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Population
POPULATION COMPOSITION(a)
 | Reference year | Total population | Reference year | 0-14 years | 15-59 years | 60 years and over | Total population |
| Country | | '000 | | % | % | % | '000 |
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| Australia | 2003 | 19,731 | 2000 | 21 | 63 | 16 | r19,153 |
| Canada | 2003 | 31,510 | 2000 | 19 | 64 | 17 | r30,769 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 2003 | 1,304,196 | 2000 | 25 | 65 | 10 | r1,275,215 |
| France | 2003 | 60,144 | 2000 | 19 | 61 | 21 | r59,296 |
| Greece | 2003 | 10,976 | 2000 | 15 | 62 | 23 | r10,903 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2003 | 7,049 | 2000 | r17 | 69 | 14 | r6,807 |
| Indonesia | 2003 | 219,883 | 2000 | 31 | 62 | 8 | r211,559 |
| Italy | 2003 | 57,423 | 2000 | 14 | 62 | 24 | r57,536 |
| Japan | 2003 | 127,654 | 2000 | 15 | 62 | 23 | r127,034 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2003 | 47,700 | 2000 | 21 | 68 | 11 | r46,835 |
| Malaysia | 2003 | 24,425 | 2000 | 34 | r60 | 7 | r23,001 |
| New Zealand | 2003 | 3,875 | 2000 | 23 | r61 | 16 | r3,784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2003 | 5,711 | 2000 | r42 | r54 | 4 | r5,334 |
| Singapore | 2003 | 4,253 | 2000 | 22 | 68 | 11 | r4,016 |
| Sweden | 2003 | 8,876 | 2000 | 18 | 59 | 22 | r8,856 |
| United Kingdom | 2003 | 59,251 | 2000 | 19 | 60 | 21 | r58,689 |
| United States of America | 2003 | 294,043 | 2000 | 22 | 62 | 16 | r285,003 |
| Viet Nam | 2003 | 81,377 | 2000 | 33 | 59 | 8 | 78,137 |
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(a) Medium variant projection.
Source: United Nations 2003, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision <www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2002>, accessed 15 April 2003.
POPULATION GROWTH(a)
| Reference year | Annual average growth rate | Crude birth rate(b) | Crude death rate(b) | Total fertility rate |
| Country | | % | rate | rate | rate |
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| Australia | 2000-2005 | 1.0 | r12 | r7 | r1.7 |
| Canada | 2000-2005 | 0.8 | r10 | 8 | r1.5 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 2000-2005 | 0.7 | 15 | 7 | 1.8 |
| France | 2000-2005 | r0.5 | r13 | r9 | r1.9 |
| Greece | 2000-2005 | r0.1 | 9 | r11 | r1.3 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2000-2005 | r1.1 | r9 | 6 | r1.0 |
| Indonesia | 2000-2005 | r1.3 | r21 | 7 | r2.4 |
| Italy | 2000-2005 | -0.1 | 9 | 11 | 1.2 |
| Japan | 2000-2005 | 0.1 | r9 | r8 | 1.3 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2000-2005 | r0.6 | r12 | r6 | r1.4 |
| Malaysia | 2000-2005 | r1.9 | r23 | 5 | 2.9 |
| New Zealand | 2000-2005 | r0.8 | 14 | 8 | 2.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2000-2005 | 2.2 | r32 | 9 | r4.1 |
| Singapore | 2000-2005 | 1.7 | r10 | 5 | r1.4 |
| Sweden | 2000-2005 | r0.1 | 10 | 11 | r1.6 |
| United Kingdom | 2000-2005 | r0.3 | 11 | r10 | 1.6 |
| United States of America | 2000-2005 | r1.0 | r15 | r8 | r2.1 |
| Viet Nam | 2000-2005 | r1.4 | 20 | 6 | 2.3 |
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(a) Medium variant projection.
(b) Per 1,000 population.
Source: United Nations 2003, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision </www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2002>, accessed 15 April 2003; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, <www.esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 23 April 2003.
