Other Housing Statistics

- Estimated Mid-year Population, Birth Rates,

  Death Rates and Infant Morality Rates
Estimated Mid-year Population, Birth Rates, Death Rates and Infant Morality Rates
  1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Estimated mid-year population 5456200 5524600 5580500 5627600 5686200
Crude birth rate(1) 14 13 12.6 13.4 12.3
Crude death rate(1) 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.1
Rate of natural increase(1) 9.3 8.3 7.7 8.5 7.2
Infant mortality rate(2) 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4
Total fertility rate(3) 1456 1335 1311 1356 1246
Expectation of life at birth (year)          
Male 73.8 74.1 74.2 74.4 74.2
Female 79.2 79.4 79.7 79.9 80

(1) Per 1000 population
(2) Per 1000 live birth
(3) Per 1000 women aged 15-49
* denotes the data did not exist in the year.
Source: Demographic Statistics Sections, Census and Statistics Department