Australia's Population

1.     Demography is the composition of a particular human population.

2.    Australia reached the population of 20,000,000 on December 4^th 2003. Australia’s population is growing at a high rate which will soon reach around 42,000,000 by 2050.

3.    The population of Aborigines in Australia before Europeans arrived was estimated to be around 750,000.

4.    The two main ways the population can increase are:

·         Fertility Rate

·         Migration

In 2010, the percentage of the population by fertility rate was 47% and    the percentage for Migration was 53%

5.    The total fertility rate for 2010 was 1.9 per woman.

6.    In 1935, Australia’s fertility rate was just above 2%. At this time in history, the Great Depression was taking place, causing a vast majority to stop having children as it was too expensive. After the Depression, the baby boom occurred as a result of WWII, reaching up to 3.5%.

7.    From 1950, the fertility rate decreased slowly, as the baby boom came to a halt.

8.    The average size of a family in Australia is 1.8 children. In America, the average amount of children per family is 3.14. These two statistics compare to show that Australia ‘replaces’ it’s people while America adds an average of 1.14 people.