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 |
| Country | million | million | million | | years | years | years | | % | % | % | | % | % | % |
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| Australia(b) | 20.1 | r22.5 | r25.6 | | r36.5 | r40.1 | r43.7 | | r19.4 | r16.9 | r16.3 | | r12.8 | r17.3 | r23.9 |
| Canada | 32.0 | r35.2 | r39.1 | | r38.9 | r43.0 | r45.8 | | r17.3 | r14.7 | r15.4 | | r13.2 | r18.7 | r25.7 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | r1,322.3 | r1,429.5 | r1,395.2 | | 32.4 | 37.4 | 43.8 | | 21.8 | r18.8 | r16.1 | | 7.5 | r11.7 | r22.9 |
| France | r60.7 | r63.6 | r64.2 | | r38.9 | r42.2 | r45.1 | | r18.4 | r17.2 | r15.9 | | r16.3 | r20.3 | r26.4 |
| Greece | r11.0 | r10.8 | r9.8 | | r40.8 | r46.3 | r51.3 | | r14.3 | r12.7 | r13.6 | | r19.0 | r22.3 | r33.2 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | r7.2 | r8.2 | r9.4 | | r38.6 | r44.5 | r48.5 | | r14.6 | r12.9 | r14.5 | | 11.4 | r16.4 | r29.6 |
| Indonesia | 225.3 | r261.1 | r293.8 | | r26.2 | r31.3 | r39.9 | | r28.7 | r23.8 | r18.0 | | r5.5 | r7.1 | r16.9 |
| Italy | r57.3 | r54.3 | r44.9 | | 42.2 | r48.5 | r52.4 | | r13.9 | r11.7 | r13.0 | | 19.6 | r23.7 | r34.4 |
| Japan | r127.9 | r125.6 | r109.7 | | 42.8 | r48.2 | r53.2 | | r14.0 | r12.4 | r13.0 | | r19.7 | r28.1 | r36.5 |
| Korea (Republic of) | r48.2 | r50.0 | r46.4 | | r34.4 | r42.1 | r50.2 | | r19.4 | r14.5 | r13.8 | | r8.8 | r14.0 | r30.5 |
| Malaysia | r25.3 | r31.6 | r39.6 | | r24.8 | r29.2 | r38.3 | | r32.3 | r25.5 | r18.4 | | r4.6 | r7.4 | r15.7 |
| New Zealand | 3.9 | r4.3 | r4.5 | | 36.0 | r39.2 | r43.7 | | r21.8 | r18.6 | r16.3 | | r12.1 | 16.3 | r22.9 |
| Papua New Guinea | r6.0 | r7.8 | r11.1 | | r19.7 | r23.9 | r32.8 | | r40.3 | r31.7 | r22.3 | | r2.5 | r3.3 | r8.8 |
| Singapore | 4.4 | r4.8 | r4.5 | | r37.5 | r45.5 | r52.0 | | r19.6 | r12.2 | r12.6 | | 8.4 | r17.4 | r30.5 |
| Sweden | r8.9 | r9.0 | r8.7 | | r41.0 | r44.3 | r46.3 | | r17.0 | r16.0 | r15.2 | | r17.7 | r22.7 | r27.0 |
| United Kingdom | r59.6 | r62.3 | r66.2 | | r38.8 | r41.4 | r43.8 | | r17.9 | r15.9 | r16.1 | | r15.9 | r18.6 | r23.3 |
| United States of America | r300.0 | r344.3 | r408.7 | | r35.9 | r37.0 | r39.7 | | r21.2 | r20.0 | r17.9 | | 12.3 | r15.9 | r20.0 |
| Viet Nam | r83.6 | r100.1 | r117.7 | | r24.9 | 30.9 | r40.4 | | r29.4 | r24.3 | r17.8 | | 5.4 | r6.6 | r18.0 |
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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 2002 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision <www.esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 23 April 2003.
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