What is the population of Australia?

As of July 2022, the total population of Australia is about 26.09 million.

Australia's population accounts for 0.33% of the world's total population, ranking 55th in the world population data. From this data, we can see that Australia is a vast and sparsely populated country, and the number of immigrants in this country accounts for 30% of the total population, which is considered as a high proportion of immigrants in western countries.

In the past 50 years, the population of Australia has more than doubled, and the population of 197 1 year census has exceeded120,000 (12,493,0001). In addition, the indigenous population accounts for 3.2% of the country's total population. More than half (565,438+0.5%) of Australians were born overseas, or at least one of their parents was born overseas. The first generation immigrants born overseas account for 27.5% of the total population.

The reason why Australia is vast and sparsely populated:

1, the development history is too short.

Australia's development history is less than 300 years. Australia's history began with the first human settlement on the north shore of the Australian mainland 40,000 to 45,000 years ago. This period is defined as the prehistoric period of Australia. The recorded history of Australia began when European explorers first arrived in this land. This period is divided into two stages: the dividing point of these two stages is before and after 190 1 became the territory of the British Empire.

2. Australia has a small livable area.

There are not many places in Australia suitable for human habitation. Generally speaking, the vast land in central and western Australia is in a very dry state. These places have been covered by deserts and Gobi for a long time and are not suitable for human survival.