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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007| Introduction - Australia: |  | Location - Australia: |  | People - Australia: |  | Population | 20,434,176 (July 2007 est.) |  |  |  | Age structure | 0-14 years: 19.3% (male 2,023,375/female 1,929,229) 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 6,945,068/female 6,831,653)
 65 years and over: 13.2% (male 1,197,494/female 1,507,357) (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Median age | total: 37.1 years male: 36.3 years
 female: 38 years (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Population growth rate | 0.824% (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Birth rate | 12.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Death rate | 7.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Net migration rate | 3.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female
 15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female
 65 years and over: 0.794 male(s)/female
 total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Infant mortality rate | total: 4.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births
 female: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.62 years male: 77.75 years
 female: 83.63 years (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Total fertility rate | 1.76 children born/woman (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2003 est.) |  |  |  | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 14,000 (2003 est.) |  |  |  | Hiv aids deaths | less than 200 (2003 est.) |  |  |  | Nationality | noun: Australian(s) adjective: Australian
 |  |  |  | Ethnic groups | white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% |  |  |  | Religions | Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) |  |  |  | Languages | English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census) |  |  |  | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99%
 male: 99%
 female: 99% (2003 est.)
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