The table below gives information about populations in Australia and Malaysia in 1980 and 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The following table illustrates data regarding the demographic indicators in

Australia

and

Malaysia

in 1980 and 2002. It can be easily observed that throughout the period, considerable growth was witnessed in both nations'

population

sizes. The two countries recorded comparable stable figures for roughly equal men and women rates.

However

,

Australia

was home to more senior citizens than

Malaysia

. Regarding the first three categories, both nations saw a noticeable boom in

population

density. Specifically, the figure for

Malaysia

grew approximately twofold in 2002, at 24.3%

while

Australia

's census increased by 4.9 million within a 22-year time. The men and women

population

rates in

Australia

remained stable through time, which were 49.9% for males in 2002, and a slightly higher amount for women at 50.1%.

On the contrary

, the Malaysian male percentage saw a marginal incline by 0.3% to 50.6% and a reciprocal decline for the female proportion to 49.4% during the same time. In terms of the remaining three indicators, both examined countries underwent a downward trend in their birth rates

at the end

of the period. With the fall of 1.0% seen in

Malaysia

,

this

country still owned a significantly higher birth rate and annual

population

growth than

Australia

, which were 3.2% and 2.4% (in 1980),

along with

2.2% and 2.4% (in 2002), respectively. As for the elderly adults' trend, the amount of the

population

aged over 65 in

Australia

remarkably rose by 2.8% to 12.4% in 2002

while

in

Malaysia

, the changes were less dramatic with the seniors' rate climbing only by 0.6% to 4.3%

overall

.