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Religious Demography: Affiliation

Source: The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Restrictions on Religion

Source: Global Restrictions on Religion studies

Latest Religion News

Title Date
How a Brisbane Artist Became a Priest for a UFO Pleasure Cult 01/18/2018
Burkas are political symbols not Islamic ones, Muslim scholar says 08/29/2017
‘No religion’ and Jedi Knight find their place in Australian identity 08/22/2017
Interfaith Dialogue after the Murder of Father Jacques Hamel 07/27/2017
ABC’s unholy row: church leaders’ fury over religion cuts 07/04/2017

Related Pew Research Reports

  • The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050
  • The Future of the Global Muslim Population
  • The Global Religious Landscape
Capital
Canberra
Population (2010)
22,270,000
Annual population growth rate (2000-2010)
1.5%
Population gain (2000-2010)
3,104,000
GDP per capita
$31,794 (US)
Literacy
>99.0% of adult population
Life expectancy (2010)
82.1
Source: Population data from United Nations (updated May 2011); 2005 GDP per capita (in 2005 PPP $) from 2007/2008 U.N. Human Development Report; Literacy rate for 1996 from 2007 Brittanica

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