1. What is demography? Demography is the statistical study of human population.
2. In what year did the Australian population reach 20 million? How quickly is the population growing? 2003, December 4th, in 2009 it was one million in 2 years, so its steadily rising.
3. How many Aboriginal people are estimated to have lived in Australia before Europeans arrived? 300 000 and one million, immigration = 53%, natural birth = 47%
4. What the two main ways the population can grow? What percentage of the population growth in 2010 can be attributed to each way? Immigration and natural birth, 133.000 people moved to Australia in 2010.
5. What is the total fertility rate for 2010? Births/Women 1.78
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? Births/women 2.1
7. What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950? It goes down on a slope and levels out.
8. What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US? 2.6 per house in Australia, 2.59 in America