Social and Economic Indicators Social and Economic Indicators SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS General social indicators Period Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009a Total population1 Mid-year No. 1,252,698 1,260,403 1,268,565 1,275,034 • Female Mid-year Percentage 50.6 50.6 50.6 50.7 • Urban Mid-year Percentage 42.1 42.0 41.9 n.a. Life expectancy at birth • Male No. of years 69.1 69.2 69.3 n.a. • Female No. of years 75.9 76.1 76.1 n.a. Age composition of population Period Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009a Under-five mortality rate Year Per 1,000 live births 16.9 17.1 16.6 n.a. Maternal mortality rate Year Per 1,000 live births 0.17 0.36 0.37 n.a. Total fertility rate Year Births per woman 1.7 1.66 1.58 n.a. Population per doctor Year No. 897 876 877 n.a. Population per hospital bed Year No. 292 297 299 n.a. Crime rate2 Year Per 1,000 persons 4.7 5.4 5.1 n.a. Drug offence rate3 Year Per 1,000 persons 3.1 3.5 3.3 n.a. All-offence rate Year Per 1,000 persons 151.8 153.7 140.4 n.a. Mobile cellular telephone subscriber As at year Per 1,000 end persons 614.8 734.3 812.3 804.4 114.2 131.3 156.8 223.8 841.6b n.a. Mid-year Percentage 23.9 23.3 22.8 n.a. • 15–59 years Mid-year Percentage 66.4 66.7 66.9 n.a. • 60–64 years Mid-year Percentage 3.1 3.3 3.5 n.a. • 65 years and over Mid-year Percentage 6.6 6.7 6.8 n.a. Dependency ratio Mid-year Per 1,000 persons 440.3 430.2 419.4 n.a. Total Internet As at year Per 1,000 subscribers end persons Sex ratio Mid-year Men per 100 women 97.8 97.7 97.6 97.4 Kiloton of oil Population growth rate Year Percentage 0.66 0.65 0.56 0.51 Total final Year energy consumption equivalent 857.5 Crude birth rate Year No. per 1,000 persons 14.1 13.5 12.9 12.7 Crude death rate Year No. per 1,000 persons 7.3 6.7 7.1 7.1 Marriage rate Year No. per 1,000 persons 18.3 18.3 17.7 17.5 Infant mortality rate Year Per 1,000 live births 14.1 15.3 14.4 14.6 • Under 15 years viii General social indicators 876.3 Mean annual Year rainfall Millimetres 1,914 1,954 2,382 n.a. Forest land as a percentage of total land area Percentage 25.3 25.3 n.a. Year 25.4 ix