Proportions at Five Age-periods compared. PERSONS.

	Census.	0-5.	5-20.	20-45.	45-65.	65 and over.	All specified age.	Annual Rate of Increase—Preceding decade* ; last forty years † ; last thirty years.‡
Queensland	1,891	15.41	31.06	40.75	11.26	1.52	100	5.34 *
Tasmania	1,891	14.69	34.06	35.38	11.27	4.60	100	2.40 *
New South Wales	1,891	14.68	33.32	37.91	11.57	2.52	100	4.19 *
South Australia	1,891	14.13	34.92	35.96	11.67	3.32	100	1.14 *
Australasia	1,891	14.00	33.31	37.39	12.49	2.81	100	3.18 *
Western Australia	1,891	13.78	29.23	41.46	12.58	2.95	100	4.35 *
New Zealand	1,891	13.30	37.14	33.71	13.55	2.30	100	2.27 *
Victoria	1,891	13.10	31.60	38.22	13.63	3.45	100	2.83 *
Scotland	1,881	13.70	33.00	34.20	14.10	4.90	100	0.92 ‡
England	1,881	13.60	32.70	34.80	14.30	4.60	100	1.24 ‡
Ireland	1,881	11.10	34.70	32.20	15.60	6.20	100	-0.70 ‡
United States	1,880	13.40	33.80	36.30	13.00	3.50	100	2.63 †
France	1,881	9.20	26.10	36.10	20.50	8.10	100	0.22 †
Ideal Life Table—Stationary Population §		9.02	24.48	36.04	21.56	8.90	100