Table 14 : birth, death and growth rates before 1945
Tonkin
Annam
Cochinchina
Viêt-Nam
Gross birth rate (1/1000)
37.8
29.6
37
37.5
Gross death rate (1/1000)
22-24
17.6
24.1
24.2
Growth rate (1/1000)
14
12
12.9
13.3
Sources: Indochina Statistical Yearbooks