"U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base" "Table 008. Vital Rates""----------------","----------","----------","----------------","---------------","-----------"" "," Births"," Deaths"," Net number of","Rate of natural"," ""Country or area/"," per 1,000"," per 1,000"," migrants per"," increase","Growth rate""Year ","population","population","1,000 population"," (percent)"," (percent)""----------------","----------","----------","----------------","---------------","-----------""Northern Mariana Islands" 1980 , 36.23, 5.98, 2.46, 3.025, 3.2711981 , 35.16, 5.41, 1.69, 2.975, 3.1441982 , 34.81, 5.63, 2.20, 2.918, 3.1381983 , 30.15, 4.86, 2.84, 2.529, 2.8131984 , 31.23, 5.52, 4.14, 2.571, 2.9851985 , 32.59, 4.44, 4.86, 2.815, 3.3011986 , 34.70, 5.21, 6.74, 2.949, 3.6231987 , 38.27, 4.57, 9.51, 3.370, 4.3211988 , 34.66, 4.23, 13.86, 3.043, 4.4291990 , 26.93, 3.25, 34.24, 2.368, 5.7931991 , 30.47, 3.32, 32.29, 2.715, 5.9441992 , 30.51, 3.17, 30.45, 2.734, 5.7801993 , 30.62, 3.13, 28.76, 2.749, 5.6251994 , 25.79, 2.48, 27.27, 2.331, 5.0581995 , 26.24, 2.92, 25.94, 2.332, 4.9251996 , 24.10, 2.71, 24.30, 2.139, 4.5691997 , 24.07, 2.31, 22.79, 2.176, 4.4551998 , 21.34, 2.42, 21.43, 1.892, 4.0361999 , 21.11, 2.41, 20.20, 1.870, 3.8892000 , 20.60, 2.14, 12.83, 1.846, 3.1292001 , 19.95, 2.09, 11.94, 1.786, 2.9802002 , 19.97, 2.35, 11.11, 1.762, 2.8732003 , 19.93, 2.33, 10.34, 1.760, 2.7942004 , 19.77, 2.30, 9.61, 1.747, 2.7082005 , 19.51, 2.30, 8.92, 1.721, 2.6132006 , 19.43, 2.29, 8.26, 1.714, 2.5392007 , 19.27, 2.29, 7.64, 1.698, 2.4612008 , 19.04, 2.31, 7.04, 1.673, 2.3772009 , 18.77, 2.32, 6.47, 1.645, 2.2922010 , 18.44, 2.35, 5.94, 1.609, 2.2032011 , 18.24, 2.39, 5.43, 1.585, 2.1282012 , 18.02, 2.42, 4.95, 1.560, 2.0552013 , 17.76, 2.45, 4.47, 1.531, 1.9782014 , 17.48, 2.50, 4.02, 1.498, 1.9012015 , 17.16, 2.55, 3.60, 1.461, 1.8212016 , 16.95, 2.62, 3.18, 1.433, 1.7512017 , 16.72, 2.67, 2.79, 1.405, 1.6852018 , 16.49, 2.74, 2.42, 1.375, 1.6172019 , 16.23, 2.82, 2.05, 1.341, 1.5472020 , 15.95, 2.89, 1.69, 1.306, 1.4752021 , 15.71, 2.97, 1.34, 1.274, 1.4082022 , 15.46, 3.04, 1.01, 1.242, 1.3442023 , 15.21, 3.14, 0.68, 1.207, 1.2752024 , 14.95, 3.23, 0.37, 1.172, 1.2092025 , 14.71, 3.33, 0.05, 1.138, 1.1432026 , 14.47, 3.44, 0.05, 1.103, 1.1072027 , 14.25, 3.55, 0.05, 1.070, 1.0752028 , 14.05, 3.69, 0.05, 1.036, 1.0412029 , 13.87, 3.81, 0.05, 1.006, 1.0112030 , 13.73, 3.96, 0.05, 0.977, 0.9822031 , 13.61, 4.08, 0.05, 0.953, 0.9582032 , 13.50, 4.19, 0.05, 0.931, 0.9362033 , 13.40, 4.32, 0.05, 0.908, 0.9132034 , 13.32, 4.46, 0.05, 0.886, 0.8902035 , 13.26, 4.62, 0.05, 0.864, 0.8682036 , 13.19, 4.76, 0.05, 0.843, 0.8482037 , 13.13, 4.89, 0.05, 0.824, 0.8282038 , 13.06, 5.02, 0.05, 0.804, 0.8092039 , 13.00, 5.15, 0.05, 0.785, 0.7902040 , 12.95, 5.29, 0.04, 0.766, 0.7702041 , 12.90, 5.41, 0.04, 0.749, 0.7532042 , 12.84, 5.51, 0.04, 0.733, 0.7372043 , 12.77, 5.64, 0.04, 0.713, 0.7182044 , 12.71, 5.77, 0.04, 0.694, 0.6982045 , 12.65, 5.90, 0.04, 0.675, 0.6782046 , 12.58, 6.02, 0.04, 0.656, 0.6602047 , 12.51, 6.13, 0.04, 0.638, 0.6422048 , 12.44, 6.28, 0.04, 0.616, 0.6212049 , 12.37, 6.44, 0.04, 0.593, 0.5972050 , 12.30, 6.64, 0.04, 0.566, 0.570"----------------","----------","----------","----------------","---------------","-----------""Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International" " Data Base."