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POPULATION AND SOCIAL STATISTICS

Demographic Indicators

	1980	1990	1996	2000
Total population (citizen)	2,978,057	3,582,333	na	5,171,548
Total, urban population, males	212,202	309,484	na	372,453
Total, urban population, females	153,345	245,267	na	313,848
Total, rural population, males	1,344,875	1,593,099	na	2,319,291
Total, rural population, females	1,267,635	1,460,104	na	2,185,194
Population density for total land area, crude	6.5	8.1	na	11.2
Population density for total land area, physiological	50.0	62.5	na	86.2
Population density for urban land area	na	na	na	na
Population density for rural land area	na	na	na
Net migration rate	na	na		20.3%
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)	34.2	na	36.1	35
Crude Death Rate (CDR)	13.2	na	11.8	12
Rate of natural increase	2.1	na	na	38%
Average annual rate of population growth	2.2	2.3	na	3.2
Average annual rate of population growth, urban	4.93	4.55	na	na
Average annual rate of population growth, rural	1.84	1.98	na	na
Dependency ratio (citizen)	80.7	75.3	na	73.6
Rural - urban migration rates			na	0.7% - 13%
Sex ratio (citizen)	109.6	111.4	na	107.5
Median Age (citizen)	18.4	18.7	na	19.7

More information on the summary of the census 2000 is available here ().

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