Estimates of Birth rate, Death rate and Natural growth rate by residence, 1971-1999

Year

Birth rate

Death rate

Natural growth rate

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

1

       2

       3

       4

       5

       6

              7

       8

           9

10

1971

31.9

33.8

21.8

7.6

8.3

4.1

24.3

25.5

17.7

1972

39.9

42.5

25.5

8.8

9.8

2.9

31.1

32.7

22.6

1973

30.7

33.4

16.8

7.2

7.9

3.3

23.5

25.5

13.5

1974

34.7

35.6

29.5

6.5

6.9

4.6

28.2

28.7

24.9

1975

36.7

39.0

23.4

9.5

10.1

5.9

27.2

28.9

17.5

1976

39.0

40.6

29.2

9.1

9.8

5.0

29.9

30.8

24.2

1977

37.0

38.1

30.0

8.5

8.6

7.6

28.5

29.5

22.4

1978

33.1

34.7

23.2

8.3

8.6

6.3

24.8

26.1

16.9

1979

32.6

35.0

15.4

8.3

8.9

3.9

24.3

26.1

11.5

1980

34.7

36.3

24.3

7.8

8.5

3.6

26.9

27.8

20.7

1981

34.0

35.5

22.7

8.4

9.2

2.4

25.6

26.3

20.3

1982

36.4

38.4

29.0

6.1

6.7

3.9

30.3

31.7

25.1

1983

32.5

34.4

25.5

7.7

8.6

4.2

24.8

25.8

21.3

1984

30.4

32.7

22.6

8.9

10.1

4.8

21.5

22.6

17.8

1985

28.3

30.6

20.9

6.8

7.9

3.4

21.5

22.7

17.5

1986

25.5

27.0

20.6

7.8

8.5

5.5

17.7

18.5

15.1

1987

26.9

28.8

20.1

6.1

6.5

4.5

20.8

22.3

15.6

1988

22.1

23.4

18.1

6.4

7.1

4.2

15.7

16.3

13.9

1989

20.5

21.7

16.3

5.9

6.6

3.4

14.6

15.1

12.9

1990

21.6

23.0

17.1

5.7

5.9

5.0

15.9

17.1

12.1

1991

20.0

21.5

15.2

5.8

6.4

3.8

14.2

15.1

11.4

1992

20.0

20.7

17.7

5.2

5.4

4.3

14.8

15.3

13.4

1993

21.6

21.0

23.3

5.5

6.1

3.5

16.1

14.9

19.8

1994

18.0

17.2

20.6

3.2

2.9

3.9

14.8

14.3

16.7

1995

18.7

19.0

17.9

5.8

6.5

3.9

12.9

12.5

14.0

1996

18.5

19.1

16.8

4.8

5.2

3.6

13.7

13.9

13.2

1997

18.6

18.8

17.8

5.1

5.6

3.6

13.5

13.2

14.2

1998

17.7

18.0

16.8

4.6

5.1

3.0

13.1

12.9

13.8

1999

18.1

17.8

19.2

5.5

6.2

3.5

12.6

11.5

15.7

Source : SRS, RGI