Table 3 :  Summary of Population Projection (Medium Fertility Decline Variant)
	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
Fertility
Input TFR	4	3.5	3	2.9	2.8
GRR	1.95	1.71	1.46	1.41	1.37
NRR	1.66	1.5	1.31	1.29	1.26
Child-woman ratio	0.55	0.54	0.47	0.44	0.42
Mortality
Male Life Expectation at birth	60.1	62.9	64.7	66.2	67.4
Female Life Expectation at birth	60.7	63.7	65.7	67.4	68.8
Total Life Expectation at birth	60.4	63.3	65.2	66.8	68.1
Vital Rates
CBR per 1000	33.3	30	26.2	25.2	23.8
CDR per 1000	10	8.7	7.8	7.4	7.1
GR percent		2.23	1.98	1.83	1.74
Population
Total population	23,151,423	25,886,736	28,584,975	31,327,341	34,172,144
Male population	11,563,921	12,963,722	14,343,343	15,745,554	17,199,235
Female population	11,587,502	12,923,014	14,241,632	15,581,787	16,972,909
Percent 0-4 (Population 0-4/Total population)	13.69	13.79	12.44	11.63	11.16
Percent 5-14 (Population 5-14/Total population)	25.61	23.68	23.14	22.39	20.8
Percent 0-14 (Population 0-14/Total population)	39.3	37.47	35.58	34.02	31.96
Percent 15-49 (Population 15-49/Total population)	48.7	50.38	51.77	52.54	53.63
Percent 15-64 (Population 15-64/Total population)	56.79	58.55	60.31	61.66	63.44
Percent 65 & over (Population 65 & over/Total population)	3.91	3.98	4.11	4.31	4.61
Percent female15-49 (Population 15-49/Total population)	49.79	51.39	52.61	53.07	53.8
Sex ratio*	99.8	100.31	100.71	101.05	101.33
Dependency ratio **	0.76	0.71	0.66	0.62	0.58
Median age	20	21	22	23	24
* Population projection was made on the assumption of zero net migration. It results in sex ratio  more than 100 after 2001.
**Dependency ratio is a ratio of Pop. Less  than 15 and more than 65 years divided by Pop. 15-65 Years