Natural       Crude birth    Crude death    Natural
               Average Live births Deaths          change          rate                rate             change
             population                                         (per 1,000)  (per 1,000)      (per 1,000)
1955 111,572,000 2,942,000 1,037,000 1,921,000 26.4 9.3 17.2
1956 113,327,000 2,827,000 956,000 1,906,000 24.9 8.4 16.8
1957 115,035,000 2,880,000 1,017,000 1,916,000 25.0 8.8 16.7
1958 116,749,000 2,861,000 931,000 1,982,000 24.5 8.0 17.0
1959 118,307,000 2,796,228 920,225 1,876,003 23.6 7.8 15.9
1960 119,906,000 2,782,353 886,090 1,896,263 23.2 7.4 15.8
1961 121,586,000 2,662,135 901,637 1,760,498 21.9 7.4 14.5
1962 123,128,000 2,482,539 949,648 1,532,891 20.2 7.7 12.4
1963 124,514,000 2,331,505 932,055 1,399,450 18.7 7.5 11.2
1964 125,744,000 2,121,994 901,751 1,220,243 16.9 7.2 9.7
1965 126,749,000 1,990,520 958,789 1,031,731 15.7 7.6 8.1
1966 127,608,000 1,957,763 974,299 983,464 15.3 7.6 7.7
1967 128,361,000 1,851,041 1,017,034 834,007 14.4 7.9 6.5
1968 129,037,000 1,816,509 1,040,096 776,413 14.1 8.1 6.0
1969 129,660,000 1,847,592 1,106,640 740,952 14.2 8.5 5.7
1970 130,252,000 1,903,713 1,131,183 772,530 14.6 8.7 5.9
1971 130,934,000 1,974,637 1,143,359 831,278 15.1 8.7 6.3
1972 131,687,000 2,014,638 1,181,802 832,836 15.3 9.0 6.3
1973 132,434,000 1,994,621 1,214,204 780,417 15.1 9.2 5.9
1974 133,217,000 2,079,812 1,222,495 857,317 15.6 9.2 6.4
1975 134,092,000 2,106,147 1,309,710 796,437 15.7 9.8 5.9
1976 135,026,000 2,146,711 1,352,950 793,761 15.9 10.0 5.9
1977 135,979,000 2,156,724 1,387,986 768,738 15.9 10.2 5.7
1978136,922,000 2,179,030 1,417,377 761,653 15.9 10.4 5.6
1979 137,758,000 2,178,542 1,490,057 688,485 15.8 10.8 5.0
1980 138,483,000 2,202,779 1,525,755 677,024 15.9 11.0 4.9
1981 139,221,000 2,236,608 1,524,286 712,322 16.1 10.9 5.1
1982 140,067,000 2,328,044 1,504,200 823,844 16.6 10.7 5.9
1983 141,056,000 2,478,322 1,563,995 914,327 17.6 11.1 6.5
1984 142,061,000 2,409,614 1,650,866 758,748 17.0 11.6 5.3
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