2005
Demographics, Gender and Poverty
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The last census, conducted in October 2001, recorded a population of 1515, a slight increase from the 1996 census of 1500. The estimated population in 2004 is 1500, 41% of whom are below 15 years of age, while almost 6% are above 65 years of age. Life expectancy at birth is 68 years for males and 71 years for females (1997-2000). The crude birth rate is 31.0 per 1000 population (1997-2001), the crude death rate is 7.0 per 1000 population (1997-2001), and the total fertility rate is 4.9 (1997-2001). The infant mortality rate is 33.0 per 1000 live births (1997-2000), the under-five mortality rate is 0 per 1000 live births (1999), and the maternal mortality ratio is 0 per 100 000 live births (2001-2002).
