Australia/New Zealand Population Pyramid 1978
Australia/New Zealand in 1978
The population of Australia/New Zealand in 1978 was 17,509,342. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 18.4%, up from 14,784,538 in 1968.
With a median age of 28.6 years, Australia/New Zealand had a youth dependency ratio of 41.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 14.4 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
9,472,539 immigrants live in Australia/New Zealand.
| United Kingdom | 1,361,626 |
| India | 1,025,751 |
| China | 802,170 |
| New Zealand | 588,088 |
| Philippines | 464,455 |
1,104,986 people born in Australia/New Zealand live in other countries.
| Australia | 588,088 |
| United Kingdom | 175,081 |
| New Zealand | 89,129 |
| Canada | 37,652 |
| Malta | 22,974 |





