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Oceania > Australia > People

AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age at first marriage for men 30.6 years [9th of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 28.6 years [6th of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.48 ... [142nd of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 19.8 [174th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years 19.6 % [172nd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 1,929,229 [73rd of 221]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 19.3 % [170th of 223]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 2,023,375 [72nd of 221]
Age structure > 15-64 years 67.2 [68th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 67.3 % [69th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 6,831,653 [51st of 221]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 67.4 % [70th of 223]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 6,945,068 [51st of 221]
Age structure > 65 years and over 13.1 % [45th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 1,507,357 [29th of 221]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 13.2 % [45th of 223]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 1,197,494 [29th of 221]
Attitude of women > Should have equal rights 77% [2nd of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are better off now 95% [2nd of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are happier now 38% [4th of 9]

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SOURCES: 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Economist, 9 October 1999

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

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