200-millionth baby to be born<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: A child born on February 4 this year will be the 200-
\nmillionth Indonesian and be given an award from the National
\nFamily Planning Agency (BKKBN).<\/p>\n
State Minister of Population\/Head of BKKBN Haryono Suyono said
\nlast Friday, to be entitled to the award the baby must meet
\ncertain requirements, including that he\/she must come from
\nlegally and happily married parents, and must be the first,
\nsecond or third child.<\/p>\n
Haryono said at the end of 1996 the Indonesian population
\nreached 199.7 million, making the country the fourth most
\npopulated in the world after the People's Republic of China (1.2
\nbillion), India (953 million) and the United States (263.6
\nmillion).<\/p>\n
The figure was determined through projections by the BKKBN in
\nassociation with the Central Bureau of Statistics and other
\ninstitutions in Indonesia, and was adjusted to the low and medium
\nestimates of the United Nations, he said.<\/p>\n
The BKKBN succeeded in lowering the population growth rate
\nfrom 5.6 percent during the First Five-Year Development Plan to
\n1.6 percent by the end of the Fifth Five Year Development Plan.
\nCurrently, each family has an average 2.6 children. (swe)<\/p>",
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