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  • Population......................................................................48,422,644 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.38% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................10.08 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate................................................6.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..................................homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

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http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
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