| Population: |
20,434,176 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 19.3% (male 2,023,375/female 1,929,229)
15-64 years: 67.4% (male 6,945,068/female 6,831,653)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male 1,197,494/female 1,507,357) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
0.824% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
12.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
7.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
3.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.794 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.57 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 80.62 years
male: 77.75 years
female: 83.63 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.76 children born/woman (2007 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: |
white 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 Census) |
| Languages: |
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
