Size and natural increase of population

	1996	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Population size (beginning of year), thous. persons	10 177	9 957	9 900	9 831	9 763	9 697	9 630	9 579	9 542	9 514
of which:
male	4 767	4 668	4 638	4 600	4 562	4 526	4 489	4 461	4 440	4 426
female	5 410	5 289	5 262	5 231	5 201	5 171	5 141	5 118	5 102	5 088
Total by ages:
under working (0-15)	2 350	1 989	1 914	1 829	1 754	1 680	1 615	1 570	1 541	1 520
working (male 16-59, female 16-54)	5 672	5 843	5 873	5 903	5 928	5 937	5 944	5 934	5 908	5 884
over working (male 60 and over, female 55 and over)	2 155	2 125	2 113	2 099	2 081	2 080	2 071	2 075	2 093	2 110
Share in total population, percent urban	68.1	70.1	70.5	70.9	71.4	71.8	72.2	72.7	73.2	73.9
rural	31.9	29.9	29.5	29.1	28.6	28.2	27.8	27.3	26.8	26.1
Natural increase, decrease (-) of population, thsd. persons	-37.6	-48.6	-57.9	-54.7	-51.1	-51.4	-41.7	-29.4	-26	-25.8

Continued

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Population size (beginning of year), thous. persons	9 500	9 481	9 465	9 464	9 468	9 481	9 498	9 505	9 492
of which:
male	4 418	4 408	4 398	4 398	4 401	4 409	4 421	4 427	4 422
female	5 082	5 073	5 067	5 066	5 067	5 072	5 077	5 078	5 070
Total by ages:
under working (0-15)	1 514	1 513	1 522	1 549	1 580	1 610	1 641	1 669
working (male 16-59, female 16-54)	5 847	5 804	5 749	5 687	5 623	5 560	5 499	5 432
over working (male 60 and over, female 55 and over)	2 139	2 164	2 194	2 228	2 265	2 311	2 358	2 404
Share in total population, percent
urban	74,5	75,1	75,8	76,3	76,8	77,3	77,6	77,9	78,1
rural	25,5	24,9	24,2	23,7	23,2	22,7	22,4	22,1	21,9
Natural increase, decrease (-) of population, thsd. persons	-29,1	-25,9	-10,6	-7,3	-3,0	-1,0	-1,6	-16,8	…