IBS220 Population Demographics
Questions:
The estimated total population of Australia increased from 11,704,800 on 30/6/1966 to 25,363,700 on 30/6/2019.
Table A presents Age-Specific Fertility Rates (per 1000 women) and the numbers of women in the population on 30th June by age for Australia in 1961 and for Australia in 2019.
Table A
Age-Specific Fend ty Rate (per 1000) Number of Women Aged x
Age (x) 1961 2019 1961 2019
15-19 47.4 8.7 394,300 728,500
20-24 225.8 39.7 335,000 850,700
25-29 221.2 83.8 312,100 949,100
30-34 131.1 114.9 352,300 959,400
35-39 63.4 69.5 371,700 896,900
40-44 19.2 15.6 334,400 802,591
45-49 1.4 1.3 323,600 854,071
Based on the data provided in the question and in Table A, answer the following questions:
(a) Plot a line graph showing the tabulated values of Age-Specific Fertility Rates for Australia 1961 and Australia 2019.
18) (b) Calculate the Total Fertility Rate for Australia 1961 and for Australia 2019,
expressing each of your answers on a per woman basis and giving each answer to two decimal places.
14) (c) Calculate the total number of births for Australia in 1961 and the total number of
births for Australia in 2019, giving each answer to the nearest whole number.
12) (d) Calculate the Crude Birth Rate for Australia for 1961 and for 2019, expressing your
answers per 1000 population and giving each answer to one decimal place.
Table B presents selected values from the Tx columns of life tables for females (both with lo = 100,000) for Australia for 1961 and for 2019.
|
Age x
|
T.
|
|
1961
|
2019
|
|
15
|
5,949,039
|
7,009,481
|
|
20
|
5,461,987
|
6,511,853
|
|
25
|
4,976,341
|
6,014,784
|
|
30
|
4,492,235
|
5,518,329
|
|
35
|
4,010,093
|
5,022,634
|
|
40
|
3,530,830
|
4,528,118
|
|
45
|
3,055,942
|
4,035,423
|
|
50
|
2,587,891
|
3,545,493
|
