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
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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
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