It is observed to be just opposite of what Sanjoy Hazarika wrote about Bangladesh India and Sri Lanka CBRs (CBR - Crude Birth Rate).
He wrote, "it is actually better than most of India, not just the NE. ane second only in S. Asia to Sri Lanka". This prompt me to ask the questions: What are the Birth Rates of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka? Do these countries have records of past Birth Rates? see my questions and Sanjoy Hazarika's reply: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2721 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2721> >From the following sources, Bangladesh possesses higher CBR compared to India, and India possesses higher CBR compared to Sri Lanka. Also Bangladesh CBR continued to increase since 2000 while both India CBR and Sri Lanka CBR continued to decrease since 2000. Bangladesh is third among Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka while South Asia has more countries to compare. Hello Sri Hazarika, would you care to share your source of references! (it would be interesting to compare) I am yet to look at Census of India documents and hope to get back later! Regards, Rabin San Jose, California ------------------------------------------ Crude Birth Rate (CBR) of Bangladesh: for CBR 1911-91 see http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/F_0061.htm <see%20http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/F_0061.htm> source BBS - Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics BSS study sponsored by United States Agency for International Development for CBR 2000-2005 see http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=bg&v=25 <see%20http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=bg&v=25> Source: CIA World Factbook (CIA source : BSS) Crude Birth Rate (CBR) of India: CBR 1971-2000 http://www.censusindia.net/results/eci13_page1.html <http://www.censusindia.net/results/eci13_page1.html> CBR 2003 http://demotemp257.nic.in/httpdoc/vital_statistics/Vital_Rates/Vital_rat\ es.html <http://demotemp257.nic.in/httpdoc/vital_statistics/Vital_Rates/Vital_ra\ tes.html> for CBR 2000-2005 http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=in&v=25 <http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=in&v=25> (Source: CIA World Factbook) Crude Birth Rate (CBR) of Sri Lanka: CBR 1936-2001 http://www.statistics.gov.lk/population/tables.pdf <http://www.statistics.gov.lk/population/tables.pdf> (Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka) for CBR 2000-2005 http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=ce&v=25 <http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=ce&v=25> (ource: CIA World Factbook) World Countries' CBR: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2054rank.html <https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2054rank.html> (CIA records - Niger has the highest CBR and Hong Kong lowest)
