1) What is demography?
The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

2) In what year did the Australian population reach 20 million? How quickly is the population growing?
Australia's Population hit 20 million around the 4th of December 2003 and our population growth rate is 2.0% p.a.

3) How many Aboriginal people are estimated to have lived in Australia before Europeans arrived?
It is estimated that between 350,000 and 750,000 Aboriginals lived in Australia before the arrival of the first fleet.

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 is one big way that population can grow and also normal birth rates per year contribute to our overall population.

5) What is the total fertility rate for 2010?
The fertility rate in Australia in 2010 was 1.9% per woman.

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?
The total fertility rate for Australia was just above 2%. Compared to previous years, the 1935fertility rate was quite low, however in the late 40's and 50's a population boom struck Australia. The reason why the fertility rate was lower when compared to other years was that the great depression was occurring around 1935.

7) What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950?
Since 1950 the fertility rate is gradually climbing.

8) What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US?
Australia is 2.8% while USA is 2.59%