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Australia vs. India

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AustraliaIndia
Population25,809,973 (July 2021 est.)1,339,330,514 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 18.72% (male 2,457,418/female 2,309,706)

15-24 years: 12.89% (male 1,710,253/female 1,572,794)

25-54 years: 41.15% (male 5,224,840/female 5,255,041)

55-64 years: 11.35% (male 1,395,844/female 1,495,806)

65 years and over: 15.88% (male 1,866,761/female 2,177,996) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 26.31% (male 185,017,089/female 163,844,572)

15-24 years: 17.51% (male 123,423,531/female 108,739,780)

25-54 years: 41.56% (male 285,275,667/female 265,842,319)

55-64 years: 7.91% (male 52,444,817/female 52,447,038)

65 years and over: 6.72% (male 42,054,459/female 47,003,975) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 37.5 years

male: 36.5 years

female: 38.5 years (2020 est.)
total: 28.7 years

male: 28 years

female: 29.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.31% (2021 est.)1.04% (2021 est.)
Birth rate12.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)17.53 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate6.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate7.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female

total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.13 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female

total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 39.55 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 39.47 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 39.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 82.89 years

male: 80.73 years

female: 85.17 years (2021 est.)
total population: 70.03 years

male: 68.71 years

female: 71.49 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.74 children born/woman (2021 est.)2.28 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.1% (2020 est.)0.2% (2017 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Australian(s)

adjective: Australian
noun: Indian(s)

adjective: Indian
Ethnic groupsEnglish 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian Aboriginal .5%), unspecified 5.4% (2011 est.)

note: data represent self-identified ancestry, over a third of respondents reported two ancestries
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS30,000 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
2.3 million (2020 est.)
ReligionsProtestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%, Baptist 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.1%, Lutheran .7%, other Protestant .5%), Roman Catholic 22.6%, other Christian 4.2%, Muslim 2.6%, Buddhist 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% (Eastern Orthodox 2.1%, Oriental Orthodox .2%), Hindu 1.9%, other 1.3%, none 30.1%, unspecified 9.6% (2016 est.)Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
69,000 (2017 est.)
LanguagesEnglish 72.7%, Mandarin 2.5%, Arabic 1.4%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Italian 1.2%, Greek 1%, other 14.8%, unspecified 6.5% (2016 est.)

note: data represent language spoken at home
Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.)

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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 21 years

male: 20 years

female: 21 years (2018)
total: 12 years

male: 11 years

female: 12 years (2019)
Education expenditures5.1% of GDP (2017)3.8% of GDP (2013)
Urbanizationurban population: 86.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

note: data include Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island
urban population: 35.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 2.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 96% of population

rural: 91% of population

total: 92.7% of population

unimproved: urban: 4% of population

rural: 9% of population

total: 7.2% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 93.7% of population

rural: 61.1% of population

total: 72% of population

unimproved: urban: 6.3% of population

rural: 38.9% of population

total: 28% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population5,061 million Melbourne, 4.992 million Sydney, 2.439 million Brisbane, 2.067 million Perth, 1.345 million Adelaide, 462,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2021)31.181 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.668 million Mumbai, 14.974 million Kolkata, 12.765 million Bangalore, 11.235 million Chennai, 10.269 million Hyderabad (2021)
Maternal mortality rate6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Health expenditures9.3% (2018)3.5% (2018)
Physicians density3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017)0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density3.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)0.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate29% (2016)3.9% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth28.7 years (2019 est.)21 years (2015/16)

note: median age a first birth among women 25-49
Contraceptive prevalence rate66.9% (2015/16)

note: percent of women aged 18-44
53.5% (2015/16)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 55.1

youth dependency ratio: 29.9

elderly dependency ratio: 25.1

potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 48.7

youth dependency ratio: 38.9

elderly dependency ratio: 9.8

potential support ratio: 10.2 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook