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	Table 1		Significant Characteristics of the Population for Selected Years
	0	0	0	푡푡㑦	푡푡๺㑦	푡灰㑦	푡灰๺㑦	푡㑦	푡๺㑦	푡㑦
				㑦䑑(㉵)	㑦䑑	㑦䑑	㑦䑑	㑦䑑	㑦䑑	㑦䑑
				Mid-2003	Mid-2008	Mid-2013	Mid-2018	Mid-2023	Mid-2028	Mid-2033
	0	0	0	(Base)	0	0	0	0	0	0
				6 803 100	7 058 900	7 386 900	7 691 800	7 970 200	8 202 200	8 384 100
	Population
		᏿㴢榈		6 617 800	6 843 600	7 141 600	7 416 500	7 664 900	7 866 900	8 018 800
		Usual Residents
		솚﷿榈		185 300	215 300	245 300	275 300	305 300	335 300	365 300
		Mobile Residents
	⚐㑦Ҍ籭慲㑦袜匰譎			0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%
	Average annual growth rate
	over a 5-year period
	啛⢞㩿譎			939	890	842	800	763	730	698
	(썟啛핸힀﷿﷿啛慲㩿譎)
	Sex ratio
	(males per 1 000 females)
	鑏䁗㩿
	Percentage of population
		푡靧﷿䍎䅦		16%	14%	12%	12%	12%	11%	11%
		Aged 0﷿14
		﷿⚐靧﷿䍎䅦		73%	74%	75%	72%	69%	65%	63%
		Aged 15﷿64
		﷿⚐䅦陋㡸���		12%	12%	13%	16%	19%	24%	27%
		Aged 65 and over
	☄㩿譎
	Dependency ratio
		啐㑦﷿☄㩿譎		216	182	163	163	168	171	171
		Child dependency ratio
		ꁏ㑦☄㩿譎		161	163	178	219	282	362	428
		Elderly dependency ratio
		ྃ☄㩿譎		378	346	341	383	449	533	598
		Overall dependency ratio
	㑦���䑑䍦			38	40	42	44	46	47	49
	Median age			0	0	0	0	0	0	0