| People | Australia |
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Population:
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20,600,856 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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3 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 19.1% (male 2,014,230/female 1,920,604)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 7,005,588/female 6,895,817)
65 years and over: 13.4% (male 1,226,432/female 1,538,185) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 37.4 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 38.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.801% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.9 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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3.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.73 years
male: 77.86 years
female: 83.75 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.76 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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14,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Australian(s)
adjective: Australian |
Ethnic groups:
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white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% |
Religions:
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Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) |
Languages:
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English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
People - note:
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void |
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