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	<country name="DOMINICAN REPUBLIC">

		<topic title="Population size and growth">

			<variable description="Population size (thousands)">

				<source1>5 261</source1>
				<source2>6 637</source2>
				<source3>8 124</source3>
				<source4>10 090</source4>
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			<variable description="Annual growth rate (percentage)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>2.7</source1>
				<source2>2.3</source2>
				<source3>1.9</source3>
				<source4>1.4</source4>
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		<topic title="Population age structure">

			<variable description="Percentage of population under age 15">

				<source1>46</source1>
				<source2>40</source2>
				<source3>37</source3>
				<source4>31</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of population aged 60 or over">

				<source1>4</source1>
				<source2>5</source2>
				<source3>7</source3>
				<source4>9</source4>
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		<topic title="Fertility and family planning">

			<variable description="Total fertility (children per woman)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>5.7</source1>
				<source2>4.2</source2>
				<source3>3.3</source3>
				<source4>2.7</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Adolescent fertility rate (per 1,000 women, aged 15 - 19)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>114.0</source3>
				<source4>109.0</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women under age 20">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>17</source3>
				<source4>20</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women aged 35 or over">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>11</source3>
				<source4>9</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of married women using contraception">

				<var1 description="Modern methods">

				<source1>26</source1>
				<source2>47</source2>
				<source3>59</source3>
				<source4>70</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="All methods">

				<source1>32</source1>
				<source2>50</source2>
				<source3>64</source3>
				<source4>73</source4>

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		<topic title="Health and mortality">

			<variable description="Life expectancy at birth (years)">
<sup>*</sup>

				<var1 description="Males">

				<source1>58</source1>
				<source2>62</source2>
				<source3>66</source3>
				<source4>70</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Females">

				<source1>62</source1>
				<source2>66</source2>
				<source3>71</source3>
				<source4>75</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Both sexes combined">

				<source1>60</source1>
				<source2>64</source2>
				<source3>69</source3>
				<source4>72</source4>
				</var1>

			</variable>
			<variable description="Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>96</source1>
				<source2>75</source2>
				<source3>48</source3>
				<source4>30</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>89</source2>
				<source3>56</source3>
				<source4>33</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2005)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>150</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="HIV/AIDS">

				<var1 description="People living with HIV/AIDS (thousands)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>53</source3>
				<source4>62</source4>

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					<note4 value="c"/>
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				</var1>
				<var1 description="Adult prevalence (percentage)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>1.2</source3>
				<source4>1.1</source4>

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					<note4 value="c"/>
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		<topic title="Spatial distribution">

			<variable description="Population density (per sq. km)">

				<source1>108</source1>
				<source2>137</source2>
				<source3>167</source3>
				<source4>208</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Urban population (percentage)">

				<source1>46</source1>
				<source2>54</source2>
				<source3>58</source3>
				<source4>70</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual urban population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>4.9</source1>
				<source2>2.5</source2>
				<source3>3.4</source3>
				<source4>2.4</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual rural population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>0.4</source1>
				<source2>1.4</source2>
				<source3>-0.5</source3>
				<source4>-0.9</source4>
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		<topic title="International migration">

			<variable description="Migrant stock">

				<var1 description="Number of migrants (thousands)">

				<source1>216</source1>
				<source2>263</source2>
				<source3>322</source3>
				<source4>434</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="As percentage of total population">

				<source1>4.1</source1>
				<source2>4.0</source2>
				<source3>4.0</source3>
				<source4>4.2</source4>

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					<note4 value="**"/>
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	<fntext>
		<num1>*</num1>
		<desc1>For the periods 1970-1975, 1980-1985, 1990-1995 and 2005-2010.</desc1>
		<num2>**</num2>
		<desc2>For 2010.</desc2>
		<num2>`</num2>
		<desc2></desc2>
		<num3>a</num3>
		<desc3>For 1986.</desc3>
		<num4>b</num4>
		<desc4>For 1996.</desc4>
		<num5>c</num5>
		<desc5>For 2007.</desc5>

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