Mid-year 1961
Mid-year 1962
Mid-year 1963
Mid-year 1964
Mid-year 1965
+
1
Mid-year 1966
Mid-year 1967 Mid-year 1968
...
Mid-year 1969 End-year 1969
J
3,174,700 3,346,600
-
3,503,700
3,594,200
3,692,300
***
3,732,400
...
3,834,000
3,926,500
3,990,400
4,034,700
...
...
The number of registered births in 1969 exceeded that of registered deaths by 60,599, but the number of known births exceeded that of known deaths by 63,332, the latter figure thus representing the natural increase in population.
Comparative Birth and Death Rates
162. When considering the birth and death rates mentioned in the following paragraphs it will be of interest to bear in mind the following birth and death rates quoted in the Demographic Year Book 1968 published by the World Health Organization.
Europe
United Kingdom
Ireland
France
T
Sweden
Switzerland
Northern America
Canada
+
United States
Mauritius
Africa
Asia
Israel Japan Singapore
...
***
...
::
...
...
::
...
Crude Birth
Rate
Crude Death
Rate
(18.0)
(10.0)
17.1*
11.9*
20.9*
11.3*
16.8*
11.0*
14.3*
10.4*
17.1*
9.3
...
(21.0)
(9.0)
17.7*
7.4*
17.4*
9.6*
(45.0)
(21.0)
31.0*
9.0*
...
(38.0)
(17.0)
24.3
6.7
19.4*
6.8*
24.7*
5.6
(34.0)
(15.0)
WORLD
(The rates in brackets are estimates. Those marked* are provisional.)
Births Registered
163. The number of births registered in 1969 was 79,329, comprising 77,722 Chinese (39,995 male, 37,727 female), and 1,607 non-Chinese (826 male, 781 female). Table XXXIV gives (a) the number of births
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