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22-4 MAIN INDICATORS OF POPULATION |  |
Item | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |  |
Mid-year Population Estimate (10 000 persons) | 570.5 | 615.6 | 631.1 | 650.2 | 668.7 |  |
Crude Birth Rate (㏑) | 12.0 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 7.9 |  |
Crude Death Rate (㏑) | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8Ｋ |  |
Infant Mortality Rate (㏑) | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.2Ｋ |  |
Rate of Natural Increase (㏑) | 6.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.1Ｋ |  |
Total Fertility RateＬＭ | 1272 | 1295 | 1185 | 1112 | 981 |  |
Registered Marriages (couple) | 47168 | 38786 | 37045 | 37593 | 31673 |  |
Divorce Decrees (couple) | 5551 | 9404 | 9473 | 10492 | 13129 |  |
Expectation of Life at Birth (years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Male | 74.6 | 76.0 | 76.3 | 76.8 | 76.9Ｋ |  |
Female | 80.3 | 81.5 | 81.8 | 82.2 | 82.3Ｋ |  |
Notes: ＫProvisional figures. |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ＬPer 1000 women aged 15-49. |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ＭThese figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |
domestic helpers. |  |  |  |  |  |  |