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2000 |
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2002 |
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2004 |
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| Mid-year Population (10 000 persons) |
666.5 |
672.5 |
678.7 |
680.3 |
688.3 |
| Crude Birth Rate (¡ë) |
8.1 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
| Crude Death Rate (¡ë) |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.4 |
5.3^ |
| Infant Mortality Rate (¡ë) |
3.0 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.5^ |
| Rate of Natural Increase (¡ë) |
3.1 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
1.9^ |
| Total Fertility Rate¢Ù¢Ú |
1035 |
932 |
939 |
901 |
927 |
| Registered Marriages (couple) |
30879 |
32825 |
32070 |
35439 |
41376 |
| Divorce Decrees (couple) |
13247 |
13425 |
12943 |
13829 |
15604 |
| Expectation of Life at Birth (years) |
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| Male |
78.0 |
78.4 |
78.6 |
78.5 |
78.6^ |
| Female |
83.9 |
84.6 |
84.5 |
84.3 |
84.6^ |
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Notes : ¢ÙPer 1000 female population
excluding foreign domestic helpers.
¢ÚFigures have
been revised in view of the recent change in the situation of women giving
births in Hong Kong. For details, please
refer to the feature article entitled "The fertility trend in
Hong Kong, 1975-2004" in
the April 2005 issue of the Hong Kong
Monthly Digest of Statistics.
^ Provisional figure.
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