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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 Time series [142nd of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 19.8 [174th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 1,919,002 Time series [73rd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 18.8% Time series [166th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 2,022,151 Time series [73rd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 67.2 [68th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 7,038,722 Time series [52nd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 67.9% Time series [62nd of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 7,233,555 Time series [51st of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 1,527,714 Time series [30th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 13.3% Time series [46th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 1,266,166 Time series [30th of 225]
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]
Attitude of women > Women do have equal rights 25% [1st of 8]
Average size of households 2.6 [4th of 17]
Chinese population 454,000 [10th of 127]
Couples with children 28% [21st of 23]
Disabled persons earning capacity 93% [4th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 55% [13th of 15]
Disbility benefit recipients 5.2% [9th of 14]
Divorce rate 2.52 per 1,000 people [7th of 34]
Divorces per 100 marriages 46 divorces per 100 marriag [9th of 20]
Elderly living in institution 7% [3rd of 16]
Ethnicity > London 41,488 [14th of 21]
Female population > Age 10-14 681,950 [69th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.37 [171st of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 680,723 [66th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.36 [185th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 674,398 [61st of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.33 [187th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 659,521 [58th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.25 [192nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 731,701 [52nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.61 [99th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 755,154 [49th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.73 [61st of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 744,829 [42nd of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.68 [61st of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 732,092 [39th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.61 [48th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 667,689 [35th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.29 [44th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 631,318 [34th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.12 [34th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 487,284 [35th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.4 [42nd of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 392,168 [34th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.94 [55th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 326,515 [33rd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.61 [56th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 299,528 [29th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.48 [46th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 460,595 [19th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.27 [3rd of 224]
Gender development 0.938 [3rd of 141]
Gender development index 0.932 [9th of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.759 [10th of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.759 [9th of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Canberra
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
375,703 (2001 census) (Community Relations Commission: ) – 700,000 (est.) (Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: )
Home ownership 69% [3rd of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 13% [2nd of 16]
Jew > Significant geographic populations > Jewish population 100,000 [11th of 15]
Lone parent families 8% [9th of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 714,840 [69th of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.53 [171st of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 713,470 [64th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.52 [187th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 703,926 [61st of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.47 [186th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 684,704 [57th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.38 [191st of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 751,881 [52nd of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.71 [91st of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 767,477 [49th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.79 [68th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 753,683 [42nd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.72 [60th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 735,678 [37th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.63 [49th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 659,704 [35th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.26 [49th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 629,744 [33rd of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.11 [32nd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 481,596 [32nd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.38 [34th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 371,085 [33rd of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.83 [47th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 287,267 [32nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.42 [48th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 241,333 [30th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.19 [34th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 270,904 [21st of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.34 [3rd of 224]
Marriage rate 6.9 [8th of 27]
Nobel prize laureates 6 [15th of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 114 yr 148 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 25 December 1887
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 22 May 2002
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Christina Cock
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 24 [2nd of 22]
Overseas Chinese > 2005 Population 614,694 [12th of 20]
Population > CIA Factbook 21,007,310 Time series [54th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 19.63 % Time series [139th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 67.68 % Time series [42nd of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 12.7 % Time series [37th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 1.18 annual % Time series [104th of 195]
Population in largest city 4,330,653 Time series [31st of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 24.15 % Time series [73rd of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 12,323,670 Time series [22nd of 106]
Population, female > % of total 50.6 % Time series [77th of 190]
Projected population growth 28.9% [88th of 141]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 17 Dec 1990
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 22 Aug 1990
Romanian diaspora > Romanian Population
10,000-20,000(ABS 2001 Census figures report indicating Romanian ancestry; 12,950 reported as Romanian-born (but not necessarily of Romanian ethnicity).)
Rural population 2,398,822 Time series [100th of 193]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.51 annual % Time series [152nd of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 [73rd of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.02 [70th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [78th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.79 [103rd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.99 [101st of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.05 [50th of 215]
Size of houses 70% [5th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 18.4 [11th of 28]
Total Population 20,264,082 [52nd of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 1,396,790 [69th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.89 [172nd of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 1,394,193 [64th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.88 [186th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 1,378,324 [61st of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 6.8 [187th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 1,344,225 [58th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.63 [193rd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 1,483,582 [52nd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 7.32 [98th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 1,522,631 [50th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 7.51 [69th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 1,498,512 [42nd of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.39 [61st of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 1,467,770 [37th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 7.24 [50th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 1,327,393 [35th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.55 [51st of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 1,261,062 [33rd of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.22 [33rd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 968,880 [34th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 4.78 [40th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 763,253 [34th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 3.77 [51st of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 613,782 [32nd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 3.03 [52nd of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 540,861 [29th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 2.67 [45th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 731,499 [19th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 3.61 [3rd of 224]
Total Population > Female 10,180,317 [53rd of 227]
Total Population > Male 10,083,765 [52nd of 227]
Urban population 17,930,180 Time series [36th of 195]
Urban population growth > annual % 1.4 annual % Time series [118th of 195]
Urbanization 91 [18th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 85.9% [7th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 94.8% [7th of 164]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 100 [7th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 76 [18th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 108 [59th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 8 [153rd of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 100 [15th of 172]

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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economist, 9 October 1999; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; divorcereform.org2004; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Wikipedia: London ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; Wikipedia: Jew ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Wikipedia: Overseas Chinese ; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Romanian diaspora ; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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dannielle
15th October 2009 		Where"s the age expectancy on this!!!!!!
Jackson (here)
15th March 2009 		whats the percentage of Urban population in Australia?
jess (duong)
24th September 2007 		how many females are there in australia that are aged 15 compared to males of the same age?
jayden cosic (thomas carr college)
20th November 2006 		is there any statistics on housing in the world
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