TABLE PP 7: POPULATION BY 5 YEAR AGE GROUPS, SEX AND INTER-CENSAL VARIATION OF POPULATION, 2000 & 2006
Locality / age groups	2006				2000			Population change          (in numbers)	Percent change
	Both sexes	Male	Female	% distribution by age	Both sexes	Male	Female
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
Republic
All persons	298,968	151,459	147,509	100	270,101	137,200	132,901	28,867	10.69
Less than 1 year	5,462	2,777	2,685	1.83	5,515	2,780	2,735	-53	-0.96
1-4	20,709	10,585	10,124	6.93	25,397	12,919	12,478	-4,688	-18.46
5	5,514	2,849	2,665	1.84	7,114	3,572	3,542	-1,600	-22.49
6-9	24,353	12,503	11,850	8.15	30,813	15,764	15,049	-6,460	-20.97
10-14	36,999	19,111	17,888	12.38	41,089	20,897	20,192	-4,090	-9.95
15-19	39,904	20,155	19,749	13.35	33,266	16,590	16,676	6,638	19.95
20-24	34,809	16,933	17,876	11.64	23,514	11,620	11,894	11,295	48.04
25-29	24,581	11,915	12,666	8.22	20,090	9,805	10,285	4,491	22.35
30-34	20,635	10,022	10,613	6.90	18,161	8,890	9,271	2,474	13.62
35-39	18,174	8,780	9,394	6.08	15,699	7,828	7,871	2,475	15.77
40-44	15,871	7,828	8,043	5.31	12,402	6,272	6,130	3,469	27.97
45-49	13,569	6,872	6,697	4.54	7,461	3,977	3,484	6,108	81.87
50-54	7,936	4,147	3,789	2.65	5,967	3,051	2,916	1,969	33.00
55-59	5,859	3,046	2,813	1.96	5,996	3,131	2,865	-137	-2.28
60-64	5,566	2,852	2,714	1.86	6,312	3,370	2,942	-746	-11.82
65-69	5,678	3,014	2,664	1.90	4,611	2,650	1,961	1,067	23.14
70-74	4,186	2,333	1,853	1.40	2,873	1,737	1,136	1,313	45.70
75-79	2,377	1,444	933	0.80	1,410	859	551	967	68.58
80-84	1,064	617	447	0.36	679	407	272	385	56.70
85-89	396	241	155	0.13	284	162	122	112	39.44
90-94	159	89	70	0.05	96	59	37	63	65.63
95 years and over	84	52	32	0.03	76	45	31	8	10.53
Age not stated	5,083	3,294	1,789	1.70	1,276	815	461	3,807	NA