22 Million Australians Can't Be Wrong | BTalk Australia

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(Episode 298; 14 minutes 14) Projections show that the Australian population will reach 22 million people before Christmas. Social demographer Mark McCrindle says the figure has surprised even the experts. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, who had forecast a figure of 23.5 million by 2051, has had to recast their predictions. If the current growth rate was to continue unchecked the population would exceed 44 million by mid-century.

Phil Dobbie talks to Mark McCrindle to find out where people are living and how they are moving around. If your business model is based on assumptions of our population distribution from a few years ago you might be surprised how things have changed. Now might be a good time to revisit the statistics.

As you listen here are a few more facts and figures from Mark:

- 1 in 3 Australians reside in NSW (7,041,393)
- 1 in 4 reside in Victoria (5,364,796)
- 1 in 5 reside in Queensland (4,349,529)
- More people live in Sydney (4,399,722) than in all of Queensland
- If Sydney was in the USA it would be their 10th largest city

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