Australia Population Pyramid 1970

Australia
1970
Population: 12,599,411

Year

-5 -1   1970  +1 +5

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Australia in 1970

As of 1970, Australia counted 12,599,411 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1960, the population was 10,280,813; it has grown by 22.6% since. Half of the population was younger than 27.7 years; 28.8% were children under 15 and 8.3% were 65 or older. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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