Australia's Population Questions

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? 4th of December, 2003. 
3. How many Aboriginal people are estimated to have lived in Australia before Europeans arrived? Around 315,000.
4. What the two main ways the population can grow? What percentage of the population growth in 2010 can be attributed to each way? If the fertility rate grows and if they death rate slows. 
5. What is the total fertility rate for 2010? 1-2 children. 
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? It was very low as it was in the middle of the great depression but then it steadily grew over the years. 
7. What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950? It decreases.
8. What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US? Around 2 where as the US is around 3 people which shows that the US usually has a larger family but not by much.