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SOUTH ASIA: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
| Total Population (millions) | Annual Population growth rate(%) | Urban Population (as % of total) | Dependency ratio (%) | Population aged 65 and above (as % of total) | Total Fertility rate | Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) | |||||||||
| 1975 | 1998 | 2015 | 1975-98 | 1998-2015 | 1975 | 1998 | 2015 | 1998 | 2015 | 1998 | 2015 | 1970-75 | 1995-00 | 1990-99 (a) | |
| BANGLADESH | |||||||||||||||
| BHUTAN | 1.2 | 2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 87.6 | 75.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 19 |
| INDIA | 620.7 | 982.2 | 1211.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 21.3 | 27.7 | 35.9 | 64.1 | 47.3 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 41 |
| MALDIVES | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3 | 2.6 | 18 | 27.7 | 36.3 | 90.7 | 68 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 17 |
| NEPAL | 12.8 | 22.8 | 32.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 5 | 11.2 | 18.1 | 82.9 | 63.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 30 |
| PAKISTAN | 74.7 | 148.2 | 222.6 | 3 | 2.4 | 26.4 | 35.9 | 46.7 | 83.4 | 64 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 17 |
| SRI LANKA | 13.6 | 18.5 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 1 | 22 | 22.9 | 32 | 51 | 47.5 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 66 |
Note : a= Data refer to the most
recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
Sources: Human Development Report 2000; UNDP , OUP, New Delhi
2000.