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conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australia

Demographics

  • The population is 20,090,437
    • 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)
  • The population growth rate is 0.87%
  • The birth rate is 12.26 births/1,000 population
  • The death rate is 7.44 deaths/1,000 population
  • The life expectancy is total population: 80.39 years
    • male: 77.52 years
    • female: 83.4 years
  • People living with AIDS 14,000
  • Number of people who have died from AIDS is less than 200
  • The ethnic groups are Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
  • The religions are Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%, other 12.6%
  • The languages that are spoken are English and native languages
  • The literacy rate is age 15 and over can read and write
    • total population: 100%
    • male: 100%
    • female: 100%

City

State

Population

Sydney

New South Wales

4.6 million

Melbourne

Victoria

3.1 million

Brisbane

Queensland

1.5 million

Adelaide

South Australia

1 million

Perth

Western Australia

1.2 million

Canberra

Australian Capital Territory

304, 000

Hobart

Tasmania

182, 000

Darwin

Northern Territory

80,000

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Writen by Grant Heineken and Kevin Reyes