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Population
POPULATION COMPOSITION(a)
 | Reference
year | Total
population | 0-14
years | 15-59
years | 60 years
and over |
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| Country | | '000 | % | % | % |
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| Australia | 2005 | 20,155 | 20 | 63 | 17 |
| Canada | 2005 | 32,268 | 18 | 65 | 18 |
| China | 2005 | 1,315,844 | 21 | 68 | 11 |
| France | 2005 | 60,496 | 18 | 61 | 21 |
| Greece | 2005 | 11,120 | 14 | 63 | 23 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2005 | 7,041 | 14 | 70 | 15 |
| Indonesia | 2005 | 222,781 | 28 | 63 | 8 |
| Italy | 2005 | 58,093 | 14 | 60 | 26 |
| Japan | 2005 | 128,085 | 14 | 60 | 26 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2005 | 47,817 | 19 | 68 | 14 |
| Malaysia | 2005 | 25,347 | 32 | 61 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 2005 | 4,028 | 21 | 62 | 17 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2005 | 5,887 | 40 | 56 | 4 |
| Singapore | 2005 | 4,326 | 20 | 68 | 12 |
| Sweden | 2005 | 9,041 | 18 | 59 | 23 |
| United Kingdom | 2005 | 59,668 | 18 | 61 | 21 |
| United States of America | 2005 | 298,213 | 21 | 63 | 17 |
| Viet Nam | 2005 | 84,238 | 30 | 63 | 8 |
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(a) Medium variant projection.
Source: United Nations 2005, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, <www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2004wpphighlightsfinal.pdf> accessed 31 March 2005. |
POPULATION GROWTH(a)
| Reference
year | Annual average
growth rate(b) | Crude
birth rate(c) | Crude
death rate(c) | Total
fertility rate |
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| Country | | % | rate | rate | rate |
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| Australia | 2000-2005 | r1.1 | r13 | 7 | r1.8 |
| Canada | 2000-2005 | r1.0 | r11 | r7 | 1.5 |
| China | 2000-2005 | 0.7 | r14 | 7 | r1.7 |
| France | 2000-2005 | r0.4 | 13 | 9 | 1.9 |
| Greece | 2000-2005 | r0.3 | 9 | r10 | 1.3 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2000-2005 | r1.2 | r8 | r5 | r0.9 |
| Indonesia | 2000-2005 | 1.3 | 21 | r8 | 2.4 |
| Italy | 2000-2005 | r0.1 | 9 | r10 | r1.3 |
| Japan | 2000-2005 | r0.2 | 9 | 8 | 1.3 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2000-2005 | r0.4 | r10 | 6 | r1.2 |
| Malaysia | 2000-2005 | r2.0 | 23 | 5 | 2.9 |
| New Zealand | 2000-2005 | r1.1 | 14 | r7 | 2.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2000-2005 | r2.1 | 32 | r11 | 4.1 |
| Singapore | 2000-2005 | r1.5 | 10 | 5 | 1.4 |
| Sweden | 2000-2005 | r0.4 | r11 | r10 | 1.6 |
| United Kingdom | 2000-2005 | 0.3 | 11 | 10 | r1.7 |
| United States of America | 2000-2005 | 1.0 | r14 | 8 | 2.1 |
| Viet Nam | 2000-2005 | 1.4 | 20 | 6 | 2.3 |
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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, <www.esa.un.org/unpp> , accessed 31 March 2005 and 27 April 2005. |
POPULATION PROJECTIONS(a)
| 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 |
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| Country | million | million | million | | years | years | years | | % | % | % | | % | % | % |
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| Australia(b) | r20.2 | r23.3 | r27.9 | | r36.6 | r39.8 | r43.6 | | r19.6 | r17.6 | r16.2 | | r12.7 | r17.2 | r23.8 |
| Canada | r32.3 | r36.4 | r42.8 | | r38.6 | r42.2 | r45.2 | | r17.6 | r15.2 | r15.7 | | r13.1 | r18.4 | r25.6 |
| China | r1 315.8 | r1 423.9 | r1 392.3 | | r32.6 | r37.9 | r44.8 | | r21.4 | r18.4 | r15.7 | | r7.6 | r11.9 | r23.6 |
| France | r60.5 | r63.0 | r63.1 | | r39.3 | r42.5 | r45.5 | | r18.2 | r17.0 | r15.7 | | r16.6 | r20.8 | r27.1 |
| Greece | r11.1 | r11.2 | r10.7 | | r39.7 | r44.8 | r49.3 | | 14.3 | r13.1 | r13.7 | | r18.2 | r20.2 | r30.2 |
Hong Kong
(SAR of China) | r7.0 | r8.1 | r9.2 | | r38.9 | r45.0 | r51.0 | | r14.4 | r12.4 | r12.4 | | r12.0 | r17.4 | r32.3 |
| Indonesia | r222.8 | r255.9 | r284.6 | | r26.5 | r31.8 | r40.5 | | r28.3 | r23.1 | r17.6 | | r5.5 | r7.3 | r17.4 |
| Italy | r58.1 | r57.1 | r50.9 | | r42.3 | r48.6 | r52.5 | | r14.0 | r12.5 | r13.1 | | r20.0 | r24.5 | r35.5 |
| Japan | r128.1 | r126.7 | r112.2 | | r42.9 | r48.0 | r52.3 | | 14.0 | r12.9 | r13.4 | | 19.7 | 28.1 | r35.9 |
| Korea (Republic of) | r47.8 | r49.4 | r44.6 | | r35.1 | r43.3 | r53.9 | | r18.6 | r13.2 | r12.0 | | r9.4 | r15.6 | r34.5 |
| Malaysia | 25.3 | r31.5 | r38.9 | | r24.7 | r29.3 | r39.3 | | r32.4 | r25.2 | r18.2 | | 4.6 | 7.4 | r16.1 |
| New Zealand | r4.0 | r4.4 | r4.8 | | r35.8 | r38.6 | r44.0 | | r21.3 | 18.3 | r16.0 | | r12.3 | r16.8 | r23.6 |
| Papua New Guinea | r5.9 | r7.6 | r10.6 | | 19.7 | r23.8 | r32.1 | | 40.3 | r31.8 | r22.9 | | r2.4 | r3.1 | r7.9 |
| Singapore | r4.3 | r5.0 | r5.2 | | 37.5 | r45.3 | r52.1 | | r19.5 | r12.7 | 12.6 | | r8.5 | r17.5 | r31.3 |
| Sweden | r9.0 | r9.5 | r10.1 | | r40.1 | r42.4 | r43.9 | | r17.5 | r16.7 | r16.1 | | r17.2 | r21.4 | r24.7 |
| United Kingdom | r59.7 | r62.5 | r67.1 | | r39.0 | r41.2 | r42.9 | | 17.9 | r16.5 | r16.4 | | r16.0 | r18.8 | r23.2 |
| United States of America | r298.2 | r338.4 | r395.0 | | r36.1 | r37.6 | r41.1 | | r20.8 | r19.2 | r17.3 | | 12.3 | r15.8 | r20.6 |
| Viet Nam | r84.2 | r99.9 | r116.7 | | 24.9 | r31.2 | 41.3 | | r29.5 | r23.5 | r17.4 | | 5.4 | r6.7 | r18.6 |
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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 <www.esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 31 March 2005. |
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