时讯：惨不忍睹：朝鲜发布15年来人口报告(图)

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朝鲜最近发表了1993年以来的人口调查统计。 该调查报告显示，朝鲜人口总数略有增加，但人口老化现象明显，人民健康水平下降。 女性的难产死亡率和婴儿死亡率在上升。预计平均寿命会下降……

调查还从侧面展示了朝鲜国内的经济结构:从事农业生产的人数最多，其次是政府部门和军队职员，其次是教育，其次是工业……从外部推测的百万军队人数，根据这个报告不到70万人。

Seoul-northkoreaisgettingbigger，older and less healthy，accordingtodatafromthecountryslatestcensus，anditsfabledmilion-mand

theauthoritariangovernmentindecemberreleasedresultsofthecensusconductedin 2008，sayingitspopulationhadclimbedto 24 milion Peple

moredetailshavebeenpublishedbytheunitednationspopulationfund，whichelpednorthkoreaconductthecensusandsentfiveteamsofobserver

even so，it s difficult for outsiders，with so little access to the country， tobecertainoftheprecisionofnorthkoreasdata.for decades thegovernmenthascutoffthedisseminationofmostinformationabouthecountry .

thecensusreportedthatnorthkoreaspopulationgrewatannualaveragerateof 0.85 % forth e15-year Period， atimethatincludedadevastatingmultiyearfaminethatanalystsandforeignaidagenciesestimatekilledbetweenonemilionandtwomillionpelions

aseparateu.n.reportpublishedlastyearfoundthatnorthkoreaspopulationhasgrownmoreslowlysince 2005，atanannualrateof 0.4 %.theglobe

northkoreascensussaidthecountryspopulationhasproportionatelyfewerchildrenandmoremiddle-agedpeoplethanitdidin 1993。

italsoreportedthatpeoplearelesshealthy。

babiesaremorelikelytodie:theinfantmortalityrateclimbedto 19.3 Per 1， 000 children in 2008 from 14.1 in 1993，thoughnorthkoreasrateisstillwellbelowtheworldaverage，whicha 2009 reportbytheu.n.agencyputat 40

northkoreansarelivingshorterlives-averagelifeexpectancyhasfallento 69.3 years from 72.7 in 1993。