Australia People:
Population:
20,090,437 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.8% (male:2,038,809; female:1,943,563)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male:6,815,600; female:6,695,189)
65 years and over: 12.9% (male:1,145,274; female:1,452,002) (2005)
Median age:
total: 36.56 years
male: 35.74 years
female: 37.4 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.87% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.26 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.44 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.91 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.69 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 5.08 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 4.27 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 80.39 years (2005 est.)
male: 77.52 years
female: 83.4 years
Total fertility rate:
1.76 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
14,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Australian(s)
adjective: Australian
Ethnic groups:
Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
Religions:
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)
Languages:
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (1980)
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