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23-6    Main Indicators of Population
Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
  Mid-year Population  (10 000 persons) 648.9 654.4 660.7 666.5 672.5
  Crude Birth Rate  (%) 9.1 8.1 7.8 8.1 7.2
  Crude Death Rate  (%) 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.0
  Infant Mortality Rate  (%) 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.6
  Rate of Natural Increase (%) 4.2 3.1 2.7 3.1 2.2
  Total Fertility Rate1*2*                    1095 990 965 1024 927
  Registered Marriages   (couple) 37593 31673 31287 30879 32825
  Divorce Decrees  (couple) 10492 13129 13408 13247 13425
  Expectation of Life at Birth3*(years)
      Male                                       77.2 77.4 77.7 78.0 78.4
      Female                                     83.2 83.0 83.2 83.9 84.6
Notes:1*Per 1000 women aged 15-49.
          2*These figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers.
          3*Figures for 1997 to 2000 presented in this table may be different from those presented in the 2001 edition of  this
             Yearbook. The change is  due to some enhancements made to the method of compiling expectation of life at birth.
          3*These figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers.
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