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		<topic title="Population size and growth">

			<variable description="Population size (thousands)">

				<source1>3 358</source1>
				<source2>4 103</source2>
				<source3>5 374</source3>
				<source4>7 170</source4>
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			<variable description="Annual growth rate (percentage)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>2.9</source1>
				<source2>1.7</source2>
				<source3>3.5</source3>
				<source4>1.7</source4>
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		<topic title="Population age structure">

			<variable description="Percentage of population under age 15">

				<source1>33</source1>
				<source2>33</source2>
				<source3>29</source3>
				<source4>28</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of population aged 60 or over">

				<source1>12</source1>
				<source2>12</source2>
				<source3>13</source3>
				<source4>14</source4>
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		<topic title="Fertility and family planning">

			<variable description="Total fertility (children per woman)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>3.8</source1>
				<source2>3.1</source2>
				<source3>2.9</source3>
				<source4>2.8</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Adolescent fertility rate (per 1,000 women, aged 15 - 19)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>18.0</source3>
				<source4>14.0</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women under age 20">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>3</source3>
				<source4>3</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women aged 35 or over">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>17</source3>
				<source4>20</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of married women using contraception">

				<var1 description="Modern methods">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>52</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>..</source4>

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					<note2 value="a"/>
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				</var1>
				<var1 description="All methods">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>68</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>..</source4>

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					<note2 value="a"/>
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				</var1>
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		<topic title="Health and mortality">

			<variable description="Life expectancy at birth (years)">
<sup>*</sup>

				<var1 description="Males">

				<source1>70</source1>
				<source2>73</source2>
				<source3>75</source3>
				<source4>79</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Females">

				<source1>73</source1>
				<source2>76</source2>
				<source3>79</source3>
				<source4>83</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Both sexes combined">

				<source1>72</source1>
				<source2>74</source2>
				<source3>77</source3>
				<source4>81</source4>
				</var1>

			</variable>
			<variable description="Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>22</source1>
				<source2>14</source2>
				<source3>9</source3>
				<source4>5</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>16</source2>
				<source3>10</source3>
				<source4>6</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2005)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>4</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="HIV/AIDS">

				<var1 description="People living with HIV/AIDS (thousands)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>2</source3>
				<source4>5.1</source4>

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					<note4 value="b"/>
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				</var1>
				<var1 description="Adult prevalence (percentage)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>0.1</source3>
				<source4>0.1</source4>

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					<note4 value="b"/>
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		<topic title="Spatial distribution">

			<variable description="Population density (per sq. km)">

				<source1>152</source1>
				<source2>185</source2>
				<source3>243</source3>
				<source4>324</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Urban population (percentage)">

				<source1>87</source1>
				<source2>90</source2>
				<source3>91</source3>
				<source4>92</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual urban population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>3.1</source1>
				<source2>1.7</source2>
				<source3>3.1</source3>
				<source4>1.6</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual rural population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>-0.5</source1>
				<source2>0.5</source2>
				<source3>1.7</source3>
				<source4>1.2</source4>
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		<topic title="International migration">

			<variable description="Migrant stock">

				<var1 description="Number of migrants (thousands)">

				<source1>1 446</source1>
				<source2>1 523</source2>
				<source3>1 919</source3>
				<source4>2 940</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="As percentage of total population">

				<source1>43.1</source1>
				<source2>37.1</source2>
				<source3>35.7</source3>
				<source4>40.4</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 1987/1988.</desc3>
		<num4>b</num4>
		<desc4>For 2007.</desc4>

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