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

1983

23.1

24.0

18.6

6.3

7.3

1.4

16.8

16.7

17.2

1984

20.7

22.7

11.2

5.3

6.3

0.5

15.4

16.4

10.7

1985

25.3

28.4

11.2

6.3

7.0

3.0

19.0

21.4

8.2

1986

25.2

26.6

18.6

5.9

6.6

2.7

19.3

20.0

15.9

1987

21.7

23.7

13.0

4.9

5.5

2.6

16.8

18.2

10.4

1988

22.3

23.8

15.5

5.0

5.7

1.7

17.3

18.1

13.8

1989

19.7

20.8

14.0

4.1

4.7

1.3

15.6

16.1

12.7

1990

16.2

16.7

14.0

4.1

5.0

0.0

12.1

11.7

14.0

1991

18.5

20.4

10.1

3.3

3.9

0.8

15.2

16.5

9.3

1992

19.2

20.8

11.3

3.8

4.2

1.4

15.4

16.6

9.9

1993

20.0

20.0

20.0

4.7

5.4

2.1

15.3

14.6

17.9

1994

20.1

20.4

17.9

4.3

4.8

1.2

15.8

15.6

16.7

1995

N.A

N.A

13.3

N.A

N.A

1.5

N.A

N.A

11.8

1996

N.A

N.A

14.5

N.A

N.A

2.9

N.A

N.A

11.6

1997

N.A

N.A

7.9

N.A

N.A

2.7

N.A

N.A

5.2

Source : SRS, RGI

N.A.Not available due to non-receipt of returns.