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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)
Reference year
Annual average growth rate(b)
Crude
birth rate(c)
Crude death rate(c)
Total fertility rate
Country
%
rate
rate
rate
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
(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)
Population
Median age
0–14 years
65 years and over
2005
2020
2050
2005
2020
2050
2005
2020
2050
2005
2020
2050
Country
million
million
million
years
years
years
%
%
%
%
%
%
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
(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/>.