3311.3 - Demography, Queensland, 2001  
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APPENDIX 2: HISTORICAL SUMMARY


ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS
Year
Population (a)
Births
Deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages
Divorces
Crude
birth rate(b)
Crude death rate(b)
Infant mortality rate(c)
Crude marriage rate(b)
Crude divorce rate(b)
1911
623,123
16,984
6,544
1,110
5,167
27
27.6
10.7
65.4
8.4
-
1916
677,026
18,912
7,514
1,329
5,208
22
27.6
11.0
70.3
7.6
-
1921
765,724
20,329
7,142
1,101
5,963
56
26.7
9.4
54.2
7.8
0.1
1926
862,486
19,764
8,214
1,001
6,428
99
23.1
9.6
50.7
7.5
0.1
1931
929,726
17,833
7,525
654
5,951
107
19.3
8.1
36.7
6.4
0.1
1936
982,978
18,755
8,593
679
8,306
161
19.2
8.8
36.2
8.5
0.2
1941
1,038,471
21,519
9,530
842
9,885
253
20.8
9.2
39.1
9.5
0.2
1946
1,096,831
27,024
10,648
791
11,666
1,154
24.8
9.8
29.3
10.7
1.0
1951
1,238,278
29,652
11,105
761
10,814
701
24.2
9.1
25.7
8.8
0.6
1956
1,392,573
32,409
12,186
737
9,934
703
23.5
8.9
22.7
7.2
0.5
1961(d)
1,540,251
36,637
12,756
733
10,392
779
24.2
8.4
20.0
6.9
0.5
1966
1,687,062
32,903
14,900
587
13,339
1,031
19.7
8.9
17.8
8.0
0.6
1971
1,874,930
39,970
16,339
766
16,538
1,404
21.7
8.9
19.2
9.0
0.8
1976
2,110,431
35,243
17,239
535
16,703
(f)9,611
16.9
8.2
15.2
8.0
4.6
1981(e)
2,387,943
38,935
17,037
406
18,305
6,470
16.6
7.3
10.4
7.8
2.8
1986
2,649,694
40,371
17,861
351
18,030
7,042
15.4
6.8
8.7
6.9
2.7
1991
2,995,060
44,160
19,175
335
19,844
8,934
14.9
6.5
7.6
6.7
3.0
1992
3,029,950
4,624
20,496
365
20,316
8,984
15.3
6.8
7.9
6.7
3.0
1993
3,109,788
46,778
19,972
327
20,704
9,935
15.0
6.4
7.0
6.7
3.2
1994
3,187,113
46,578
21,655
289
20,798
8,359
14.6
6.8
6.2
6.5
2.6
1995
3,265,109
46,484
20,663
293
20,610
10,192
14.2
6.3
6.3
6.3
3.1
1996
3,338,690
47,769
22,281
304
20,913
10,996
14.3
6.7
6.4
6.3
3.3
1997
3,397,188
46,965
21,945
272
20,868
11,744
13.8
6.5
5.8
6.1
3.5
1998
3,454,140
47,046
22,321
299
21,257
11,349
13.6
6.5
6.4
6.2
3.3
1999
3,508,571
46,503
22,849
266
22,416
11,467
13.3
6.5
5.7
6.4
3.3
2000
3,570,272
47,278
22,425
291
22,842
10,092
13.2
6.3
6.2
6.4
2.8
2001
3,635,121
47,678
22,856
282
20,314
12,085
13.1
6.3
5.9
5.6
3.3
(a) For years prior to 1992, details relate to estimated mean resident population for the year ended 31 December. For 1992 and later years, details relate to the estimated resident population at 30 June.
(b) Crude rate per 1,000 population.
(c) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.
(d) ‘Full-blood Aborigines’, where identified in registrations, were excluded from population data prior to 1961 and from births, deaths, marriages and divorces data prior to 1962.
(e) From 1978, births, deaths and infant deaths are on a State of usual residence basis, while data for earlier years are on a State of registration basis.
(f) The Family Law Act (Cwlth), repealing State legislation, came into operation throughout Australia in 1976.