Why is Australia a small population? How many people can Australia theoretically carry?

Why is Australia a small population? How many people can Australia theoretically carry?

As we can see from the map, Australia has a very large area, but the figures show that its population is only 25.209 million. There are several reasons why the population of such a large area is relatively small. The reason of 1 is that there is little precipitation here, especially in the west. Resulting in a large area of red clay desert in this area. The land everywhere is in a state of drought and is not suitable for human habitation at all. So there are 1 1 large deserts in Australia, accounting for about 20% of the whole continent.

The second reason is that its terrain is the flattest in the world, and Lake Eyre in the middle is the lowest point in Australia. Only 260,000 square kilometers of land can be used for animal husbandry and planting. These better lands are generally concentrated in the southeast coastal areas. The third reason is a lonely continent. Before people discovered Australia, few aborigines lived in Australia. After that, this continent mainly relied on immigration to maintain its population, but it was discovered very late, so the immigration started late.

It was later discovered by the British and colonized here. However, due to the harsh climate here, few people are willing to emigrate, so it has become a place where British prisoners are exiled, so even fewer people are willing to come here. The fourth reason is that since Britain colonized here, it wants to develop industry and tertiary industry here as an export place of resources. In such a coolie working environment, almost no one wants to come to this continent, so the population here has always been relatively small.

Although Australia is very developed now, the local government is unwilling to accept people to immigrate here. Because this will inevitably increase the financial pressure on the government. Although people didn't want to immigrate here before, now they dream of immigrating here, but they are rejected by the local government. According to the world average, Australia can carry more than 65.438+0.5 billion people.