AUSTRALIA

Australia is a land of immigrants. All but 300,000 Australians descended from immigrants who began arriving with the settlement of British convicts in 1788. Native Australians are called aborigines. Australia is a progressive western society with almost uniform literacy. As of July 2001, Australia's est. population is 19,357,594. Out of the population, 92 % are Caucasian , 7% are Asian, with only 1%aboriginies and other ethenticities.

POPULATION GRAPH

Population: 20,264,082 (July 2006 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.6% (male 2,031,313/female 1,936,802) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 6,881,863/female 6,764,709) 65 years and over: 13.1% (male 1,170,589/female 1,478,806) (2006 est.) Median age: total: 36.9 years male: 36 years female: 37.7 years (2006 est.) Population growth rate: 0.85% (2006 est.) Birth rate: 12.14 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) Death rate: 7.51 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) Net migration rate: 3.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.5 years male: 77.64 years female: 83.52 years (2006 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (2006 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 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.)