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24-6 Main Indicators of Population

Item 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
 
Mid-year Population  (10 000 persons) 666.5 672.5 678.7 680.3 688.3
Crude Birth Rate                           (�) 8.1 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.2
Crude Death Rate                          (�) 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.3^
Infant Mortality Rate                     (�) 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.5^
Rate of Natural Increase                (�) 3.1 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.9^
Total Fertility Rate?? 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)
Male 78.0 78.4 78.6 78.5 78.6^
Female 83.9 84.6 84.5 84.3 84.6^
 

Notes : ?Per 1000 female population excluding foreign domestic helpers.
?Figures 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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These tables are based on figures supplied by the National Bureau Of Statistics of the The Peoples Republic Of China and are subject to revision by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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