25,809,973 (July 2021 est.)
noun: Australian(s)
adjective: Australian
English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian Aboriginal .5%), unspecified 5.4% (2011 est.)
note: data represent self-identified ancestry, over a third of respondents reported two ancestries
English 72.7%, Mandarin 2.5%, Arabic 1.4%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Italian 1.2%, Greek 1%, other 14.8%, unspecified 6.5% (2016 est.)
note: data represent language spoken at home
Protestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%, Baptist 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.1%, Lutheran .7%, other Protestant .5%), Roman Catholic 22.6%, other Christian 4.2%, Muslim 2.6%, Buddhist 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% (Eastern Orthodox 2.1%, Oriental Orthodox .2%), Hindu 1.9%, other 1.3%, none 30.1%, unspecified 9.6% (2016 est.)
0-14 years: 18.72% (male 2,457,418/female 2,309,706)
15-24 years: 12.89% (male 1,710,253/female 1,572,794)
25-54 years: 41.15% (male 5,224,840/female 5,255,041)
55-64 years: 11.35% (male 1,395,844/female 1,495,806)
65 years and over: 15.88% (male 1,866,761/female 2,177,996) (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 55.1
youth dependency ratio: 29.9
elderly dependency ratio: 25.1
potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.)
total: 37.5 years
male: 36.5 years
female: 38.5 years (2020 est.)
1.31% (2021 est.)
12.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
6.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
7.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
population is primarily located on the periphery, with the highest concentration of people residing in the east and southeast; a secondary population center is located in and around Perth in the west; of the States and Territories, New South Wales has, by far, the largest population; the interior, or "outback", has a very sparse population
urban population: 86.4% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 1.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: data include Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island
5,061 million Melbourne, 4.992 million Sydney, 2.439 million Brisbane, 2.067 million Perth, 1.345 million Adelaide, 462,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2021)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
28.7 years (2019 est.)
6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total population: 82.89 years
male: 80.73 years
female: 85.17 years (2021 est.)
1.74 children born/woman (2021 est.)
66.9% (2015/16)
note: percent of women aged 18-44
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
9.3% (2018)
3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
3.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)
improved: total: 100% of population
unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
0.1% (2020 est.)
30,000 (2020 est.)
note: estimate does not include children
note: estimate does not include children
29% (2016)
5.1% of GDP (2017)
total: 21 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2018)
total: 14.3%
male: 15.3%
female: 13.2% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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