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

1981

31.0

32.2

26.6

8.9

9.9

5.4

22.1

22.3

21.2

1982

31.6

32.2

29.2

9.5

9.9

8.0

22.1

22.3

21.2

1983

34.5

36.0

27.2

10.9

12.2

4.8

23.6

23.8

22.4

1984

31.7

34.1

20.6

10.2

11.3

5.0

21.5

22.8

15.6

1985

33.1

35.1

24.2

10.7

11.7

6.2

22.4

23.4

18.0

1986

32.1

33.8

24.4

11.7

12.9

6.1

20.4

20.9

18.3

1987

33.3

34.6

27.2

10.3

11.4

5.4

23.0

23.2

21.8

1988

33.8

38.5

25.0

10.1

11.1

5.5

23.7

27.4

19.5

1989

31.4

32.3

24.5

9.1

10.1

4.3

22.3

22.2

20.2

1990

26.3

28.0

18.4

7.3

7.7

5.2

19.0

20.3

13.2

1991

22.5

24.2

14.4

7.5

8.5

3.0

15.0

15.7

11.4

1992

22.0

24.3

10.8

5.8

6.6

2.1

16.2

17.7

8.7

1993

24.3

24.4

20.9

6.9

7.1

2.0

17.4

17.3

18.9

1994

24.6

25.0

15.1

2.9

2.9

3.0

21.7

22.1

12.1

1995

22.5

22.8

16.4

6.9

7.0

3.0

15.6

15.8

13.4

1996

20.0

20.3

11.3

6.5

6.7

3.4

13.5

13.6

7.9

1997

19.8

20.0

12.8

6.5

6.6

3.5

13.3

13.4

9.3

1998

20.9

21.2

13.5

6.1

6.2

3.9

14.8

15.0

9.7

1999

21.6

21.9

14.7

5.8

5.9

3.4

15.8

16.0

11.3

Source : SRS, RGI

Note:The SRS was started in Sikkim in the year 1981