Basic Conditions of Population
Indicator	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	10000 persons	126743	127627	128453	129227	129988
Breakdown by Gender
Male	10000 persons	65437	65672	66115	66556	66976
Female	10000 persons	61306	61955	62338	62671	63012
By Urban and Rural Population
Urban Population	10000 persons	45906	48064	50212	52376	54283
Rural Population	10000 persons	80837	79563	78241	76851	75705
By Agricultural and Non- agricultural Population
Non-agricultural	10000 persons	32499	33452	35184	37677
Agricultural	10000 persons	94244	94175	93269	91550
Population Proportion
By Gender
Male	%	51.63	51.46	51.5	51.5	51.5
Female	%	48.37	48.54	48.5	48.5	48.5
By Urban and Rural Population
Urban Population	%	36.22	37.66	39.1	40.5	41.8
Rural Population	%	63.78	62.34	60.9	59.5	58.2
Birth Rate	‰	14.03	13.38	12.86	12.41	12.29
Mortality Rate	‰	6.45	6.43	6.41	6.40	6.42
Natural Growth Rate	‰	7.58		6.45	6.01	5.87
Proportion of Various Age Groups
0-14	%	22.89	22.5	22.4	22.1	21.5
15-64	%	70.15	70.4	70.3	70.4	70.9
65 and Above	%	6.69	7.1	7.3	7.5	7.6
Aggregate Dependency Coefficient	%		42.05	42.24	42.04	41.04
Dependency Coefficient of Minors	%		31.96	31.86	31.39	30.32
Dependency Coefficient of the Aged	%		10.09	10.38	10.65	10.72
Proportion of Educated People
Cannot Read or Can Read Very Little	%	6.7	9.0	9.2	8.7	8.3
Primary Education	%	35.7	33.8	32.7	31.3	30.4
Junior Secondary Education	%	34.0	34.4	35.3	35.7	36.9
High Secondary Education	%	11.1	11.5	11.7	12.5	12.6
Two-year College and Above Education	%	3.6	4.1	4.4	5.1	5.4