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Table 0 (Comparison)
Demographic Indicators  (1990-2007)
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Indicator Ref.Year Sri Lanka Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Rep.of Korea Singapore Thailand
Mid - year Population               (Million) 1990 16.3 17.6 108.7 0.5 835.1 0.2 18.1 109.7 179.4 18.1 60.9 42.9 3.0 58.8
2005 19.7 23.6 137.0 0.6 1,101.0 0.3 25.3 154.0 219.9 26.1 85.3 48.1 4.3 64.8
2006 19.9 24.1 138.8 0.6 1,118.0 0.3 25.9 156.8 222.1 26.6 87.0 48.3 4.4 65.2
2007 20.0 24.5 140.6 0.7 1,134.0 0.3 26.4 159.6 224.9 27.2 88.6 48.5 4.6 65.8
Population Growth (%) 2005 1.1 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
2006 1.1 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.5 1.8 2.3 1.8 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.3 3.2 0.7
2007 0.6 1.7 1.3 1.9 1.4 2 2.1 1.8 1.3 2.0 1.8 0.3 4.3 1.2
Land Area (x1,000 Km2) 2003 65.6         n,a. 130.2 47 2,973.2 0.3 143 770.9 1,811.60 328.6 298.2 98.7 0.7 510.9
Density of Population              (Persons / Km2) (a) 2007 319     n,a. 953 16 345 1,016 180 200 121 82 295 486 6,489 128
Population : 0 - 14 Years (%) 2006 24 47 35 32 33 33 39 36 28 31 36 18 19 21
Population : 15 - 64 Years(%) 2006 70 49 62 64 62 63 58 60 66 65 60 72 72 71
Population : >65 Years (%) 2006 7 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 4 10 9 8
Urban Population (%) 2007 15.1(b) 21 25.5(b) 31 29.2 35.0(b) 16.2(b) 34.9 43.1(b) 63.4  n.a. 80.8(b) 100 32.9
Crude Birth Rate (Birth/1,000person) 2006 18.7   49.0 (c) 25.4 19.3 23.5 23.1 28.5 25.6 19.6 21.1 26.3 9.2 10.1 14.7
Crude Death Rate                           (Death /1,000person) 2006 5.8 19.0 (c) 7.6 7.3 7.5 5.9 7.9 6.7 7.2 4.5 4.8 5 4.8 8.5
Total Fertility Rate                       (Births / Woman) 2006 1.9    7.3 (c) 2.9 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.9 2.2 2.7 3.3 1.1 1.3 1.8
Infant Mortality Rate         (Death/1,000 Birth/Years) 2006 11 165 52 63 57 26 46 78 26 10 24 5 2 7
Maternal Mortality Rate              (Mternal Death/ 100,000 Births) 2005 58 n.a. 578 440 450 120 830 320 420 62 230 14 14 110
Expectation of Life at Birth            (Years) 2006 71.9 43.2 63.5 65.2 64.1 67.6 63.0 64.9 70.1 73.9 71.3 78.2 79.7 70.0
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised: 2010(y)/04(m)/30(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
key:      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Population / Total land area.      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(b) Data refer to 2006.
(c) Data refer to 2005.