Population of Australia
owing to its historical developments and governmental policies consists of people of different races, religion and countries. At first it was the land of the
“Aboriginals”the original inhabitants of Australia.. The mingling of the races started with the formation of the
colonial settlementsof the English people during the later half of the 18 th century. They were followed by the people from the rest of the world, the majority of them being the
Asians, giving the
Australian population a diverse look. There were the
Chinese,Vietnamese, Indians and the Sri Lankans. They came to this island treasured with riches mainly in search of jobs and finally settled there and this all forms the
Australian Population
. The bond that united all these people was love for the country they either belonged or immigrated to. The present
population in Australia
with all these immigrated people as well as the natives is a little over
20million and the
population density is 2.6/ sq.k.m .
Sustainable Population Australia
(SPA) was formed in 1988 and main motive of this ecological group was to preserve the species in Australia and also in the other parts of the world which are becoming endangered species due to the degradation caused by humans.
The huge landmass of
Australia with its scanty population remains an empty land. The majority of the population are the white-skinned people comprising about 92% of the population. The Asians consisting of the Indians, Chinese, Vietnamese form 7% of the population. The remaining 2% of the population consists of the native aboriginals.
Population of Australia
It is the land of immigrants and as far as data is considered as on
July 2006
it was estimated
20,264,082
.
0-14 years: 19.6%(male 2,031,313/female 1,936,802)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 6,881,863/female 6,764,709)
65 years and over: 13.1% (male 1,170,589/female 1,478,806) (2006 est.)
Birth rate
:
12.14 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate
7.51 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate
3.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Among the
Population of Australia
,Christianity is the religion of the majority. The
Hindus, Muslims and the Buddhists form the minority.
English is the principal language spoken, it is also the language of the government. Other major spoken languages are
Chinese and Italian.
Sydney, one of the most important and prosperous cities of
Australia , houses a population of 4.2 million people with a very low population density of 345 people per square kilometer compared to other important cities like New York have a density of 10.194 /sq.k.m.
