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Population
POPULATION COMPOSITION(a) |
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| Reference year | Total population | 0–14 years | 15–59 years | 60 years and over |
Country | | '000 | % | % | % |
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Australia | 2005 | 20 155 | 19.6 | 63.0 | 17.3 |
Canada | 2005 | 32 268 | 17.6 | 64.5 | 17.9 |
China | 2005 | 1 315 844 | 21.4 | 67.7 | 10.9 |
France | 2005 | 60 496 | 18.2 | 60.7 | 21.1 |
Greece | 2005 | 11 120 | 14.3 | 62.7 | 23.0 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2005 | 7 041 | 14.5 | 70.2 | 15.4 |
Indonesia | 2005 | 222 781 | 28.3 | 63.3 | 8.4 |
Italy | 2005 | 58 093 | 14.0 | 60.4 | 25.6 |
Japan | 2005 | 128 085 | 14.0 | 59.7 | 26.3 |
Korea (Republic of) | 2005 | 47 817 | 18.5 | 67.7 | 13.7 |
Malaysia | 2005 | 25 347 | 32.4 | 60.6 | 7.0 |
New Zealand | 2005 | 4 028 | 21.3 | 61.9 | 16.7 |
Papua New Guinea | 2005 | 5 887 | 40.2 | 55.8 | 3.9 |
Singapore | 2005 | 4 326 | 19.5 | 68.2 | 12.2 |
Sweden | 2005 | 9 041 | 17.5 | 59.2 | 23.4 |
United Kingdom | 2005 | 59 668 | 17.9 | 60.9 | 21.2 |
United States of America | 2005 | 298 213 | 20.7 | 62.5 | 16.7 |
Viet Nam | 2005 | 84 238 | 29.6 | 63.0 | 7.5 |
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(a) Medium variant projection.
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects:The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, last viewed 16 May 2006, <http://esa.un.org/unpp/>. |
POPULATION GROWTH(a) |
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| Reference year | Annual average
growth rate(b) | Crude
birth rate(c) | Crude
death rate(c) | Total
fertility rate |
Country | | % | rate | rate | rate |
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Australia | 2005–2010 | 1.0 | 12.3 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
Canada | 2005–2010 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 1.5 |
China | 2005–2010 | 0.6 | 13.2 | 7.1 | 1.7 |
France | 2005–2010 | 0.3 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 1.9 |
Greece | 2005–2010 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 1.3 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2005–2010 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
Indonesia | 2005–2010 | 1.1 | 19.2 | 7.1 | 2.2 |
Italy | 2005–2010 | — | 8.9 | 10.6 | 1.4 |
Japan | 2005–2010 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
Korea (Republic of) | 2005–2010 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 1.2 |
Malaysia | 2005–2010 | 1.7 | 20.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 |
New Zealand | 2005–2010 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 7.4 | 2.0 |
Papua New Guinea | 2005–2010 | 1.8 | 27.8 | 9.6 | 3.6 |
Singapore | 2005–2010 | 1.2 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
Sweden | 2005–2010 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 1.7 |
United Kingdom | 2005–2010 | 0.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 1.7 |
United States of America | 2005–2010 | 0.9 | 13.9 | 8.4 | 2.0 |
Viet Nam | 2005–2010 | 1.3 | 18.9 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
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(a) Medium variant projection.
(b) Data is the average exponential rate of growth.
(c) Per 1,000 population.
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, last viewed 17 May 2006, <http://esa.un.org/unpp/>. |
POPULATION PROJECTIONS(a) |
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| Population | | Median age | | 0–14 years | | 65 years and over |
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| 2005 | 2020 | 2050 | | 2005 | 2020 | 2050 | | 2005 | 2020 | 2050 | | 2005 | 2020 | 2050 |
Country | million | million | million | | years | years | years | | % | % | % | | % | % | % |
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Australia(b) | 20.2 | 23.3 | 27.9 | | 36.6 | 39.8 | 43.6 | | 19.6 | 17.6 | 16.2 | | 12.7 | 17.2 | 23.8 |
Canada | 32.3 | 36.4 | 42.8 | | 38.6 | 42.2 | 45.2 | | 17.6 | 15.2 | 15.7 | | 13.1 | 18.4 | 25.6 |
China | 1 315.8 | 1 423.9 | 1 392.3 | | 32.6 | 37.9 | 44.8 | | 21.4 | 18.4 | 15.7 | | 7.6 | 11.9 | 23.6 |
France | 60.5 | 63.0 | 63.1 | | 39.3 | 42.5 | 45.5 | | 18.2 | 17.0 | 15.7 | | 16.6 | 20.8 | 27.1 |
Greece | 11.1 | 11.2 | 10.7 | | 39.7 | 44.8 | 49.3 | | 14.3 | 13.1 | 13.7 | | 18.2 | 20.2 | 30.2 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.2 | | 38.9 | 45.0 | 51.0 | | 14.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | | 12.0 | 17.4 | 32.3 |
Indonesia | 222.8 | 255.9 | 284.6 | | 26.5 | 31.8 | 40.5 | | 28.3 | 23.1 | 17.6 | | 5.5 | 7.3 | 17.4 |
Italy | 58.1 | 57.1 | 50.9 | | 42.3 | 48.6 | 52.5 | | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.1 | | 20.0 | 24.5 | 35.5 |
Japan | 128.1 | 126.7 | 112.2 | | 42.9 | 48.0 | 52.3 | | 14.0 | 12.9 | 13.4 | | 19.7 | 28.1 | 35.9 |
Korea (Republic of) | 47.8 | 49.4 | 44.6 | | 35.1 | 43.3 | 53.9 | | 18.6 | 13.2 | 12.0 | | 9.4 | 15.6 | 34.5 |
Malaysia | 25.3 | 31.5 | 38.9 | | 24.7 | 29.3 | 39.3 | | 32.4 | 25.2 | 18.2 | | 4.6 | 7.4 | 16.1 |
New Zealand | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | | 35.8 | 38.6 | 44.0 | | 21.3 | 18.3 | 16.0 | | 12.3 | 16.8 | 23.6 |
Papua New Guinea | 5.9 | 7.6 | 10.6 | | 19.7 | 23.8 | 32.1 | | 40.3 | 31.8 | 22.9 | | 2.4 | 3.1 | 7.9 |
Singapore | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | | 37.5 | 45.3 | 52.1 | | 19.5 | 12.7 | 12.6 | | 8.5 | 17.5 | 31.3 |
Sweden | 9.0 | 9.5 | 10.1 | | 40.1 | 42.4 | 43.9 | | 17.5 | 16.7 | 16.1 | | 17.2 | 21.4 | 24.7 |
United Kingdom | 59.7 | 62.5 | 67.1 | | 39.0 | 41.2 | 42.9 | | 17.9 | 16.5 | 16.4 | | 16.0 | 18.8 | 23.2 |
United States of America | 298.2 | 338.4 | 395.0 | | 36.1 | 37.6 | 41.1 | | 20.8 | 19.2 | 17.3 | | 12.3 | 15.8 | 20.6 |
Viet Nam | 84.2 | 99.9 | 116.7 | | 24.9 | 31.2 | 41.3 | | 29.5 | 23.5 | 17.4 | | 5.4 | 6.7 | 18.6 |
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(a) Medium variant projection.
(b) United Nations projections for Australia may not agree with ABS projections owing to differences in assumptions and methodology.
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, last viewed 16 May 2006, <http://esa.un.org/unpp/>. |
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