Midyear population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate 1934 15,449 651,663 429,851 221,812 42.2 27.8 14.4 1935 15,624 645,760 412,197 233,563 41.3 26.4 14.9 1936 15,801 698,186 455,832 242,354 44.2 28.8 15.3 1937 16,009 694,086 434,208 259,878 43.4 27.1 16.2 1938 16,300 704,376 429,248 275,128 43.2 26.3 16.9 1939 16,598 696,746 429,033 267,713 42.0 25.8 16.1 1940 16,900 697,700 444,448 253,252 41.3 26.3 15.0 1941 17,208 695,016 440,981 254,035 40.4 25.6 14.8 1942 17,522 658,324 494,358 163,966 37.6 28.2 9.4 1943 17,842 689,771 492,644 197,127 38.7 27.6 11.0 1944 18,167 722,166 472,234 249,932 39.8 26.0 13.8 1945 18,498 787,502 512,003 275,499 42.6 27.7 14.9 1946 18,835 776,000 484,000 292,000 41.2 25.7 15.5 1947 19,197 834,557 408,577 425,980 43.5 21.3 22.2 1948 19,529 832,728 397,976 434,752 42.6 20.4 22.3 1949 19 989 831,310 410,524 420,786 41.6 20.5 21.1 1950 21,514 904,941 388,944 515,997 44.2 19.0 25.2 1951 22,020 934,584 402,158 532,426 44.6 19.2 25.4 1952 22,562 969,443 380,633 588,810 45.2 17.8 27.5 1953 23,138 934,830 429,097 505,733 42.6 19.6 23.0 1954 23,747 957,158 401,306 555,852 42.6 17.9 24.7 1955 24,387 926,500 405,663 520,837 40.3 17.6 22.7 1956 25,057 958,880 384,974 573,906 40.7 16.4 24.4 1957 25,756 914,494 429,512 484,982 38.0 17.8 20.1 1958 26,480 1,013,743 409,197 604,546 41.1 16.6 24.5 1959 27,228 1,078,947 411,188 667,759 42.8 16.3 26.5 1960 27,998 1,113,888 437,822 676,066 43.0 16.9 26.1 1961 28,786 1,166,620 420,158 746,462 43.9 15.8 28.1 1962 29,591 1,125,798 486,699 639,099 41.3 17.9 23.4 1963 30,410 1,196,388 431,673 764,715 42.8 15.4 27.4 1964 31,242 1,205,785 449,375 756,410 42.1 15.7 26.4 1965 32,084 1,220,658 411,636 809,022 41.5 14.0 27.5 1966 32,937 1,234,976 477,021 757,955 41.0 15.8 25.1 1967 33,799 1,210,214 440,161 770,053 39.2 14.2 24.9 1968 34,660 1,206,585 509,430 697,155 38.1 16.1 22.0 1969 35,511 1,197,245 468,017 729,228 36.8 14.4 22.4 1970 36,342 1,161,539 500,626 660,913 34.9 15.0 19.8 1971 37,152 1,186,350 445,192 741,158 34.8 13.1 21.8 1972 37,945 1,187,286 499,628 687,658 34.1 14.3 19.7 1973 38,734 1,259,004 459,816 799,188 35.3 12.9 22.4 1974 39,534 1,287,614 457,620 829,994 35.4 12.6 22.8 1975 40,359 1,331,799 456,041 875,758 36.0 12.3 23.7 1976 41,213 1,378,917 444,228 934,689 36.4 11.7 24.7 1977 42,094 1,447,402 457,558 989,844 37.3 11.8 25.5 1978 43,006 1,479,698 415,605 1,064,093 37.2 10.5 26.8 1979 43 951 1,633,674 444,753 1,188,921 40.0 10.9 29.1 1980 44,932 1,569,247 421,227 1,148,020 37.3 10.0 27.3 5.3 1981 45 946 1,593,698 432,264 1,161,434 36.8 10.0 26.8 1982 46,991 1,601,265 441,621 1,159,644 34.1 9.4 24.7 1983 48,072 1,666,915 412,700 1,254,215 34.7 8.6 26.1 1984 49,190 1,797,206 400,600 1,396,606 36.5 8.1 28.4 4.9 1985 50,347 1,903,022 442,258 1,460,764 37.8 8.8 29.0 1986 51 545 1,907,975 455,888 1,452,087 37.0 8.8 28.2 1987 52 777 1,902,604 466,161 1,436,443 36.0 8.8 27.2 1988 54,011 1,912,765 427,018 1,485,747 35.4 7.9 27.5 4.4 1989 55,207 1,722,934 414,214 1,308,720 31.2 7.5 23.7 1990 51,911 1,687,000 393,250 1,293,750 32.5 7.6 24.9 1991 52,985 1,636,551 391,588 1,244,963 30.9 7.4 23.5 4.1 1992 54,082 1,496,866 382,465 1,114,401 27.7 7.1 20.6 1993 55,201 1,600,549 380,000 1,220,549 29.0 6.9 22.1 1994 56 344 1,610,652 385,296 1,225,356 28.6 6.8 21.7 1995 57,642 1,604,835 384,548 1,220,287 27.8 6.7 21.2 3.6 1996 58 835 1,662,065 379,983 1,282,082 28.2 6.5 21.8 1997 60,053 1,654,695 389,301 1,265,394 27.6 6.5 21.1 3.3 1998 61,296 1,687,252 399,772 1,287,480 27.5 6.5 21.0 3.4 1999 62,565 1,693,025 401,433 1,291,592 27.1 6.4 20.6 2000 63,860 1,751,854 404,699 1,347,155 27.4 6.3 21.1 3.5 2001 65,182 1,741,308 404,531 1,336,777 26.7 6.2 20.5 2002 66,628 1,766,589 424,034 1,342,555 26.5 6.4 20.2 2003 67,965 1,777,418 440,149 1,337,269 26.2 6.5 19.7 3.2 2004 69,304 1,779,500 440,790 1,338,710 25.7 6.4 19.3 2005 70,653 1,800,972 450,646 1,350,326 25.5 6.4 19.1 3.1 2006 72,009 1,853,746 451,863 1,401,883 25.7 6.3 19.5 2007 73,644 1,949,569 450,596 1,498,973 26.5 6.1 20.4 2008 75 194 2,050,704 461,934 1,588,770 27.4 5.9 21.5 3.0 2009 76,925 2,217,409 476,592 1,740,817 28.8 6.2 22.6 2010 78,685 2,261,409 483,385 1,778,024 28.7 6.1 22.6 2011 80,530 2,442,094 493,086 1,949,008 30.3 6.1 24.2 2012 82,550 2,629,769 529,247 2,100,522 31.9 6.4 25.5 2013 84,629 2,621,902 511,000 2,110,719 31.0 6.0 25.0 2014 86,814 2,720,495 531,864 2,188,631 31.3 6.1 25.2 3.5 2015 89,279 2,685,276 573,129 2,123,102 30.2 6.5 23.7 2016 92,216 2,600,173 556,148 2,044,025 28.6 6.1 22.5 2017 94,190 2,501,150 528,150 1,971,115 26.6 5.6 21.0 3.1