Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010 2007 2000
Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over)
Total 2,428,538 2,197,739 1,547,812
Single 1,026,333 945,996 632,874
Married 1,053,973 955,003 718,993
Widowed 95,818 87,099 59,517
Divorced/Separated 45,874 40,263 23,464
Common-Law/Live-in 201,014 161,063 87,220
Unknown/Not Stated 5,526 8,315 25,744
Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2010 2007 2000
Both sexes 178,084 147,226 105,559
Male 74,430 61,565 45,645
Female 103,654 85,661 59,914
Disabled persons by type of disability 2007 2000 1995
Total - 22,046 14,410
Total blindness - 843 349
Partial blindness - 1,526 1,104
Low vision - 8,729 5,265
Total deafness - 781 292
Partial deafness - 688 713
Hard of hearing - 734 339
Oral defect - 921 544
Loss of one or both arms/hands - 1,293 125
Loss of one or both legs/feet - 990 214
Quadriplegic - 1,331 -
Mentally retarded - 1,448 1,012
Mentally ill - 2,302 738
Multiple impairment - 460 603
Muteness - - 469
Deafness/Muteness - - -
Others - - 3,246
With at least one type of functional disability 2010 Both sexes Male Female
(Household population five years old and over) 88,646 38,725 49,921
Difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses 68,882 28,982 39,900
Difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid 12,882 5,691 7,191
Difficulty in walking or climbing steps 15,406 6,772 8,634
Difficulty in remembering or concentrating 8,320 3,658 4,662
Difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing) 6,391 2,976 3,415
Difficulty in communicating 6,867 3,590 3,277
Highest educational attainment (Household population by 5 years old and over) 2010 2007 20001/
Both sexes 2,752,350 2,517,319 1,787,155
No grade completed 71,500 118,914 59,942
Pre-school 83,223 60,246 42,767
Elementary 710,447 665,383 558,435
1st-4th Grade - 329,589 270,723
5th-6th Grade - 91,536 287,712
Graduate - 244,258 -
High school 1,080,885 992,949 641,586
Undergraduate - 301,749 283,319
Graduate - 691,200 358,267
Post-secondary 115,008 119,329 90,824
Undergraduate - 18,567 30,904
Graduate - 100,762 59,920
College undergraduate 328,469 255,892 245,327
Academic degree holder 349,590 263,991 84,117
Post-baccalaureate 7,229 3,622 8,629
Not stated 5,999 36,993 55,528
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010 2007 2000
Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over)
Both sexes 84,945 77,300 38,433
No grade completed 75 28 164
Pre-school 11 4 42
Elementary 2,926 1,899 4,162
1st-4th Grade 777 424 1,232
5th-6th Grade 578* 256 -
5th-7th Grade - - 2,930
Graduate 1,571 1,219 -
High school 21,329 20,157 12,227
Undergraduate 2,733 1,932 3,694
Graduate 18,596 18,225 8,533
Post-secondary 9,238 10,910 5,762
Undergraduate 942 1,192 1,703
Graduate 8,296 9,718 4,059
College undergraduate 14,983 12,864 9,488
Academic degree holder 35,842 29,500 4,873
Post-baccalaureate 435 203 497
Not stated 106 1,735 1,218
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2010 2009 2008
Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 56,225 56,987 56,147
Male 29,264 29,782 29,093
Female 26,961 27,205 27,054
Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 11,847 11,707 11,927
Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 14,396 13,810 13,148
Male 8,236 7,902 7,528
Female 6,160 5,908 5,620
2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005
Crude birtha (per thousand population) 20.68 22.78 24.81
Crude deatha (per thousand population) 4.74 4.89 5.19
Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 15.94 17.89 19.62
Total fertility ratea (number of children per woman) 2.42 2.60 2.79
Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)
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