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
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Estimated mid-year population 5704500 5752000 5800500 5901000 6035400
Crude birth rate(1) 12 12 12.3 12 11.9
Crude death rate(1) 5.2 5 5.3 5.2 5
Rate of natural increase(1) 6.8 7 7 6.8 6.9
Infant mortality rate(2) 6.2 6.4 4.8 4.8 4.5
Total fertility rate(3) 1212 1207 1254 1233 1226
Expectation of life at birth (year)          
Male 74.6 75.1 74.8 75.7 75.7
Female 80.3 80.7 80.7 80.9 81.5

(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