Unit | Year | Value | |
Estimated mid year population | millions | 2011 | 20.8 |
Population density | persons per sq km | 2011 | 333 |
Population growth rate | % | 2011 | 0.9 |
crude birth rate | per 1000 people | 2011 | 17.4 |
crude death rate | per 1000 people | 2011 | 5.9 |
total fertility rate | birth per women | 2006 | 2.3 |
urbanization rate | % of total population | 2001 | 14.6 |
populalation composition | |||
young(0-14 years) | % of total population | 2011 | 26.3 |
working (15-64 years) | % of total population | 2011 | 67.4 |
old (ages 65+) | % of total population | 2011 | 6.3 |
Dependence ratio | % of working population | 2011 | 48.4 |
Sex ratio at birth | no of males per 1000 females | 2011 | 1042 |
labour force | millions | 2011 | 7.9 |
unemployment | % total labour force | 2011 | 4 |
literacy rate | % | 2011 | 92.2 |
child mortality rate (under 5 mortality) | per 1000 live births | 2008 | 11.1 |
infant mortility rate | per 1000 live births | 2008 | 9 |
child immunization rate | % one year children | 2003 | 95.4 |
maternal mortality rate | per 1000 live births | 2006 | 14.2 |
expectation of life at birth | yrs | 2003 | 72.6 |
daily per capita calorie | 2010 | 2688.4 | |
daily news papers | per 1000 people | 2000 | 29 |
e-mail/Internet users | per 1000 people | 2002 | 4 |
telephone | per 1000 people | 2002 | 95 |
radio | per 1000 people | 2000 | 296 |
television set | per 1000 people | 2001 | 117 |
car | per 1000 people | 2003 | 9.1 |
two wheeler | per 1000 people | 2003 | 52.5 |
human development index | 2005 | 0.743 | |
population per medical officer | people | 2007 | 1815 |
population per hospital beds | people | 2007 | 346 |
daily per capita protein | 2010 | 67.05 |
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