.53	2.73	2.87
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
Male	72.46	72.67	72.80	72.45	73.34
Female	78.12	78.44	78.48	78.39	79.33
Age-specific Distribution (％)
0-14	21.43	21.11	20.81	20.42	19.83
15-64	70.13	70.26	70.39	70.56	70.94
65 and Over	8.44	8.62	8.81	9.02	9.24
Sex Ratio (Famel=100)	104.95	104.66	104.36	104.08	103.84
Population Density (persons/sq.km)	610.5	615.6	619.1	622.3	624.6