Population
and Vital Events |
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2001 |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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Mid-year population** |
6 714 300 |
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6 813 200 |
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6 857 100 |
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Crude birth
rate (per 1 000 population)** |
7.2 |
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8.4 |
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9.6 |
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Crude death
rate (per 1 000 population)** |
5.0 |
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5.7 |
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5.4 |
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Infant mortality
rate(1) (per 1 000 |
2.7 |
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2.4 |
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1.8 |
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registered
live births) |
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Neonatal (aged
under four weeks) |
1.7 |
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1.5 | |
1.1 | # |
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mortality rate(1)
(per 1 000 registered |
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live births) |
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Post neonatal
(aged from four weeks |
1.1 |
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0.8 | |
0.8 | # |
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to under one
year) mortality rate(1) |
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(per 1 000
registered live births) |
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Maternal mortality
ratio(1) (per 100 000 |
2.0 |
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3.5 | |
0.0 | # |
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registered
live births) |
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Expectation
of life at birth (years)** |
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Male |
78.4 |
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78.8 |
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79.5 | # |
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Female |
84.6 |
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84.6 |
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85.6 | # |
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