Basic Conditions of Population
 
Indicator Unit 1982 1990 1995 1999 2000 2001
Total 10,000 persons 101654 114333 121121 125909 126743 127627
Breakdown by gender
             
Male
10,000 persons
58904 61808 64189 65437 65672
Female
10,000 persons 49302 55429 59313 61720 61306 61955
By urban and rural population              
Urban population
10,000 persons 21480 30191 35174 38892 45906 48064
Rural population
10,000 persons 80174 84142 85947 87017 80837 79563
By agricultural and non-agricultural population              
Non-agricultural
10,000 persons 18334 23887 28563 31562
 
Agricultural
10,000 persons 83320 90446 92558 94347
 
Population proportion
             
By gender
             
Male
% 51.5 51.52 51.03 50.98 51.63 51.46
Female
% 48.5 48.48 48.97 49.02 48.37 48.54
By urban and rural population              
Urban population
% 21.13 26.41 29.04 30.89 36.22 37.66
Rural population
% 78.87 73.59 70.96 69.11 63.78 62.34
By agricultural and non-agricultural population              
Non-agricultural
% 18.04 20.89 23.58 25.07    
Agricultural
% 81.96 79.11 76.42 74.93    
Birth rate
%o 22.28 21.06 17.12 15.23    
Mortality rate
%o 6.6 6.67 6.57 6.46
 
Natural growth rate
%o 15.68 14.39 10.55 8.77
 
Proportion of various age groups              
0-14 % 33.6 27.7 26.6 25.4 22.89 22.5
15-64 % 61.5 66.7 67.2 67.7 70.15 70.4
65 and above
% 4.9 5.6 6.2 6.9 6.69 7.1
Aggregate dependency coefficient
% 62.6 49.89 50.22 46.14
 
Dependency coefficient of minors
% 54.62 41.52 40.16 34.99
 
Dependency coefficient of the aged
% 7.98 8.37 10.06 11.15
 
Proportion of educated people
             
Cannot read or can read very little
% 28.3 18.1 14.5 12.4 6.7 9.0
Primary education
% 35.4 37.2 38.4 35.7 35.7 33.8
Junior secondary education % 17.8 23.3 27.3 31.9 34.0 34.4
High secondary education
% 6.6 8 8.3 9.9 11.1 11.5
Two-year college and above education
% 0.6 1.4 2 2.9 3.6 4.1
Marriage conditions of
             
population aged 15 and above
             
Unmarried
% 28.6 25.1 20 18.8
 
First marriage and currently married
% 63.7 68.2 71.1 72.4
 
Remarriage and currently married
% - - 2.1 1.8
 
Divorce
% 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9
 
Widowed
% 7.2 6.1 6.1 6