Basic Conditions of Population
Indicator Unit 1990 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002  
Total 10,000 persons 114333 121121 125909 126743 127627  
Breakdown by gender
             
Male
10,000 persons 58904 61808 64189 65437 65672  
Female
10,000 persons 55429 59313 61720 61306 61955  
By urban and rural population
Urban population
10,000 persons 30191 35174 38892 45906 48064  
Rural population
10,000 persons 84142 85947 87017 80837 79563  
By agricultural and non-agricultural population
Non-agricultural
10,000 persons 23887 28563 31562
   
Agricultural
10,000 persons 90446 92558 94347
   
Population proportion
             
By gender
             
Male
% 51.52 51.03 50.98 51.63 51.46  
Female
% 48.48 48.97 49.02 48.37 48.54  
By urban and rural population              
Urban population
% 26.41 29.04 30.89 36.22 37.66  
Rural population
% 73.59 70.96 69.11 63.78 62.34  
By agricultural and non-agricultural population
Non-agricultural
% 20.89 23.58 25.07      
Agricultural
% 79.11 76.42 74.93      
Birth rate
%o 21.06 17.12 15.23      
Mortality rate
%o 6.67 6.57 6.46
   
Natural growth rate
%o 14.39 10.55 8.77
   
Proportion of various age groups
0-14 % 27.7 26.6 25.4 22.89 22.5  
15-64 % 66.7 67.2 67.7 70.15 70.4  
65 and above
% 5.6 6.2 6.9 6.69 7.1  
Aggregate dependency coefficient
% 49.89 50.22 46.14
   
Dependency coefficient of minors
% 41.52 40.16 34.99
   
Dependency coefficient of the aged
% 8.37 10.06 11.15
   
Proportion of educated people
# Cannot read or can read very little
% 18.1 14.5 12.4 6.7 9.0  
Primary education
% 37.2 38.4 35.7 35.7 33.8  
Junior secondary education % 23.3 27.3 31.9 34.0 34.4  
High secondary education
% 8 8.3 9.9 11.1 11.5  
Two-year college and above education
% 1.4 2 2.9 3.6 4.1  
Marriage conditions of population aged 15 and above
Unmarried
% 25.1 20 18.8
   
First marriage and currently married
% 68.2 71.1 72.4
   
Remarriage and currently married
% - 2.1 1.8
   
Divorce
% 0.6 0.7 0.9
   
Widowed
% 6.1 6.1 6