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TABLE 2
TRENDS OF NATURAL POPULATION INCREASES
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1950-1998

  Rate   Rate
Year B.C. Canada Year B.C. Canada
1950 13.7 18.0 1975 7.0 8.5
1951 14.1 18.2 1976 6.9 8.4
1952 14.7 19.2 1977 7.5 8.4
1953 15.6 19.5 1978 7.2 8.1
1954 15.9 20.3 1979 7.5 8.4
1955 15.9 20.0 1980 7.9 8.3
1956 16.3 19.8 1981 8.0 8.0
1957 16.9 20.0 1982 8.0 7.9
1958 16.8 19.6 1983 8.2 7.8
1959 16.4 19.4 1984 8.2 7.8
1960 15.9 19.0 1985 7.3 7.5
1961 14.8 18.4 1986 6.9 7.2
1962 14.0 17.6 1987 6.5 7.0
1963 13.2 16.8 1988 6.6 6.9
1964 11.4 15.9 1989 6.5 7.4
1965 10.0 13.7 1990 6.6 7.7
1966 8.7 11.9 1991 6.4 7.4
1967 8.6 10.8 1992 6.2 7.1
1968 8.4 10.2 1993 5.7 6.3
1969 8.7 10.3 1994 5.7 6.1
1970 9.3 10.1 1995 5.4 5.9
1971 7.8 9.5 1996 4.8 5.1
1972 7.4 8.5 1997 4.3 4.4
1973 7.1 8.1 1998 3.8 *
1974 6.8 8.0      

Note: Rates shown are rates of natural population increase per 1,000 population.
Canadian rates from Statistics Canada. *1998 rate for Canada was not available.
Non-residents are excluded.

FIGURE 4
TRENDS OF NATURAL POPULATION INCREASES
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADA, 1950 - 1998 CHART, TRENDS OF NATURAL POPULATION INCREASES

HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 2/FIGURE 4

  • In 1998, the 42,909 births and 27,791 deaths in the province produced a rate of natural population increase of 3.8 per 1,000 population. Immigration and emigration are not included in natural population increase rates.

  • The pattern of rates of natural population increase over the last five decades follows trends set in the provincial crude birth rates. After high rates in the 1950s, natural population growth rates decreased rapidly in the 1960s, and have shown a small but steady decline since the mid 1980s. The 1998 rate of natural population increase for B.C. was the lowest since 1950, and below 4.0 per 1,000 population for the first time.

  • Except for four years from 1981 to 1984, the B.C. rate of natural population increase has been consistently below the Canadian rate each year.