Australian Demographic Statistics

Background

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides historical data and latest information on sex and age distribution of population and demographic indicators such as fertility, mortality and migration. The present demographic database is prepared based on this ABS website.

Purpose

The main purpose of this database is to provide up-to-date information about Australia's population and demographic indicators which are easy to access and understand. The database contains tables (in excel files) which exhibit trends in population growth and demographic indicators. These data are also shown in the form of charts to present the trends more clearly. For example, changes in sex and age distribution of the population are presented in the form of age pyramid, which clearly shows a gradual shift in age distribution of the population, moving from a young population to an ageing population.

Database

Australian Demographic Database (Excel zip file 107KB)

The contents of the database are as follows:

Table 1: Historical population of Australia (31 December) 1800 to 2009
Table 2: Annual rate of population growth and sex ratio, Australia, 1810 to 2009
Table 3: Population distribution by states and territories (30 June) 1911 to 2009
Table 4: Components of population change, natural increase and overseas migration (30 June) Australia 1975 to 2010
Table 5: Sex-age distribution of population of Australia (30 June), 1901 to 2010
Table 6: Population of Australia by broad age groups (30 June), 1901 to 2010
Table 7: Population pyramid of Australia, 1901 to 2010
Table 8: Percentage distribution of population by broad age groups, Australia 1901 to 2010
Table 9: Dependency ratio (young, old and total), Australia, 1901 to 2010
Table 10: Age-specific and total fertility rates, Australia, 1921 to 2009
Table 11: Total fertility rate by states and territories, 1947 to 2009
Table 12: Median age of mother, all confinements and nuptial first confinement, Australia, 1975 to 2009
Table 13: Infant mortality rates by states and territories, 1911 to 2006
Table 14: Life expectancy at birth by sex, states and territories, 1971 to 2009
Table 15: Life expectancy at birth and at old ages by sex, Australia, 1901 to 2009
Table 16: Median age at marriage by sex, states and territories, 1980 to 2007
Table 17: Age-specific marriage rate (per 1,000), Australia, 1976 to 2007
Table 18: Net overseas migration in Australia (30 June) 1972 to 2010
Table 19: Net overseas migration by states and territories (30 June) 1972 to 2010
To move to the different tables click on the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet or the links from the contents page.