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Australia

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  • Population........................................................................26,461,166 (2023 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................1.19% (2023 est.)
  • Birth rate..................................................12.23 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Death rate................................................6.76 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................6.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Ethnic groups*..............................English 33%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.6%, Chinese 5.5%, Italian 4.4%, German 4%, Indian 3.1%, Australian Aboriginal 2.9%, Greek 1.7%, unspecified 4.7% (2021 est.)

* Data represent self-identified ancestry, with the option of reporting two ancestries

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February 15, 2018

Australia: A Welcoming Destination for Some

Immigration has driven economic and social development in Australia for more than two centuries. Even as more than one-fourth of the country’s population is foreign born and Australia ranks third among top refugee resettlement countries worldwide, controversy surrounding its hardline treatment of asylum seekers arriving by boat has cast a shadow on its reputation as a welcoming country, as this article explores.

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Australia's Increasing Ethnic and Religious Diversity
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Economy Prompts Australia to Welcome More Migrants
Australia plans to increase its 2002-2003 immigration program to the highest annual intake since the end of the 1980s.

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