Table 5 :  Summary of Population Projection (Slow Fertility Decline Variant )
	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
Fertility
Input TFR	4	3.7	3.4	3.2	3
GRR	1.95	1.8	1.66	1.56	1.46
NRR	1.66	1.59	1.49	1.42	1.34
Child-woman ratio	0.55	0.56	0.52	0.49	0.45
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	31.5	29.3	27	24.8
CDR per 1000	10	8.8	7.9	7.3	7
GR percent		2.325	2.221	2.063	1.876
Population
Total population	23,151,423	26,005,554	29,060,622	32,218,337	35,387,192
Male population	11,563,921	13,024,708	14,587,723	16,203,641	17,824,004
Female population	11,587,502	12,980,846	14,472,899	16,014,696	17,563,188
Percent 0-4 (Population 0-4/Total population)	14	14	13	13	12
Percent 5-14 (Population 5-14/Total population)	25.61	23.57	23.16	23.24	22.26
Percent 0-14 (Population 0-14/Total population)	48.7	50.15	50.93	51.09	52.11
Percent 15-49 (Population 15-49/Total population)	56.79	58.28	59.33	59.95	61.59
Percent 15-64 (Population 15-64/Total population)	3.91	3.97	4.05	4.19	4.45
Percent 65 & over (Population 65 & over/Total population)	49.79	51.16	51.77	51.63	52.31
Percent female15-49 (Population 15-49/Total population)	99.8	100.34	100.79	101.18	101.49
Sex ratio*	0.76	0.72	0.69	0.67	0.62
Dependency ratio **	20	21	22	22	23
Median age
* 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