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23-6 Main Indicators of Population
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1998 |
1999 |
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2001 |
2002 |
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| Mid-year Population (10 000 persons) |
654.4 |
660.7 |
666.5 |
672.5 |
678.7 |
| Crude Birth Rate (‰) |
8.1 |
7.8 |
8.1 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
| Crude Death Rate (‰) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.0 ^ |
| Infant Mortality Rate (‰) |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
2.4 ^ |
| Rate of Natural Increase (‰) |
3.1 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
2.1 ^ |
| Total Fertility Rate |
990 |
965 |
1024 |
927 |
959 |
| Registered Marriages (couple) |
31673 |
31287 |
30879 |
32825 |
32070 |
| Divorce Decrees (couple) |
13129 |
13408 |
13247 |
13425 |
12943 |
| Expectation of Life at Birth (years) |
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| Male |
77.4 |
77.7 |
78.0 |
78.4 |
78.7 ^ |
| Female |
83.0 |
83.2 |
83.9 |
84.6 |
84.7 ^ |
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| Notes: Per 1000 women aged 15-49. |
| These figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers. |
| ^ Provisional figure. |
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