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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 1A8 International population and vital statistic rates for selected countries

Country	Estimated population (thousands)		Live births per 1,000 population		Deaths per 1,000		Marriages per 1,000 population
	Year	Population	Year	Rate	Year	Rate	Year	Rate
Scotland	1997	5,122	1997	11.6	1997	11.6	1997	5.8
European Union
Austria	1997 ¹	8,072	1997 ¹	10.3	1997 ¹	9.8	1997 ¹	5.1
Belgium	1996	10,159	1996 ¹	11.4	1996 ¹	10.4	1996	5.0
Denmark	1997 ¹	5,284	1996 ¹	12.9	1996 ¹	11.6	1996	6.8
Finland	1997 ¹	5,140	1997 ¹	11.5	1997 ¹	9.7	1997 ¹	4.6
France	1997 ¹	58,607	1996 ¹	12.6	1996 ¹	9.2	1996	4.8
Germany	1997 ¹	82,071	1996	9.7	1996	10.8	1997 ¹	5.1
Greece	1996 ¹	10,475	1996 ¹	9.7	1996 ¹	9.6	1996 ¹	4.7
Irish Republic	1997	3,661	1996	13.9	1996	8.7	1996	4.6
Italy	1997 ¹	57,523	1997 ¹	9.4	1997 ¹	9.8	1997 ¹	4.8
Luxembourg	1996	416	1996	13.7	1996	9.4	1996	5.1
Netherlands	1997 ¹	15,604	1997 ¹	12.3	1997 ¹	8.8	1997 ¹	5.5
Portugal	1996	9,808	1996 ¹	11.3	1996 ¹	10.9	1996	6.5
Spain	1997 ¹	39,323	1996 ¹	9.0	1996 ¹	8.6	1996 ¹	5.0
Sweden	1997 ¹	8,847	1997 ¹	10.1	1997 ¹	10.5	1996	3.8
United Kingdom ²	1996	58,802	1996	12.5	1997 ¹	10.7	1996	5.6

Other Europe
Bulgaria	1996	8,356	1996	8.6	1996	14.0	1995	4.0
Czech Republic	1997 ¹	10,304	1997 ¹	8.8	1996 ¹	10.9	1997 ¹	5.6
Hungary	1996	10,193	1996	10.3	1996	14.0	1996	4.9
Norway	1997 ¹	4,406	1997 ¹	13.6	1997 ¹	10.1	1995	5.0
Poland	1997 ¹	38,650	1997 ¹	10.7	1997 ¹	9.8	1997 ¹	5.3
Romania	1996	22,608	1996	10.2	1996	12.7	1995	6.8
Russian Federation	1996	147,739	1995 ¹	9.2	1995 ¹	14.9	1996	5.9
Slovakia	1997 ¹	5,383	1997 ¹	11.0	1997 ¹	9.7	1997 ¹	5.2
Switzerland	1996	7,072	1996 ¹	11.7	1996 ¹	8.9	1996	5.7
Ukraine	1997 ¹	50,698	1997 ¹	8.7	1997 ¹	14.9	1997 ¹	6.8

North America
Canada	1996 ¹	29,964	1996 ¹	12.2	1996 ¹	7.1	1995	5.4
Mexico	1996 ¹	96,578	1996 ¹	28.0	1996 ¹	4.5	1995	7.2
USA	1996 ¹	266,557	1997 ¹	14.8	1997 ¹	8.8	1996 ¹	8.8

Asia
Israel	1996 ¹	5,696	1996 ¹	21.2	1996 ¹	6.0	1996 ¹	6.1
Japan	1996 ¹	125,761	1997 ¹	9.5	1997 ¹	7.4	1997 ¹	6.3

Oceania
Australia	1997 ¹	18,530	1997 ¹	13.7	1997 ¹	7.0	1997 ¹	5.8
New Zealand	1996 ¹	3,570	1997 ¹	15.4	1997 ¹	7.3	1996 ¹	5.8

Source: General Register Office (Scotland)

¹ Provisional.

² Excludes Isle of Man and Channel Islands.