1) What is demography? - The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations
2) In what year did the Australian population reach 20 million? How quickly is the population growing?
-December 4th 2003, the population of Australia is growing at an increasingly higher rate of which the populations are expected to hit the 45 million mark by 2050.
-December 4th 2003, the population of Australia is growing at an increasingly higher rate of which the populations are expected to hit the 45 million mark by 2050.
3) How many Aboriginal people are estimated to have lived in Australia before Europeans arrived?
- It is estimated that between 400,000 and 750,000 Aboriginals lived in Australia before white settlers
4) What the two main ways the population can grow? What percentage of the population growth in 2010 can be attributed to each way? -The two main ways in which a population can grow is through immigration and native births. Immigration accounted for 53 % and 47% of immigrants.
5) What is the total fertility rate for 2010? - The fertility rate for 2010 rose to 1.9 per woman
6) What was the total fertility rate for Australia in 1935? How does this compare to other years? Why do you think that it compares this way?
- the total fertility rate of Australia in 1935 it was around 2.0% this is high compared to earlier years when the great depression took effect.
7) What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950?
- Form the 1950 it has slowly decreased with a slight spike when the baby bonds were introduced a couple of years back
8) What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US? - The average family size in Australia is about 2.6, in comparism to the US family size of 3.14 it is quite small.
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