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Data presented here are from countries and territories latest 'Census of Population and Housing'.'More recent' estimates (produced by the Statistics and Demography Programme (SDP)) of the indicators shown in the table can be accessed through the links shown Related tables.

For more information on these estimates, visit the Programme's Internet website at: http://www.spc.int/sdp/

Related tables: 2009 selected demographic estimates :: 2009 selected population estimates

Crude Birth and Death Rates, Population Growth and Dependency Ratio
Country Year Sex Ratio Median Age Net
Migration
Rate
Crude Birth
Rate
Crude Death
Rate
Rate of
Natural
Increase
Annual
Population
Growth
Urban
Annual
Population
Growth
Rural
Annual
Population
Growth
Total
Dependency
Ratio
Rural-Urban
Migration
Rate
American Samoa 2000 104.4 21.3 19.0 30.0 3.9 2.6 [a] ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Cook Islands 2006 103.0 25.9 -7.7 23.6 7.2 1.6 68.0
Federated States of Micronesia 2000 102.6 18.9 ... 28.1 6.7 2.1 [a] -2.2 1.0 0.3 78.6 ...
Fiji Islands 2007 103.0 23.9 -10.0 23.0 7.0 1.2 0.7 67.0
French Polynesia 2007 105.0 28.1 17.3 5.1 1.3       53.0  
Guam 2000 104.7 27.4 ... 24.5 4.3 2.0 [a] ... ... ... 55.7 ...
Kiribati 2005 97.0 20.7 26.6 8.7 1.8 [a] 1.9 1.8 1.8 74.0 ...
Marshall Islands 1999 105.0 17.8 ... 35.0 5.0 3.7 ... ... 1.6 ... ...
Nauru 2008 103.1 21.3 0 30.8 9.1 0.7 ... ... 2.1 62.9 ...
New Caledonia 2007 101.9 ... ... 16.9 5.0 ... ... ... ... ... ...
Niue 2006 97.0 30.7 -30.5 15.8 9.3 0.65 ... ... -1.9 71.0 ...
Northern Mariana Islands 2000 86.0 28.6 ... 20.7 2.2 1.9 [a] ... ... ... 31.6 ...
Palau 2005 116.0 32.3 6.7 14.0 6.7 0.7 ... ... 0.8 42.5 ...
Papua New Guinea 2000 107.7 19.7 20.0 35.0 12.0 2.3 ... ... 3.2 73.6 13.0
Pitcairn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Samoa 2006 107.0 20.5 27.3 4.0 ... ... ... 0.5 79.0
Solomon Islands 1999 106.9 21.7 34.1 9.0 2.7 ... ... 2.8 81.6
Tokelau 2006 101.0 22.0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 91.0 ...
Tonga 2006 103.0 21.0 -1.8 29.0 7.0 2.2 0.7 -2.2 0.4 86.0 0.0
Tuvalu 2002 97.0 23.6 ... 26.2 10.2 1.7 ... ... 0.6 82.0 ...
Vanuatu 1999 105.1 18.8 ... 28.2 6.0 2.2 [a] 4.2 2.2 2.6 91.4 1.8
Wallis et Futuna 2003 100.5 23.9 -5.4 19.4 5.9 1.5 ... 0.79 ... ... ...

Notes:

Cook Islands - Total population reported is Resident population
Federated States of Micronesia - Population Density is per square mile
New Caledonia - Population density derived based on 2000 mid year population estimate
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) - Population Density is per square mile
Papua New Guinea - Land Area referred to as Physiological land area
Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands - Crude Birth Rate is from 2007 Demographic and Health Survey (provisional)
[a] - Derived as data is not provided by country websites
Papua New Guinea - Data shown are from 2004 MDG Progress Report
... - Data not available



Date this page was last updated: Sunday, 28 June 2009