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Statistics

Demographic Indicators:  2000 and 2025
 

2000 2025
Births per 1,000 population.................... 28 21
Deaths per 1,000 population.................... 24 23
Rate of natural increase (percent)............. 0.4 -0.2
Annual rate of growth (percent)................ 0.3 -0.2
Life expectancy at birth (years)............... 37.3 42.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births............ 89 54
Total fertility rate (per woman)............... 3.8 2.4

Midyear Population Estimates and Average Annual Period Growth Rates:
1950 to 2050
(Population in thousands, rate in percent)

Growth
Year Population Year Population Period Rate

1950 726 1995 1,794 1950-1960 1.7
1960 859 1996 1,807 1960-1970 2.2
1970 1,067 1997 1,820 1970-1980 2.3
1980 1,344 1998 1,830 1980-1990 2.3
1990 1,693 1999 1,840 1990-2000 0.9

2000 1,847 2010 1,862 2000-2010 0.1
2001 1,853 2020 1,812 2010-2020 -0.3
2002 1,858 2030 1,776 2020-2030 -0.2
2003 1,862 2040 1,814 2030-2040 0.2
2004 1,865 2050 1,951 2040-2050 0.7

Midyear Population, by Age and Sex: 2000 and 2025
(Population in thousands)

------------2000----------- ------------2025-----------
AGE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE

TOTAL 1,847 902 944 1,788 889 899
0-4 239 120 118 180 91 89
5-9 239 120 119 186 94 92
10-14 242 122 121 193 97 96
15-19 229 115 114 198 100 98
20-24 195 98 97 197 100 97
25-29 145 72 72 184 95 89
30-34 112 55 57 159 84 75
35-39 89 43 46 125 67 58
40-44 70 32 38 88 47 41
45-49 58 26 32 59 30 29
50-54 50 22 28 40 19 21
55-59 42 19 23 34 15 20
60-64 39 17 21 33 13 20
65-69 36 16 20 32 11 21
70-74 28 12 16 29 10 19
75-79 19 8 11 24 8 16
80+ 15 5 10 26 9 18

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, September 2004 version.


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