Monday, August 22, 2011
Australian Facts and Stuff
1. What is demography?
Is the study of human population.
2. In what year did the Australian population reach 20 million? How quickly is the population growing?
December 4 2003 and it is rising very quickly with lots of immigrants coming in.
3. How many Aboriginal people are estimated to have lived in Australia before Europeans arrived?
at least 750,000
4. What the two main ways the population can grow? What percentage of the population growth in 2010 can be attributed to each way?
immigration and birth rate.
5. What is the total fertility rate for 2010?
1.2 per woman
6. What was the total fertility rate for Australia in 1935? How does this compare to other years? 7. Why do you think that it compares this way?
2.1 per woman
8. What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950?
it has shrunk dramatically and the population is growing slower than before.
9. What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US?
2.6 children in AUS, and in the US it is 2.6 very much the same
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