CONTINUED
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) Percentage change
Both sexes Male Female % distribution by age Both sexes Male Female
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Atolls
All persons 195,275 99,467 95,808 100          196,032            98,641            97,391 -757 -0.4
Less than 1 year 3,861 1,945 1,916 1.98 4,548 2,299 2,249 -687 -15.1
1-4 14,966 7,673 7,293 7.66 20,467 10,396 10,071 -5,501 -26.9
5 4,135 2,152 1,983 2.12 5,796 2,900 2,896 -1,661 -28.7
6-9 18,194 9,371 8,823 9.32 25,088 12,815 12,273 -6,894 -27.5
10-14 26,917 13,940 12,977 13.78 31,926 16,307 15,619 -5,009 -15.7
15-19 24,248 12,698 11,550 12.42 20,894 10,531 10,363 3,354 16.1
20-24 19,274 9,532 9,742 9.87 14,376 6,812 7,564 4,898 34.1
25-29 14,405 6,861 7,544 7.38 13,228 6,154 7,074 1,177 8.9
30-34 12,498 5,933 6,565 6.40 12,277 5,713 6,564 221 1.8
35-39 11,558 5,399 6,159 5.92 10,809 5,235 5,574 749 6.9
40-44 10,342 5,097 5,245 5.30 8,787 4,314 4,473 1,555 17.7
45-49 9,175 4,665 4,510 4.70 5,105 2,610 2,495 4,070 79.7
50-54 5,335 2,732 2,603 2.73 4,244 2,097 2,147 1,091 25.7
55-59 3,996 2,059 1,937 2.05 4,444 2,304 2,140 -448 -10.1
60-64 4,046 2,100 1,946 2.07 5,040 2,720 2,320 -994 -19.7
65-69 4,413 2,395 2,018 2.26 3,790 2,199 1,591 623 16.4
70-74 3,421 1,970 1,451 1.75 2,377 1,468 909 1,044 43.9
75-79 1,968 1,227 741 1.01 1,163 741 422 805 69.2
80-84 860 525 335 0.44 550 344 206 310 56.4
85-89 302 193 109 0.15 216 126 90 86 39.8
90-94 125 75 50 0.06 84 53 31 41 48.8
95 years and over 65 44 21 0.03 55 37 18 10 18.2
Age not stated 1,171 881 290 0.60 768 466 302 403 NA