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Table 2.——PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN POPULATION, 1951- 60

NORTH BORNEO			SARAWAK
		Per cent increase			Per cent increase
All communities	....	36.0	All communities	....	36.3
Dusun	....	23.2	Malay	....	32.7
Murut	....	18.2	Melanau	....	25.6
Bajau	....	33.5	Sea Dayak	....	24.9
Other indigenous	....	28.7	Land Dayak	....	36.6
Chinese	....	40.6	Other indigenous	....	27.0
			Chinese	....	57.9

Table 3.——TOTAL POPULATION BY AGE

		NORTH BORNEO	SARAWAK
Total population	....	454,421	744,529
Total under 15	....	197,826	331,096
Total under 20	....	231,518	397,576

Table 4.——RELIGIOUS PERSUASIONS OF THE POPULATION AS
RECORDED AT THE CENSUS OF 1960

		NORTH BORNEO		SARAWAK
		Number	Percentage of total population	Number	Percentage of total population
Christian	....	75,247	16.6	117,755	15.8
Muslim	....	172,324	37.9	174,123	23.4
Other	....	206,850	45.5	452,651	60.8
Total	....	454,421	100.0	744,529	100.0