Courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), here's a great map showing population density across Australia in June 2016. As you would expect, the highest population density is seen in ...

Last week the Australian government’s Center for Population released its forecast for the next decade. From its current population of 25.7 million people, the country is expected to reach just short ...

The coronavirus-induced border closures and lockdowns in Australia will have an enduring impact on government coffers and population growth, according to official forecasts released on Monday. SYDNEY, ...

About 330,000 new arrivals landed in the past year, swelling the nation's population to just shy of 28 million and fuelling fierce debate over housing, infrastructure and national identity. Data from ...

Australia's fertility rate is at a record low. Last week, Bureau of Statistics data showed Australia's fertility rate was just 1.5 babies per woman in 2023. Experts say we need a replacement rate of 2 ...

Key point: No country can keep growing and paying for its social services without a positive population pyramid. Population growth driven by immigration has helped power Australia to a record-breaking ...

When I left school 16 years later, it had grown to a population of 22 million people. Next year, according to ABS data, Australia’s population will likely reach an astonishing 28 million. That’s 10 ...

Annette Hlawa photographed these four Aboriginal men and two boys at Mount Molloy, Australia, before 1907. (Ethnological Museum of the State Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage via ...

The BBC reported this weekend on a new program by Sheffield University researchers that distorts geographic maps with population data. The series of cartographic designs emphasizes areas with ...