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Number of
Percentage Females
Age Group Total of Total Male Female for Each
Population 100 Males
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Under 5 2,255 11.0 1,149 1,106 96.4
5-9 1,392 6.7 713 679 95.3
10-14 1,743 8.5 892 851 95.3
15-19 1,787 8.7 911 876 95.6
20-24 1,588 7.7 806 782 97.2
25-29 1,316 6.5 666 650 97.6
30-34 1,533 7.4 757 776 102.4
35-39 1,542 7.5 773 769 99.2
40-44 1,502 7.3 752 750 99.6
45-49 1,303 6.3 623 680 109.2
50-54 806 3.9 363 443 121.7
55-59 1,020 5.0 468 552 117.8
60-64 950 4.6 452 498 110.0
65-69 737 3.6 351 386 109.6
70-74 540 2.6 235 305 129.8
75 and over 551 2.7 227 324 142.1
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Total
population 20,565 100.0 10,138 10,427 102.8
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Source: Adapted from Godfrey Baldwin (ed.), _International Population
Reports_ (U.S. Department of Commerce, Series P-91, No. 18), Washington,
1969, pp. 32-33.

Within the country the greatest shift of people has been from rural to
urban areas. The rural population grew by about 0.5 million, from 11.9
million to 12.4 million, between 1945 and 1971. During the same period
urban population increased by about 3.5 million, from 4.7 million to
about 8.24 million, and has become about 40 percent of the total.
Officials anticipate that the rural population will stabilize and that
most future increases will be to the towns and cities.

Of the 60 percent of the people who still live in small villages and
settlements, most depend upon agriculture for their livelihood. Isolat