4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1994
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/05/1994
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Population
POPULATION COMPOSITION
Reference year
Total population
Aged 0-14 years
Aged 15-64 years
Aged 65 years and over
Dependency ratio
Country '000
%
%
%
no.
Australia 1992
17 596
21.7
66.9
11.4
0.49
Canada 1992
27,367
20.8
67.4
11.8
0.48
China 1992
1,187,997
27.2
66.9
5.9
0.49
France 1992
57,182
20.0
65.6
14.4
0.52
Greece 1992
10,182
18.5
67.1
14.4
0.49
Hong Kong 1992
5,800
20.0
70.6
9.3
0.42
Indonesia 1992
191,170
34.7
61.2
4.1
0.63
Italy 1992
57,782
16.4
68.9
14.7
0.45
Japan 1992
124,491
17.6
69.8
12.5
0.43
Korea (Republic of) 1992
44,163
24.5
70.5
5.0
0.42
Malaysia 1992
18,792
38.2
58.0
3.8
0.72
New Zealand 1992
3,455
23.0
66.0
11.0
0.52
Papua New Guinea 1992
4,056
40.2
57.3
2.5
0.75
Singapore 1992
2,769
22.8
71.4
6.0
0.40
Sweden 1992
8,652
18.2
64.1
17.6
0.56
United Kingdom 1992
57,696
19.3
65.0
15.7
0.54
United States of America 1992
255,159
21.7
65.7
12.6
0.52
Viet Nam 1992
69,485
37.9
57.3
4.8
0.75
Source: World Health Organisation (1993) World Health Statistics Annual 1992
POPULATION GROWTH
Reference year
Annual average growth rate
Reference year
Annual rate of natural increase
Crude birth rate(a)
Crude death rate(a)
Reference year
Total fertility rate
Country %
%
no.
no.
no.
Australia 1985-91
1.6
1,990
0.8
15.4
7.0
1990
1.9
Canada 1985-91
1.2
1991
0.8
15.3
7.3
1990
1.7
China 1985-91
1.4
1985-90
1.5
21.2
6.7
1990
2.4
France 1985-91
0.6
1991
0.4
13.3
9.2
1990
1.8
Greece 1985-91
0.2
1989
0.1
10.1
9.2
1990
1.5
Hong Kong 1985-91
1.3
1990
0.7
11.7
4.9
1990
1.4
Indonesia 1985-91
2.2
1985-90
1.9
28.6
9.4
1990
3.5
Italy 1985-91
n.a.
1990
0.1
9.8
9.3
1990
1.3
Japan 1985-91
0.4
1991
0.3
9.9
6.7
1990
1.7
Korea (Republic of) 1985-91
1.0
1989
0.9
14.5
5.4
1990
1.7
Malaysia 1985-91
2.6
1990
2.3
28.0
4.7
1990
4.0
New Zealand 1985-91
0.7
1991
1.0
17.8
7.8
1990
2.0
Papua New Guinea 1985-91
2.0
1985-90
2.3
34.2
11.6
1990
5.3
Singapore 1985-91
1.3
1991
1.3
17.8
5.0
1990
1.7
Sweden 1985-91
0.6
1991
0.3
14.3
11.0
1990
1.9
United Kingdom 1985-91
0.2
1991
0.3
13.8
11.3
1990
1.8
United States of America 1985-91
1.0
1991
0.8
16.3
8.6
1990
1.9
Viet Nam 1985-91
2.2
1985-90
2.2
31.8
9.5
1990
4.2
(a) Per 1,000 population .
Source: United Nations (1992) 1991 Demographic Yearbook
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Population
Median age
Aged 0-14 years
Aged 65 years and over
2000
2010
2025
2000
2010
2025
2000
2010
2025
2000
2010
2025
Country million
million
million
years
years
years
%
%
%
%
%
%
Australia(a) 18.9
20.6
23.0
34.8
37.4
40
30.3
28.3
27.9
17.2
18.8
27.1
Canada 28.5
30.1
31.9
37.4
40.3
42.8
27.3
25.2
26.2
18.5
21.1
34.0
China 1,299.2
1,395.3
1,512.6
29.8
34.2
37.9
39.9
30.1
26.9
10.5
11.4
18.7
France 58.1
59.4
60.4
37.3
39.8
42.2
29.7
27.5
27.5
23.7
23.8
33.5
Greece 10.2
10.2
10.1
38.4
40.9
43.9
26.0
26.4
25.6
25.7
28.5
33.2
Hong Kong 6.3
6.5
6.5
36.8
41.4
47.4
24.6
21.7
20.4
15.7
17.0
36.5
Indonesia 218.7
246.7
285.9
24.7
28.4
33.3
49.1
38.6
33.0
8.0
9.5
13.4
Italy 57.2
56.2
53.0
39.3
42.9
48.0
22.9
22.9
20.7
24.9
28.3
35.6
Japan 128.5
131.0
127.5
39.7
41.8
45.6
25.2
27.4
24.5
23.6
31.1
39.1
Korea (Republic of) 46.4
49.5
51.6
31.6
36.2
41.5
29.4
27.0
24.3
8.9
12.1
21.1
Malaysia 22.0
25.2
30.1
22.9
26.7
32.6
55.9
38.7
34.9
6.8
7.8
12.8
New Zealand 3.7
3.9
4.1
33.9
37.1
40.0
33.0
28.9
27.8
16.7
18.2
26.7
Papua New Guinea 4.8
5.8
7.3
20.2
22.2
26.6
67.0
56.6
41.7
4.4
4.4
5.7
Singapore 3.0
3.2
3.3
34.6
38.5
41.6
31.5
25.1
26.4
10.3
13.2
29.9
Sweden 8.6
8.6
8.6
39.9
41.8
43.2
29.0
26.2
26.5
26.7
29.2
36.6
United Kingdom 58.4
59.0
59.7
37.4
40.3
41.8
30.0
27.0
27.3
23.2
23.7
30.7
United States of America 266.1
280.9
299.9
36.5
38.9
40.9
30.1
27.4
28.7
19.1
20.0
31.7
Viet Nam 82.4
97.4
117.5
22.0
25.0
30.4
59.3
46.9
34.8
7.5
6.5
9.3
(a) United Nations projections for Australia may not agree with ABS projections due to differences in assumptions and methodology.
Source: United Nations (1991) World Population Prospects 1990
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