| People | Australia |
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Population:
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21,766,711 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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3 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 89% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Sydney 4.429 million; Melbourne 3.853 million; Brisbane 1.97 million; Perth 1.599 million; CANBERRA (capital) 384,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.3% (male 2,040,848/female 1,937,544)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male 7,469,092/female 7,266,143)
65 years and over: 14% (male 1,398,576/female 1,654,508) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 37.7 years
male: 37 years
female: 38.4 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.148% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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12.33 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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6.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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8 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 81.81 years
male: 79.4 years
female: 84.35 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.78 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.991 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.82 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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20,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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16.4% (2005) |
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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Protestant 27.4% (Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3%), Catholic 25.8%, Eastern Orthodox 2.7%, other Christian 7.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 11.3%, none 18.7% (2006 Census) |
Languages:
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English 78.5%, Chinese 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% (2006 Census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 21 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.5% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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