Population: 5,249,632 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (male 469,672; female 446,907)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,789,552; female 1,738,870)
65 years and over: 16% (male 330,396; female 474,235) (July 1996
est.)
Population growth rate: 0.38% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 12.24 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 10.42 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: 2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.97 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 4.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.3 years male: 73.78 years female: 81.01 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.67 children born/woman (1996 est.)